slug guts - playin' in time with the deadbeat

SLUG GUTS just released their excellent new lp PLAYIN' IN TIME WITH THE DEADBEAT on SACRED BONES...... and it's a must spin record......  this release follows their awesome dark noisy four song 7 inch, Stranglin You Too, from earlier this year on HOZAC......and their very creepy brutal post apocalyptic lp from last year HOWLIN' GANG........  fans of feedtime, birthday party, the scientists, chrome cranks, cheater slicks, the cows and jesus lizard MUST TUNE IN TO THE DAMAGED ROCK N ROLL OF SLUG GUTS.......

these australians have definitely put out one of the best albums of the year...... though not for the weak of heart, PLAYIN IN TIME WITH THE DEADBEAT is a very recommended face melting rock n roll experience....... dark trashy rock doesn't get any better than this....... 

listen to a few killer tracks from the new lp below....
  (some of my fave songs from PLAYIN' TIME...)
  and go grab yr copy now from sacred bones.....

f u 2 - punk rock

THE DOWNLINERS SECT were part of britian's early unruly garage rock scene, along side the yardbirds, the stones and the kinks.....and though they never "made" it big, their three lps and various singles from the latter half of the sixties are prized possessions for those of us that are fanatic about rock n roll.......

as time rolled on, they broke up, their catalog was reissued and they decided to reform in the late seventies......their records were oft cited as an influence on this new thing called PUNK.......

.....so instead of sitting around just being grandfathers to this bratty new scene, they got together in the studio and recorded one of the lost classics of the late 70s....

entitled fittingly as "PUNK ROCK" and rather than tarnish their name with this collection of rowdy songs, they recorded under the name F U 2....

PUNK ROCK is no stab at trying to incorporate the sounds of today by older guys that just don't understand..... as F U 2, they mashed power pop, glam, blues, garage and punk into one hell of a killer album.....one that's been bootlegged over the years by obsessive fans.....  "sniffin glue" and "move around" and all the others are fucking classic songs.....many of which have been covertly covered by other bands over the years..........

the downliners sect didn't stick to the whole F U 2 joke for very long and again disappeared into the back pages of rock n roll history........ until the one and only billy childish grabbed them as his backing band for a couple of lps in the late 90s.........(as thee headcoats sect, which are highly recommended albums by the way)..........

however they once again disappeared......that is until now when 1-2-3-4 GO! records got ahold of the master tapes of the much fabled "punk rock" lp and decided that they needed to finally give it a much deserved reissue treatment........

fans like me can finally own a copy to throw down on my turntable........ originals are nearly impossible to find and if you happened to see one, you'd most likely pay over $200......so let me just thank 1-2-3-4 GO for finally making this happen.......

FU 2 is THE FAKE PUNK CLASSIC......

SO FUCKING RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

FANS OF GARAGE, POWER POP, GLAM AND PUNK NEED TO OWN THIS LP NOW....

i'm sure billy childish, greg oblivian and all the other luminaries of the scene have a copy,

and SO SHOULD YOU.....

LISTEN TO A FEW TRACK BELOW VIA YOUTUBE.....
and CLICK HERE TO BUY IT FROM 1-2-3-4 GO!.......

bitch prefect - big time

another stellar album from an australian band you need to know about now, why yes....
you gotta check out BITCH PREFECT and their new lp BIG TIME out now on BEDROOM SUCK RECORDS....... 

a perfect jangle mess of indie rock, BITCH PREFECT writes some great post-PAVEMENT, CLEAN-influenced stripped down jams for you to spin your way through those hungover mornings, heartbroken afternoons and wanna-get-drunk-scrambling-for-beer money nights........  fans of WOOLLEN KITS, STRANGE BOYS, LIVING EYES, BEAT HAPPENING, VASELINES and CIRCLE PIT need to run to yr local record shop and pick up BIG TIME now.....

highly recommended.....THIS IS OUR BLUES MUSIC.....fuck these depressing economic times, grab this record and sing yr heart out......  BITCH PREFECT knows what it's like to be underemployed, over talented, angry, drunk and wanting more than what we're given........

i can't tell you how good this lo-fi pop gem of an album this is, so check it out for yerself.......

LISTEN TO THE NEW LP BELOW.........


and watch the video for "Bad Decisions" here.....

Bitch Prefect - Bad Decisions from Patrick Telfer on Vimeo.

lightning bolt - oblivion hunter

LIGHTNING BOLT is preparing to drop a fierce new slab of noise saturated vinyl this tuesday, entitled OBLIVION HUNTER via fucking loud as hell LOAD RECORDS....... and i couldn't be anymore excited.........

it's been three years since they dropped the gnarly / epic EARTHLY DELIGHTS LP on us and it's been way tooooooo looonnnnggggg.  nobody plays noise rock like LIGHTNING BOLT does, i mean nobody.......two piece, drum and bass fucking ear splitting mayhem........  

anything with their name stamped on it is very very recommended........ and this new lp is definitely gonna get massive spin time on the tiny groove turntable..........

here's the low down from the noise mongers at LOAD RECORDS -

Since forming in 1994, Lightning Bolt has taken a zig zag path to recording, playing and touring. Following in this pattern is the release of Oblivion Hunter, a collection of the band’s epic recording sessions over the last few years. Oblivion Hunter is a real cool time – loose, hard and loopy. From the get-go the sound is amped-up and free with an ear on the railroad tracks to the big sounds of industry and clamor. Bass sounds jump out of the speaker cones that conjure up ears in alien propulsion systems, nights in faraway wind tunnels, and brutal beatings at Gitmo. Drums and assorted FX pop in and out with the resolve of a finger quivering over the A-bomb button drunk on power and convinced of your need. This record is one of the few necessary things in your grim stretch of existence, played by a band with 20 years of total conviction to the destruction of your ear drums. The net is cast decidedly further this time out with North Pole square dancing colliding with shock troop whiplash, executed with the spontaneous interplay of neutrino collision. It is time for you to binge and purge. You are now the Oblivion Hunter.

LISTEN TO KING CANDY FROM THE NEW LP HERE....
  and go buy it next week, you definitely need this record....


WATCH LIGHTNING BOLT DESTROY 
THE EMPTY BOTTLE BELOW....
  (thanks to @Sadlypanda)

live fast die - practicing for the gangbang 7 inch

You gotta love a band named after one of GG Allin's tattoos.  Especially since Live Fast Die keep his irreverent spastic punk spirit alive.  They play a furious kind of blown out punk that's a chaotic train wreck of Circle Jerks and Guitar Wolf.  Live Fast Die have some of the most gnarly fuzz riffs you will hear all year, so if you need to destroy some speakers, Live Fast Die's new single is the way to go.  This is the kind of jam Total Punk Records was formed to release, so let's hear what they gotta say - 

"Live Fast Die is back with a brand new single, and I couldn’t be any happier about it. When I started the label in 2010 releasing a Live Fast Die 7” was at the top of the Total Punk bucket list. Seems the years of death threats, prank calls, hate mail, and general harassment were worth it cause I finally convinced Camaro Werewolf to get the band back together and write one last single. Two more tracks of the sing-a-long no-fi garbage can Jabbers punk you have come to love Live Fast Die for." - Floridas Dying / Total Punk 

If you like you punk down and dirty, love the Spits and the Rip Offs and need two more riotous songs to jump start your day, Live Fast Die's new 45 is way super recommended.  This is not your average boring mall punk.  The mayhem this single induces may just get you drunk and/or arrested.  And that's just the kind of wild fun we love... Pick up your copy now, before this dose of catastrophic punk is out of print!!!

LISTEN TO THE A SIDE OFF THE NEW 7 INCH HERE.....


watch LIVE FAST DIE on NOISEY.......


and here's some more live chaos........

john spencer blues explosion - meat and bone

i've been a fan of JOHN SPENCER since his early noise mongering days in PUSSY GALORE.....after which he formed the excellent JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION... lately he's been gigging around in HEAVY TRASH, but lucky for us that need more of that high octane garage rockin' in yr face punk blues, he's reformed the BLUES EXPLOSION.......  

they're not only touring, but also releasing a killer new lp, entitled MEAT AND BONES... this is john spencer back at the heart of what he does best, loud fucking raw rock n roll.......

i'm super excited about the new record, and you should be too... this isn't just another garage punk record from some young kids trying to emulate a dead sound, this is a record from the one and only JOHN SPENCER, a guy who's influenced us all and is the fucking godfather to of us all snotty rock n rollers everywhere......

.......so go buy the new lp now....... it just came out yesterday on BOOMBOX / MOM + POP RECORDS........ and it's super highly recommended.......

Listen to BAG OF BONES and BLACK MOLD 
from the MEAT AND BONES LP below......



Check out the Blues Explosion in a TOWN NEAR YOU........
10-06 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
10-13 Pawtucket, RI - German American Music Hall
10-16 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Lounge
10-18 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
10-19 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10-20 Indianapolis, IN - Earth House
10-21 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
10-22 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
10-23 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
10-24 Columbus, OH - The Basement
10-25 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
11-03 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11-08 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11-13 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret

AND WATCH THE BLUES EXPLOSION ON KEXP HERE......

nones - shake your brain 7 inch

In '91 it seemed that everyone bought Nirvana's "Nevermind" album, but that same year another landmark LP was released, "Peacetika" by the Cows.  The trajectory of punk / post punk may have had it's pinnacle with the former's landslide into the mainstream.  But those of us who bought that preciously noisy irreverent album by the Cows know that truly great chaotic music would always be frowned by those who just don't / can't understand.   Years later it seems as if those who take noisy art rock seriously are few and far between, so it's refreshing to stumble upon release that lights your stylus on fire like the new 7 inch Shake Your Brain by Chicago's Nones.

Out on none other than Hozac Records, our favorite purveyors of everything scuzzy and loud, this three song oeuvre by Nones is next step in the line of those AMREP and SKIN GRAFT bands that nobody seems to listen to or care about anymore.  "Shake Your Brain" is vitriolic blast of Big Black / Shellac style angst that the world hasn't scene since Steve Albini stopped putting his own noises to tape.  "Defecating Grey" could be a lost Jesus Lizard or Drive Like Jehu cover song albeit in a more Puffy Areolas psychedelic hardcore way.  And the third song, "Aunt Peg" is a evil skronk of noise punk dirge that reminds me of the Slug Guts on a speed binge covering the Flying Luttenbachers.  After one quick listen its apparent that Nones would've easily shared a stage with the likes of Arab on Radar, Harry Pussy or Lake of Dracula back in the heyday of the seedy 90s rock underbelly.

All three songs on this Hozac Records Hookup Klub release are all worthy to be the A side--no sleeper songs here.  I can't wait for a full length from Nones.  It's disappointing that a small number of bands carry on that destructive unhinged tendency of aggro post punk rock , but Nones, fronted by a wild man yelping curses upon the world while playing disturbed free jazz sax backed by the most ferocious gnarly female backing band that has ever existed, carry that banner high.   Maybe if everyone bought that Cows lp way back then, Nones would be as successful as the Flaming Lips. But fuck those alternate universe theories, I'm just content to have three more songs to crank way the fuck up.

LIsten to "Defecating Grey" below, and grab a copy of this 7 inch if you dare.

and watch NONES play SHAKE YR BRAIN 

at the empty bottle below.....