I see my good pal Justin over at Kinder Words credited me prompting his jump into the audioblogging pool. Not that I’m deserving of such accolades with my lax posting schedule and shameful direct linking of files, but oh well.
To give credit where credit is indeed due, check out Garage Hangover. They throw up obscure […]
One of the releases that’s hogging my stereo’s attention these days is the Turpentine Brothers‘ We Don’t Care About Your Good Times. The Boston based garage/punk/”dirtbag R&B” trio features Justin Hubbard of the Kings Of Nuthin’ on guitar and vocals, Tara McManus of Mr Airplane Man on drums and Zack Brines on a “vaguely Quintron-esque […]
I tend to scan through the reviews section of AMP to see what Mitch Cardwell is writing about, as he and I seem to dig similar sounds. One of my favorite recent recommendations of his is Sacramento’s Th’ Losin Streaks, a garage punk band that features members of the Troublemakers and the Zodiac Killers. Here’s […]
There’s a restrained energy to Shake If You Got It that’s just fascinating. The band resorts to slower tempos more often than not, keeping the punk rock speed latched down and channelling that energy into a hauntingly moody drone. Of course that description should call to mind Joy Division, and that’s certainly a factor here, […]
Louis XIV, par la grâce de Dieu roi de France et de Navarre…
There’s something remarkably pompous about naming a band after the Sun King, as his name conveys a sense of splendor and decadence that one assumes would seem rather soulless and vapid in a band. San Diego’s Louis XIV is anything but, and their […]
Bubblegum pop. This is the sort of music that balances on a pin of respectability, vulnerable to even the slightest changes. With a bit higher production values, slightly smoothed out edges or a tad less aggression this is the sort of thing I’d easily ignore. To their credit the Dollyrots keep things grounded, despite showing […]
