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Wild Wild Wets on Grizzly Records 27 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Can California claim to still have a proprietary hold on psych? If the Wild Wild Wets are any indication there’s still something about this part of the country that fosters heavy echoes of free love a...
The Dad on Unread Records 27 Aug 2013 | 03:44 am
Unread Records may have moved their headquarters recently to Pittsburgh, PA but thankfully their aesthetic hasn't changed a bit since Christopher first contacted me back in 2006. Their packaging alway...
Make It Plain on Rok Lok and strictly no capital letters Records 23 Aug 2013 | 10:39 pm
Just reading the about page on Rok Lok Records is exactly why I love writing about singles for this dumb blog. Back in 1998 Mike Andriani was inspired by the success of DIY labels like KRS, K Recs and...
Advance Base - Washington Phillips and Our Cat singles on Orindal Records 22 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Throughout Casiotone to Advance Base Owen Ashworth has continued to work in his distinct confessional style that reminds me of icons like Jonathan Richman or Tom Waits. Artists who can get away with b...
The Blind Shake "Garbage On Glue" 7" on Sweet Rot Records 22 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
I didn’t expect a band like this three piece out of Minneapolis, MN, The Blind Shake, to introduce me to another underground R. Stevie Moore, Roky Erickson experimental psych artist, Michael Yonkers. ...
Cali Giraffes on Fin Records 20 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
There are no second acts when it comes to American lives but not with American bands. Recently there have been reunion tours for even the most internally troubled bands that vowed to never play togeth...
Suburban Living "Always Eyes" on Dialog Records 19 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
I always have some kind of tiny space set aside in my garage punk heart for really optimistic and sincere synth pop. The shiny stuff, made by hopeful maniacs who spend time absorbing the latest techno...
Black Caucus on RFC Records 16 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
When exactly did Hard rock and Metal take a cue from free form noise jazz and become a new entity entirely? Sometime in the ‘80s when everything was game for avant garde experimentation, John Zorn wit...
Golden Pelicans "The Earls" 7" on Total Punk Records 15 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
I’m forever grateful that Total Punk is down there in the sunshine state documenting their scene in the form of trashy, loud singles like this one from Golden Pelicans. Just like In The Red or Almost ...
Shadow Shadow on Nonchalant Records 14 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
I had a lot of problems with the movie “Drive”. From the minute the pink scrawled lettering like something out of Miami Vice splashed across the screen to his silver scorpion jacket, it felt like Nico...
