Category Archives: LP

Full-lengths and 12-inchers

Natural Child – For the Love of the Game

NATURAL CHILD are back with their sophomore LP For the Love of the Game on Burger Records. This power rocking trio takes their classic rock and roll sound and fleshes out with some new styles and new ideas. Continue reading

V/A – Live at the Empty Bottle

For nearly twenty years the The Empty Bottle has remained one of Chicago’s most enduring rock and Roll venues. Beginning in 2010 audio engineer Shimby McCreery has been recording select performances and streaming them online through Bandcamp. Chicago based Hozac Records has just released a compilation entitled Live at the Empty Bottle which collects 14 highlights from the live series onto one incredible vinyl disk.  Continue reading

Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair

When TY SEGALL and Tim Presley of WHITE FENCE team up for a record together, it’s kind of hard to expect anything less than epic. Sure enough, this duo leaves no stone unturned in their debut album together, titled “Hair.” Continue reading

Song of the Day #19: Cousins – Speech

COUSINS are a four piece garage rock band that formed in Halifax in 2009 by Aaron Mangle. “The Palm at the End of the Mind” is the name of their sophomore LP on Saved By Vinyl, consisting of nine tracks of totally sharp and raucous garage-pop music that also manages to be quirky and highly energetic. Of the nine tracks, “Speech” just might be the most fitting example of this wildly frantic energy. This rowdy track starts out with a jangly bang and rarely ever settles back down afterward. The song is driven by crunchy guitars and a pounding, unpredictable drum pattern that will keep you guessing with each new pulsing measure, bringing the “manic energy and underlying calm” together in one strikingly memorable three-and-a-half minute track. You’d be a fool to miss it below – after the first 15 seconds you’ll see.

Speech –

Genre/ Tags: Pop, Garage Rock, Lo-Fi

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Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light LP

Sweet Heart Sweet Light is the latest offering and sacrament from Spirtualized. Throughout his career guitarist Jason Pierce (aka J. spacemen) has provided us with multicolored  galaxy uppers, downers, screamers, and laughers. This album is definitely a downer. Like a potent mixture of Darvon and Valium this is the sort of rock & roll that would have killed Lester Bangs. Continue reading

Song of the Day #18: Strange Hands – Smell

STRANGE HANDS have just dropped their first proper full length album from Shit Music for Shit People. The album features 11 full tracks of their quivering garage rock sound, which proves that Strange Hands are a force to be reckoned with. The album, titled Dead Flowers, sees the band sprawling out in all directions, ranging from energetic pop-punk (“Trapper & Dodger”), swirling, instrumental acid trips (“Dead Flowers”) and hard-hitting, psyched-out bangers (“First Poem”, “Bunny Slipper”, “Smell”) that all manage to go above and beyond to hit their mark. Songs are heavy in the keyboard/synthesizer department, which ultimately helps intensify the lysergic and psychedelic properties of this album.

With an album like this one, Strange Hands have made it clear what they’re capable of and the results are nothing short of exhilarating. Take a song like “Smell,” which has the pedal to the metal from start to finish. They rage on through with shredded, stream-lined guitar shards, creating an all-out punk monstrosity comprised of scorching solos with an element of innocence that is easy to endorse. Now if you like what you hear go and grab your copy of the vinyl. It’s official release date is May 11th, so sit tight!

Smell –

Genre/ Tags: Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Pop, Psychedelic

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Radar Eyes – Radar Eyes

RADAR EYES of Chicago finally dropped their debut LP from Hozac Records earlier this year. The self-titled album features a combination of garage and noise rock with towering guitars and overall epic results. Continue reading

The Zoltars – Should I Try Once More?

THE ZOLTARS are an up and coming band out of Austin, Texas. Their debut LP, “Should I Try Once More?” drops via Sundae Records, which tells a track-by-track story about someone falling in love all over again. Continue reading

Meat Market – Meat Market CS

MEAT MARKET is a young band but they have already managed to make big waves in the California garage-surf scene. They recorded their new self-titled record with Brian Hamilton, of the Fleshies, at the luxurious Sugar Mountain Warehouse in sunny Oakland, California. Continue reading

The Hussy – Weed Seizure

“Weed Seizure” is the latest from Wisconsin garage-trash duo THE HUSSY. The sophomore LP comes from the Tic Tac Totally label which fits in perfectly with the rest of their catalog. Continue reading