Category: LP

Throwback Thursday: Lewis – The Man Who Fell To Earth?

lewis l'amour lp light in the attic 2014

Eric Schlitter writes and operates his own blog The 13th Track. Throwback Thursday is his bi-weekly installment for the Styrofoam Drone, where Eric focuses on reissues of old albums and archival material from the depths of the vinyl underground.

Landing somewhere between mid period Jandek, Scott Walker’s reading of Tennessee Williams’ Blanket Roll Blues, and the soundtrack to a David Lynch film is the mysterious artist known as LEWIS and the album he christened, L’Amour. Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: Lewis – The Man Who Fell To Earth?” →

Les Rivals – s/t LP

les rivals st lp 2014 casbah records

For those of you unfamiliar with France, they speak French. However these guys do not, at least not on this record. It is sometimes tough to get into music when you can’t identify with the lyrics despite how good the tracks are. For our English ears, LES RIVALS, who are from Paris, present their debut record and take us a little deeper into their musical realm. Continue reading “Les Rivals – s/t LP” →

Friday’s Find: Slushy – Pastime Gardens

slushy pastime gardens lp 2014 grabbing clouds records

Grabbing Clouds Records just released the debut LP from Chicago duo of Chris Kramer and Brent Zmrhal – aka SLUSHY — who create sticky, candy-coated guitar pop with both surf and garage influences. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Slushy – Pastime Gardens” →

Friday’s Find: Verma – Sunrunner

verma sunrunner lp 2014 trouble in mind

The ever-reliable Trouble in Mind Records deliver a new LP from Chicago psych-outs VERMA. Sunrunner contains seven epic tracks that fall somewhere between progressive psych and space rock, with a heavy emphasis on improvisation. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Verma – Sunrunner” →

Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Best Of Boiler Room Classics

mike adams at his honest weight best of boiler room classics 2014 flannelgraph records

I can relate to the bespectacled guy staring back at me from the cover of MIKE ADAMS AT HIS HONEST WEIGHT’S new album, Best of Boiler Room Classics. Here’s a guy who I’m guessing is in his mid-thirties and according to the press release is a new father (one who has recently been through some very personal battles for the life of his new son). Continue reading “Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Best Of Boiler Room Classics” →

White Hex – Gold Nights LP

white hex gold nights lp felte 2014

Slug Guts weren’t so much a band as they were a primal force of nature conjured up from the darkest recesses of a chasm in the Earth – guitars whipped and struck with the frightening intensity of sandstorms bearing down on you as drums rolled in from a distance like thunder warning you to run, and those vocals… it was like being torn apart by a cackling pack of starved hyenas. WHITE HEX, then, seems to be a measured response.
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Friday’s Find: Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger

ex-cult midnight passenger lp 2014 goner records

Midnight Passenger is the sophomore LP from EX-CULT, and their second full-length for Goner Records. They build on their own catastrophic sound, delivering 10 brutal psych-stained punk assaults. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger” →