March 2012
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5 SONG THURSDAY!!!
THE ONLY SONGS YOU NEEDED TO HEAR TODAY. CLICK HERE
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IS IT DEMO DAY?
It’s been a good day for demos. Bos Angeles uploaded two new tracks to his facebook and Yoofs uploaded a little ditty called Alt Waltz. Stream them all below.
February 2012
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TRMRS GOOD TIME BLUES REVIEW
Noisy can be defined as “very loud and unharmonious in sound”, and that is exactly what TRMRSoffers up on the Good Time Blues 7”. Which, despite the connation’s, is not to say that it isn’t stellar rock’n’roll. It’s an astonishing sucker punch to the face.
Too often I think bands rely on noise (distortion, reverb, mumbling) to cover up the fact that 1) they are not capable musicians 2) their...
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Glasvegas: April '12 UK Tour Dates →
glasvegas:
Alright people! Hopefully you’ll now be aware of our first UK Tour Dates of 2012 with three shows scheduled for London, Liverpool and our home town of Glasgow for early April. The shows come almost exactly a year from the release of Euphoric /// Heartbreak \
After touring the world in…
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Sonic Antiquarian →
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Real encounters with Rock n Roll, actual and imaginary. Including Pub Rock, Punk Rock, Psychedelia, record collecting and the whole panoply of filth and fun of the utterly invented, self-destroying mess of Rock History.
This is the latest book by Neil Palmer, writer, musician, artist. His most recent musical pamphleteering has been as long-time songwriting partner of Billy...
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WatchHas everybody seen the trailer for the forthcoming documentary about Jay Reatard, Better Than Something?
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BOOTLEGGIN' #3- JAKE WALK BLUES- VARIOUS ARTISTS
Jake Walk Blues isn’t really a bootleg (it’s out of production if that helps). But then again, if it wasn’t for the practice of bootlegging, this fascinating collection of songs wouldn’t have come about. I don’t mean the practice of unauthorised audio recording and retailing this week either; i mean the practice of covertly brewing alcohol to skirt local and federal...
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REVIEW: CEREMONY- ZOO
In our recent interview with Ceremony, guitarist Anthony Alnzaldo Jr. lists some of the bands most recent influences. Belle and Sebastian? Erasure? The XX? These aren’t the sort of name-drops you’d expect from a hardcore-punk band. But it’s this sort of open-mindedness that has made Zoothe far-out lucky dip of sounds that it is. To my ears, the overriding influence on the album is The Horrors. If...
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THE DOOZER vs. THE DOOZER
Cambridge psych-folker The Doozer recently released his fourth full length album . Keep It Together was recorded in an East Anglia village hall with the help of 11 locals; the result is a very village green, English sounding affair. It makes me think about pictures of my Grandma circa 1970. We asked The Doozer to interview himself and he came back with this rambling beat monologue.
Well,...
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FUCKED UP CHINESE NEW YEAR SINGLE STREAMING
Every Chinese New Year since 2006, Fucked Up have released a 12″ single inspired by the beasts of the Chinese Zodiac.
The latest single will be ‘Year Of The Tiger,’ out February 7.
Listen to the four existing Zodiac singles via the widget above, and the new one on release date.
January 2012
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BAND IN HEAVEN vs. BAND IN HEAVEN
Introducing The Band In Heaven, a shoegaze/psych outfit from West Palm Beach, Florida. Sleazy Dreams, the new 7, came out on Hozac Records this month, so we asked the band if they’d like to spend a little time asking themselves the questions that they never get asked. The result? Religious ranting. I guess we should have known something was awry from the name. See the interview below and...
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BOOTLEGGIN’ #2: PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS- THE...
Bootleggin’, looks looks at the best bootlegs from the nefarious world of covert live recording and acetate leaking over the last half a century and more.
The Nashville Sessions are Wings’ Basement Tapes. Recorded in the seat of country music, the band’s trip to Nashville was meant to be a regrouping exercise after the disappointing charting of their 1973 album McGovern. Staying at the farm of...
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DRIPHAZE- NEW TRACK FROM COLOURS
We’re a little late on this one, but check out Driphaze the new single from Colours. The track is side A of a new 7” released through Marshall Teller. There’s gonna be 250 of the singles made, each one screen printed by the band and their buddies.
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WatchThe video for Virals’ Magic Happens is streaming on NME.com. Home videos from the provinces? Looks like something from my childhood…
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CEREMONY ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR
It’s been over two years since their last, but Ceremony have announced a UK tour this March to support their forthcoming album Zoo, which is being released by Matador this March.
Here are the dates:
March 19th - Kingston - Fighting Cocks March 20th - London - XOYO March 21st - Bristol - Fleece March 22nd - Nottingham - Rock City Basement March 23rd - Manchester - Moho March 24th - Leeds -...
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BOOTLEGGIN' #1- BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND- A TREE...
Introducing Bootleggin’, a new series that looks at the best bootlegs from the nefarious world of covert live recording and acetate leaking over the last half a century and more.
It’s only right to begin the series with the man who’s seen more bootlegging than a West Virginia still, Bob Dylan. And of all the bootlegs that have surfaced since the sixites, it’s the first...
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BLEACHED: SEARCHING THROUGH THE PAST VIDEO
LA punks Bleached have released the video to their song Searching Through The Past, which was premiered on www.spin.com. On the site, Jennifer Calvin explained the process of making the video:
“We had to wake up at 4 a.m. to get to Santa Clarita by 5 a.m. for sunrise and got to see the eclipse on the way up. Originally we had wanted horses in the video so that’s why this spot was...
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COOKIN WITH TIMMY
Timmy Vulgar, frontman of punk-psych bands Human Eye and Timmy’s Organism, does a punk-rock cooking show, preparing two kinds of salsa and shredded beef tacos.
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WE LIKE VIRALS (SO YOU SHOULD TOO)
Virals is the newest project from ex- Lovvers man Shaun Hencher. Big drums and guitar dominate while the vocals come over nice and easy. SEXBEAT are releasing the bands first single Magic Happens/Here Comes The Night on January 30th. It was written and recorded by Shuan over the summer in his Midland hometown of Worcester. Have a listen beneath.
Virals - Magic Happens by Sexbeat London
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COOL AL LOVER'S OFFICIAL AUSTIN PSYCH FEST MIX...
San Franciscan producer Al Lover has put together the official mix tape for Austin Psych Fest, which features Night Beats, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Black Lips amongst others. You can listen at http://allover.bandcamp.com/. If you don’t know Al Lover, you better get to know him. He first came to our attention with a bombastic album of remixes called Distorted Reverberations (Of...
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PSYCHIC DANCEHALL AT THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
It was an odd evening with Psych Dancehall at the Shacklewell Arms on Wednesday. I have the feeling that it didn’t got to plan. Frontman Chuck Rowell’s frustration seemed to build throughout the show, which is understandable considering the babble that was coming from the back of the room. I think this sort of thing makes for a good night anyway: inter-song patter can really detract from the...
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WatchArt Is Hard Records are running a new download every fortnight for the whole of 2012, beginning with this gem from Bos Angeles.
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PSYCHIC DANCEHALL AT THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS
Psychic Dancehall is a collaboration between Hollie Cook of the Slits and Charles Rowell of Crocodiles. Need I say more? Listen to them HERE and then come to their free show at the Shacklewell Arms on January 11th.
December 2011
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GOING NOWHERE PODCAST
Matt Von Sex, Psych’s most neurotic contributor, has made a podcast about punk, war and rock and roll. Listen below
Going Nowhere Podcast ep.1 - Punk, RNR, and War by Rotten UK
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FLATS CANCEL UK TOUR
FLATS have ripped a few legs off their UK tour. The affected cities are:
Dec 2nd SSR Party, Old Blue Last (Dj Only)
dec 14th Kraak, Manchester
dec 15yh The Lanes, Bristol
dec 20th Camp Basement, London
dec 21st Sweatshop Sessions, London
Apparently it’s due to illness. Their debut album will be released in the New Year, probably in April.
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PSYCH "SOUND OF 2012"
2011 will not be remembered in the music history books.
Still, we kept ourselves entertained, didn’t we?
Here’s our prediction for 2012:
Better than Theme Park, isn’t it?
November 2011
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BILLY CHILDISH AND THE SPARTAN DREGGS ON BBC RADIO...
The Spartan Dreggs will be live on BBC Radio 6 with Marc Riley tonight, playing three songs and chatting. They’re all interesting chaps so it’s gonna be tightttt.
Listen HERE. Then buy The Spartan Dreggs’ new album Forensic RnB from the Damaged Goods website.
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STREAM JOLT RADIO WITH PSYCH AND A TWO WOUNDED...
HERE IT IS TUMBLR:
JoltRadio-StreamOn44 by streamon44
Our show with Jolt Radio featuring out of this world songs from King Tuff, The Growlers, Strange Boys, Two Wounded Birds, Black Manilla, The Allah-La’s, The Mantles and more… Jesus Christ, what a show! Also, there are some highly comical public service announcements from Ronnie Wood, Ozzy Osbourne and other notorious...
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PSYCH AND TWO WOUNDED BIRDS WITH JOLT RADIO
Dear Tumblr,
We’ve teamed up with Florida based radio station Jolt Radio in programming a radio show. It’s been a long time in the making, but it’ll air tonight at 20:30 EST, which is 01:30 GMT. For those of you with work tomorrow, do not fear, you’ll be able to listen via soundcloud tomorrow.
The show will also feature a jingle recorded after a long boozy night with Two...
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KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS AT CORSICA...
A Kid Congo gig isn’t the sort of show I’m going to sit an take notes at. Not that I’ve ever done that, but even if I wanted to I couldn’t have brought myself to do it as KC and the Pink Monkey Birds play. Their live shows are captivating; partly because of the Kid’s unique stage presence, but mainly because once they find their groove (which they do instantly) you can’t do anything but move...
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SEX BEET AT BEYOND RETRO
Sex Beet played at the Brick Lane branch of Beyond Retro on Saturday before heading to Birmingham for a show with The Castillians. Our main man McTavish Revjock was on hand to catch the trio playing among an enclave of band on trend vintage shirts and jackets. Watch below.
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SKIN: GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT THALIDOMIDE SKIN HEAD
I’ve never been one for comics really, but walking past Oxfam Bookshop the other day I couldn’t help but be distracted by this disgruntled little fella peeping out from the cover of a book called Skin.
Skin is a graphic novel written by Peter Milligan in the early 1990s that tells the story of a young skin head, Martin ‘Atchett. Martin’s not like the other skins though,...
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SEX BEET THE GREATEST SHITS
Sex Beet have released an album of old and unreleased material, available here. The band are recording their debut album with King Khan in Berlin in January, so donate a decent sum and they might be able to afford the plane tickets out there. As a further incentive, the first 20 people to buy the album will have a Sex Beet 7″ posted to them for free.