Feeding People are homies from Orange County with Louis and Mike coming from the all-mighty and terribly underrated/unknown band BRONCO TATONKA, if you are familliar with that band you might have some idea what you are getting into but this is a lot more focused, not so blatantly cacophonic but if you know those dudes then their sound wouldn't shock you at all, they play SUPER heavy psychedelic in the vein of THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS or newer groups like CELEBRATION. In fact like CELEBRATION their singer has a HUUUUUUUUGE POWERFUL voice youd be real surprised thats she's like barely 18 and teeny tiny but can belt like motherfucker, when the Panthers were recording in January we got to listen to the tape that they had recorded and man o man is it a doozy all self-recorded and absolutely far-out. They are playing Outsleazed Fest friday night and a couple of parties on Saturday make sure to catch them they are not to be missed. You can pick up a cassette tape of theirs from Burger Records, search this band out cuz they doin thangs for sure
Fuck yeah !! summer is almost here and its time to pick up your 'Merican cape and a motorcycle and break a leg or an arm (literally do it, break that fucker). The world was supposed to end May 21st but i guess that didn't happen because were still here and you're reading this shit, so that's good... or is it?? Naaaah its good, the swap meet is still open and Psilocybin is still as killer as ever. tomorrow will be my first psychedelic experience in almost 2 years now, the last one was a little drug some call 5-MEO-DMT otherwise known in some circles as super acid bobby hill dmt freak show. To this day I am followed around by a giant jewel encrusted panther bigger than a 1-ton van and resembling lady death better than any image I have seen since. I know change is looming, whether that be death, war, incarceration, or a personal hell that I created for myself by twangin' and wailin' on the whammy bar too much, or going to the suburbs too much to kick it with a bunch of rich white girls, or spending every last dime at stadium market on Nick's juice. To the future we all march! It never ends, it never ceases we just march forth into the New America, the Real America, Freak America!! Wish me luck fellow Psychenauts!
THE 4TH IS FASTLY APPROACHING HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE?? BLOW SHIT UP? BURN SHIT DOWN? CAST SPELLS ON YOURSELF AND HUFF PAINT? GO TO THE SUBURBS AND EAT PILLS AND DUST? SMOKE DUST ? GO TO SPACE? ALL OF THE ABOVE I SAY...
oh and the top pictures are as follows.
1. Louis Wain- A mental patient in the 1920's who drew pictures of cats.
This dude is relatively prolific and pretty damn reliable, I actually like this one more than I did the last LP...I prefer when he's not singing on the tracks, cuz then it's kinda like second-rate PandaBear but the girls on this are good, and the beats seem to be a little dancier good ish all-around.
As a self-identified "Barbarian clawing at the walls of Western Civilization" I naturally am fully supportive of Piracy and Pilfering. Duh. However, that doesn't mean I don't think KAPITALIZM can be a uesful tool here and there. But honestly, most of the bands getting bummed out over the illegal availability of their music need to sack the fuck up and make better music. If anything the whole internet has re-introduced a realness or sincerity to an industry(when did music become industry?)that was lacking both. With music being so available, whenever you buy some it means a whole lot more. Nowadays I buy music as a sign of respect, and to align myself with things that I feel are important. Yeah it's a bummer that your shit could get leaked the weekend before and you can see you record sales disappear-BUT! It should make musicians feel all the more stoked when those same people STILL buy their record. Anyways that's the way I see it.
I've gotten a whooole lottta music the free-way, but this year I've tried to get back on my vinyl game, and I will directly attribute that to the kind of exposure the internet can offer.
My pick for SINGLE OF THE YEAR. Just that perfect nexus of shit that people nowadays wanna hear(i.e Twee-ish, jangly, Three-part harmonies.....yaddayaddayadda). Myself definitely included. PLUS you've got a Roky Erickson B-side. That is ON-POINT!!! I guess this is a fairly hip record, butt fuck it. Captured Tracks is one solid ass label.
Seeing Ian Svenonious in the flesh was definitely a highlight in my career as a punk. This record is so on-point and relevant, and seeing these songs live was tight. I had to wonder what people thought of it who didn't know what to expect. Preaching about reparations and spilling the beans on Government orchestrated assassinations can really go either way as far a crowd receptiveness. Chain and the Gang pulled it off, good for them and you too. Down With The Liberty
I must give props to The Holland Project for setting up some righteous ass shows so far this year. I can foresee Rainshadow being a very cool and important part of Reno. If my teachers taught skateboarding and sang for hardcore bands, and I could go watch the latest Captured Tracks artist in the front room of my high school, I just might've stuck around for all four years....not likely, but it wouldn't have hurt. But anyways Grass Widow was off the richter, you should probably already know....
These dudes opened up for Chain and The Gang, I didn't see the whole set but what I saw really impressed me. I never saw them before so I can't say for sure, but the guitarist from Mika Miko totally made them more interesting.
RAH! RAH! This is some super stoney shit. Reverb-drenched sassy, loosey-goosey funky ass soul typed chit. Downloaded this last year, and when I went vinyl-hunting in the bay this February this was one of my most sought. Super stoked I got it too.....the best bars would have dj's who played this and kept the lights down low. Anyone looking to hire?
I really wanted to hate on this band. But I can't. They are fucking rad, and every move they made last year they continued on ruling. At first I thought that they were a fluke until this EP came out, and they proved they had some depth. Their live performance floating around the internet kind of solidified their goodness for me. But that song Higher than the Stars fucking does it for me, and especially the Saint Etienne remix, makes me wish people did as many Quaaludes as they say they they did back in the day...
Now if only my Best Coast seven inch would arrive, and all these assholes would stop picking up five million copies and selling them on ebay for a hundred times the cover price. ARGH!!!
Matt Mondanile has easily become my favorite musician of 2009. First through Ducktails, then Real Estate, and as of an hour ago The Parasails. This dude is bringin' it hella hard. He's got a sound, and throughout his various projects he explores all these different facets of it. He's got the kind of bands where people make up a million new adjectives in an attempt to describe what you hear. Well there ain't nothing like it so I'm not gonna give it a bunch of hyphenated nonsense descriptors. The newest Real Estate record is probably my favorite release so far. As opposed to all the other releases this one has a real crisp production. Which actually adds a lot, there is a lot more time to find the nuance and stuff on the songs. Although, the versions of the songs that were found on demos and seven inches are great too. I just think that the self titled record has more to offer everyone. Shoot, it almost reminds me of "Oh, Inverted World"-era Shins. On Ducktails the washy lo-fi vibe perfectly compliment the songs. Which seem largely inspired by New Jersey coast/beach culture. All the songs have this distant flowy feeling. A lot like a overcast, drizzly afternoon. People might call this stuff drone, but it's far too kinetic for that. It's good it's good.
