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From New Records
TRAAMS from the English countryside. Noisey indie grungy garage rock. „Someone said that we sounded like The Smashing Pumpkins on ketamine!”
Jack from Ladder EP by Fat Cat Records: 100 cassettes or digital
The Scotch Clandestine Records is the home of the various excellent experimental and electronic music. Their recent publication is the new Bestial Mouths album. The band is known not from the easy synth pop songs. Their motto to indicate the way: „our native language a death rattle”
Vatic Vision from self-titled LP by Clandestine
From New Records
Natasha Khan is an English singer-songwriter. She was born into a Muslim family in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. Her carreer: school truant because of her mates’ racism – card-packing factory worker & songwriter and home music maker – University of Brighton: music and visual arts – make three successful and critically well acclaimed albums between 2006-12 under the name: Bat For Lahes. Those bore me. Her music and voice come in my mind Björk and Madonna. But now here is an exciting track from her, a cover version of an Amir Rassaei song, Aroos Khanom. Accompanied by TOY
The Bride, 7″ in 250 copies by Speedy Wunderground
Amir Rassaei was(?) an Iranian singer before the Islamic Revolution. After the revolution the western-style music would be banned there, but it’s alive. A very good film about the recent Persian music.
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I put video to this post very rarely. In this case the song must be marvellous. I never write such records from which I can’t embed or upload a track. But now: Manatees (from Memphis) – Destruktor 7” by Tic Tac Totally << You can listen both songs.
A Brand-New King Khan song
The Berlin based Indo-Canadian notorious garage rocker King Khan‘s latest song with his nine members band, The Shrines, from their upcoming album: Born to Die
The percussionist Ron Streeter formerly played for Ike and Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Al Jarreau.
… because what is garage rock?
The Slovenly is one of the most important “underground” record labels which focusing on “the best garage and punk shit rock” all over the planet. The story has begun under the name of 702 Records in Reno (Nevada) in 1994. The US Post has changed the area codes and 702 no longer belonged to the whole state of Nevada, just Las Vegas, so the label was renamed to Slovenly Recordings in 2002. They have offices in Spain, Holland and even Pennsylvania.
“really hard to get around is that it usually takes 10+ years for a band to get the attention they deserve”
interview with
Peter Menchetti,
the founder of Slovenly Recordings
The editor’s note: you can find a fine video under link of every mentioned band!
It seems that after the indie rock scene’s hip status, now it’s garage rock becoming the coolest type of rock music. What do you think about it?
I’m not really sure what to think, because what is garage rock? There are some bands playing under that banner that definitely don’t belong. I had the pleasure of working with Buck Ormsby, founder of Etiquette Records (and bassist of the The Fabulous Wailers, a garage rock band between 1958-1969 – editor’s note) in March when we had THE SONICS (influential garage rock band between 1960-68. Reunited. – e.n.) play our 20th anniversary party in Reno. He said that he had discovered them in a garage in Bellingham. That’s where the term comes from… the implication that remains for me is real, raw, budget, rock’n’roll. How someone like Jacco Gardner (plays baroque pop – e.n.) fits into that is beyond me… Maybe we should also ask THE PENETRATORS… the self-proclaimed „Kings of Basement Rock” (It’s a legendary punk band from the 70’/80’s. Reunited – e.n.) They probably have some ideas about their garage rock cousins, har!
When you started Slovenly Records what was different in the garage rock scene?
Well, bands like the OBLIVIANS and TEENGENERATE were still playing to pretty small crowds… we also had THE GORIES play our party and they were telling me about how hard they worked in the 90s, and about how often they played to 10-20 people in Detroit. Things have changed a lot, but a recurring theme that I’ve realized is really hard to get around is that it usually takes 10+ years for a band to get the attention they deserve. Only those who work relentlessly and have someone with money backing them up get somewhere more quickly. BLACK LIPS is a good example. They busted their asses hard for years with Vice (an international magazine – e.n.) backing them up. When I started Slovenly they were playing house parties in Atlanta.
From New Records
The Penetrators New York based punk legend from the 70/80’s, but their music is 60’s style garage rock. Twelve songs from 76-84 by Slovenly
The Lace Curtain is Mikey Young’s electro trio. His bands are: Eddy Current Suppression Ring (one of the best Australian garage rock), Total Control (synth punk), Ooga Boogas (new wave). Furthermore he recorded, mastered or mixed: UV Race, Scott & Charlene Wedding, Fabulous Diamonds, Kelley Stoltz and many more garage, indie punk rock records. Heavy electro disco:
Falling (II) from Falling/ Running 12″ EP by Mexican Summer
From New Records
Two Australians
Peak Twins „Their song writing is informed by the voices of Julee Cruise, Mick Jagger and Roy Orbison.” Their songs are some such.
Steppin’ Off, 7″ by Bedroom Suck Records
You can find some free stuff here
TV Colours has begun as a one man band by Bobby Kill in 2007. The first album has made since then. During that time two complete versions went to the trash can, but finally the Purple Skies, Toxic River is coming on June. The album trailer
& the first single, Beverly
LP by Dream Damage & Eighteen Records in Europe.
You can find some free stuff here
The live band members are from the Assassins 88, Danger Beach and The Fighting League.
Desperation
OBLIVIANS NEW ALBUM STREAM
Listen to it here. It’s out next week on In The Red Records. Their first album since 1997.
From New Records
A various, colourful pop album by Scanners. But there is a song that I can’t bear. I get the shivers from the hymnic of State Of Mind. It would be very good if the commercial radio stations would play Scanners kind of pop music on the air.
These track are free! from Love Is Symmetry LP by Tigertrap
The Bass Drum Of Death has begun as one man band. Then it transformed into duo. Currently the touring band consist three men. Stylish garage rock:
The second song is free! from the untitled LP by Innovative Leisure
You can listen a full concert here
From New Records
„Still fighting the punk rock war” is standing on the top of the Goldblade‘ s site.
Terror Of The Modern Life LP by Overground Records
The Royal Flares, 60’s German garage rock’n’roll.
Last Time Around from Tales Of Sound & Fury LP by Copasetic. The song is free! Just click the arrow.
4 GUITAR WOLF CLIPS
from the new album: BEAST VIBRATOR by Okami Records
Ghostly You + Beast Vibrator + バッティングセンター + Magma Nobunaga
GUITAR WOLF EURO TOUR IN JUNE-JULY
Garage Rock Light
or Garage Pop Hard?
Here is the brand new Mikal Cronin video
from his new album
If you are a fan than here are a Proclaimers (I’m Gonna Be) and a Sixpence None The Richer (Kiss Me) acoustic cover from him. Free download. Just right click to the track titles and save link.
Euro tour in August Mikal Cronin