Hell yeah.....I would have added Shake Some Action by the Groovies 2:):):)
April 22, 2011 1:42 PM CDT
Hell yeah.....I would have added Shake Some Action by the Groovies 2:):):)
April 21, 2011 7:35 PM CDT
Killer play list ...
April 21, 2011 6:52 PM CDT
Murder City Nights #4 - It'll chew you up, spit you out, and leave you begging for more.
Featuring rad shit from the Hip Priests, the Phantom Limbs, Oblivians, Sonic Negroes and more!
SET LIST:
April 22, 2011 10:30 AM CDT
oh yeah Jim Jones is awesome! we played a show with them in Hollywood and they were awesome!
April 22, 2011 10:19 AM CDT
hey! Thanx for the heads up. Im-a go check 'em out. If we hear of anything cool we'll post it as well. Its definielty a genre that could use a little fire under it. Such a great combo Punk and Blues. Makes for some cool interesting music with vibe and sonic bliss. Hopefully more bands out there will explore and create their own versions of songs or write their own in that vein. know of any good comps for Punk Blues that you could recommend?
April 20, 2011 5:04 PM CDT
Not dead. Sleepin'.
April 20, 2011 3:27 PM CDT
Chicago's Tijuana Hercules was a really cool trash-blues-punk group. http://www.myspace.com/tijuanahercules
April 20, 2011 2:37 PM CDT
Agreed: there are a lot of bluespunk bands slithering around out there, they are just not at the top of the heap these days and don't get a lot of attention (unless you're talking White Stripes, Black Keys, etc.) Has anybody heard of The Immortal Lee County Killers II from Alabama? I play in a bluespunk two-piece called Las Drogas (based out of Ypsilanti, MI - near Ann Arbor and Detroit) We play a mixture of garage, blues, rockabilly, 50s/60s rock, punk. www.myspace.com/lasdrogasrock http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Drogas/136540006382577 Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwOsTEsmLU Jon Spencer Blues Explosion had some good stuff, so did Fat Possum Records
April 20, 2011 1:46 PM CDT
And... 24 Brothers at www.myspace.com/twentyfourbrothers is still around from sweden!
April 22, 2011 10:21 AM CDT
Ah, alright. Don't know what to make of the download only option in this case. It's a fine thing for web based zines to have a way of publishing in a less costy and inexpensive way. But here, it's just another step in a weird direction. Like, "what what do you need to get this shit out to people? Yeah a zine would be great!"
kopper said:
Is it being printed at all? I thought it was just an online thing with a downloadable PDF so you can print it out yourself...
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April 22, 2011 9:40 AM CDT
Is it being printed at all? I thought it was just an online thing with a downloadable PDF so you can print it out yourself...
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April 22, 2011 4:29 AM CDT
Like with the other discussions circling Scion/Vice, I think it's basically good that bands like human eye are getting some money from this to waste on their own good stuff. There's a couple of people there that love what they do enough to keep killing it without Scion. Hex Dispenders and all, you know. Some others just seem to jump boat and pick up on whatever is making them a quick buck. But there's always that. As companies go, this will be a fleeting thing. Probably lasting until the next change in the marketing direction, or until this kind of thing doesn't bring back enough.
Concerning the zine: Since that's an integral part of it, I wonder about the whole get up of this in print? Will this be a high gloss affair like vice? Or will it be printed to look cheap and "edgy"? I guess the print run would be in the high mega thousands, which also kind of speaks against the whole zine sentiment. Sure, underground magazines have made it into the nationwide sales chart at times, but they climed their way up and didn't spam events and stores of all kinds and have yet another outlet to sell ads and stuff. This would probably be better titled as a "Rolling Stone with different graphics."
I'm putting together my own little zine right now and I wanna make the layouts from clippings and with Cut an Paste methods, but what do the Veteran zine makers on the hideout say to this Scion mag? WhatWave Dave? ...I know there are other zines with profiles here, but I'm just to dumb to remember now...
April 21, 2011 7:30 PM CDT
Downloadable PDF format or read it online:
http://www.scionav.com/music/scionzines/index.html#general2,?zineid=51151
It's pretty much what you'd expect. Lots of articles on (or interviews with) the bands they're working with/supporting. It's not that any of it is bad, per se, but this Scion thing is just starting to get really predictable. And the focus seems to all be about the modern, cutting-edge "garage" bands (most of whom would probably like to shy away from that moniker if they could) with very little if any mention of the great garage rock & punk stuff of the past.
Thoughts?
By the way, I sent Christopher Roberts at Vice Records an interview over three months ago asking him a bunch of questions about Vice and Scion and the whole "garage" marketing scheme... he never replied (and I've resent it to him several times). I just reminded him again. Maybe he'll answer it this time, who knows. I guess if he doesn't answer them I could always just post it here and we could make up our own answers. Heh.
April 21, 2011 11:22 AM CDT
Is "Garage Beat '66" considered a standard yet? That series and "Back from the Grave" get the best stuff out.
"Psychedelic States" is hit or miss, and for whatever reason, whenever I find them in a shop, the discs are in really shit quality, even if they're still wrapped.
"Don't Press Your Luck: The In-Sound from Connecticut" and "We're Gonna Change the World!" are my two favorite regionals. I hate to sound like a Sundazed fanboy, but hell, I am. Oh well.
Oh! "Ft. Worth Teen Scene!" Classics, all!
April 20, 2011 6:16 PM CDT
some i could think if now...
Gravel Comps
Return of the Young Pennsylvanians / Pennsylvania Unknowns
Quagmire Comps
Ikon Story
Texas Flashbacks
GYRO1966 comps!!!!
April 21, 2011 1:29 AM CDT
I(Axel) went 1999, after having seen the video of an earlier one(1994 I think). It was my first trip to the dirty south and that place, at least Local 506, really deserved the name. Tits, beer, booze, sweat and rock'n'roll. I have picture proof of all that. I went alone, all the way from Germany, but made friends fast, esp. Leo from the Cowslingers(who played) and his wife Jen. I was excited to get to see the Woggles finally and Nashville Pussy. Other great bands, which I had never heard of before, were Jack Black(HRW Dave's band), Twin 6(reminded me a lot on Turbonegro) and Helldorado from NYC. It was a great festival and, along with both Heavy Rebel Weekenders I went to(2 & 3), probably the best one I have been to up to this day. It's hard to believe it took place in such a small bar...I had been to Treblefest, Denver, the year before. Great line-up(Hate Bombs, Swingin' Neckbreakers, Fleshtones, Vendettas with sexy Buffy, Quadrajets, Mullens...) but the atmosphere was not nearly as 'hot' as at Sleazefest.
April 20, 2011 5:16 PM CDT
Oh wow! If you could post that vid that would be great! I know there was a documentary on the very first one (it's broken up in parts)...Anything you can dig up (including your other stuff) would be great material for us needy garageheads on here!
Blair said:
BTW, somewhere around here, I have the video from one of the Sleazefests. I'll have to dig it up again.
April 20, 2011 1:44 PM CDT
BTW, somewhere around here, I have the video from one of the Sleazefests. I'll have to dig it up again.
April 20, 2011 5:14 PM CDT
So, something that I've been kicking around in my head for awhile, ever since I found out my old drummer was moving away -- and seeing the absolute stone cold bitch it is to try and find a new one -- is the idea of stripping it back to just two guys, a guitarist(me) and a bass player, sharing vocals, and having the bass hold down the rhythm and the low end(with, obviously, some rhythm guitar mixed in). Obviously, anything can work given the right mix of people, talent, and music, but I was wondering if anybody had tried this, had any suggestions; pitfalls I should look out for, things like that?
April 20, 2011 4:59 PM CDT
April 20, 2011 4:59 PM CDT
Nice! The cut-up! Keith Richards talks about doing that on one of the tunes on Exile.
April 20, 2011 11:24 AM CDT
I love it. The classic Borroughsian "Cut-Up" method! I wonder how man great bands have done the same for at least some of their lyrics. There are some folk who believe that the right "chunk dada dunk da donk de dunk, bwaan ahhhn bahn bum ba!" on the guitars and drums can literally save souls, and a few others beside, who believe that, properly utilized, the cut-up technique can anticipate the future. The Greeks had their "Oracle at Delphi," garage-punks and other rock n rollers have their Oracle at Gibson.
Another tip: Don't just mumble over the music. Hush it, wail it, scream it, bark at it, do whatever you have to to put a full range of vocalizations over the top of the song before you start adding too many words to the mix. I was working on one this morning and the "mumble-with-authoritah" wasn't working for me, so I started vocalizing blasts of brass, Within 10 minutes I managed to dig out a really cool verse for a new song.
April 20, 2011 11:15 AM CDT
I hate writing lyrics. What I tend to do is get the song pretty well done already and then pull out one of a few notebooks that I have that I keep tossing fragments, bits of poetry, words that pop into my head, and see what fits. Sometimes I'll grab a whole page from the book, slice it into pieces, and then toss them in a hat to pull out random pieces and see what I can string together. Usually, I find that figuring out the song, then the melody line, then the lyrics, works best for me, but even better if I already have stuff floating around that I can turn into lyrics, if that makes sense.
April 20, 2011 2:45 PM CDT
Did anyone mention Forbidden Dimension or any other Jackson Phibes' stuff? He's a Canadian that totally rips: punky, smart, fun, technically literate, sings about goth/horror stuff non-stop, and even wears make-up and other horror costume/goth get-up. Check it out: http://forbiddendimension.exophagy.com/main.html
April 20, 2011 2:29 PM CDT
Jeff, I might be up for it but my schedule is a little nuts until May. I do have an enormous Aussie garage/punk collection, it's actually kind of ridiculous how much music I've accumulated specifically from Australia, and as you know I've already got the radio credentials. The only thing is that I am indeed an ex-pat - grew up in Adelaide, but I'm in the U.S. It'd be much cooler if you could get an actual Australian to do it because I lost any traces of my accent back in '89, so it's gonna be obvious I'm a Yank :-)
Anyway, you know where to find me I think :-)
Jenni/LPL
WORT 89.9 FM, Madison WI
