Parks and Records was started by Jon (Rum Diary) and Mimi Fee who were responsible for the amazing “translation.music” comps from the early 00s. The label has a focus on DIY as well as green ideals. They have one release out and apparently will be releasing the new album by Shuteye Unison, featuring Jon and Daniel of the Rum Diary…. Read more »
Label: WeirdBeard Records Released: November 2007 Before they had an album out, I wrote about the material Mongrels had up on their Myspace page. It was a raw, manic mix of garagey soul (or soulful garage). Either way, they tapped into the excitement of the late 60s Detroit that would profoundly influence much of 70s hard rock, even if few… Read more »
Here’s a message from the band: “We just posted a YouTube clip of our acoustic performance of “Ocean” at our special Thanksgiving Day benefit show in Chicago this past November…Hope you enjoy it!”
Label: Lujo Records Released: February 12, 2008 For this review, Chuck and I decided to collaborate. We both queued up the album at the same time and had a conversation about our thoughts. It came out more as the anatomy of a review, but the result was at least interesting. We’ll be trying this again (maybe every other week) to… Read more »
Here’s a new video from the great shining light in glam these days:
Brooklyn’s Teletextile have just released two new music videos, and the latest, from photographer Jessica Attie, is for “ampm2” from their debut LP, Care Package. It’s a pretty neat video. Check it out.
Label: Kill Rock Stars Released: January 29, 2007 We Brave Bee Stings and All begins and ends like it may be a simple twee pop album. Both songs have a thin, light pop sound that could be mistaken for a novelty. What happens between those two songs, however, is anything but. There is no doubt that a twee influence runs… Read more »
Label: Jump Start Records Released: October 23, 2007 There are two things that outsiders often attribute to punk rock: angst and nihilism. While both of these are prevalent even today, to assume that these two things the very core of punk dismisses an awful lot, among which is One Win Choice. They replace angst with anger and nihilism with hope…. Read more »
Label: Joyful Noise Recordings Released: January 22, 2008 In a nutshell, Lafcadio could be described as King Crimson meets Dillinger Escape Plan meets Black Flag meets Black Sabbath meets Shel Silverstein. If you’re not immediately turned off by the threat of that, then their new album Kibosh is probably for you. At times, they are as refined (though not quite… Read more »
Label: MVD Entertainment Group Released: February 19, 2008 Flipper is one of those bands that no one really likes for the music. It’s poorly constructed, disjointed and generally just a big mess. Nonetheless, they have fans, even 21 years after the death of singer Will Shatter and a spotty catalog at best since that time. The question then is, “Why?”… Read more »