12/27/2007
Blues Magoos: "Gotta Get Away," Classic Garage Cut
What a great band name. Bluuuues Magoooos. It rhymes, it's catchy, and it's bizarre. Even better, this description accurately describes their sound as well. One of the first bands to be marketed as Psychedelic, The Blues Magoos were pioneers of ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 12/27/2007 12:49 PM EST in 60's Pop, Rock, 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Blues | Permalink
12/13/2007
Erazerhead: Rock 'N Roll, Ramones Style
Erazerhead were four Ramones fans from the UK who played goofy punk-rock in the early 80's. Like the Ramones, Erazerhead have a cartoonish quality to their sound and image. Their 3-chord music rocks hard and buzzes fast without deviation, and ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 12/13/2007 10:18 AM EST in Rock, Garage Rock, 80's Punk | Permalink
11/27/2007
Mark Sultan Cooks Up Some Tasty Garage Rock
Mark Sultan is the BBQ side of The King Khan and BBQ Show, a pretty rad garage/doo-wop band from Montreal. Joseph over at Admiral Jeffrey calls his song "Cursed World" from the Satanic Verses LP...perfect. Well, my dear Jacob...allow me to get o ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/27/2007 3:37 PM EST in Garage Rock, Blues | Permalink
11/14/2007
Magnetic Swagger: The Forbidden Tigers "Next in Line"
Gotta hand it to Justin over at Sailor Jerry, he finds good shit, and The Forbidden Tigers are no exception. The Nebrasken band's "Next in Line" is a gritty song with dead-pan swagger. It's Iggy Pop racing the Queens of the Stone Age down some d ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/14/2007 10:57 AM EST in Garage Rock, Indie-Rock | Permalink
11/07/2007
A Fuzzy Theme: Lo-Fi Ohio Bands
Ohio is arguably the best state in the union for underground, lo-fi, DIY, poppy, rock bands. Allow me to illustrate with three appropriate examples.
Read MorePosted by Emily on 11/07/2007 1:36 PM EST in Garage Rock, Lo-Fi | Permalink
10/26/2007
Open Your Eyes To The Nazz: A Video Retrospective
Todd Rundgren and company really had the boy band thing down way before pop music sucked. These Philadelphia natives made some real groovy tunes back in the day. Nazz (technically "The" is not included in their name) display a wide range of sou ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/26/2007 12:17 PM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Blues, Video Retrospective | Permalink
10/17/2007
Video: The King Khan and BBQ Show - Why Don't You Lie?
The King Khan and BBQ Show, a bluesy garage rock duo from Canada, recently shot a video for "Why Don't You Lie" from their 2006 album What's For Dinner? Watch as these two travel around Berlin, guitars in hand, playing their gritty doo-wop and c ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/17/2007 4:48 PM EST in YouTube, Garage Rock, Soul | Permalink
10/07/2007
These Days, Shouldn't it be all about the live show?
In today's world, music is invisible. Albums are broken up into individual songs and traded freely. The majority of the time, people share these albums with each other online and in separate spaces. Sure there are communities built around this a ...
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