Band of the Week: Girls of the Gravitron!

03/15/2013 by Leave a comment


Wow, I don’t know if it is just me or did that feel like the longest week with our last Band of the Week, The Electric Street Queens. Ahh well, y’all had plenty of time to check them out! And it’s a must that you check out our current BOTW: Girls of the Gravitron! These dudes are from Memphis, TN and their music is so out of control and bizarre, that after obsessively and excessively listening to their 2010 LP Magnetic Mountain for about three months straight, I still struggle to articulate what it sounds like. It’s weird pop about our weird world. There are elements of Black Lips, Beat Happening (especially in the vocals, very Calvin Johnson), Adam Green/Moldy Peaches, Pavement, and the cheeriness of fellow Memphis legends The Barbaras, Magic Kids, and Toxie- which by the way keyboardist Will McElroy is a member of all four of these bands! He’s the man, and there may be some other overlapping members. I’d say GOTG are a lot darker than those other bands though; there’s this real fuck you attitude to them. Lastly, they remind me of  The Adventures of Pete and Pete and a nice, fairly warm Autumn day. In any case, I can’t recommend this band enough. One of my favorites that unfortunately no one outside Memphis seems to know. Well, we at KLYAM are spreading our love, read Glen’s review of Magnetic Mountain: http://klyam.com/2012/10/12/classic-album-review-magnetic-mountain/

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Band of the Week: The Electric Street Queens!

12/11/2012 by Leave a comment

ESQ

Our current Band of the Week is the notorious Electric Street Queens!  This ain’t your grandaddy’s dry music, this is the real shit, “Sweaty, salty, never dry.” ESQ are a brutal two piece that roam the (electric) streets of Boston and features Melanie of The Fagettes. Ya dig them too if  you don’t already.  For fans of  scum, puke, and roadkill, check out The Electric Street Queens.
http://electricstreetqueens.tumblr.com/


Shot by Avi Paul Weinstein, you can find all of his videos from that night on You Tube as well!

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Band of the Week: SKIMASK!

11/04/2012 by Leave a comment


This week’s Band of the Week is the ass kicking, mind bending, spellbounding, stupdendous SKIMASK, one of Boston’s greatest stars and noisemakers, no fakers. If you scroll down the KLYAM page, you can catch an interview we just conducted with thee SKIMASK drummer (Z). Okay fine, here’s a link, you lazy bastards. http://klyam.com/2012/11/04/check-out-this-sheeet-klyam-interviews-skimask/
SKIMASK’s forthcoming LP Cute Mutuant will be released on November 27, 2012 on Infinity Cat Recordings, Sophomore Lounge Records, and 100% Breakfast. Goddamn, that’s a delicious dish!

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Band of the Week: The Fagettes

10/18/2012 by Leave a comment

The Fagettes – one of Boston’s rock and roll jewels – left a mighty fine impression on us with their latest 7″ If I See Him Again and did the same when they performed covers of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood at the big Halloween extravaganza that went down last weekend.

The band has putting out quality tunes since 2010 — special shout-out to 2011′s The Fagettes, Vol 2 three minutes of brilliance “When I’m With You”. Ryan and Melanie split singing duties and this cool back-and-forth is one of their many highlights – gotta mention, too, the saxophone/harmonica on If I See Him Again!

I agree with what Chris said in the live review, I’m beyond excited to see Fagettes perform again!

Blog: http://thefagettes.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/F-A-G-E-T-T-E-S-USA/286468578066089
Bandcamp: http://thefagettes.bandcamp.com/

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Band of the Week: THE HUSSY

09/17/2012 by Leave a comment

If ya haven’t heard of The Hussy, where have you been I wonder? The duo from Wisconsin has had a 2012 tour itinerary quite unlike many others: they’ve essentially been on a mega-tour since March. In addition, they released their superb sophomore full-length Weed Seizure this year as well. The good word on the street is Weed Seizure got repressed on opaque yellow vinyl. Via Tic Tac Totally. With no stopping in sight, heads up for The Hussy. What will Bobby and Heather Hussy do next? Probably something awesome! Oh wait, they’re playing GonerFest. After that? More touring. After that? Probably something awesome, again!

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Band of the Week: Gravys Drop!!!!

08/24/2012 by Leave a comment


WOOOOOO! Band of the Month, errr Band of the Week a title only reserved for the greatest Rock ‘n’ Rollers, the truest gangstas to quote one, Frank Hurricane, and this week we have Gravys Drop!!! Gravys Drop is fronted by Billy Grave, a cool, cool dude. In fact, while we’re here we might as well do some reminiscing. Let’s take a quick trip back to October 2, 2009, a day that will live in KLYAM infamy. Nobunny nearly burned down Harpers Ferry haha! JK!! More importantly, Billy G himself played drums in Nobunny during this tour and KLYAM chatted with the dude for a little while before the show- at the time we were pretty new to well everything. We knew and loved Tard, but had never heard of Nobunny or Hunx or most of the bands we enjoy and endorse now. It’s funny, I remember distinctly it was Billy that introduced us to Thee Oh Sees. I doubt he remembers this, but for what’s it worth, thanks, great show, good times! Now back to present. Gravys Drop. Killer band with killer songs. Nice, old school rock ‘n’ roll just the way we know you like it. There’s some country, bubblegum, and certainly gah ridge rock. It’s fun! Listen to For The Love of Gravy, it dropped on Burger Records earlier this year. Check it out!
http://gravysdrop.com/

 

P.S. Gravys Drop, if you’re ever heading on tour, hit up Boston we’d love to have ya!

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BOTW: Mark Sultan

05/10/2012 by Leave a comment

Our Band of the Week needs no introduction, do your history! Mark Sultan has been a KLYAM fave since before there was a KLYAM. If you’re in the Boston/New England area, come to the PA’s Lounge in Somerville this Saturday, May 12. Sick local bands opening: Banditas, New Highway Hymnal, The BFs, and Girlfriends.

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BOTW: SARALEE!

04/11/2012 by Leave a comment

Hello everyone, check out SARALEE our latest Band of the Week, truly a unique group that deserves a lot of praise. We have seen and reviewed SARALEE a few times now and they get better each time. Definitely one of the best bands in Boston right now. The first time I saw them they opened for Peach Kelli Pop (PKP’s very first show in America!) at the now defunct Problem House in Allston, MA. Allie Hanlon from PKP wrote about SARALEE in her tour diary: “Saralee was a girl Sara, who has the cutest / best voice, and Lee a great drummer, who lives at the Problem House and was a gracious host to us! I was happy to see them play.”- http://peachkelli.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-29T15:52:00-07:00&max-results=7
I couldn’t say it better myself! Here’s their Band Camp page: http://saralee.bandcamp.com/

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BOTW: New Highway Hymnal!

03/03/2012 by Leave a comment

Yessir, our Band of the Week is none other than, New Highway Hymnal, a kickass band from both Haverhill and Lowell, MA. NHH has just recently released a 7-inch, entitled “Blackened Hands” on Vanya Records (a local, Allston based label) and will be playing Austin, TX’s annual South By South West (SXSW)Festival in the next couple of weeks. Congrats guys!

A review of their Lowell “7 release show will up soon. Stay tuned, turn on, and take over.

Below is the music video for “Blackened Hands” for your viewing pleasure.

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SOTD By The New BOTW: Bleached !

02/01/2012 by 1 Comment

Here’s “Electric Chair,” which I mentioned in my review of their performance from Sunday. Once again, great band, look forward to hearing more of their material!

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