Aha, this looks terrific! It’s as if you found this in your uncle’s basement and you have to blow the dust off it because no one has played the damn thing since the 70s.
Hard In Heaven– Vinyl Release Date: TBA on Burger Records
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Watch Best Coast Perform “Do You Love Me Like You Used To?” On Conan (9/5/12)
No Age + Bradford Cox + Mike Watt!
LANCE BANGS – IMMORTAL VOLUME 1990-2012 : CINEFAMILY, 9/7
“Filmmaker Lance Bangs will project documentary excerpts, short films, music videos, concert footage, tour projections and collaborations featuring Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Guided By Voices, Jay Reatard, LCD Soundsystem, Menomena, Neutral Milk Hotel, No Age/Black Flag, Pavement, R.E.M., the Shins, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, Syd Tha Kid, the White Stripes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and others.
The program will include an excerpt from his forthcoming feature length documentary “Breadcrumb Trail” about the Louisville band Slint, as well as excerpts from the unreleased feature length concert film “Arthurfest.”
Following the screening, Bradford Cox (Atlas Sound, Deerhunter) Randy Randall (No Age) Dean Spunt (No Age) and Mike Watt (Minutemen, Stooges) will perform live.“- http://la-underground.tv/post/30966582819/lance-bangs-immortal-volume-1990-2012
Wow, what a line up!
THE NEW HIGHWAY HYMNAL STREAMING “WHISPERS” LP/ RELEASE SHOW @ GREAT SCOTT (10/18/12)
Hey kids, one of the raddest bands around town, The New Highway Hymnal released their latest LP Whispers on Vanya Records and you can stream a preview TODAY! Right here: http://soundcloud.com/vanyarecords/sets/the-new-highway-hymnal
To celebrate the release of this album NHH is teaming up with the likes of Earthquake Party, Ribs, and Infinity Girl for a Record Release Party on Thursday, October 18 @ Great Scott!
Link to facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/141265559350188/?notif_t=plan_user_invited
Who Did It Better? “Dream Lover”
The Original: Bobby Darin– “Dream Lover” (1959)
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Cover: The Paris Sisters– “Dream Lover” (1964)
Speaking of which, check out this trippy short film entitled Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965, Kenneth Anger), featuring the Sisters’ cover of “Dream Lover.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3Hs-nPxgU Big shout out to Andrue Coombes for introducing me to this film and this cover version altogether. Thanks brother!
So, Glen and I we’re discussing “Dream Lover” as we tend to wax philisophical when it comes to pop music of all kinds of slime, and Glen prefers Darin’s original, whereas I am much more of a Paris Sisters man. I love Darin’s tune, no doubt, but the Sisters truly bring the song to life in ways I would have never imagined, with of course the help of Mr. Phil Spector. Maybe, this is just my ears (which have been deemed as “fucked up” by others), but their cover version sinks into an eerie underbelly of American pop music that truly makes them stand out amongst the other more famous Girl Groups of the 1960s era. It’s just a weird pop song that reminds me of The Carpenters, almost like Carpenters meets Atlas Sound!
“Dream Lover” fans, be sure to catch the most epic rendition ever on thee upcoming Wiener cassette tape, I’m Not A Musician from the legendary Gangbang Gordon!
FAT CREEPS FIRST TOUR!!!
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Now kids across the Northeast can experience KLYAM’s favorite Boston band and one of the most breathtaking live acts as of late. Seriously, if any of you KLYAM readers out there live in Providence, Portland, Northampton, Bennington, New York or nearby, I seriously recommend you go to one of these shows! Check out these badass fliers!
09/21 – Allston, MA @ The Pill at Great Scott
09/22 – Providence, RI @ Ladyfest Providence @ Machines with Magnets
09/27 – Portland, ME @ Matthew’s
09/28 – Northampton, MA @ The Basement
09/29 – Bennington, VT @ Bennington College
w/ The Migs
09/30 – New York @ Cake Shop
NEW Moon Duo- “Sleepwalker” Music Vid Feat. King Khan & Simon Says
Moon Duo comprises of DJ Ripley Johnson and DJ Sanae Yamada and they enlisted the one and only King Khan and everyone’s favorite Shrine, Simon Says for their latest music video “Sleep Walker,” a humorous, bizarre take on the 1980s culture, specifically it’s obsession with aerobics. More info here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/09/05/160534240/first-watch-moon-duo-sleepwalker
EP Review: Fagettes- “If I See Him Again” (2012)
Artist: Fagettes
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Label: Self-Released
Track List:
1) If I See Him Again
2) On Drugs
3) My Girl Looks Like Johnny Thunders
Comments: Fagettes! Here’s a band that delivers just what the doctor ordered. It’s raining like a motherfucker right now, so I might as well stay inside my dorm and put on some nice, soothing music. Enter Fagettes. One of the hardest working bands in the Boston underground music scene, Fagettes have been around the block for a few years now and have played with the likes of Hunx and His Punx and Shannon and The Clams; after listening to this EP I can strongly recommend them to fans of those bands and like minded weirdos across the galaxy. “If I See Him Again” is pleasing to my ears, bringing some sunshine to this rainy day. The title track is fun and brings to mind the aforementioned Shannon and The Clams, Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, The Vaselines, and local heroes, Fat Creeps. “On Drugs” sounds just like what it is, but in the best possible way. Fagettes seem to live in some strange, hazy world and with this tune they do their best to wrap you up real tight and take you with them. I’m turned on. I love the mix of male and female vocals, and this song feels like a grand ode to Beat Happening- with the vocals specifically reminding me of Heather Lewis. Beat Happening, but more savage, slip some acid in dat hot chocolate boy! The band continues in this mellow, almost apathetic approach in the EP’s final song “My Girl Looks Like Johnny Thunders,” and this time they whip out a funky harmonica, which helps make the track stand out on its own. Thunders culminates in some fantastic shrieks from the two lead vocalists, with each ferociously shouting “FEEL ALRIGHT!” Yes, I do feel alright. The weather may be shitty, but after hearing this little ditty, I’m feeling alright. Actually, more than alright, I’m feeling pretty sexy. Listen to Fagettes today, if you want to feel sexy:
http://thefagettes.bandcamp.com/releases
Hey, hey, by the way! Catch Fagettes playing a Halloween show along with Fat Creeps, Earthquake Party, and Fedavees on Friday, October 13 at the Rosebud in Somerville, MA! Shit just got even spookier…
Black Lips/Lazzy Lung Super Tour 2012!
YEAHHH!!! Our beloved Black Lips are touring the Middle East region this very month, a conquest they have been cooking up since 2008 or earlier. The foursome are taking Lazzy Lung along with them for their pilgramidge and their first show is on Wednesday, September 19 in Larnarca, Cypresss. Spreading peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll- and who better to do it than the greatest themselves?!
Anonymous Dog Tapes and Records
Check out Anonymous Dog Tapes and Records! They are putting out some fine cassettes for various artists including Boston KLYAM faves Fat History Month (“I Finally Understand What People Mean When They Say Drifting”) and SARALEE(“Untitled”). Click here: http://anonymousdog.com/
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