Yee! Apparently an Oblivians compilation entitled, “Static Party: A Tribute to The Oblivians” was set to be released in 2006, but it never happened. Recently, this track from that would be compilation has popped up and being both a fan of the lips and the Oblivians (especially the lips) so has my dick. In honor of that, here is the song “Something for Nothing.” You can tell there’s some Memphis flavor in there, but all and all it is typical early Lips material with its muddy production and shouts and screams and what have ya, which is always great. I love the sudden ending.
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Some Sick Big Mess Live Footage
Big Mess is a kick ass band from Lowell, MA and here is some footage from their performance at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester (Janurary 26), which I did not attend, but it looks like it was awesome.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn8jKXiunzw&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZJw8TFiDA&feature=related
Here’s their Band Camp page, check it out. This is some of the best material coming out of Boston/New England right now.
Band Recs: Dirty Virgins and Love Handles
Dirty Virgins– Sick band from “Allston Rock City” as they put it on their facebook page; they got the psych-garage punk slime deal down pat, definitely nice music to get busy to. I saw them at the Dirty Douglas a couple of weeks ago and it was a stellar set for sure. Oh and of course, one of the best band names of all time!
Here’s a link to their Band Camp page: http://dirtyvirgins.bandcamp.com/
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Love Handles– West Palm Beach, Florida’s Love Handles follow in a similar vein with their own raw brand of psych punk, but they delve into the more demented side of the style. There’s certainly a stronger psychedelic feel and I hear elements of Syd Barrett era Floyd, The Mabuses, and even a little bit of Deerhunter. Here’s a link to their Sound Cloud Page: http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-phony-folk-singer and http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-gold-chain both can be found on the “HANDLED” 7″ released by West Palm Beotch.
March Boston Cultural Compass Out!
SOTD: No Age- “Everybody’s Down” (2007)
My favorite song from No Age and five days from now I will be seeing these guys for the fifth time! To quote the WWF wrestler Booker T, FIVE TIMES FIVE TIMES! Haha, No Age is in my top three in terms of greatest live music experiences. Can’t wait!
Nathan Williams Kicks Out Some Jams W/ L’il Bro Kynan
Here’s the link to the Vice article “Wavves Wants You to Meet Some Wack but Nice People” by Nick Gazin
http://www.vice.com/read/wavves-wants-you-to-meet-some-wack-but-nice-people
The project is the Williams Brothers as a duo making hip hop beats and their eight song demo is called Sweet Valley. Sweet bro.
BOTW: New Highway Hymnal!
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.
Blog Recommendation: Oblivious Burbling
The Sinbusters in May 2011
While searching for pictures for my upcoming New Highway Hymnal show review I came across this cool blog, Oblivious Burbling run by Anne Cook. The blog features many entertaining photos and documents various shows and other events around the Greater Boston area including some kickass KLYAM endorsed bands such as New Highway Hymnal, The Sinbusters, and the heavenly Hurricanes of Love. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been anything posted since last June, but it is a neat look at some interesting happenings around Boston in 2010 and 2011. Anne describes it best hereself, “A chronicle of my travels through music, art and events. Photos and blurbs about music performances, art exhibits, happenings by and with my friends.”- Oblivious Burbling
Here’s the link, check it out! http://obliviousburbling.blogspot.com/
New Hunx Vid: “Private Room”/LP Out Tomorrow!
Nice! Hunx always has the finest videos. The LP is called Hairdresser Blues and will be out tomorrow, February 28 on Hardly Art.
“Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox Encounters His Younger Self at Bimbo’s”
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/02/live_review_22512_atlas_sounds.php
Above is a link to one of the best live reviews I have read in a while and I am extremely grateful I stumbled upon it. The blog is called SF Weekly and with his review of Atlas Sound @ Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco on February 25, writer Nathan Mattise has documented a great rock and roll moment between Bradford Cox and a thirteen year old fan in the audience (CLICK TO WATCH):
“There’s an extended break after “My Angel Is Broken” as Cox waits for his acoustic to be restrung. Someone shouts, “We want to live, Bradford!” He responds, telling us playfully he’s not here to hurt us while strumming softly. “I won’t hurt you. I won’t hurt you…
“Anyone know that one?”
I sure as hell didn’t; assumed it was a made-up riff with some jokey lyrics. But someone in front of the stage quietly responded with exactly what Cox was looking for. Not only the correct band — The West Coast Experimental Pop Art Band, by the way — but from the absolute right place: a thin 13-year-old boy with shaggy brown hair and a nondescript hoodie. Cox initially offered his mystery responder the beer from his lips before pausing when he finally saw him.
“How old are you?”
“Thirteen.”
He later called what happened next “a transcendental fucking journey.” Cox invited the boy on stage to play maracas as a more parental-guardian-friendly prize, but stopped in his tracks immediately when the kid hit the stage. Fuck. The boy stood there awkwardly, Cox paced around frantically covering his mouth. “Can’t you see it? I saw that face everyday when I brushed my teeth.”
Bradford Cox had just met Bradford Cox, the spitting image of his 13-year-old self at least, in front of a live audience. No matter that when his guitar was properly restrung, we weren’t getting another song quickly.
This moment lasted 20 minutes. During this exchange, the boy forever became Matt Doppelgänger to those in attendance. Cox spent several seconds simply searching for words to describe what he was experiencing. Ultimately, he sat Matt down and offered life advice both genuine (“Spend more time with your parents”) and slightly less than (“Avoid heterosexuals”). There was a hug; there were awkward jokes about masturbating. When Matt Doppelgänger said he knew the song because he saw Thee Oh Sees cover it, Cox flipped. Naturally, he too knew it because Cox saw Stereolab cover it when he was 13. Eventually, the two regrouped to finish the night with a duet of “Terra Incognita,” with Doppelgänger instructed to guest on percussion “whenever it feels right.” It was genuinely moving.”
Wow, if you’re 13 and you listen to Atlas Sound and Thee Oh Sees, you are the coolest kid on the planet! Way to go Matt, way to go Bradford.
Atlas Sound will be hitting up the Paradise Rock Club on Thursday, March 8. Can’t wait!
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