The Atlanta-based collective featuring Cole Alexander (Black Lips), Curtis Harding (former Cee Lo Green back-up singer), and Danny Lee Blackwell (Night Beats) as well as a some input from Joe Bradley (Black Lips). Check it out:
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Band Recommendation: Dangeresque
Austin Texas’ own Dangeresque is a band you ought to be checking out…right about now! Start with their Quit Your Day Job EP (http://dangeresque.bandcamp.com/) which is by and large groovy and features solid singing chops for a style of music that oft is more lackadaisical! The fuzzy stomper “Walking Dead” has an immediate catchiness not too far off stylistically from The Soft Pack or The Orwells while a tune like “Always Leave A Note” is more bare bones with swift reverby guitar work!
Their latest Boots EP will be released on cassette on Halloween. It is a step up sonically and features some more instruments, a lil’ country, and those good ole kinda guitar licks that I was just bragging about. Stay on watch for more information.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dangeresqueband
Kal Marks Touring In November
Catch ’em while you can!
11/1 Great Scott (Allston) Tour kick off!
11/2 Bard College NY w/ Arvid Noe & Small Wonder
11/3 Ithaca NY @ Cornell
11/4 Kent Oh. @ Stone Tavern
11/5 Kalamazoo Mi. @ Corner Record Shop w/ Totally Rad, Morseville Bridge.
11/6 Chicago Il. @ 86′ Mets w/ The New Diet, Animal City, Meatwave
11/7 Bloomington In. @ Handmendown house w/ Dust from 1000 years
11/8 Louisville KY. @ Jeff’s house of Sex w/ Tropical Trash, the misfits?
11/9 Athens Oh. @TBA
11/10 Richmond Va. @ Bauhaus w/ Starfish Prime, Gunboat, Heavy Midgets
11/11 Philadelphia Pa. @ Kung Fu Necktie
11/12 Brooklyn NY. Spike Hill w/ Music Band, Big Ups, Dirty Virgins.
Stay current with the TBA’s here: https://www.facebook.com/events/153944518082227/
Band of the Week: The Fagettes
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/
Listen To Another Track Off Barbaras New LP: “Day at the Shrine”
The modern classic “Day at the Shrine,” originally recorded and released on The Barbaras 7″ which came via Goner in 2008. The 7″ version is very quiet and lo-fidelity, but features the same kind of awesome pop magic that this Jay Reatard produced version has. This version is better!
Check it out via MTV Hive: http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/18/barbaras-day-at-the-shrine-stream/
Watch Ty Segall Perform “Thank God For Sinners” On Conan
The Barbaras – “How Many Times”
Y’all can now hear a full tune off upcoming LP 2006-2008 (Goner) courtesy of Raven Sings The Blues.
Classic Album Review: “Magnetic Mountain”
Band: Girls of the Gravitron
Release: 2010
Label: Miss Lonelyhearts Records
Comments: Once in a great while – and it sure is great – I come across a very inspirational group of music creators. Girls of the Gravitron are one of them. I got into this album on a whim, because why wouldn’t I want to explore a Memphis project that features members of the Barbaras and Magic Kids? Magnetic Mountain is not a highly polished offering; in fact, its homey and tinny sound accounts for a lot of what makes this click for me. The one song that I literally couldn’t stop listening to from the time that I heard it first is “Her Flower Opens Like Slow Moving Trail of Atom Bomb”. It makes me want to pick up a guitar and learn how to rip off Girls of the Gravitron. If only I could. It has the cheeriness of a lot of what folks might call underground pop – lots of jangle and some killer keyboard (especially at the end…thanks Will McElroy!). Cole Weintraub sings sort of like Jeffrey Novak and Calvin Johnson with a cool blend of Adam Green’s off-the-cuff delivery (listen to “Weird World” for justification of this claim) . Basically, if you love those dudes and a wide range of music styles – punk, folk, garage – you should have no problem loving this. There are 19 tunes on this one…this review would probably read more like a tiny research paper if I went into intricate detail about everything. At any rate, Magnetic Mountain is something you ought to listen to yourself rather than reading me describe what it is like to listen to. The other thing that is especially noteworthy is that these are dudes who know what they are doing. This record is almost a continuation or a confirmation of their legacies in those other bands which I’d argue puts a cherry on top of a ‘Memphis sound’ that they cultishly created. I will list some other weirdo gems that are approximately outstanding (this is tough!): “Principes of Kimberly,” “Magnetic Mountain,” “Violent Appetites,” “Come Alone,” and the finisher “1000 Yrs”. This will be your new favorite musical discovery!
King Khan’s Daughter Saba Lou’s 7″ On Hunx’s Wacky Wacko
Saba Lou’s second single Until The End is out now via Hunx (Seth Bogart) label Wacky Wacko. If I’ve counted correctly, it has been five years since the pre-teen released her impressive debut First Day of School 7″ (Die Slaughterhaus/Rob’s House), which featured her dad, good ole King Khan.
“Until The End” is streaming!
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 