Great production and the overall ‘sound’ of a record can really do wonders in getting a man/woman hooked to music. Well, the immediacy of Ketamines explosion is outstanding. I compare them to The Hussy in this regard. From the second you click play or drop the needle, you know you are in for high voltage fun. The guitars are a la Jay Reatard and bands of that nature and the vocals are full of reverb and echo. Typical you’d think. But, there are a bunch of other little sound effects/extra layers of instrumentation that do indeed separate Ketamines from most rock n roll/punk outfits. Extra notable examples: “Teenage Rebellion” and “Midnight Dawn.” Check out their LP Spaced Out (Southpaw/Mammoth Cave). Ten tracks of 2-3 minutes of fun a pop. Look for them around your neck of the woods when they tour the US in May and June.
I feel like this might slip past a lot of radars since it was made for a Greek music festival [Plissken], but it’s truly a well-done piece highlighting the personality of Khan. Also, there’s old footage of the Black Lips recording Let It Bloom. Watch it. It’s neat.
There it is. Just announced by In The Red. Out on June 26!
It’s called Slaughterhouse:
01 Death
02 I Bought My Eyes
03 Slaughterhouse
04 The Tongue
05 Tell Me What’s Inside Your Heart
06 Wave Goodbye
07 Muscle Man
08 That’s the Bag I’m In
09 Diddy Wah Diddy
10 Oh Mary
11 Fuzz War
So the following may or may not be the official video for Ty’s outstanding Goodbye Bread track “My Head Explodes”. The video says it is official so we’ll accept that as truth. Either way, it’s less psychedelic and more carnage than the other Goodbye Bread vids.
Secondly, Ty has a collaborative album coming out in April with White Fence. It’s called Hair and a couple days ago a song on it called “I Am Not A Game” was made available for listening pleasure. Click to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkL26bcfUG0&feature=related
Formerly at Radio on Tuesday April 3, it has been moved back one day to April 2 and will be at Great Scott in Allston. 21+ and Heavy Cream still opens. Cool!
I read a comment yesterday on a Ty song thing on Last.Fm. To summarize, it said that most bands should probably just stop making music. They have failed. This sorta explains that:
Coming forth on Record Store Day (April 21) is what will most likely be an incredible piece of music from one of our favorites, Nobunny!!!! It’s called The MaximumRockNRoll EP and is “minimum fidelity and maximum punk attack”. That sounds good I tell ya! It will be released by the great Goner Records.
Side A: “Assholes” “At The Mall” “I Can’t Stop” Side B: “I See Swastikas” “Lizard Liar$ & Sluts For Hire”
