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Band Recommendation: Star Spangled KGB

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Star Spangled KGB are psychedelic rock n rollers from the Chicago area. The band is Jon, Alex, Thom, and Pat. They’ve just recently released their debut album Life As It Was Pt. 1 & 2. It’s chalk-full of catchy numbers from the Donnie Darko referencing “All Is Well” all the way through to the crunchy, warping psychedelia of “Monkshood.” The production particularly stands out; the album is loud and clear in being dirty. If that makes any sense. You’ll see. Songwriter Jon cites The Brian Jamestown Massacre as an influence in addition to the Mamas and the Papas. and Pixies. It’s hard losing concentration in the great mess of being swept away by the lead guitar riffs and wailing vocals. These young folks have caught my attention and probably wouldn’t mind yours.

Check out the album via Bandcamp: HERE
Facebook Page: HERE


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Band Rec: SNEAKPEEK

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SNEAKPEEK is a hot new band that reminds me a lot of the Vivian Girls, especially in the vocals. The band describes themselves as “a female fronted lo-fi/garage/grunge/psych band from Echo Park, California.” I can definitely see the “grunge” quality and I think it works well. Right now they are recording a seven song EP that will be released this Summer. Check out the link below for demos and live recordings.

http://sneakpeek.bandcamp.com/

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Add KhanWood Clarke To King’s Long List of Bands

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Who? KhanWood Clarke. King KHAN, Sean WOOD [Spits], and Jeff CLARKE [Demon’s Claws]
What? A MoonStudio production. The joys of having your own studio. Old country music, a bit like when Nobunny picks up the acoustic
When? Sort of now, but the folks above need $$$ to get Wood to
Where? Berlin
Why? ‘Cause

If you take a listen to “Dirtiest Girl” (a demo), you will be greeted to fine lyrics as:

everyone knows you're the dirtiest girl in town
that you fucked every guy for sixty five miles around
but sugar you know I know my night at all
'cause it's always back to me that you seem to crawl

well every guy in town seems to know you're always at the bar
no matter which day of the week it seems to be
but after you wake up in some strange room on the other side of town
i know you'll always be coming back home to me

well i don't mind that you're a little pig around town
i don't mind at all if you like to sleep around
as long as you're home for breakfast, i don't mind at all

whiskey bottle, empty on the back seat of the car
where'd you sleep last night, I don't even want to know
as long as you're home for breakfast, i don't mind at all

“Indian men are built like brick shit houses and fuck like snakes” ends another sure to be classic, the demo “Old Gunga Din“

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Band Rec: Shannon and the Clams

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I’ve youtubed Shannon and the Clams before and I always enjoyed their stuff, but it wasn’t until last night when I heard this year’s LP Sleep Talk that I was convinced that this is one of the best bands lurking around the underground/”garage” Rock and Roll revivialist world. I knew Shannon Shaw from Hunx and His Punx and I’ve always been a massive fan of her vocals, for they were arguably the brightest light in the latest Hunx release, Too Young to Be in Love. Along with Mark Sultan, I think Shaw is perhaps the finest singer right now. The band as a whole have a mish mash of old school Rock and Roll, Doo Wop, Phil Spector Girl Groups of the love ballady variety, and without a doubt a fast Punk Rock driving sound/edge to them. Overall, this is fun, innocent Rock and Roll, but with just a bit more kick to it; they really can rock hard and freak out like on ” King of the Sea.” I’m sure they will be a future band of the week, in any case keep your eye out for these guys on KLYAM.

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Band Recommendation: Peach Kelli Pop

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A band of White Wires drummer Allie! Insta-catchy pop!

They have an LP (which sold out and is being repressed on Infinity Cat) and a cassette for your listening pleasures.

You can listen to “Doo Wah Diddy” for a little taste and also take a ride to their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=191172137584280&set=a.166487570052737.35500.166477510053743&theater

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Band Recommendations!

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– Myty Konkeror is a straight up noisy/heavy act! The CT/NY dudes have an LP out called I miss the future on Twin Lakes Records. You can take a listen to their rockers here: http://mytykonkeror.bandcamp.com/. They’ve got a video for the instrumental “Cell Division”, check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sQARk-S4kA&feature=player_embedded#at=144. The band name lends itself pretty well to the music!
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– M-Tank of South Carolina play a very poppy rock ‘n’ roll by way of fuzz, scuzz, and twang that calls to mind the excellent rock ‘n’ roll/punk that has come out of the Atlanta scene. I’m digging the home-recording esque dynamic to their tunes — they’re not raped by hiss to the point of distraction, but rather to a point of keen suitability. Whatever that means! Check out their reverb nation page which is replete with audio and video: http://www.reverbnation.com/mtank.

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Band Recommendation: The Carbonas

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Last.Fm Blurb: “The Carbonas (formed in 2001) hail from Atlanta, GA, home to some of the most exciting new bands to hit the scene in quite awhile. Along with The Lids (now defunct), Black Lips, and up-and-comers like The Frantic and Beat Beat Beat, The Carbonas are turning Atlanta into the next Seattle. Or Chicago. Or something like that. You know what I mean. After releasing an LP ages ago, they jumped to the front of the hot bands list with release of the jaw-dropping “Frothing at the Mouth” EP over the winter, which had reviewers worldwide spitting hyperbole all over themselves.”

The Deal: I’ve always heard about the Carbonas, but never really gave them a sufficient check-out. It’s never too late to get into a band, so even if I’m a decade late on this one that’s all right. I really like what I’m hearing. Counted amongst members is Gentleman Jesse who plays bass.

Song: “Phone Booth”

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Band Recommendation: New Generation Dudes

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New Generation Dudes from Chicago, Illinois know how to entertain. Keep in mind, I know very little about whether they can actually entertain (I’m guessing they can), but they seem to have the basics down…musically at least. Their latest EP is a clusterfuck of dance music at the heart of everything. Whether its actually ghetto house music or some variation of that is something for KLYAM EDM expert Rich to decide, but to me it’s just enjoyable stuff that’s fast, heavy, and hooky as can be. As NGD put it: “IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS, YOUR HEAD WILL LITERALLY FUCKING EXPLODE. DO NOT FUCK AROUND.” Seriously, though, it’s true. What really impresses me is their control of tempo. I tend to appreciate electronic music a lot more when there are parts that are immediately attractive, but others that you have to wait for. NGD gets it right. Take a listen why don’t you?

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/newgenerationdudes

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Bright Eyes – “Four Winds”

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On Friday December 17 tickets go on sale for Bright Eyes on March 10 at the House of Blues, I bring this up for two reasons, one, I am a big Bright Eyes fan, but also for the past couple of years there have been rumors about Bright Eyes breaking up so Conor Oberst can concentrate on other projects. Will this be the final go around, maybe-maybe not, in any case I am hedging my bets and going, better to play it safe then miss out.