Category Archives: Music

Art, Band Recommendation, Fat History Month, GG Allin, Music, Video

Band Rec: Saralee

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Saralee is an awesome duo from Boston; one of the finer bands I have seen in the past year in general, but especially around these parts. I saw them last night at an epic show at Gay Gardens/G.G. Allin’s Broken Home/Nose/Dick along with some other solid souls: Fat History Month, Big Mess, and Florida= Death.

Here is a link to their Band Camp. Check it out!
http://saralee.bandcamp.com/

My favorite song is “Circle of Hands,” very stellar live as well.  Here are some of their upcoming shows as seen on their bandcamp page:

11/21 at Charlies Kitchen
w Guilty Party and Gracious Calamity

12/7 at Precinct
w Fat Creeps and Fat History Month

12/11 at Great Scott
Boston Hassle button release

Word. 

 

Art, Music, music video, Philosophy, Punk, Ramones, Song of the Day, Video

SOTD: Ramones- ” The KKK Took My Baby Away” (1981)

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I think of this song every time some bastard takes away some (would be lucky) femme from me.

Cool vintage video! Man, I need to invent a time machine, so I can take girls with me back to the glorious days of The Ramones. And then after that we will journey to all of the annals of great Rock and Roll! In the meantime, stay tuned for more Rock and Roll.

Art, Black Lips, Cole Alexander, Deerhunter, Honorary KLAYMERS, Music, Punk, Video

Finally Next Day Blinds…

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Who? Haha, well I bet you know some of the members or their respective bands that became popular in the coming years. Notable members include Cole Alexander, Jack Hines, and Ben Eberbaugh of the Black Lips and Spooks as well as Coline Mee of Deerhunter, amongst others. Naturally, line up changes have occured in those groups and those do not represent the current line ups for either band, but all of those dudes made notable contributions to the aforementioned classic Atlanta bands.

business, Music, Record Labels

Warner Music Group Will Sign Ya, If…

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Warner Music Group – Form S-4 As Filed 12/16/04

“We are also dependent on signing and retaining songwriters who will write the hit songs of today and the classics of tomorrow under terms that are economically attractive to us.”

Not to purposefully sound like Steve Albini but just pointing out the stupidity in the business of major labels and the general disregard for their artists. If being a tool in the music industry is something that interests you, this is the company for you!

CD Review, Music

Review: Kitchen’s Floor – Look Forward To Nothing

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Release: 09/2011
Label: Siltbreeze

1. “No Love” – A-
2. “Graves” – B
3. “116” – A-
4. “Regrets” – B+
5. “Needs” – B-
6. “Every Day” – B
7. “Kidney Infection” – B
8. “Insects” – B
9. “Orbit” – B-
10. “Twenty-Four” – B+

Comments: The aesthetic of Look Forward To Nothing is totally particular to Kitchen’s Floor. The vocals are stand-out in as though Matt Kennedy’s style is clumsy Aussie shouting, like if you’d handed the mic to the dude after a few pints and asked him to start babbling some lyrics you wrote. It’s this kind of charm on top of fairly un-involved instruments that is Kitchen’s Floor in a nutshell. On a song like “Kidney Infection,” which is just Kennedy, there’s not much in the department of overwhelming accomplishment, but it justly sums up the mysteriously odd nature of this album and the band. For a geographic comparison of sorts, it’s like an incredibly slowed down/fuzzy Toy Love. So yeah, probably not much like Toy Love at all.

Grade: B (85)

Art, Band of the Week, Music, Punk

BOTW: Big Mess!

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Hey y’all tis a beautiful day in the neighborhood because our prestigious Band of the Week is none other than Lowell’s finest, Big Mess. I’ve seen these guys a few times now and every time they have been outstanding. They are an all instrumental band (at least live), with some great guitar hooks. The drums are truly a powerhouse. All in all, an excellent sonic experience. Check them out!

http://bigmessma.bandcamp.com/album/big-mess