Y’all punkers love Black Flag, right? Well you must check out Black Flag’s roadie, Mugger’s band, Nig Heist, which often opened for Black Flag in the 80s. Here’s a great interview from Vice with Mugger.
http://www.vice.com/read/mugger-nig-heist– “Scoring a Three With Mugger” By Richie Charles
Find out Mugger’s tips on picking up girls at shows
This band always reminds me of junior year of high school.
This is a classic that has unforntuntely slipped through the cracks over the years. This song was brought to my attention by none other than Atlas Sound aka Bradford Cox, through his own cover version. If radio stations really played classic rock, then songs like this would be on it, at least through my perspective. Instead Classic (Corporate!) Rock stations play the likes of Guns N Roses and Foreigner or whatever the fuck they are calling classic rock these days. Then again they play some solid stuff too, but it’s not the same, it’s not the same rock and roll as this. Oh well, at least we have each other. Enjoy.
P.S. below is the Atlas Sound cover from the Altitude Sickness EP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwYMznTFQM
Read the story behind everybody’s favorite music video, “Fad” from the Black Lips’s epic, eponnymous debut released in 2003.
http://www.mvwire.com/2004/06/09/monty-buckles-talks-about-directing-black-lips-fad/
Monty Buckles also educates us on the rough day to day early Black Lips tour life: “I asked to him how much money he brought, keeping in mind it was going to be a week of shooting the video, and two weeks after that touring, followed by a couple extra days thereafter. He says to me, “Well huh I brought $40.00.” I was like, $40.00 for three weeks? What do you plan to spend on food? And he goes well a buck or two a day. So I said what happens if you run out of money? Oh we’ll eat out of dumpsters or beg for food. “- Monty Buckles, “Monty Buckles Talks About Directing Black Lips “FAD” ” (June 9, 2004). Music Video Wire- MVWire.com
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.
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.
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!
Look at that show! There’s another truly fantastic video of Thee Oh Sees playing a full set at SF State University aka College. Check that out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jXA7YpfqU. Come to Boston, Oh Sees! You guys are a favorite.
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.
Nice! Hunx always has the finest videos. The LP is called Hairdresser Blues and will be out tomorrow, February 28 on Hardly Art.
Find out how it all began. This is a great, little video, but admittedly, I miss Ian here, it’s just not the same Black Lips without him!
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 