Band Recs: Dirty Virgins and Love Handles


Dirty Virgins– Sick band from “Allston Rock City” as they put it on their facebook page; they got the psych-garage punk slime deal down pat, definitely nice music to get busy to. I saw them at the Dirty Douglas a couple of weeks ago and it was a stellar set for sure. Oh and of course, one of the best band names of all time!
Here’s a link to their Band Camp page: http://dirtyvirgins.bandcamp.com/

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Love Handles– West Palm Beach, Florida’s Love Handles follow in a similar vein with their own raw brand of psych punk, but they delve into the more demented side of the style. There’s certainly a stronger psychedelic feel and I hear elements of Syd Barrett era Floyd, The Mabuses, and even a little bit of Deerhunter. Here’s a link to their Sound Cloud Page: http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-phony-folk-singer and http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-gold-chain both can be found on the “HANDLED” 7″ released by West Palm Beotch.

Nathan Williams Kicks Out Some Jams W/ L’il Bro Kynan

Here’s the link to the Vice article “Wavves Wants You to Meet Some Wack but Nice People” by Nick Gazin
http://www.vice.com/read/wavves-wants-you-to-meet-some-wack-but-nice-people

The project is the Williams Brothers as a duo making hip hop beats and their eight song demo is called Sweet Valley. Sweet bro.

BOTW: New Highway Hymnal!

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.

Blog Recommendation: Oblivious Burbling


The Sinbusters in May 2011

While searching for pictures for my upcoming New Highway Hymnal show review I came across this cool blog, Oblivious Burbling run by Anne Cook. The blog features many entertaining photos and documents various shows and other events around the Greater Boston area including some kickass KLYAM endorsed bands such as New Highway Hymnal, The Sinbusters, and the heavenly Hurricanes of Love. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been anything posted since last June, but it is a neat look at some interesting happenings around Boston in 2010 and 2011. Anne describes it best hereself, “A chronicle of my travels through music, art and events. Photos and blurbs about music performances, art exhibits, happenings by and with my friends.”- Oblivious Burbling

Here’s the link, check it out! http://obliviousburbling.blogspot.com/

New Hussy Video: “Undefined”

From Weed Seizure (Tic Tac Totally, March 13)

Loud, haunting, and most of all AWESOME!

Also, The Hussy are touring like crazy, catch them somewhere:

3.23 Fri – Chicago, IL @ Crown Tap w/ Dumpster Babies, Party Bat
3.24 Sat – Indianapolis, IN @ Local’s Only w/ Vacation Club, more
3.25 Sun – Dayton, OH @ South Park Tavern w/ The Northwest Ordinance, The Dirty Socialites
3.26 Mon – Fort Wayne, IN @ Brass Rail w/ Night Beats, Heaven’s Gateway Drugs
3.27 Tues – Cleveland @ Trio’s w/ Wooly Bullies
3.28 Weds – Pittsburgh, PA – PLEASE HELP!
3.29 Thurs – York, PA @ First Cap w/ The Thing With Two Heads – Free!
3.30 Fri – NYC @ Acheron’s w/ Foster Care, Pampers
3.31 Sat – NYC @ WFMU on Cherry Blossom Clinic w/ Terre T!
3.31 Sat – Philadelphia, PA @ Emoda Gallery w/ Cop Problem (7″ Release show!), Gods and Queens, Kicking Spit – 9 pm
4.1 Sun – Washington, DC @ Comet Pizza and Ping Pong w/ Bare Wires + Shirks
4.2 Mon – Athens, OH @ Brown Town (House show) w/ Wheels on Fire, The Owl & The Octopus (Early show!)
4.3 Tues – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups w/ Outer Spacist
4.4 Weds – Cincinnati, OH @ The Comet
4.5 Thurs – Bloomington, IN @ Gourley Hole (1003 Gourley Pike) w/ The Constants
4.6 Fri – Lafayette, IN @ TBA
4.7 Sat – Madison, WI @ The Frequency w/ Dead Luke, Dharma Dogs
4.13 Fri – Chicago, IL @ Crown Tap w/ Party Bat, MORE
4.14 Sat – Milwaukee, WI @ Quarters w/ Static Eyes + Wooly Bullies
5.4 Fri – Winona, MN @ TBA w/ Bird Sounds
5.5 Sat – Minneapolis, MN @ TBA w/ Bird Sounds
5.9 Weds – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon – w/ TY SEGALL, WHITE FENCE, TRIN TRAN

Boston based shows/fests – DIY, punk, noise