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TWANGSVILLE REVISITED: Volume 73
01 - BLITZEN TRAPPER - Rebel
02 - THE CADILLAC THREE - Ain't That Country
03 - THE CAPTAIN LEGENDARY BAND - Heartbroke Bank Robbery
04 - CARBAYO - Binion's About To Die
05 - DONNA DUNNE & THE MYSTERY MEN - Man Without Command
06 - ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS - Ten To Life
07 - FRED J. EAGLESMITH - I Ain't Ever Givin' In
08 - GALLOWS BOUND - Black Widow Woman
09 - HOWLIN' TUMBLEWEEDS - Buckshot
10 - JIM WHITE WITH HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - Earnest T. Bass At Last Finds The Woman Of His Dreams
11 - JIMMIE VAN ZANT - King Of Nothing
12 - LEAVING, TX - Father's Son
13 - MARK JUNGERS & THE WHISTLING MULES - Look Away
14 - MICHAEL OLIVIERI BAND - More Than I Do
15 - MO ROBSON BAND - Adios, Goodbye
16 - THE ROUTE 66 KILLERS - Bloody Basin
17 - TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead
18 - VAN ZANT - I'm Doin' Alright
19 - VANDOLIERS - Pantego
20 - THE WHITE BUFFALO - Border Town / Bury Me In Baja
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The Hazytones Announce Huge 2018 Winter Tour + Awesome S/T Debut Album Available As Limited Edition Vinyl
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| Mick Martel: Vocals/Guitar, Adam Gilbert: Bass/Vocals, Ulrick La Mast: Drums, Photo Credit: Brooke Dee |
The Hazytones, a three piece band from Montreal have, since their 2015 inception, been kicking some serious ass around the live circuits of their Canadian home turf. The Hazytones jam a groove of hard and stoner rock blended with touches of bluesy psych that has a distinct but not overpowering retro feel, a feel perfect for an underground scene dominated by bands looking backwards towards the hard rock of the 70's. Scorching guitar solos and fuzz drenched crunching power chords, vocals, clean, clear and powerful, big burly bass lines, a dazzling display of power and finesse ... the three musicians combining to create grooves that can be heavy and face melting one minute and laid back and lysergic the next.
The Hazytones have just announced a huge US winter tour - their first ever - spanning with width of the US and including dates in Mexico and Canada. Please see the above flyer for a full list of dates.
"The Hazytones" is an album that could as easily find its way onto the playlist of an avid 70's hard rock collector as it could that of the most discerning stoner/psych/doom fan. From the Sabbath-esque opener "Light Of The Day", with it's familiar vocal melody (Sabbath's "Hole In The Sky") and catchy guitar riff, through to the Swedish retro-like grooves of final track "Moonstruck" there is a feeling of the past and the present coming together to create something totally new yet oddly recognizable. (reviewed by Desert Psychlist)
For fans of Black Sabbath, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Kadavar, Witchfynde.
01. Light Of The Day
02. Fool's Paradise
03. Free From Your Spell
04. Marked By The Devil
05. Children Of The Universe
06. Day Of The Dead
07. Kill To Survive
08. Living On The Edge
09. Moonstruck
Oak Island Records:
200 copies on blue vinyl.
100 copies on pink/purple splatter (EXCLUSIVE KOZMIK ARTIFACTZ mailorder edition).
All on high performance vinyl pressed by Pallas Group/Germany.
Compact Disc.
Hazytones Bandcamp:
Special Edition translucent red two tone splatter Ripple Music vinyl. Only 80 made, 1 remaining.
Clear vinyl from Ripple Music. 9 remaining.
Blue vinyl from Oak Island Records. Edition of 200, 10 remaining.
Digital Album.
Compact Disc Second Edition.
Ripple Music Bandcamp:
Milky clear "hazy tone" vinyl. Edition of 100.
Compact Disc 4 Panel Digipak.
Pale Grey Lore's S/T Awesome Debut Album Released On Limited Edition Vinyl
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| Adam Miller: Drums, Donovan Johnson: Bass, Michael Miller: Guitar/Vocals, Xander Roseberry: Guitar/Backing Vocals |
Utilizing lyrical themes and imagery drawn from science fiction, fantasy, and cosmic horror, Columbus Ohio's Pale Grey Lore create heavy, fuzzed-out rock and roll that is spacey and psychedelic, yet focused and concise. Melodic vocals and tasteful harmonies echo alongside thunderous drums, while fuzz-drenched reverberating guitars push demon-haunted vintage amplifiers to the brink.
Originally released on CD and digital download in June of 2016, Pale Grey Lore's self-titled debut album is now released on vinyl via German label Kozmik Artifactz's imprint Oak Island Records. Conceived as a series of surreal vignettes, each track depicts allegorical scenes from a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world in which the lines between science and the occult, technology and superstition, are hopelessly blurred. Spanning the genres of psych rock, doom metal, post-punk and drone pop, the album's nine tracks are refreshingly diverse, yet part of a remarkably coherent whole that adds up to much more than the sum of its parts.
The band says: "People have been comparing us to Uncle Acid and The Black Angels, and we couldn't be happier with those comparisons!"
01. The Conjuration
02. Life In The Hive
03. Black Sun Rise
04. Spiders
05. She Radiates
06. Ruins
07. Woe Betide Us
08. Tell The Masters
09. Grave Future
Limited Edition Vinyl: 300 copies on orange vinyl 17 €.
High quality pressing by Pallas Group Germany.
Digital Album $7 USD or more.
Compact Disc $10 USD.
Monday, December 11, 2017
TWANGSVILLE REVISITED: Volume 72
01 - AFTER ALL THESE YEARS - Kickin' Up Dirt
02 - ARMS & HEARTS - On The Waterfront
03 - BASTARD SONS OF JOHNNY CASH - No Easy Road
04 - BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS - Silver Dreams
05 - THE BOTTLE ROCKETS - Every Kinda Everything
06 - THE DIVORCEES - Boonies
07 - GREEN ON RED - Frozen In My Headlights
08 - THE HOLLISTERS - Tyler
09 - HYACINTH HOUSE - European Rails
10 - JASON EADY & THE WAYWARD APOSTLES - Unsteady Ground
11 - LANGHORNE SLIM - Tipping Point
12 - THE MORELLS - Popbelly
13 - THE MYSTIX - Rattled
14 - NIGEL BENNETT - Another Day
15 - NO RIVER CITY - Jacy Farrow
16 - OKKERVIL RIVER - Singer Songwriter
17 - PSYCHO MUTANTS - Dirt Desert
18 - RODNEY PARKER - Bring Me My Gun
19 - TOM GILLAM - Had Enough
20 - THE WEISSTRONAUTS - Saddle Up
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THE DOG'S JUKEBOX: Volume 42
01 - AMERICAN SPACE MONKEY - Intro
02 - ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE - The Punk Prayer
03 - THE BOOGIE PUNKERS - Wasted Time
04 - BORRACHO - Border Crossing
05 - BRIAN JAMES - Baby She Crazy
06 - DARK EMBRACE - Time Will Tell
07 - DENIZ TEK - Crossroads
08 - DRIVEN BY IMPACT - Building Fear
09 - FIREBALLS - I Got No Brain
10 - THE FORGOTTEN REBELS - Zeros
11 - FREEDOM HAWK - My Road
12 - FUZZ EVIL - Better Off Alone
13 - THE INMATES - Sweet Lovin'
14 - THE LEAVING TRAINS - Die
15 - MIKE HUDSON & THE PAGANS - Detention Home
16 - MILWAUKEE WILDMEN - Dark Shadows
17 - MISSISSIPPI BONES - Outhouse Poet (Or Shitty Lyricist)
18 - NIGEL BENNETT - Both Sides Now
19 - PSYCHO MUTANTS - Baby Go Now
20 - THE WILDCARDS - Hell
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Monday, December 4, 2017
One Of 2016's Most Celebrated Records Finally Comes To Vinyl - This Is Snowchild's "Age Of Change"
Wichita fuzzers, Snowchild, have managed to birth an album that comes on like a churning maelstrom of sound, and continues to punch listeners in the face with a heavy sound that mimics the stoner rock of yore, but is also undeniably their own. This album was made for vinyl, and may be one of the more celebrated releases of this year.
"Kansas trio Snowchild throw stoner, psych, blues and hard rock into a big melting pot, chuck in a big dollop of groove and serve it molten hot! Amazing blend of doom styles , yet always maintaining a Sabbath vibe throughout. I also am reminded of Pallbearer at times. This reminds me of the first few Sahg records, but with a tiny bit more doom and quite a bit more blues elements. Like Sahg meets Cream. There is an awesome organ part in track 2, even though Snowchild seems to be and sounds like a power trio. Superb stuff." - Stoned Meadow of Doom
"Thick as mud, yet as crystal clear as a super moon on a cloudless night, Snowchild releases Age of Change in a haze of fuzzed out psychedelic doom rock." - wearewichita.com
Snowchild are:
Larry Donaldson - Vocals & Bass
Dustin Roberts - Guitar
Chad Duncan - Drums
01. Age Of Change
02. Born In Flames
03. Kings Of Koch
04. Boudica
Available as CD & Limited Edition Vinyl
Release Date: 22nd December 2017
- 200x red/black marbled vinyl (111 of which are handnumbered as MAILORDER edition, the rest will be sold by the band and a few selected distributors)
- 200x transparent orange vinyl
- 100x black vinyl
- Plated & pressed on high performance vinyl by Pallas Group in Germany
- Deluxe 300gsm gatefold cover
- Special vinyl mastering
- Compact Disc
Are You Ready For "2600 A.D. And Other Astonishing Tales" By Mississippi Bones? Buckle In....
Mississippi Bones formed in the flat lands of Hardin County, Ohio in 2010 as a two man studio project, thanks to some free studio time, with no other motive than to lay down some rock and no intentions of a future. In the last 7 years the rock has not stopped. They have moved from a two to a six man (5 men 1 lady) band, but the goal remains the same … laying down fat slabs o'rock.
Some say you hear Clutch influences in their music, maybe, but listen to their albums and you'll be blown away by how much more you're about to discover. Soul, blues and southern rock have never been combined with heavy riffing and catchy melodies like this.
"12 more songs that rattle and crash with incredible energy, enthusiasm, and elegance. When I listen through this album I hear elements of Clutch, which makes this music quite exciting to me, but that is only the starting point for what they've created here. … just sheer raucous rock n roll pleasure, a fierceness of execution, and a keen sense of joy." - HeavyPlanet.net
"Big rock riffs, great lyrics, crazy song titles, brilliant cover art and it just begs to ask one big question - how are this Band not one of the biggest on the planet? The album as a whole is a little bit darker and heavier than the one before but is still always easy on the ear and continues to reward repeated listening. So there we have it - a combination of maximum riffing, educated lyrics and catchy songs - what's not to like?" - 10/10 @ maximumvolumemusic.com
Mississippi Bones are:
Dusty Donley- Guitars
Jared Collins- Vocals
Derik Dunson- Guitars, Vocals
Jason Rector- Bass
Jason Miller- Drums
Heather Collins- Backing Vocals
01. Bakshi To The Future
02. Butcher Of The 9 Lunar Mansions
03. Outhouse Poet (Or Shitty Lyricist)
04. Sleep Atlas At Last
05. Robot Kaiju Hullabaloo
06. 2600 AD - Jared Vs The Space Invaders
07. The Eulogy of Captain Sam Quint
08. Greener Pastures (I Hear Chernobyl Is Nice This Time Of Year)
09. Metaphor Is Just A Word
10. The Fly In Your Ointment
11. Thank You For Listening
Available as Limited Edition Vinyl
Release Date: 22nd December 2017
- 200x yellow/red/white marbled vinyl (111 of which are handnumbered as MAILORDER edition, the rest will be sold by the band and a few selected distributors)
- 100x black vinyl
- Plated & pressed on high performance vinyl by Pallas Group in Germany
- Deluxe 300gsm gatefold cover
- Special vinyl mastering
Introducing.... American Space Monkey
American Space Monkey is an aggressive band from Vancouver BC Canada, whose combined Punk and Metal influences blend together into a unique version of Noise Rock. Needless to say feedback is a favourite note in between groove driven stoner hardcore. Very noisy, often fast paced, but will change direction without any warning.
Forged from the ruins of the member’s old bands, American Space Monkey came to be during the summer of 2014.
“We have a history of imploding in on ourselves, quitting, and eventually starting up again.”
If you trace the steps back far enough, Cody Derkach and Kyle Kary started the band in a dingy basement in Cranbrook BC. Then called Fiesta Finger, the members started creating music solely for their own amusement. A few months in, shows started happening, and the idea of being in a band started to feel much more real. The shows gradually grew in size and success, which lead to an initial EP, and Canadian tour. It was at this point that the first implosion occurred.
The band removed the sole songwriter, recruited Justin Stadig, a new guitarist, scrapped their entire catalogue of music, and essentially started over, all the while still being called Fiesta Finger. Again, the shows grew, opening for major touring bands like Protest The Hero, 3 Inches of Blood, The Brat Attack and The Class War Kids, along with a second Canadian Tour. This all lead to the recording of the band's first full length album, which ultimately brought the band to its demise. Unhappy with the album, and each other, everyone quit.
Fast forward 1 year, Cody, Kyle and Justin had each coincidently moved to Vancouver. Having remarkably short memories, they decided to scrap every single song ever written or recorded, and start anew, as Idiot Switch, The Morgan Abduction. Shows started up again, recording of a new full length album went underway, until the band again, parted ways, and stopped talking to each other.
After some more down time, the idea of reforming emerged once again. Getting back together once more, adding Adam Redding as the bassist and again nixing every single song from every previous versions of the band, they started back up as American Space Monkey.
With a live presence that could be described as chaotic, menacing and awkward the band has toured Canada multiple times over the past 10 years and were lucky enough to open for Canadian bands such as Protest the Hero, Three Inches of Blood and Means (Northcote).
American Space Monkey is looking to tour Canada once more in the summer of 2018.
1. Fiesta Finger by Fiesta Finger
The old band's oldest release.
Released July 1, 2008.
Recorded in some guys basement in Kimberley BC. They think he was a friend of someone's.
All songs written by Ken Clinton, Shamon McKenzie, Kyle Martyn, Cody Derkach and Kyle Kary.
01 - Hiding Doesn't Help
02 - Learning Curve(s)
03 - A New You
04 - Statuesque
05 - No One Can Save The Whales
Ken Clinton - Guitars
Cody Derkach - Vocals
Kyle Martyn - Bass
Kyle Kary - Drums
Shamon McKenzie - Sex Appeal
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2. Jesus And Friends by Fiesta Finger
The old band's only full length album.
Released June 1, 2010.
Recorded and engineered by Matt McKenzie
All songs written by Cody Derkach, Josh Deglow and Kyle Kary, except Shatting Prancer written by Ken Clinton, Cody Derkach and Kyle Kary.
01 - Death Casket
02 - D.A.T.M.
03 - Asiago Fun Dip
04 - Angel Abortion
05 - Intro
06 - Shatting Prancer
07 - Venetian Snub Vendetta
08 - Ode To The Crawnicorn
09 - 9
Cody Derkach - Right Handed Guitar/Vocals
Josh Deglow - Bass
Kyle Kary - Drums
Justin Stadig - Moral Support
Matt McKenzie - Banjo and some other stuff
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3. The Procrastination Tapes (2014 Demos) by American Space Monkey
A collection of unreleased demos recorded throughout 2014.
Their original plan to release an EP was scrapped when Cody joined the band, as they decided to write more music, and work towards a full length album.
Released March 25, 2015.
Recorded in East Van during the summer and fall of 2014. Recorded and mixed by Justin Stadig.
01 - 7
02 - Season 1
03 - Death By Suicide, Girls And Whiskey
Justin Stadig - Wrong Handed Guitar/Vocals
Cody Derkach - Good Vibes n' High Fives
Adam Redding - Bass
Kyle Kary - Drums
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4. Launch Failure by American Space Monkey
This confusingly timed album release. Recorded throughout 2015 prior to finding Kaija Marie (new vocalist), this album features both guitar players sharing vocal duties. This album was recorded 100% DIY by the band.
Rest assured new recordings are in the works with Kaija on the microphone.
Released May 19, 2016.
01 - Dad Plowers
02 - Lords Of The Land
03 - Westward Expansion
04 - Beerd
05 - Falsehoods And Fantasies
06 - Season One
07 - 43% Botched
08 - Self Defence Fucking
09 - The Human Genome
10 - Fail Satan
Adam Redding - Bass/Naps
Cody Derkach - Right Handed Guitar/Vocals
Justin Stadig - Wrong Handed Guitar/Vocals
Kyle Kary - Drums
Name Your Price Digital Download / Limited Edition Blue Cassette for $10 CAD or more, only 100 printed
5. Mk:III by American Space Monkey
In the most typical fashion possible for them, they decided to spend a year writing (mostly) new songs with a new vocalist for the sake of recording a "proper" album in a legit studio. After achieving all of this, they decided they didn't want to play these songs anymore, and to some extent ended this version of the band.
Released March 1, 2017
Recorded/Mixed by Mark McKitrick at Rain City Recorders. Mastered by Stuart McKillop at Rain City Recorders.
Music by American Space Monkey. Lyrics by Kaija Marie.
01 - Leech Waters
02 - Shinigami
03 - 43% Botched
04 - Metapod
05 - Book Of Lies
06 - Intro
07 - Top Shelf Glitter Box
08 - Dick Kicking Cock Knocker
09 - I Eat Ass For The Lord
Adam Redding - Bass
Cody Derkach - Guitars/Vocals
Justin Stadig - Wrong Handed Guitar/Vocals
Kaija Marie - Vocals
Kyle Kary - Drums
Name Your Price Digital Download / Limited Edition Fluorescent Cassette for $10 CAD or more
This is the only pressing of this cassette they're doing, and they only made 62 copies.
Fluorescent tapes and cases make any party more fun!
They weren't sure what was next, but regardless of everything, they're proud of these songs and had a blast writing and recording them.
But in typical fashion, they now have a 6 song EP coming out 31 December 2017 called Crash Landing.
Crash Landing was recorded, mixed, engineered and produced by Kyle Anderson at Blue Light Studio in Vancouver BC Canada. The album was mastered by Greg Mindorff (Grammy Nominated) at Suite Sound Labs.
This time American Space Monkey are:
Adam Redding - Bass/Tequila Shots
Cody Derkach - Right Handed Guitar/Vocals
Justin Stadig - Vocals/Wrong Handed Guitar
Kyle Kary - Drums/General Indifference
All lyrics were written by Justin Stadig. Music by American Space Monkey.
01 - Fuck
02 - You
03 - All
04 - ! (Doo Dat Dat Do Dat Do Dat)
05 - We
06 - Quit
This is one quite good EP folks, a short and sweet noise rock delight, and apparently the final album, which you can pre-order for $1 CAD or more from HERE!!
The minimum price is set to $1+, as that is the minimum allowed price for pre-orders on Bandcamp. We'll reset this to $0 on release day as we want everyone to have access to the album, regardless of money. That said, recording music costs us money, so we greatly appreciate any cash sent our way, but again we want anyone and everyone to be able to download the album, regardless of their financial situation.
Cheers
American Space Monkey
Sunday, December 3, 2017
A Welcome Return From Dark Embrace With Awesome New Album 'The Call Of The Wolves'
Dark Embrace is a Spanish band influenced by the dark subgenres of Heavy Metal.
The band was born in Galicia, northwest area of Spain, which may explain their creative obsession with everything dark-related. Originally founded in June 2000, the band produced three demo works from 2000 to 2004. These works showed the spirit and potential of the band, getting good reviews from the Metal press.
In 2005 the band recorded their first album at Stage One Studio (Tankard, Rotting Christ, etc..) with Andy Classen (ex-Holy Moses). After inking a deal with German label Armageddon Music (later Wacken Records), Dark Embrace saw their first official album, The Rebirth Of Darkness, launched through the Internet with digital distribution. From 2006 to 2008, the band increased their success with a good amount of shows and tours with different famed bands such as Sepultura, Amon Amarth, Destruction, Watain, etc...
After an hiatus of 6 years, the band started to work on their new album, The Call Of The Wolves, with the mighty Snowy Shaw behind the drum-kit (ex-member from bands such as King Diamond, Sabaton, Therion, Dimmu Borgir). The recording sessions took place through Sweden and Spain at Sound Industry Studios and Estudios Mafia. The mastering of the album was done by well-known Swedish producer Jens Bogren (Kreator, Opeth, Paradise Lost, Moonspell, Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity amongst others) at Fascination Street Studios.
The Call Of The Wolves was released on 10 November 2017 by 7 Hard Records with awesome artwork created by Gustavo Sazes who already has done work for Arch Enemy, Morbid Angel, Kamelot.
Dark Embrace and the new album, The Call Of The Wolves, are bringing power and freshness to the metal music scene.
This is one awesome metal album and should be an essential part of any headbanger's collection, so do yourselves a huge favour and purchase this great slab of metal from any of the online retailers listed below.
MUSICLOAD
AMAZON EUROPE
AMAZON SPAIN
AMAZON USA
HMV JAPAN
Formosa Release Video Of 1st Single "Love On The Highway" From Upcoming Album
Founded 2015 in Ruhr Valley, Essen. German trio Formosa has everything needed to rock your day! With hot live shows, lots of beerful energy and their unique sexy attitude they make sure every show is a show to remember. These guys know what they are doing – classic hard rock, stunning riffs and catchy refrains are meeting a good amount of humor and enthusiasm.
In 2016, they released their debut-album “Tight And Sexy”, supported by their indie-label Sweepland Records. Toured Europe during 2017 promoting the album with over 70 live shows and are looking to take off with a brand-new album in 2018.
Formosa are as hot as their fans, and whenever you need some fine hard rock, you know where to get it.
Band Members are NikBird: Bass & Vocals / NikBeer: Guitars / Jakob: Drums of doom
New Single out now! "Love On The Highway" is the first single off the upcoming album "Sorry For Being Sexy" which will be released 02 March 2018! The video was shot during the "Never Stop Rock`n`Roll Tour 2017" in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
You can purchase this great single, and you should, for €1.29 EUR from HERE!!
Driven By Impact Have Released Great Self-Titled Debut EP
In the band's own words in Googlish:
Finally it is done! In 14 long months, characterized by various adversities and circumstances, the recordings of our debut EP were produced, mixed and mastered by Eugene Getman (SARIOLA). Because the tracks transport very well our concept of claim and sound. It’s a fucking DRIVEN BY IMPACT, well written monoliths of brutal and twisted death. So the ultra-heavy, simplistic sound and every riff is blazing fast or full of deadly groove incredibly addictive, so much so you’ll surely run through your heads... Full with punch-through force, technically sophisticated and with a good mixture of brutality, blastbeats, groove and melody. Thought structures as well as a powerful atmosphere crown this EP. The texts deal with serious topics such as suicide and depression (AN EXPERIENCE IN RED, Burning Bridges). Processing and farewell to life sections (Building Fear, Monstrosity of Life). But also the subject of something natural does not come too short, just listen to Place of Gore or Arise from Ashes ... We are happy about the completion, publication and the chance to write another chapter band history. And, of course, we hope to win new audiences and fans. This is followed by promotion and live planning. We look forward to every opportunity to present our music and to let the listener participate in our fun, which we have live and during the rehearsals. The band was founded in the spring of 2015 and since the autumn of this year the line-up has been composed by Roman Rowinski (drums) Eugen Rutz (vocals // Ex-MENTAL WAR / DEMISE EMPIRE), Kim van Geel (guitar // Ex-BITTER PIECE) , Jens Schäfer (Guitar // Ex-LOST CENTURY / THOUGHT SPHERE / MOMENT OF DETONATION) and Constantin Christ (bass). We are passionate about how to make a hard time. Modern and classic elements are combined to create a seething mix of Groove and (Melodic) Death elements. In December 2015, we passed our live baptism. There followed further gigs with partly insane and really great reactions. Altogether, we've played a few gigs so far, and more are confirmed and planned. With the EP in the back we want to use the new energy and drive our commitment. We're excited about what's going on ... DEATH IS THE ONLY CURE - sourced
Googlish from website: In 14 long months, characterized by various adversities and circumstances, the recordings of our debut EP were produced, mixed and mastered by Eugene Getman (SARIOLA). Because the tracks transport very well our concept of claim and sound.
Full with punch-through force, technically sophisticated and with a good mixture of brutality, blastbeats, groove and melody. Thought structures as well as a powerful atmosphere crown this EP. The texts deal with serious topics such as suicide and depression (AN EXPERIENCE IN RED, Burning Bridges). Processing and farewell to life sections (Building Fear, Monstrosity of Life). But also the subject of something supernatural does not come too short, just listen to Place of Gore or Arise from Ashes...
01 - Prologue
02 - Building Fear
03 - Burning Bridges
04 - Interludium
05 - Experience In Red
06 - Place Of Gore
07 - Arise From Ashes
08 - Monstrosity Of Life
German Melodic Death Groove Metallers have released an awesome debut EP which should be in every metalhead's collection, you can purchase this great slab of metal as a Digital Album for €5 EUR or more / Compact Disc for €10 EUR from HERE!! You will not be disappointed.
Friday, December 1, 2017
The Gift Of Direct Hit!
Dudes!
Give the gift of Direct Hit to your loved ones and enemies this year!
Check out Direct Hit's Web Store for their brand new Xmas PJs + more, and the last of their limited-edition colored records.
Merry fucking Christmas.
<3 Nick Woods
Want Some Help With Your Christmas Shopping?
Elmo Karjalainen is having a bit of a Christmas campaign over at Bandcamp. So if you want to buy friends or family (or yourself!) some music for Christmas, you can do so at half the price at his Bandcamp store.
Now he knows that his music isn't really mainstream, and that it might be difficult to find someone among your friends who might like that sort of stuff, but the album "Where We Belong" has been really popular among people who like relaxing music (so it's not just for guitarists).
The discount is valid until Christmas, and is good for any and all products on the page, both physical, and digital. So head on over to Elmo's Bandcamp Store and sort out your Christmas shopping.
To get the discount, just enter christmas during checkout.
The Dog's Xmas Mixes
Ho-Ho-Ho! Christmas comes early this year, so you can jingle your bells before the festive frenzy begins in earnest!!
1. The Dog's 2012 Xmas Mix
01 - BOB SEGER - Little Drummer Boy
02 - CRASH TEST DUMMIES - Jingle Bells
03 - THE FLAMING LIPS - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
04 - ARGENT - Christmas For The Free
05 - THE TRACTORS - The Santa Claus Boogie
06 - RESTLESS - Santa Bring My Baby Back
07 - THE MONSTERS - Jingle Bells
08 - RANTANPLAN - Christmas Porridge
09 - MEK & THE X-MAS PEKS - Rock 'n' Roll Santa
10 - THE FAB FOUR - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
11 - THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA - Jingle Bells
12 - HILLBILLY CASINO - Santabilly Boogie
13 - REVEREND HORTON HEAT - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14 - THE BLUE MOON BOYS - God Bless Ye Merry Surfpunks
15 - LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS - Jingle Bell Rock
16 - THE WAVE BENDERS - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
17 - DAVIE ALLAN AND THE ARROWS - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
18 - TRANSIENT SONGS - Santa
19 - PRETTY BOY FLOYD - Happy Family
20 - KING DIAMOND - No Presents For Christmas
21 - SKINDRED - Jingle Bells
22 - LEMMY KILMISTER, BILLY F. GIBBONS, DAVE GROHL - Run, Run Rudolph
23 - DOKKEN - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
24 - TUFF - Jingle Bell Rock
25 - TWISTED SISTER - White Christmas
26 - CHUCK BILLY, SCOTT IAN, JON DONAIS, CHRIS WYSE, JOHN TEMPESTA - Silent Night
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2. The Dog's 2013 Xmas Mix
01 - EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE - Won't Be Home For Xmas
02 - BILLY IDOL - Christmas Love
03 - DROPKICK MURPHYS - The Season's Upon Us
04 - CHRISTMAS JUG BAND - Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit
05 - JOE DIFFIE - Leroy The Redneck Reindeer
06 - FAKE JOHNNY CASH - Tree's On Fire
07 - THE NIGHTMARES - Renny The Radioactive Reindeer
08 - THE TRACTORS - Santa Claus Is Comin'
09 - HILLBILLY CASINO - Santabilly Boogie
10 - .38 SPECIAL - Jingle Bell Rock
11 - THE CORSAIRS - Merry X-Mas
12 - MEK & THE X-MAS PEKS - Rock 'n' Roll Santa
13 - JOHN LINDBERG ROCKABILLY TRIO - Santa Claus Is Coming To Your Town
14 - SET IT OFF - This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)
15 - FUTURE IDIOTS - X-M@$
16 - BAD RELIGION - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
17 - VICE SQUAD - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
18 - THE YOBS - Silver Bells
19 - BAMBOULA - I'm Getting Pissed For Christmas
20 - THE CREEPSHOW - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
21 - MAN OVERBOARD - Father Christmas
22 - MASKED INTRUDER - Silent Night
23 - NOFX - Xmas Has Been X'ed
24 - KEVIN BLOODY WILSON - Ho Ho Fucking Ho
25 - RED PETERS - You Ain't Gettin' Shit For Christmas
26 - WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - The Night Santa Went Crazy
27 - TWISTED XMAS - If Eminem Did Jingle Bells
28 - BOB RIVERS COMEDY CORP - Wreck The Malls
29 - FM STATIC - Christmas Shoes
30 - BLUE SKIES FOR BLACK HEARTS - Wishing You A Merry Xmas
31 - REVEREND HORTON HEAT - Santa On The Roof
32 - SIN CITY SINNERS - Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
33 - DANGER DANGER - Naughty Naughty Xmas
34 - AC/DC - Mistress For Christmas
35 - SPEEDBALL JR - Rudolph's Secret
36 - THE BLUE MOON BOYS - God Bless Ye Merry Surfpunks
37 - GOOD CLEAN FUN - Xmas Time For Skins
38 - STEPHEN PEARCY, TRACII GUNS, BOB KULICK, BILLY SHEEHAN, GREG BISSONETTE - Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer
39 - GILBY CLARKE - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
40 - PRETTY BOY FLOYD - Happy Family
41 - L.A. GUNS - Run Rudolph Run
42 - PAUL DI'ANNO - Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas
43 - SKID ROW - Jingle Bells
44 - WARRANT - Father Xmas
45 - ALICE COOPER, JOHN 5, BILLY SHEEHAN, VINNY APPICE - Santa Claws Is Coming To Town
46 - KING DIAMOND - No Presents For Christmas
47 - TWISTED SISTER - Let It Snow
48 - ONI LOGAN, CRAIG GOLDY, TONY FRANKLIN, JOHN TEMPESTA - Deck The Halls
49 - LEMMY KILMISTER, BILLY F. GIBBONS, DAVE GROHL - Run, Run Rudolph
50 - X-MAS PROJECT - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
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3. The Dog's 2014 Xmas Mix
01 - SLADE - Merry Xmas Everybody
02 - MEK & THE X-MAS PEKS - Rock 'a' Billy X-mas
03 - INNOCENT BOYS - Santa's Last Stop
04 - THE TRACTORS - Rockin' This Christmas
05 - HILLBILLY CASINO - Blue Suede Santa
06 - THEE MERRY WIDOWS - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
07 - FIREHOUSE - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
08 - NELSON - Jingle Bell Rock
09 - THE COFFIN CADDIES - Halloween On Xmas
10 - THE WHITE COFFIN TERROR - Silent Night Deadly Night
11 - FACE TO FACE - Merry Christmas
12 - BOWLING FOR SOUP - Merry Flippin' Christmas (Happy Freakin' New Year)
13 - MISSILE TOADS - Hurry Up Santa
14 - COMMON ENEMY - All I Want For Christmas Is A Bag
15 - BLESSED MUTHAS - Blessed Christmas
16 - BAD RELIGION - Little Drummer Boy
17 - CHANNEL 3 - Blue Christmas
18 - RAY CALLCUT - Was The Night
19 - OSMIUM GUILLOTINE - Santa (He's Watching You)
20 - AUGUST BURNS RED - Carol Of The Bells
21 - PROJECT 86 - This Time Of The Year
22 - TWISTED SISTER - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
23 - X-MAS PROJECT - Run Rudolph Run
24 - JEFF SCOTT SOTO, BRUCE KULICK, BOB KULICK, CHRIS WYSE, RAY LUZIER - We Wish You A Merry Xmas
25 - THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH - Jingle Bell Rock
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4. The Dog's 2014 Anti-Xmas Mix
01 - HE WHO CANNOT BE NAMED - War On Christmas
02 - THE FUCK OFF AND DIES - Merry Fucking Christmas
03 - FUTURE IDIOTS - X-Mas Has Been X'ed
04 - MISSILE TOADS - Christmas Bomb
05 - MISFITS - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
06 - THE TOY DOLLS - Credit Crunch Christmas
07 - SNAP-HER - I Hate Christmas
08 - PRICEDUIFKES - I Ain't Dreaming Of A White Christmas
09 - 45 ADAPTERS - This Xmas
10 - CHOSEN ONES - White Christmas
11 - BROKEN HEROES - New Tradition
12 - STUNTMEN - Shopping Center Santa
13 - AL & THE BLACK CATS - Step Into Christmas
14 - IMMORAL DISCIPLINE - Fuck Your Christmas
15 - HALBSTARKE JUNGS - Drunken Santa Is Coming To Town
16 - EXPLOSIVE HEAD - All I Want For Christmas
17 - JUKEBOX ZEROS - Christmas In The City (Ain't Too Pretty)
18 - THE FLYSWATTERS - Santa's On Acid
19 - CHEM D - The 12 Steps Of Christmas
20 - THORAZINE - Merry Stupid Fucking Christmas
21 - THE KEEFS - Christmas Crock
22 - CITY SAINTS - I Hope Santa Dies
23 - GUITAR GANGSTERS - Christmas Time Is Here (Oh Shit)
24 - BOMB SQUADRON - Run Run Rudolph
25 - FED UP! - The Christmas Song
26 - HATEFUL - Hateful Merry Christmas
27 - LAST SEEN LAUGHING - The Great Christmas Plot
28 - ANTIBODIES - White Christmas
29 - THE BAD ENGRISH - Ho Ho Oh Noo!
30 - DRUG SHOCK - No Holiday
31 - THE VIBRATORS - I Hate X Mas
32 - ANGRY SNOWMANS - Drinkin' Rum & Egg Nog
33 - DDC - Christmas Time Again
34 - EVIL CONDUCT - Silver Bells
35 - KEYSIDE STRIKE - Stuff Your Christmas (feat. Wakey of English Dogs)
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5. The Dog's 2015 Xmas Mix
01 - PAUL NELSON BAND - Merry Christmas Everybody
02 - POISON IDEA - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
03 - HILLBILLY CASINO - Up 'n' At 'Em Old St. Nick
04 - MEK & THE X-MAS PEKS - White Christmas
05 - SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS - Hot Christmas
06 - THE SLOTCARS - Surfin' For Christmas
07 - JACOBITES - Teenage Christmas
08 - BLACKFOOT - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
09 - ANGRY SNOWMANS - Red Nose
10 - GEORGIA SATELLITES - Run Run Rudolph
11 - YELLO - Jingle Bells
12 - YOUNG STATUES - I Don't Wanna Know What's Under Your Tree
13 - FUCK YOU & THE XMAS TREES - Santa's Wishlist
14 - HARRINGTON SAINTS - XMAS
15 - KNOCKED OUT COLD - Let It Snow
16 - KILL WEALTHY DOWAGER - Christmas At Ground Zero
17 - GIMP FIST - Dear Father Christmas
18 - TWISTED SISTER - Deck The Halls
19 - MISSILE TOADS - Santa's A Boozer
20 - STOCKS AND BOMBS - Cashing In On Christmas
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6. The Dog's 2016 Xmas Mix
01 - LIGHTNING RODS - The Day Santa Was Born
02 - THE HEIZ - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Live)
03 - KIM McAULIFFE - Merry Xmas Everybody
04 - BULLET BOYS - Every Day Should Be Like Christmas
05 - THE SHECKIES - Holly Jolly Christmas
06 - BAD RELIGION - White Christmas
07 - X-MAS PROJECT - Winter Wonderland
08 - ARSON ACADEMY - Jingle Bells
09 - SPYDER DARLING BAND - Run Rudolph Run
10 - BOWLING FOR SOUP - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (feat. Paul Gilbert)
11 - HATEFUL - Merry Christmas Everybody
12 - TIM "RIPPER" OWENS, STEVE MORSE, JUAN GARCIA, MARCO MENDOZA. VINNY APPICE - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
13 - DESTRUCTORS - Xmas Spirit
14 - OLDFASHIONED IDEAS - Holidays
15 - MY SON THE BUM - Flight Deck
16 - THE TICKTURDS - The Santa Clause
17 - THE LOAD LEVELERS - Blue Christmas
18 - MASKED INTRUDER - Under The Mistletoe
19 - FUTURE IDIOTS - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
20 - THE DOLLYROTS - Messed Up Xmas
21 - ANGRY SNOWMANS - Horror Christmas
22 - TOUGHSKINS - It Could Be Worse
23 - MISSILE TOADS - Sock Full Of Coal
24 - BASEMENT 5 - Last White Christmas
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7. The Dog's 2017 Xmas Mix
01 - ANGRY SNOWMANS - Slave To Saint Nick
02 - ASMODEUS - Merry Christmas Everybody
03 - BOWLING FOR SOUP - Frosty The Snowman
04 - THE DOLLYROTS - Because I'm Santa
05 - EVIL BEAVER - Smells Like Christmas Spirit
06 - FUCK YOU & THE XMAS TREES - I Am The Santa
07 - GEORGE LYNCH - Wizards In Winter
08 - THE HI-RISERS - What Christmas Time Means To Me
09 - HILLBILLY CASINO - Tangled Up
10 - MEK & THE X-MAS PEKS - Ding Dong
11 - MISSILE TOADS - Christmaskrieg Bop
12 - NEW LANDS - Wish It Was Christmas Today
13 - PARIAH CAREY - All I Want For Christmas
14 - RED ALERT - Having A Drunken Christmas
15 - RIK SPANNER - Santa Is A Drunk
16 - THE TOY DOLLS - Credit Crunch Christmas
17 - THE TRADITIONALS - Drunk Tank Christmas
18 - THE VACANCIES - Father Christmas
19 - VICE SQUAD - Santa Claws Is Comin' To Town
20 - WOODSTOCK PUNKROCK - Outro
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THE DOG'S JUKEBOX: Volume 41
01 - THE 69 EYES WITH ANDY McCOY - Vietnamese Baby
02 - THE AMERICAN RUSE - Pirate Love
03 - THE COFFIN DAGGERS - Psychonaut
04 - DEXTER ROMWEBER - Outta Sight
05 - THE DICKIES - Stukas Over Disneyland
06 - EVAN JOHNS AND THE H-BOMBS - Evacuation
07 - FRENZY - Blade
08 - JASON & THE SCORCHERS - Ghost Town
09 - JELLO BIAFRA & MOJO NIXON - Mascot Mania
10 - THE JIM JONES REVUE - Premeditated
11 - MAGNUM 500 - Talking Pipes (Full Version)
12 - MATANZA - Tell Him I'm Gone
13 - THE MOTHER TRUCKERS - Never Miss My Baby
14 - POWERMAN 5000 - Murder
15 - RAISE THE CRAZY - Take The Step
16 - SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - Roadside Wreck
17 - THE VICE BARONS - Signs Of The Ages
18 - WIZZARD - Everyday I Wonder
19 - YOUNG HEART ATTACK - In Luck
20 - ZOINKS - Chest Pain
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Sunday, November 26, 2017
TWANGSVILLE REVISITED: Volume 71
01 - SAM MARINE - I'll Soon Be Gone
02 - JAMES BLUNDELL & JAMES REYNE - Way Out West
03 - DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY MEN - Out In California (Live)
04 - HÈTTEN DÈS - Big River
05 - RUDI PROTRUDI - Funnel Of Love
06 - HONKY TONK HUSTLAS - Pray I Won't Wake Up
07 - THE RIBEYE BROTHERS - Swagger Turns To Stagger
08 - FLATHEAD - Now
09 - SKID ROPER AND THE WHIRLIN' SPURS - Under The Double Eagle
10 - JELLO BIAFRA & MOJO NIXON - Convoy In The Sky
11 - THE HILLBILLY HELLCATS - Big Orange Guitar
12 - CASE GARRETT - Call Me The Breeze
13 - J. TEX & THE VOLUNTEERS - Clear Sky
14 - THE LONG RYDERS - I Don't Care What's Right, I Don't Care What's Wrong
15 - EVAN JOHNS AND THE H-BOMBS - Taking Care Of My Home
16 - BRAD PAISLEY - Sharp Dressed Man
17 - SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - Chitlin Strut
18 - THE HELLECASTERS - Danger Man
19 - DEXTER ROMWEBER - Unharmonious
20 - PHANTOM OF THE BLACK HILLS - Pain & Misery
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Monday, November 20, 2017
Sam Marine Releases Great New EP 'Big Dark City'
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Rock And Roll With Just The Right Amount Of Country And Folk
Rock And Roll With Just The Right Amount Of Country And Folk
From New York City by the way of Gainesville, Florida, and now fairly new to Los Angeles, Sam Marine has already made himself an integral part of the LA roots-rock music scene. Playing alongside up and comers Rod Melancon, Jaime Wyatt and Sam Morrow, it makes sense that he tapped former Dwight Yoakam sideman and producer of Melancon’s Southern Gothic, Brian Whelan, to produce his new EP, Big Dark City.
Big Dark City is Marine’s 3rd CD. His first two, Lacktown and New Home were both mixed by heavyweight producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile, Drive By Truckers) and mastered by Greg Calbi (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty). His raspy, urgent vocals often earn him favorable comparisons to Springsteen, Tom Petty and Paul Westerberg. A Thousand Guitars music blog has described his songwriting imagery as “…recalling a dust-choked, windblown existence that somehow still manages to look up from the gutter.”
With Big Dark City, Whelan and Marine took a few weeks carefully arranging the music on acoustic guitars and singing without microphones as they sat on Whelan’s front porch. “Everything was worked out and arranged front-to-back,” said Marine. “It was as bare bones as it could be before we took it into the studio to record.”
With Marine on lead vocals, and guitar, Whelan not only produced, but added his own guitar and played organ. He also brought in Dwight Yoakam drummer, Mitch Marine and completed the rhythm section with Aaron Stern on bass. The result is a tight collection of catchy guitar-driven Americana songs with an edge that some would deem ‘Heartland Rock’. “Two guitars, bass, drums and organ,” Marine speculates. “Just about as meat and potatoes as it gets.”
The title track is a song about a man who was once a hell raiser and after trying ‘domestication’ finds out it’s not for him so he rebels. “Parts of the song are specifically about my own experiences while living in Brooklyn,” Marine said. “Musically I wanted there to be a vulnerability felt, an unstable ground of loud and quiet taking turns moving back and forth. I also knew I wanted it to be a rocker, to show the regression of this man.”
“Dawn Come and Gone” is a boogie that is the Saturday morning prior to “Big Dark City’s” Sunday night. “I’m a bartender and a musician,” he said. “Sometimes when you have a late-night lifestyle, the sunrise can sneak up on you before you realize what time it is.” “Freeze ‘Em Out uses Marine’s very personal lyrics set to a surf track which he arranged with friend and former band mate, Aaron Goodrich.
“I’ll Soon Be Gone” was a song that was recorded on his first record Lacktown, but was made new again by Mitch Marine adding a different drumbeat. “He really changed the song for the better,” he noted. “Having heard the song played a certain way for a number of years, it was a little jarring for me to sing where the new beat was, but once I wrapped my head around it, it was obvious that the song should be recorded this way.”
Marine wrote the song “Mike Lee” as a tribute to a friend who had passed away. “He died of an overdose, but it’s not about that. This song is about what a good guy he was and how he always had your back, “ Marine points out. He gives lyrics as an example, “If you get along with him, you’ll get along with me, and if you got time for one, we got time for three…now to the other side of town, with the solitude you found, and all the way back again, Mike Lee.”
Marine’s brother, Chris Marine is also a musician who plays drums with the band Phosphorescent. The two brothers were in a band together in Florida (Apollo Quartet) before Marine decided to try his luck in New York. He credits their choice of music careers to their parents. “My parents and all of their friends were very young and always had the television turned to MTV or VH1,” he remembers. “They always had loud music playing, they always danced, they always seemed to be rockin’ and having a good time. I saw what music did to people and had a feeling that if I played music I could make them behave that way too.”
Big Dark City is simple, classic, personal and honest. It’s sure to establish Sam Marine’s footing in the roots-rock genre while finding it's own place in any listener's heart.
01 - Big Dark City
02 - Dawn Come And Gone
03 - Freeze 'Em Out
04 - I'll Soon Be Gone
05 - Mike Lee
“Quantity is sometimes not necessary to convince you of someone's qualities. A good example of this could be "Big Dark City" by Sam Marine. Only five songs on the disc, but we still recognized the talent... As far as we're concerned, a very welcome introduction to a roots rocker of which we undoubtedly will hear a lot more” - Ctrl.alt.country
"Big Dark City" is already the third ep of Sam Marine after "Lacktown" and "New Home", and maybe it's time to work on a full-length CD for this rocking rock star.” — Rootstime Belgium
This is one great EP folks and a worthy addition to your music collection, you can purchase as CD (with download) for $7.99 USD / Digital Download for $4.99 USD from here or Digital Download for $4 USD or more from here, you will not be disappointed.
Sunday, November 19, 2017
THE DOG'S JUKEBOX: Volume 40
01 - THE 222s - First To Third Round
02 - 39 STEPS - Rubber Prick
03 - BLOODCLOT - You'll Be The Death Of Me
04 - BULLETHEAD - Promise Made
05 - DEVIL TO PAY - Your Inner Lemmy
06 - DIE HAUT - Aischa (Live)
07 - THE GUN CLUB - Moonlight Motel
08 - GUNSMOKE - On And On
09 - THE HAZYTONES - Kill To Survive
10 - HIS MASTERS VOICE - What Do I Look Like
11 - JENNIE & THE SLINGERS - Better Off Dead
12 - JIM JONES AND THE RIGHTEOUS MIND - Walk It Out
13 - KID CONGO AND THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS - Hills Of Pills
14 - THE KILLCREEPS - Hey Christine
15 - MOS GENERATOR - For Your Blood
16 - PILLBOX - Devil In My Bed
17 - RICKSHAW - I'm Ready!
18 - STONE AXE - Rhinoceros
19 - THE THROBBING PURPLE - Black Out
20 - THE TRIFFIDS - Lonely Stretch
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Case Garrett Releases Great Album 'Aurora'
"His new 8-track release features Garrett's brand of alt-country music with his warming, down-home vocals... includes a countrified version of J.J. Cale's "Call Me The Breeze" and the exciting country sway of "Fill'er Up." - Jim Pasinski of The Record Journal Newspaper.
Timing can be everything. With the groundswell of outlaw, independent and alt-country making huge gains the past couple of years, Case Garrett’s album Aurora lands at an opportune moment of history, fitting right alongside the outlaw and independent country sounds that are garnering larger audiences seemingly every few months.
While firmly rooted in country music’s hallowed traditions, the independently produced album plays out as sublimely alive and contemporary. Garrett has a keen knack for songwriting and arrangement, which he confirms throughout this debut release. Saddled up with a truly superlative band of sidemen, including Michael Douchette on pedal steel guitar and the always-amazing Jenee Fleenor on fiddle, Garrett runs through a gamut of emotions and story telling throughout the album. “The first real song I wrote with any words attached was in high school, a weak attempt at a kind of old-school Jackson Browne love song,” he notes. “I played it on piano one night at this party and the girls teared up and cried and I thought to myself, ‘Damn, this songwriting stuff is a powerful thing. I should do more of this.’”
Playing multiple instruments today, Garrett writes in a voice that is immediately accessible, blending in the hauntingly sad and personal in “Long Way Down,” to the tongue-in-cheek, slightly irreverent “The Thought Of You.” As a narrator, Garrett allows the characters wide berths in songs such a “Going Down To Mobile” and “Fill ‘er Up,” as they come vividly alive while they go about their trial and tribulations.
Born in Missouri, with an itinerant upbringing, Garrett is now settled just outside of New York City. He credits time in his younger years spent in Tennessee and Louisiana for much of his musical outlook, highlighting the integral roles of both his grandfathers.
Noodling songs on the piano at the age of 5, by the age of 10 he formed his first band, playing bass. The summer after his senior year in high school Garrett landed his first paying club gig with almost all original songs. There was only one problem: “I got a little lit-up,” remembers Garrett. “I figured that’s what you were supposed to do when you performed. My guitar heroes were doing it I reckoned and, well, I got paid but didn't get asked back. Just a dumb kid no one had heard of. It’d be nice to say I learned my lesson then and there but…”
Alcohol plus other “recreational activities,” says Garrett, were already ingrained in his life. From a frighteningly young age, music and alcohol intertwined. Later, life brought Garrett a marriage and a child but then tragedy. In very short order, a divorce and the death of family members (his mother, sister, father, and brother) only led to more of the escapism. One day he found himself in the hospital with nurses and doctors hovered over him. They told him he should probably quit drinking if he wanted to live. Amidst the chaos, and the next few years, his young son and his music stayed the core of his life. And miraculously he found his footing. Aurora is the result of that bedrock.
Garrett wrote, produced, and arranged the music on Aurora. He played all the keyboards on the album (piano, B-3, Fender, Rhodes), acoustic guitar and some electric, and layered in some percussion. His original drummer (Shawn Fichtner) and bass player (Eric Swiontkowski) are on the recording along with some ultra-talented Nashville players — Fiddle, Mandolin: Jenee Fleenor // Pedal Steel: Michael Douchette// Dobro: Kevin Post // Banjo: Aaron McDaris. In New York, stalwart session man Jimi K. Bones did the heavy lifting on electric guitars and Clara Lofaro dazzles with her amazing backing vocals on two songs. Sammi Moore, from Nashville, adds her smooth twang to a number as well.
The spirited song, “What Can I Say,” kicks off the album with an impressive fiddle and pedal steel intro that sets the stage for the rest of adventure. “Long Way Down” was an “antenna” moment for the artist. He felt the lyrics and melody were “just in the air,” ready to grab when the time was right. “Years ago, I’m alone with my son on this baseball field, just the two of us, when I told him my brother/his uncle, had died the day before. Now, it was right after my sister had passed. Both from drinking and such. So he takes a beat to think it out and then turns to ask if he was gonna end up like them - drinking like that. Dying. He was eight years old and it just about tore me in two. I was sort of hovering between sinner and saint at that time myself. But it was the catalyst to move on. One day a few years later this song just appeared to me out of the blue. Actually the album was basically done when I wrote it, we were well into mixing, but I got it in there. Glad I did.”
“I mean, whatever you’re writing or singing, it came from something you know but maybe you can't describe it without music. It’s not conscious all the time, like the universe kind of just spinning around and sometimes says, ‘Here’s a song, write this down.’ It’s coming from some other place. Which, you know, ain’t a bad place to be.”
“...disarmingly wry observations and swaggering roadhouse country music. By all accounts, the songs on Aurora are somewhat autobiographical and none more so than ‘Long Way Down,’ one of the slower, sadder country songs you will ever hear. This is an excellent album.” Americana Music Show
Case Garrett: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Piano, Fender Rhodes, B3, Backing Vocals, Percussion // Eric Swiontkowsk: Bass // Shawn Fichtner: Drums // Jimi K Bones: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin // Michael Douchette:Pedal Steel Guitar // Jenee Fleenor:Fiddle // Kevin Post:Dobro // Aaron McDaris: Banjo // Ty Tuschen: Electric Guitar (Long Way Down) // Sean-David Cunningham: Fiddle And BV // Clara Lofaro: BV (Call Me The Breeze and Fill ER’ Up) // Sammi Moore: Backing Vocals (The Thought Of You)
This is one great alternate country album folks, all killa no filla, and would be a welcome addition to your music collection. You can puchase this great slab of music in digital format or CD format from here!
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