Sharing the sharing.
Swiss garage rockers The Staches pack a hefty one-two punch of chugging bass lines and distorted, psyched-out guitars on their new EP III. Album opener “Crocodile” (below) is a great example of their garage-psych goodness.
EP III is out now on Six Tonnes De Chair Records. I highly recommend you getting your hands on a copy.
The Staches – Crocodile from EP III (2015)
Portland, OR 3-piece, Woolen Men, bring their lo-fi brand of punk rock, on sophomore release Temporary Monument, and shove it right in your face. By the time you can catch your breath you are 6 songs in. The tempo is slowed a bit on the organ-driven track “After The Flood” (below) which makes it one of the standouts on the album.
Temporary Monument is out now and available via Woodsist Records. Go buy this record!
Woolen Men – After The Flood from Temporary Monument (2015)
Band & The Beat is the new project of husband and wife duo Tracy Shedd and James Tritten. Using only analog synthesizers and an analog drum machine, they have created quite the infectious dream-pop sound.
Dig on the warbly synths and lo-fi vocals of their first single “Buoy” below. Hopefully there will be many more songs from these guys in the future. Enjoy.
Band & The Beat – Buoy (2015)
Be sure to catch Band & The Beat on tour in a city near you:
Oct 14 . Durham NC . The Pinkhook . w/ Jphono1, Schooner (solo)
Oct 17 . Raleigh NC . Slim’s . w/ Jason Herring & The Mystery Plan
Oct 18 . Chapel Hill NC . Local 506 . w/ Nuns (Oklahoma)
Oct 19 . Knoxville TN . Pilot Light . w/ Bark (mems. of Tim Lee 3)
Oct 20 . Nashville TN . The Basement – 8:00pm – New Faces Nite
Oct 20 . Nashville TN . The 5 Spot – 10:00pm – $2 Tuesday
Oct 21 . Nashville TN . The Basement East – New Faces Nite
Oct 22 . Athens GA . Flicker
Oct 23 . Charlotte NC . Petra’s . w/ Jason Herring & The Mystery Plan
Nov 1 . Durham NC . Duke Coffeehouse . w/ Free Pizza (Boston MA)
Nov 7 . Chapel Hill NC . The Cave . w/ Tim Lee 3
Portland, Oregon’s 4-piece, garage rock stompers, The Reverberations’ debut EP, Lost In Time, is 3 solid tracks of fuzzy, 60’s era, garage-rock-psychedelic goodness. Stream their fuzzy, psych-pop title track below.
Lost In Time is being co-released by Hidden Volume Records and Spain’s KOTJ Records and is available now from both their Bandcamp pages. Go and snag yourself a copy, you won’t be disappointed.
Here is our September mixtape – 15 fall approved tracks for your listening pleasure.
Penalty Kick – Bleachers
DRINKS – Hermits on Holiday
Lazy Knuckles – Polygot
Golden Rules – Don’t Be
Klaus Johann Grobe – Aufstand
Quantum Keys – Grow
EZTV – There Goes My Girl
Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Tundra
Lasso – Listzenwotha
Painted Palms – Tracers
Flower Festival – I’m A Waste of Time
Owen – Anchor
The Shallow End Divers – Dead Man’s Ladder
PEACERS – Kick On The Plane
Double Date With Death – Ride
Thayer Sarrano’s dark, Hope Sandoval meets Victoria Legrand-like vocals are quite intoxicating on her newest release Shaky. Check out her haunting, country-psych-gaze single “Crease” below for a taste.
Shaky is out now on Guildwater Group Records and available to buy digitally or on CD from Thayer Sarrano’s Bandcamp page.
Thayer Sarrano – Crease from Shaky (2015)
We shared Virginia’s New Boss a while ago from their split release with Borrowed Beams of Light. I really enjoyed their side of the split and was thrilled to find their newest release Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 in my mailbox.
Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 is a fun, poppy-as-hell 13 tracks that will make you want to (as the title suggests) boogie. Check out the synth-driven pop goodness of “Since You Been Gone” (below) for a taste. Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 is available now on cassette from Funny / Not Funny Records. I highly recommend it.
New Boss – Since You Been Gone from Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 (2015)
London-based multi-instrumentalist/producer Shawn Lee and Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter AM have collaborated again to release their stellar third release Outlines. Outlines is a groovetastic blend of toe tapping, head bobbing, synth-heavy pop and funk. Get a taste of their grooviness below in the stream of album opener “Persuasion”.
Outlines is available to buy in all formats from their Bandcamp page. It’s a good one.
I have been a huge fan of Los Angeles’ (by way of Indiana) indie pop band Triptides since I stumbled across their Bandcamp page a few years ago. But for whatever reason, I have never shared them on the site. Shame on me!
Their latest release, Azur, is ten songs deep of shimmery, hazy, psych-pop gold. A perfect soundtrack for lounging around with your favorite beverage on a warm summer night. “Hideout” (below) is a great example of the Triptides sunny, surf-pop sound. Azur is available now on vinyl via Requiem Pour Un Twister or on cassette via Lolipop Records. Enjoy.
Triptides – Hideout from Azur (2015)
Here is our August mixtape – 15 tracks sure to cure your end of summer blues.
1. Damaged Bug – What Cheer
2. Ohioan – Pissing At Will
3. Munroe – Bonnie
4. O-Face – Yolanda
5. Literature – O.J.
6. Maybird – Big Sun Explosion
7. Magic Shoppe – Trip Inside This House
8. Friends of Cesar Romero – The Hold
9. Bellwire – Let It Shine
10. Obits – Pine On
11. Negative Scanner – Criticism
12. The Tortured – Government Quarantine
13. Adolescents – Amoeba
14. Big Baby – Hey Wait
15. Minutemen – Cohesion