Separate Spines is making the rounds. The Sacramento band plays an eclectic mixture of shoegaze and psychedelia they call ‘throat kick.’ Formed in 2014, Separate Spines has created over 50 demos and played numerous house parties over the years, honing their craft. Their sound brings to mind acts like Ty Segall and Meatbodies, but with an eerie twist. … Continue reading
Southern rockers Seratones’ music recalls the wild psychedelia of the seventies. The band gives it their own unique twenty-first century twist though, making their songs fresh and interesting. The Shreveport, LA foursome is releasing their new 7-inch single “Necromancer”/ “Take It Easy” next week through Fat Possum Records. “Necromancer” grabs the listener by the ear and takes … Continue reading
Ghost Culture- ‘Giudecca Beats’– ‘Giudecca Beats’ is a chilled out electronic song that is nevertheless reminiscent of synth-heavy 80s dance songs. The atmospheric vocals and sparse instrumentation on the track brings back memories of Depeche Mode and Flock of Seagulls. The song is off of Ghost Culture’s self titled album released earlier this month. Fallout Boy-‘Irresistible’– The pop rock powerhouse … Continue reading
The debut album of Meatbodies is a sighing swirl of psychedelic guitars and indistinct vocals that immediately brings to mind images of sixties garage and drug trips. The self-titled album as a whole is woven of pushed back vocals, fuzzy guitars, and sound effects reminiscent of the Beatles in their LSD phase. The style is … Continue reading
Ty Segall’s new album Manipulator, harkens back to the bygone days of the sixties and seventies, calling up visions of mad dancing and drugged out psychedelic swirls of colors. Manipulator’s sound is reminiscent of early David Bowie and Pink Floyd with dashes of Cheap Trick, Moody Blues, Bachman Turner Overdrive and Wolfmother for flavor. The … Continue reading
FUZZ is a gritty masterpiece. This Los Angeles based band consists of Ty Segall (drums/vocals), Charlie Moothart (guitar/vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass). Moohart and Segall formed FUZZ in 2011 and attempted to remain anonymous. Obviously, the cats out of the bag and FUZZ is creating quite a stir. It may have taken the band a bit to get into the … Continue reading
Hey hot dogs, it’s time for another Wiener Dog Comp! As you may already know, nothing inspires Burger Records to do good deeds more than a friend in need, and we all know that dogs iz people too! The first Wiener Dog comp went to raising money to help Popcorn, the pooch owned by Burger’s cassette manufacturer, and … Continue reading
Babs Johnson Gang is a band who continues to do their own thing, making music they want to hear, not music that they’ve already heard. They are a far cry from the punk or singer/songwriter scenes that are big in Sacramento, but still manage to crossover into both, carefully mixing a plethora of genres together … Continue reading
STREAM TY SEGALL’S SLEEPER, OUT NEXT WEEK ON DRAG CITY Since announcing the release of Sleeper, all’s been pretty quiet on the western (Ty Segall) front, relatively speaking, of course. We are talking Ty here! Without sharing any pre-release tracks or official videos (wha?!), we’ve been keeping the lid on nice and tight leading up to Sleeper‘s imminent release. … Continue reading
Ty Segall’s most recent album, Twins, was placed into my hands on a semi warm day in early October. The guys at Phono Select said with a big ol’ smile, “You’ll like this one, I know it.” As soon as I heard the first few notes, I was transported to an earlier time of garage … Continue reading
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