Something's in the water in Australia that makes great rock and roll. PLEASANTS is the new solo effort of Al Uminium (Dennis Cometti, Aborted Tortoises, Ghoulies) and it's catchy, rough, raw, fun, and synthy.
If you're into catchy garage synth punk-ish stuff, you're gonna dig. Even has some kinda 60s garage feel or 70s punk feel to it sometimes.
Recommended, and might be a contender for my favorite albums of 2024.
This is a strange album. It feels self indulgent, hastily produced and lazy. A lot of caterwauling and carrying on. The KISS sample in the title track was cool to hear though.
For me, the only track I liked was their cover of “Beat On The Brat ''.
It’s really well done and was a welcome change from SY’s traditional sound.
I've spent the last few months renovating the #garage into a #workshop for me to work on my #motorbikes. It's been a lot of work, but it's been a fun process.
It's raining again and I want to go back to sleep. Those people who read what I write in the morning know why I'm up ... Charlie.
My motorcycle is coming home today repaired and ready to go. But it's cold and raining so the only place it is going is back inside the small garage, where I store it and my lawn mower. That garage has a back room full of stuff that we don't use. I didn't make a New Year's resolution, but I'm going to start getting rid of that stuff, boxes from when we moved here - one box at a time. The last time I tried the first box I opened had my collection of Calvin and Hobbes books, so I closed it back and replaced it on the shelf, I couldn't throw my philosophy books away, could I?
“A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.”
On va croire que je passe ma vie sur la VOD d'#Arté (ce qui n'est pas nécessairement faux) mais je suis en train de regarder la trilogie #docu sur le #capitalisme américain (puis mondial) … et le dernier épisode fait un focus pas inintéressant du tout sur les #GAFAM / #BigTech avec un aparté sur la désacralisation du mythe du #garage.
If you need some wild, menacing, herky jerky, often fuzz-drenched music for some energy this Friday, may I present for your ear holes a new discovery from Detroit, FEN FEN.
Fen Fen don't mess around. This self-titled record of theirs is from two years ago. Kinda garage punk, kinda remind me of like, Braniac sometimes? Also a little Briefs or Buzzcocks.
I talked a lot about Moar last year, the garage band Rafael Valles Hilario does with friends. Rafael has another project called Tuff Guac that's similar, but he sang & played everything himself on this second Tuff Guac album 'Swanky Love' that came out today.
I forget who all liked Moar last year, but if you did, you'll like this. I dig everything Rafael makes. 💥
3 cool indie punk/garage type things for this week!
The Dwarves new record Concept Album comes out this Friday (November 17) and they just put out a KILLER new 2nd single and video from it, "Terrorist of Love". See/hear it here: https://youtu.be/DJ_cUDwNUog?si=jKDDGLu9vXs7lZzm.
We put them in the "office" part of the garage (which it will be once house renovation is done and we've moved back in), and @swmbo and I are in the actual garage part.
First night in here, and the rain is really noisy in the garage, but the demi-humans room is so cozy. Oh that carpet was $45 on trademe. Stoked, will do for now! :birb_taptap:
Not as cold as I expected so far in the garage either...
Suburban Lawns release their one and only full length, self-titled album.
They’d gained popularity in LA thanks to their previous singles, “Gidget Goes To Hell” (featured on SNL) and “Janitor” (released in 1980 and played often on local radio stations). So this LP was eagerly anticipated.
I first heard “Janitor” on KROQ sometime around ‘83. I loved the surf guitar sound and silly lyrics sung in a deadpan fashion by Su Tissue. So I got this album and was happy to find that Janitor wasn’t a fluke.
Other favorites include the opener “Flying Saucer Safari”, the groovy, funky track “Gossip”, and the truly ridiculous “Unable”.
I eventually got the “Gidget Goes To Hell” 7”, which has the wonderfully demented b-side track “My Boyfriend”, and then the VHS of The Best of New Wave Theater, the first time I actually saw the band playing live.
** Please don't watch this if you're photosensitive - lots of flashing, etc **
I'm usually a fan of very short songs. But when done right, a long song can be amazing. This video is amazing too. The actual song itself is over 9 minutes long.
Here's a great garage punk band I've never talked about here before-- DOPE SWEATER, garage kings of Indiana! Anybody a fan? It's herky, jerky, loud, insane, and CATCHY. Punk and sometimes maybe rockabilly or bluesy? After all, who's NOT 'Feelin' Kinda Strange'.
I'm just loving having the lyrics yelled at me via these great songs.
Ok, in diesem Fall steht der #Wankpanzer noch in der Einfahrt...
Aber wieviel zusätzlichen öffentlichen #Raum#SUV wohl einnehmen, weil sie nicht nur breitere #Parkplätze brauchen, sondern viele einfach nicht mehr in die #Garage passen? 🤔