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Savagery At Its Finest

If John Lydon and Siouxsie Sioux knocked boots this would be the noise coming from under the door crack. The belligerent Brits that are Savages recently debuted a 7″ that … Continue reading

03/03/2013 · Leave a comment

Tooshie Boogie To Girls In Suede

Whether dangling from the rafters at a vet hall punk show or nestling up to a pillow in an opium den, the new Girls In Suede album swings with your … Continue reading

01/07/2013 · Leave a comment

Yoga Beats And Freak Talk From Gonjasufi

Having your music ripped off isn’t always the worst case scenario for a recording artist as recently proven by Chula Vista yoga mentor and musician Gonjasufi (aka Sumach Ecks). While doubling job … Continue reading

12/17/2012 · Leave a comment

Four Musical Molluscs Out Of Austin, TX

Synth tentacles that slap your skull and pull you into an underwater garden that is the Octopus Project’s den — the eight arms that make up this group (Josh Lambert, … Continue reading

11/28/2012 · Leave a comment

Dum Dum Girls vs. Those Darlins

Duck diving California’s surf rock scene, the burgeoning genre of Chic-a-Go-Go is catching big waves in the west coast. The movement’s front-runner Dum Dum Girls are splashing the loudest, but their … Continue reading

11/14/2012 · Leave a comment

The Joys Of Getting Off

The new Off! album will hit you like a burning rash, once you start scratching there’s no stopping — infectious riffs buckling under the weight of twisted distortion and hog-head … Continue reading

11/10/2012 · Leave a comment

Shannon and the Clams Bring the Jams

Shannon Shaw (of Hunx and His Punx) travels down the rabbit hole bearing fangs to devour the white hare in the new cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”. Yelling “feed your head” … Continue reading

11/05/2012 · Leave a comment

New HEALTH Score Paynefully Humdrum

HEALTH’s allure is their ability to dropkick conventionalism and make Moogs scream like banshees possessing the Disneyland Light Parade. They’re recognized for whimsical experimentation with electronic instruments, done with a little grit … Continue reading

11/04/2012 · Leave a comment

O Say Thee Oh Sees

Kim Deal-coincidental harmonies bucking lucid soundwaves from the San Francisco music sage John Dwyer — the new album Putrifiers II spans from surf rock to “All Tomorrows Parties” wrapped in a … Continue reading

11/04/2012 · Leave a comment