The RAMONES – ” Live The Roundhouse ” London, England 4th July 1976 (First Show In the UK)
Posted: July 5, 2018 in MUSICTags: London, Roundhouse, The Ramones
On this day in 1976, the Ramones perfomed their first UK show at the Roundhouse in London, where they are credited with bringing the punk genre to the mainstream in England.
Just four months after the release their highly-influential self-titled debut, the Ramones made their international debut, performing in England as a support for The Flamin’ Groovies on a bill that also includes The Stranglers.
While legend states that members of The Clash and the Sex Pistols were in attendance (in actuality, the former were playing their debut show in support of the latter that same evening), a number of other musicians, including members of The Damned, were in fact there, and the gig is considered as one of the most influential moments in punk history.
A sold-out show the following night does manage to attract members of The Clash, the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, marking the moment at which punk went mainstream, and the aforementioned musicians found themselves able to break down the barriers that held them back, eventually changing the face of music forever.
JEFF ROSENSTOCK – ” Post “
Posted: July 5, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Jeff Rosenstock, New York, Post
Absolutely one of the best recent albums out there. For me, these lyrics are filled with nostalgia and angst– I feel that anyone can relate to them in one way or another. Jeff caught everyone’s ear with We Cool?, blew everyone’s mind with Worry., and now he’s making us all look inward and think about what it really means to be a country with Post.
Jeff Rosenstock was an anxious kid who grew into an anxious adult and has also made a bunch of music along the way with a bunch of bands, most notably Bomb the Music Industry! who apparently pioneered giving shit away for free on the internet – or at least got some of the credit for it.
Now he plays with his bi-coastal band of rad musicians, mixing punk heart with diverse instrumentation and occasional accuracy.
The new record POST– was written in a snowy mountain dreamscape, recorded in a marathon session and finished moments before it was released on New Year’s Day. Most of it (like totally 51% minimum) was recorded live to tape, making the record a fiery distillation of Rosenstock’s high energy live shows that push the boundaries of dynamics in rock music.
Been looking forward to this for a while, we’re Finally Coming back to Europe!! And even better we’re bringing our good buddy CHRIS FARREN!! Tickets are on sale FRIDAY at jeffrosenstock.com so set your calendar alarm alert I don’t know how you people do things.
The Band
JOHN DEDOMENICI – BASS
JEFF ROSENSTOCK – VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYS, ETC.
MIKE HUGUENOR – GUITAR
KEVIN HIGUCHI – DRUMS
DAN POTTHAST – LAP STEEL
CHRIS FARREN – VOCALS ON 2, 6 & 10
LAURA STEVENSON – VOCALS ON 2, 6, 9 & 10
SEAN HENRY – ” Fink “
Posted: July 5, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Double Double Whammy Records, Fink, New York, Sean Henry
In 2015, New York musician Sean Henry released his acclaimed 16-track demo tape, It’s All About Me. A fittingly personal collection of songs about friendship, love, life and death, it’s the perfect setup for Fink, the artist’s debut studio album, out July 13th via Double Double Whammy. Henry expands and matures on Fink, but on new single “Imperfection,” he’s consumed by anxiety. “Lately, maybe, it’s like you hate me,” he sings. “Why?” The song’s warm, poppy melody and cushy beat is the ideal backdrop for Henry’s insecure and wholly relatable musings.
written by Sean Henry
performed by Sean Henry & Daniel George Jr.
“Hard Down” drums by Colin Sullivan
“No More Feelings” arrangement by Daniel George Jr.
additional guitars by Brian Antonucci & Eddie Golden III
TERRY – ” ‘Terry HQ “
Posted: July 5, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Al Montfort, Amy Hill, Australia, Melbourne, Terry, Upset The Rhythm Records, Xanthe Waite, Zephyr Pavey
This LP is, a ripper. Perfect from start to finish with it’s jangly sounds and melodies, but still with a fair bit of an edge to it. It’s hard not to listen to it all in the one sitting, though at only 22 and a half minutes you pretty much can anyway. The short length of the album is the only fault I can find, and Chitter Chatter is the standout track. was among my Top 100 Albums Of 2016 .
Terry is the bastard child of everything great about Australian post-punk and for lack of a better word ‘slacker’ rock. Live they become something even more powerful. A true cult classic
TERRY a band from Melbourne, Australia. Divide him in half and you split the genders, into quarters and you get Amy Hill (also of Constant Mongrel, School Of Radiant Living), Xanthe Waite (Mick Harvey Band, Primo), Zephyr Pavey (Eastlink, Total Control, Russell St Bombings) and Al Montfort (UV Race, Dick Diver, Total Control). Guitars, bass, drums, all four sing. Terry are busy people and Terry is a particularly active project too, having released two EPs and a full length album (‘Terry HQ’) last year on Upset The Rhythm Records.
The STEVENS – ” Good “
Posted: July 5, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Alex MacFarlane, Australia, Melbourne, The Stevens, Travis MacDonald
The Stevens aren’t as patient as other Australian bands like the Rolling Blackouts on their two albums they constantly jump from idea to idea and song to song, often moving on after only a minute or so. Their songs rarely feel like fragments, though—they’re all fully realized ideas, even if they only run for 70 seconds. That’s obviously unlike Rolling Blackouts, who tend to explore their songs for three or four minutes. They both have that Flying Nun approach to guitar pop, though, with intricate and tuneful guitar interplay and matter-of-fact vocals that might sound resigned but rarely feel dejected.
Centred around guitarists Alex MacFarlane and Travis MacDonald, scratchy pop foursome the Stevens released a 6 song EP in 2012 that was without doubt the catchiest non-Chapter release of the year. Originally on CD-R and cassette only,
Melbourne scratchy pop favourites the Stevens return with their second album “Good”.
Good picks up where their 2014 debut A History Of Hygiene left off – 18 short songs, alternately frenetic or laconic, packed with twists and hooks that merge lo-fi outsider songcraft with 70s prog wizardry and classic rock swagger.
After establishing a shared obsession for bedroom recording and favourites such as Wire, Guided by Voices, R. Stevie Moore and Flying Nun releases, they began combining their home projects. Together they started writing songs and soon enlisted the help of Macfarlane’s old school friends, Tam Matlakowski and Callum Foley. In 2011 they officially coalesced as a band, which also meant picking a name. They all agreed that Steven was a name
The OPHELIAS – ” Almost “
Posted: July 4, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Almost, Andrea Gutmann Fuentes, Cincinnati, Joyful Noise Recordings, Spencer Peppet, The Ophelias’
This Cincinnati quartet refer to themselves as “all-girl moth music” and whatever it is, we’ll take it and then some. Following up their stellar first effort, Creature Nature, comes The Ophelias’ Joyful Noise Recordings debut, Almost, filled with Spencer Peppet’s quaint and comforting vocals and Andrea Gutmann Fuentes amazing violin. Every track is brimming with youthful nostalgia and the presence of Fuentes’ strings — written into just about every track — really sets The Ophelias apart as one of our most delightful recent discoveries
The Ophelias – “Fog” off the album ‘Almost’ on Joyful Noise Recordings.
The Ophelias – “General Electric” off ‘Almost’ out July 13th, 2018 on Joyful Noise Recordings.
KEVIN DEVINE and WORRIES – ” Devinyl Splits: Unplanned Service Changes “
Posted: July 3, 2018 in MUSICTags: Devinyl Splits, Kevin Devine, Worriers
This is an important message from the Devinyl Transit Authority.
Devinyl Splits No. 8 is delayed until July 27. Alternative service provided via a digital-only split, ‘Unplanned Service Changes,’ featuring Kevin Devine and Worriers, available everywhere June 1.
Devinyl Splits No. 8 is delayed until July 27. Alternative service provided via a digital-only split, ‘Unplanned Service Changes,’ featuring Kevin Devine and Worriers, available everywhere June 1.
All future installments of Devinyl Splits Vol. 2 will continue on the planned every-other-month basis from the July 27 release of Devinyl Splits No. 8.
The Devinyl Transit Authority apologizes for the delay and any inconvenience caused. Have a nice day. Buy Devinyl Splits on vinyl: badtimi.ng
Released June 1st, 2018
LETS EAT GRANDMA – ” I’m All Ears “
Posted: July 3, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: ‘I’m All Ears, Jenny Hollingworth, Lets Eat Grandma, Rosa Walton, Transgressive Records
Let’s Eat Grandma release their second and stunning album, I’m All Ears, via Transgressive Records. I’m All Ears is an even greater revelation than Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth’s globally acclaimed debut, I, Gemini. The second act from the British teenage vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and songwriters, is the most startling, infectious, innovative and thrilling record you’ll hear this year. It is alive with furious pop, unapologetic grandeur, intimate ballads; with loops, Logic, outrageous 80s drum solos, as well as production from David Wrench (The xx / Frank Ocean / Caribou), SOPHIE (famed for her own material and work with Madonna, Charli XCX and Vince Staples) and Faris Badwan (The Horrors). It’s an album that cements Let’s Eat Grandma as one of the most creative and exciting bands in the world right now.
The finale of Let’s Eat Grandma’s intoxicating, expansive second album I’m All Ears is the intricate 11-minute drama “Donnie Darko”—named, of course, for the 2001 film that has become a byword for suburban teenage angst. Director Richard Kelly served that familiar emotion with a hefty side of disturbing magical realism; nothing is quite as it seems, but emotions run high.
“We watched Donnie Darko while we were still writing our first album, years ago,” explains Jenny Hollingworth, one half of the U.K. duo, alongside Rosa Walton. “We weren’t writing about the film—there’s nothing about giant rabbits—but it was an inspiration, especially the part when [Donnie’s] run over. Some of the themes match some of ours: [being] a teenager, navigating the world, and things being ambiguous. Even in terms of the sounds on the album, it just made sense.”
Hollingworth and Walton have been best friends since kindergarten, and bandmates from the age of 13. They put out their first album when Walton was just 16 and Hollingworth 17—astonishing, given their debut’s musical and lyrical range.
Let’s Eat Grandma – It’s Not Just Me (Official Video) The song will be on our second album ‘I’m All Ears’ which is coming out 29th June 2018,
Let’s Eat Grandma – Hot Pink (Official Music Video) The song will be on our second album ‘I’m All Ears’ which is coming out 29 June 2018,
SAY ME SUE – ” It’s Just A Short Walk! ” Covers EP
Posted: July 2, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Busan, It’s Just a Short Walk, Say Sue Me, South Korea, Where We Were Together
Wistful indie rockers from Busan, South Korea who capture the loneliness you can only find in a crowded room.
After releasing their gorgeous second album Where We Were Together in April, four-piece Say Me Sue decided to record and release It’s Just A Short Walk! It’s a small, but perfectly formed EP of covers from legendary American rhythm & blues, new wave, punk, and rock acts like The Velvet Underground, Blondie, The Ramones, and Bobby Freeman. Their lush shoegaze and indie rock-inflected versions speak to both their knowledge and respect for 20th-century American music and the coolly detached, eye-of-the-storm calm with which they present their greyscale reflections on urban life in South Korea’s sprawling cities. Flip back over to Where We Were Together, however, and you’ll discover fast-paced, joyful dream-pop in the same tradition as Asobi Seksu’s dreamy reflections. If you like Pavement, The Clean, Carsick Cars yuoull enjoy this for sure.
