Showing posts with label Thee Oh Sees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thee Oh Sees. Show all posts
Saturday, June 30, 2012
track: Thee Oh Sees - Lupine Dominus
September is going to be an incredible month for me music-wise, with most of my favorite bands putting out new records around then: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, A$AP Rocky, and of course Thee Oh Sees.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
album stream: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Willoughby's Beach
More reverb'd out garage rock. These guys worship Thee Oh Sees and Jay Reatard, so they're alright by me. They're a little bit more surf rock than those bands. Bonus points for having the best band name I've heard this year. Someone please buy me the LP -- shipping from Australia to the US ain't cheap.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
mini reviews: Thee Oh Sees, Black Lips, Ty Segall
2011 has been a great year for garage rock so far. Here are 3 of my favorite garage rock records from this year, all of which are strong contenders for my AOTY at this point.
Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania
Imagine if Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem dosed the inhabitants of Sesame Street, unbeknownst to them. The band would be playing, half the street would be in flames, Kermit would be running around like an idiot with his arms flailing over his head, Animal would be clanging on bells, and random Muppets would be singing, oblivious to the carnage around them. That's what this album sounds like. Basically, it sounds like its amazing album cover.
favorite songs: I Need Seed, Corprophagist (A Bath Perhaps), AA Warm Breeze
listen if you like: woodwinds, clanging bells, bleeps and bloops, monster vocals
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
200 Million Thousand was taking mushrooms and drinking whiskey in a dank basement that smells like cat piss. Arabia Mountain is doing acid and drinking beers in a sunny park with your friends. When I talked to the band 2 years ago at a Scion Garage Fest, they said the record was going to be out early last year. It was worth the wait; this is easily the best record the Black Lips have made to date.
favorite songs: Modern Art, Family Tree, Mad Dog
listen if you like: sunny parks, mischief, mixing lots of drugs 'til you're confused
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
This is a lot calmer affair than Ty's past work; essentially it's a garage singer-songwriter record. Usually, nothing sends me running to the hills faster than the tag "singer-songwriter," but this kid has got talent. Check out his 2011 EP of T-Rex covers, Ty Rex, and his 2010 LP, Melted, as well. You won't be disappointed.
favorite songs: Goodbye Bread, You Make the Sun Fry, My Head Explodes
listen if you like: guitar, melancholy with your fun, fuzz
Imagine if Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem dosed the inhabitants of Sesame Street, unbeknownst to them. The band would be playing, half the street would be in flames, Kermit would be running around like an idiot with his arms flailing over his head, Animal would be clanging on bells, and random Muppets would be singing, oblivious to the carnage around them. That's what this album sounds like. Basically, it sounds like its amazing album cover.
favorite songs: I Need Seed, Corprophagist (A Bath Perhaps), AA Warm Breeze
listen if you like: woodwinds, clanging bells, bleeps and bloops, monster vocals
200 Million Thousand was taking mushrooms and drinking whiskey in a dank basement that smells like cat piss. Arabia Mountain is doing acid and drinking beers in a sunny park with your friends. When I talked to the band 2 years ago at a Scion Garage Fest, they said the record was going to be out early last year. It was worth the wait; this is easily the best record the Black Lips have made to date.
favorite songs: Modern Art, Family Tree, Mad Dog
listen if you like: sunny parks, mischief, mixing lots of drugs 'til you're confused
This is a lot calmer affair than Ty's past work; essentially it's a garage singer-songwriter record. Usually, nothing sends me running to the hills faster than the tag "singer-songwriter," but this kid has got talent. Check out his 2011 EP of T-Rex covers, Ty Rex, and his 2010 LP, Melted, as well. You won't be disappointed.
favorite songs: Goodbye Bread, You Make the Sun Fry, My Head Explodes
listen if you like: guitar, melancholy with your fun, fuzz
Friday, May 6, 2011
video: Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed
Thee Oh Sees are a prolific San Fransiscan garage rock band. Their new album, Castlemania, is out June 14th. It has the greatest cover art of all time, as you can see.
The Castlemania cover art has surpassed what was previously the greatest cover art of all time - another album from Thee Oh Sees, Help. If you haven't heard Thee Oh Sees before, I recommend you check out this album.
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