Category Archives: Garage Rock

Happy Thoughts – S/T

Happy Thoughts is Eric LaGrange’s (Cave Weddings, Romance Novels) newest project, released by Hozac Records on June 7th, 2011. This slab of wax features 12 songs of poppy garage punk tunes that are full of earworms you’ll be humming along … Continue reading

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Mickey – Rock’n Roll Dreamer

Mickey’s been making some noise around Chicago for several years, having released a couple of singles since their inception and playing the local circuit fairly regularly. Their sleazy brand of glam-meets-punk reeks of cheap beer and leather jackets, leaving a … Continue reading

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Shannon and the Clams – Sleep Talk

Shannon and the Clams are a female-fronted garage punk band based out of Oakland, California. While some may know frontwoman Shannon Shaw a bit better as one of the punkettes in the fellow Oakland-based band Hunx and His Punx, Shannon … Continue reading

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Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread

The ever-busy Ty Segall’s laid down a set of tracks for his new LP called Goodbye Bread, due out July 21, 2011 on Drag City. This album is being promoted as a tamer affair than previous outings, but Ty’s signature … Continue reading

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The Seeds – Evil Hoodoo (Vinyl Reissue)

Big Beat‘s putting out a vinyl reissue of the Seeds’ Evil Hoodoo.  Active throughout the latter half of the 60’s, the Seeds are notable as both a highly influential cornerstone in American garage and psych rock, and as an early … Continue reading

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Nodzzz – Innings

Woodsist records will release Nodzzz’s second full-length on May 17, 2011 by the name of  Innings. Nodzzz’s particular brand of lo-fi garage-pop is short, sweet and to-the-point. They get right into each song, wet your whistle with some sugary sweetness … Continue reading

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The People’s Temple – Sons of Stone

Hozac Records released the debut album by the People’s Temple entitled Sons of Stone on April 19th, 2011. Based in Lansing, MI, the People’s Temple play a brand of retro-inspired garage psych. There are a number of touchstones (Love, 13th … Continue reading

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Love – Black Beauty

High Moon Records is a new record label that will focus primarily on reissues for rare, and unreleased albums of the “60’s, 70’s and beyond.” They’ll be kicking off the birth of their label with Black Beauty, a previously unreleased … Continue reading

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Quintron – Sucre Du Sauvage

Quintron has released a new album by the name of Sucre Du Sauvage on Goner Records. This album, which came out on April 12, 2011, was recorded during a three-month residency at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Essentially, his … Continue reading

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Girls Names – Dead to Me

Girls Names are a trio from Belfast who will put out their first full-length LP Dead to Me on April 24, 2011. Girls Names dances between 80’s indie rock and the classic pop sounds of 60’s garage and surf. They … Continue reading

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