Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Bad Banana



Cradling my curious lows with catchy static-laden pop-punk ditties, Bad Banana resonates in a facet that only the P.S. Elliot demo could seem to touch. If you were a fan of either release, I highly suggest you listen to the Crutchfield sisters latest project, Bad Banana.
This being said, if the static lullabies of the P.S. Elliot demo left you hooked on tunes with highly capped vocals that sound as if they were recorded on a computer microphone, you may be somewhat displeased to find that their new 7", "Cry About it," is a little cleaner in recording. Fortunately in this latest release, the Crutchfield sisters (accompanied here by Kyle of Big Soda) still maintain the raw and low-hitting urgency of the original demo, and in particular, there should be more to coming from them in the same vein.
I have been very pleased by both releases and I hope that you will be as well.

Crushfield Demo
Cry about it
Buy right hurrr

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Kickball



"What do you think about my naked body? Does it make you hot? Does it make you want to party?"

Kickball owns.
Dissonant, minimalistic, yet oddly full, complete and flowing. I'd love to see this band live, just to witness their timing. Oh! and also the great use of cowbell.

S/T (2002)
Huckleberry Eater (2002)
ABCDEFGHIJKickball (2006)
everythingisamiraclenothingisamiracleeverythingis (2006)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Shaggs



"[are] better than the Beatles" - Frank Zappa

OK OK OK I haven't posted in a few months. And I forgot I even had this lined up.
The Shaggs are a band you may not like.
I do not even know if I like them. I'm sure sometimes I do, and well.. sometimes I at need something more conventional. Although that being said, I lent this album away so that I would stop listening to it so much.

"Philosophy of The World" was released in 1969 and remains one of the most obscure albums of all time.