Gary War - Opens CS

Oh damn.

Gary War - Opens CS is a live WFMU session released on cassette by Captured Tracks. Unlike the softer, more relaxed lo-fi psychedelia on New Raytheonport, Opens bursts forth with a sped-up, intimidating and muscular version of Good Clues. This drastic change is actually pulled off well, creating a much more lively show than what I expect the album played straight up would have given us.























Good Clues (live)
Download the release (and album, and singles) at Gary War's blog.

Other news: This is going to be a great show. Still not the biggest Crystal Stilts fan ever, but I'd be down for this, especially with both Gary War and Nice Face opening. Not too familiar with Nerve City but oh well, 2 Great bands, 1 Good band, 1 unknown, and curated by Sacred Bones? I'm down.

Nice Face - ...Can I fuck It?

Nice Face - ...Can I fuck It?

Awesome lo-fi garage punk. Posted link to their myspace earlier, but here it is anyways: Nice Face. Bought two 7" of theirs from Other Music yesterday. Good shit.

Myspace Find of the...Day?

Nice Face

Thank you Last.fm suggestions. Apparently 'similar' to Blank Dogs, Wavves, Thee Oh Sees, so I decided to check out. Somehow, they're actually kinda right. Pretty cool lo-fi garage-punk. Definitely check out on your free time.

Interview:
Your songwriting seems pretty rooted in the garage, but I like when the songs start there and end up somewhere else entirely. How much does that have to do with your recording process? Or is it as simple as having varied musical influences? Tell me about them.

A.D.D. is a son of a bitch. i generally get pretty frustrated bordering on psychotic break at least once when recording a song. that's probably what you're hearing. also, i think deep down i just want to write horror movie soundtracks that sound like those old italian horror movies. super blown out creepy weirdness. that being said, i still wish i was in a band that sounded like the Coasters. but that requires talent. and being black. and having a couple of jews write my songs.

I 'lol' at the cover as well.

Heading over to Other Music tomorrow to buy the Exterminator 7" they supposedly have (according to their site)