The Rosalyns, a supergroup of girls in the garage featuring Anja Stax (The Loons), Lori Sokolowski (Gloomsday), Lety Beers (The Schizophonics), Amy Gore (The Gore-Gore Girls), and Birdy Bardot, who has one of the most perfect “garage rock” vocals I’ve ever heard, seriously. “The Rosalyns first assembled six years ago to pay tribute to the “girls in the garage” sound of the 1960s- trailblazing bands like the Pleasure Seekers, the Liverbirds, The Clingers, the Daughters of Eve, the Ace of Cups, and the Belles- young women who took up guitars, basses and drums to make some rock n roll noise of their own in a field dominated by men. Swimming…
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Time to Testify! The Schizophonics’ “People In The Sky” is finally here!
Alright other bands, it’s time to pack it up and go home. The new Schizophonics album People in The Sky is here. I’m joking (mostly) of course, but there’s no doubt that this new slab of wax is 2019’s most raw, rockin release thus far. The second full length release from San Diego’s Schizophonics, People In The Sky starts off at 11 and doesn’t let go until the closes track ends. We’re talking pure, distilled, in your face rock n roll from start to finish. Distortion, fuzz, searing guitar solos, wild screams….it’s all there and it’s glorious. The album opens with “Something’s Got To Give”, a five and half minute…
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Another PNW New Release: The Orange Kyte’s “Carousel”
Halloween may be over, but we’ve still got 1 treat for you this week. Vancouver BC’s The Orange Kyte have returned with Carousel, 10 tracks of glorious psyched up lo-fi garage out now on Little Cloud records. Carousel picks up where 2018’s The Orange Kyte Says Yes! left off, with the band’s signature lo-fi dirty garage psych sound and overdriven vocals. Carousel adds in some new grooves however, occasionally veering into post-punk, new wave, and even vaguely powerpop territories. Some of the album’s hippest grooves are the album opener “Masquerade” which is punked up garage cool with tinges of Roxy Music thrown in via the prominent sax, the uber catchy…
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New Release: The Zags’ “The Cliff”
We’re keeping the week rolling with PNW new releases with The Zags’ The Cliff, released last Friday. First of all, dig that album art! I could barely stop staring at it long enough to write this review. The Zags were formed in 2013. Original members and songwriters David Ricardo (guitar-vocals) and Stanton Hall (bass-vocals) added drummer Max Curry for The Cliff, the self proclaimed “(un)pop” trio’s third album. “The Zags’ sound is melody-and-hook-focused, with an emphasis on strong vocals — both lead and harmony. They synthesize decades of pop and rock influences, garnering comparisons to Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Big Star, XTC, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Guided by Voices, and…
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New Week, New Release: The Low Twelve’s “12:02”
This week we’ve got triple the treat and none of the tricks for you with 3 new releases all out of the Pacific Northwest. We’re starting things off with Portland’s The Low Twelve, whose sophomore release 12:02 is out now. The Low Twelve takes its name from an old Masonic term meaning “Twelve Midnight” – an hour many considered to be full of dark omens. The music on their sophomore album, the ambitious 12:02, does indeed evoke an atmosphere of midnight mystery befitting the name, but there is plenty of wild fun to be had on this album as well. Moody opener “Turn out the Lights” invites you in with…
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POW x Huichica Walla Walla
On September 13th and 14th, POW attented the first Huichica Walla Walla festival. Huichica has annually taken place in both Sonoma and Hudson Valley CA (and still does), but this year was their first time branching out into the Pacific Northwest. “Since 2010, Huichica Music Festival (pronounced wah-CHEE-ka) has provided a refreshing take on the music festival experience. A pioneer in a new breed of micro-festival, Huichica is built on the concept that wine, food, and music are best shared in beautiful, intimate settings with a warm and friendly attitude. Each year Huichica presents a highly curated line up of artists worth knowing about and pairs them with artisan regional…