Monday, February 18, 2013

Electric Shit - All My Troubles

  Here's another garage band from Mexico City.  These guys go by the radio unfriendly moniker of Electric Shit.  This single has a fair amount of blues rock swagger and at the beginning of "Downtown Blues", it's difficult not to think of George Thorogood though these guys are a little rawer but have a blunt punk edge due to the vocals which lend the feeling of the song being an impromptu jam rather than a number that has been rehearsed, performed in the band's practice room and in front of audiences.  The rythm section of the main song "All My Troubles" ensures that it's a toe tapping, head nodder.  "Mannish Boy" is Southern swamp blues and feels like it's the longest of the three songs as it doesn't grab by the throat in an attempt to rock the listener out.  This release by these Mexican boys is much more polished sounding than the Red Hex single.
While this single doesn't rock out, the blues influence on Electric Shit's music makes for some interesting and enjoyable listening.  I'm not to sure about the details of actually getting a copy of this release so maybe try the band's facebook page otherwise just listen on their Soundcloud page.

3/5


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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Red Hex - Shoulda Known 7 inch




  Tacoma band, Red Hex use the Keep It Simple, Stupid approach and play garage punk the way it's meant to be.  Primitive, sloppy and loose are the adjectives that come to mind.    "Shoulda Known"  is a no-nonsense rocker that has its wicked way with the listener due to a seductively simple drumbeat and fuzzy guitar.  "Down in the Dirt" shows a pop sensibility with "Ratboy" is puked out scummy punked out brilliance with a movie snippet intro and a smidgen of surf guitar. Although the entire recording sounds like it was done on a cassette recorder placed a fair distance away from the band which means all the instruments sound a little muffled but just adds to the sloppy brilliance.  All fans of polished music will run miles from this and the real music fans will grab a beer or two and play this seven inch over and over again.  That is if they get the vinyl which is limited to 100 copies otherwise you'll need to make do with listening to them via Bandcamp

4/5

Beastwars - IV

After over a year off for various reasons, we have returned solely because we wanted to review the new Beastwars album. I really w...