SHIT GAZE

The recording quality sounds bottomless, as if ES is trapped in a well. Vocalist Rob Enbom's hollers echo in and out of tune, the drums are barely audible, and the entire thing sounds messy most of the time. Enbom revealed through an e-mail that the band's recording techniques are "four-track, eight-track, and Radio Shack" and that "the garage thing results from recording the album three weeks after we started playing together on a four-track, drunk." He also disclosed that ES dubbed their songs over some old Chinese opera tapes, which probably factors into the filthy sound — and the authentic basementlike feel. If this recording is a sign of things to come, I would suggest stocking up on plenty of earplugs before trotting down to the Hemlock.

CHA CHA CHA

"No offense to Amy Winehouse, but it was the Cobras‚ Rachel Nagy who first reinvented the 60s soul-pop diva as a boozy, punk-informed, smart-mouthed chanteuse in the late 90s." Falling James LA Weekly

pointless fact of the day # 2

The first audio CD manufactured in the USA was Bruce Springsteens' "Born in The USA"..

pointless fact of the day # 1

the only two English words that are not rhymable (is that even a word?) are "silver" and "orange"..

SATAN NEVER SLEEPS

Anyways, this is the Ass-draggers follow up to their debut on Crypt recorded way back in 1997. Tim Warren entered a 4.track studio with the guys and out came this blurry monster. Not as asskicking as their debut but still a really coll record nontheless. They’re the fastest band alive and seeing them live is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. It was really amazing, like it was shown as fast as the songs are. They love their r’n’r and they’re not afraid to show it! Hope to hear more someday soon!

DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK

The second and the best 13th floor elevators album in my opinion.More focused and even more trippy than their first album, "Easter Everywhere" features the 13th Floor Elevators at their best. The songs are eerie, rambling, and potent, so powerful that they overcome the lo-fi production that plagued the Elevators throughout their career. Roky Erickson's vocals are sometimes eerily reminiscent of Robert Plant. This is a heavily psychedelic album and shows a San Francisco influence; at this point in their career the Elevators had played in SF and shared stages with the Jefferson Airplane, among other 60s psych groups.
The difference is that the Elevators mean every word and note. They were really trying to "break on through to the other side," unlike some psych groups who were just in it for the money. As a result "Easter Everywhere" is spookier and edgier than most psychedelia. At times it approaches Syd Barrett territory. Highly recommended.