This collection of Misfits covers finds Dave Pajo in his trademark laidback delivery- I mean literally laid back, like he's sprawled out on the couch with a mic dangling overhead, bringing sleepy hushed vocals and spare acoustic strums. Luckily this works perfectly for the Misfits songs he takes on here- Pajo goes for some of the most violent and apocalyptic of the Misfits material and reduces it to just the lyrical images, which float by lazily through washes of tape hiss. But having images from songs like "Horror Business" and "Where Eagles Dare" - originally intended to blast out the room- all of a sudden float around like so many dusty leaves, is one of the most bizarre and catchy listening experiences to be had right now... Doesn't hurt that it comes in a gorgeous/horrifying hand-printed and spray-painted vinyl package from the folks at Black Tent Press.
Scream With Me
This collection of Misfits covers finds Dave Pajo in his trademark laidback delivery- I mean literally laid back, like he's sprawled out on the couch with a mic dangling overhead, bringing sleepy hushed vocals and spare acoustic strums. Luckily this works perfectly for the Misfits songs he takes on here- Pajo goes for some of the most violent and apocalyptic of the Misfits material and reduces it to just the lyrical images, which float by lazily through washes of tape hiss. But having images from songs like "Horror Business" and "Where Eagles Dare" - originally intended to blast out the room- all of a sudden float around like so many dusty leaves, is one of the most bizarre and catchy listening experiences to be had right now... Doesn't hurt that it comes in a gorgeous/horrifying hand-printed and spray-painted vinyl package from the folks at Black Tent Press.
The Cabbage Patch Elvis
1960's teen rocker Arch Hall Jr. stars in the Z-Grade cinema bizarro Wild Guitar- a swampy cheesewhiz garage soundtrack (played by Arch himself) fuels this timeless classic / trainwreck - Archie is a strangely goofy young guitar-slinger who gets drawn into the sleazy underbelly of the LA music biz ... Despite his chipmunk-cabbage patch looks, in reality Arch was more like an early punk-type- he and his band the Archers put together a low-budget tour of drive-in theaters to promote Wild Guitar, usually playing on a flat-bed trailer and delivering some seriously blazing Chuck Berry-ish rock for the tweens - there's also a great Norton records comp of his white boy twang style both live and in the studio, still wild through the years.
Classic Mixtape
A Bay Area turntable wizard at the top of his game-
Mixmaster Mike lays down some of the nicest beat blends
and scratch workouts to ever rattle the trunk...
1996 amazing cassette Neckthrust One
Martyn and Brainfeeder - New Mix
Martyn-The Count's Secret Planet
J-Dilla and MF Doom are just a few standouts in the new mad scientist mix from Brainfeeder
King Louie Prime Rib Stompin
Back in 1996 I got to see a show in Memphis that changed the way I think about rocknroll forever- It featured local trio ragers the Oblivians-who took garage noise to a weird black hole area I never thought possible...then these guys The Royal Pendletons brought some demented Farfisa fueled country/trash- featuring a Ringo look-a-like drummer with the name "King Louie" scrawled across his bass drum... he flailed away like a crazed muppet before lunging from behind the drum kit to start a brawl with some obnoxious guy in audience...
Anyway King Louie mopped the floor with the bottle-throwing dude, and commenced a solo career in earnest as a one man band. Here he is (no fighting but no less insane-o) at the top of his game.
Anyway King Louie mopped the floor with the bottle-throwing dude, and commenced a solo career in earnest as a one man band. Here he is (no fighting but no less insane-o) at the top of his game.
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