sup playas? for those of you lucky tards heading to sxsw this year you may want to check out this site do512. the sites got a shitload of helpful sxsw info including the ability to input in the shows you want to see and then send the schedule to your cell. i had all good intentions of going this year, but alas with the wee child due shortly, its just not economically feasible. damn kids!!!
i am going to go out on a limb and proclaim urge overkill’s “sister havana” one of, if not the greatest pop/rock song ever put to tape. i will hear no arguments on the subject!
sister havana
admittedly, i dont typically read the press releases that usually accompany the promos i am sent. i dont like having to deal with too many words strung together to form those things called coherent sentences. i just really dont have the time. those 45 seconds add up to close to wasting more than 2 minutes a day. on what reading? please! i digress, last week i received a pretty unassuming cd in a clear vinyl case w/ an accompanying release. unfortunately, i am so backlogged, the cd was just gonna go into the “ill get to it, sometime” pile. that was until i saw the words “witch” scrawled out on the release that was about to hit the circular file. psyched, i was. i have been waiting, hoping, yearning for a new witch record. for those not in the know, witch features j mascis, returning to drums, w/ long time friend dave sweetapple along with members of feathers, asa irons and kyle thomas. their debut is a fuzzed out trip of epic proportions. their newest, paralyzed is due out on 3.18, and its much in the vein of their debut, albeit a little more focused and a little less sabbathy, but now features more swirling guitar. fans of either mascis and/or stoner-like rock like kyuss, etc will definitely dig this.
witch plays a bunch of shows, 4 or 5 at last count, during sxsw.
eye
sweet sue
witch myspace
yip yip is a nightmare wrapped in a dream, or maybe its the other way around. either way, i have been listening to their newest, two kings of the same kingdom, for about a week now and it has invaded my damn sleep. yip yip is akin to playing pitfall, only with a better soundtrack, for 10 hours. its so damn contagious that it seeps into your brains like “ca-stanza” - seinfeld reference. my only problem with this kinda stuff is that its so impersonal/cold that have hard time investing too much of myself. impersonal or not, this shit is pretty damn fun and it doesnt need to be any more than that.
in other yip yip news, they will be covering nirvana’s “very ape” on a split 7 inch coming some time in man. so, be on the lookout for that.
sprinkle council
jazz rats
gender changers
yip yip site / myspace
btw, people
if you dig m.i.a., and really who doesnt, then you may just dig this boys remix redone by dj doc rok.
boys remix by doc rock feat ludacris and chamillionaire
i have only checked out this track by new york’s young lords, but when faced with listening to the entire record, me thinks that i will either really dig em or find em quite affected. they have that stone/faces bratty quality that can be a blessing or a curse. as of right now, i dig em. their debut is coming out this summer.
they are playing at sxsw. check em out, and report back.
rodeo songs
young lords myspace
