I've been on tour.

Sorry about the lack of posts, i've been out on the road for a month or so and still have another month to go!! I can't wait to get home and put some more records up on the blog!!!!! Thanks everyone for checking it all out.

I saw Gun Outfit last night at Echo Curio

They were everything I wanted them to be. The gold room before/after was definitely fun as well, pbr and a shot for 4 bucks???? get out of town! Gun Outfit played a great set, they were loud composed and to the point. This band Residual Echoes also played, I saw them play with Bipolar Bear a few weeks ago at the Smell and was somewhat impressed. They were decent last night, I probably would of enjoyed them more if their singer wasn't a total asshole. He was probably pissed that the room cleared out for them after Gun Outfit.

http://www.echocurio.com

http://www.postpresentmedium.com/gun_outfit/

Ty Segall 7" on Goner Records!!

7.8 out of 10

Wow, I dig it! I just realized that most of the records I review have fairly high reviews, this is because I actually buy all these records and can't afford to buy records that "blow". Please don't let this effect my credibility. This one in particular certainly does not "blow," it's fantastic! And the record is colored by hand with crayons, wonderful. I wish I knew more about this guy so I could write a more educational article, I know he used to play in a band called Party Fowl on PPM. He puts out records on several cool labels including Kill Shaman and Goner Records and has played with The Oh Sees and Jay Reatard(RIP). It's a great Garage/Psychedelic record. I hear alot of late 70's punk in this record Eater, Adverts, and every Killed By Death band. I will be buying much more of his stuff from here on....

Buy it here:
http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4656
Check his dates here:
http://www.myspace.com/tysegall

I ripped the A and B side! enjoy! Crank it up!
Cents-

Standing At The Station-

Bipolar Bear/Talbot Tagora Split 10"

6.9 out of 10
Label- Ol Factory Records
Released- 2009
Format- 10" vinyl w/download

This was definitely a easy buy for me, I've wanted to pick up both bands records for a while so a split 10" with both bands for only nine bucks seemed like quite the deal. Bipolar Bear is a band from LA that seems to be the loudest band to come out of the Smell for quite some time. With the whole lo-fi singer songwriter thing that's blowing up it's nice to come across a band that proceeds to blow your brains out with sound.They also run a pretty legitimate record label called Kill Shaman Records. I recently saw them live and was very impressed, my favorite part of the band is their Shellac like bass tone and hard hitting drummer. Talbot Tagora is a band from Seattle, WA that has the whole Abe Vigoda tropical punk thing going on. The songs between the two bands are very similar, the biggest difference is the slamming bass tone from Bipolar Bear and the complete lack of a bass player in Talbot Tagora. We'll see in time which side gets played more, right now its the Bipolar Bear side.

Buy it here:
http://www.thesmell.org/olfactory

I ripped one song from each side for you, enjoy!
Bipolar Bear-"Cape Verde"

Talbot Tagora- "Internet Fixture"

Gun Outfit

Gun Outfit is a band that came out this past year from Olympia WA. Gun Outfit since then have become of a favorite on my turntable. For some reason you don't hear too much about them on the the buzz sites. Right now "indie" means a catchy non-offensive group of well dressed handsome young men/women on a indie label that makes more money than most major labels. Sign a band then spoon feed them onto college radio, smack them all over filter and paste and then land them a lexus commercial, its a full proof plan which I admire and respect but it doesn't really make me excited about punk rock music. Gun Outfit is a hard working blue collar band probably making no money and eating really cheap shitty food. They're a perfect mix of The Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr, and well......Gun Outfit!!! I feel like I have to make a public service announcement about this band! Please check they're dates, they're probably playing a house/hall/vegan grocery store near you!

They have a 7" and a wonderful LP titled "DIM LIGHT" out on PPM.

Order their records here:

http://www.postpresentmedium.com/gun_outfit/

Check their dates here:

http://www.funerot.net/gunoutfit/

I ripped the A side of they're debut 7" on PPM, please play loud!

Dum Dum Girls "Blissed Out" Cassette

It shipped today! I managed to get ahold of one before they sold out. A review will follow!

http://www.artfagrecordings.com

Fugazi Bootleg 7"

How sick is this thing?! I came across it a few months ago and had to pick it up. It contains two tracks taken from a live radio broadcast in Holland. I'm assuming this is from the early 90's due to the song choices. Above all this bootleg showcases how good of a live band Fugazi really was. I dare you to find these tracks anywhere else on the internet, I assure it will be quite difficult. The rough sound quality is from the actually recording itself not the vinyl rip, but if you can get thru it the listening experience will be quite enjoyable. Go ahead and stream the tracks below or click on the link to download them for yourself.

Side A- "Repeater"

Side B- "Return Runaway"


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Stay tuned for a Dinosaur Jr. bootleg next!