Friday, February 19, 2010

More 7" Reviews!

My last batch from In The Red Records and PPM came in. SCOOREEEE!!!!!

Included was....


Best Coast- "Something In The Way" 7inch


Wounded Lion- "Friendly?" 7inch,


Mark Sultan- "I am the end" 7inch


The Strange Boys- "Woe Is You and Me" 7inch


Vivian Girls- "I Can't Stay" 7inch





I'm decided to review Wounded Lion and Best Coast being that they are the most recent releases. (and both bands are from LA!!!)





Wounded Lion- "Friendly" 7inch


8.0 out of 10


Wounded Lion is a LA band that has been catching my eye lately, they've been playing with band such as Ty Segall, No Age and Vivian Girls. This 7" is their only available release so far until their LP on In The Red comes out (TBA). The band has been described as part Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, and Jesus and Mary Chain. The record starts off with the single "Friendly?" a noisy percussive post-punk fucked up blues jam with some real silly "makes no sense" lyrics. The song is will get your head bomping and your hand reaching for the volume knob to crank it up! The next song "Big Boots" is a straight Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers punk jam. Believe it or not they finish the record with a mind blowing Creedence Clearwater Revival cover, you've never heard bad moon rising this way and will never hear it again like this. If the full length is anything like this one I'm sure you'll be seeing their name in much bigger blogs than mine.


http://www.myspace.com/wlion

Here's a vinyl rip of "Friendly?"

next is...


Best Coast- "Something in the Way" 7inch

7.5 out of 10



Best Coast is the latest band to rise out of the lo-fi/garage rock/spector pop scene, they're peers include Vivian Girls, Crocodiles, Wavves, Dum Dum Girls and so on. The band is fronted by ex-Pocahaunted member, Beth Cosentino. Best Coast have released a series of 7inch's over the past year and a half, this being the latest and only one still in print! The records have been going for enormous prices on ebay, some well over $100! I was skeptical about the band due to all the hype but I have to say I can't stop listening to it! I guarantee that in 6 months Best Coast will be the next pitchfork darlings for sure!

http://www.myspace.com/bestycoasty

"Something In The Way" Vinyl rip:



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