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Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is widely lauded in today's history books as a bold measure to stem the tide and reverse the rot of the Great Depression. This despite the fact that U.S. domestic policy actual in subsequent decades, has done everything in it's power to dismantle said measures. However much like activist measures originating from the left today, the New Deal (and by extension Roosevelt) was reviled and feared by the right wing corporate ruling class of the 1930's. In the summer of 1933, shortly after Roosevelt's "First 100 Days," [...]
NOTE: I MEANT "ROB"CORE, NOT "ROBO"CORE. Please excuse my dyslexic moment. :-/Track: Goblin Cock- "Haint" (4)MP3: Goblin Cock- "Stumped"For more Goblin Cock--oh boy--go to /goblincock.
Goblin Cock is headed by Rob Crowe, of Pinback fame. Bagged and Boarded was their debut, and it's toned down metal with an old-school feel that's reminiscent of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and the like. If the band's pun of a name doesn't grab you, hopefully the music will. [...]
Jun 17, 2009, 3:40pm
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That's right, Pinback are hitting the road in support of a forthcoming debut on their new label, Temporary Residence, not due until Spring 2010...and I guess they'll play some classics too. Rob Crow is just a super busy guy for the rest of the year, scratching his Pinback and playing with Goblin Cock . Good stuff, real mature. I actually wrote this post so that I could get away with saying that, but we love Pinback so all is good! Find out when you can get your fill of Goblin Cock and Pinback after the jump...haha. [...]
After the untimely pseudo-demise of Touch and Go , the label's artists were left without a home. But now there's one less transient band, because Pinback has signed with Temporary Residence Ltd. . And according to the label, we can look for an album in 2010. Here's a statement from the band: Pinback would like to thank Touch and Go Records for putting out our last 2 releases. We have nothing but good things to say about the label. It's hard to see them go. The releases that [...]
Upon setting foot into the Knitting Factory, my cohorts and I were caught in a stranglehold of sound. Angus Khan had ascended the stage. At first sight, they looked like a joke. All older men, one sporting an army helmet, another who was obviously influenced by Jimmy Page , and a lead singer decked from head to toe in dark brown leather and a mane down to his shoulders. But, appearances aside, they can definitely put on a show. The performance was marked by lewd comments, spitting on stage, and [...]
"Now hold on a minute. Are you auditioning for Worst Caller of 2009? Is this what this is? No?" -- Tom, asking Spike if he's getting an early jump on the competition "Hi-ho, Kermit, the, Frog here. One day we'll find / It's The Rainbow Connection / Tom Scharpling, the dreamers, and meeeee . La-de-da-de- dadeda ." -- Kermit the Frog (David at Montclair State), serenading the host/air hockey champion "A night where the celebrities shine, and the mutants are ... somehow at the top of the ladder for [...]
Words and photos by JENZ That's it, dudes. I am officially old. At the tender age of 24, it's occurred to me that I no longer can consume mass amounts of booze like I used to without wanting to crawl into my sweet bed and pass out. What's happening to me?! In an effort to try and be even more awesome during Noise Pop, we made grand plans to attend two happy hours before hitting up shows. In addition to Diesel's free soiree, my own neighborhood was [...]
[Quite a weekend we have in store musically, assuming, that is, that you and I aren't on the invite list for Josh Groban's birthday party:] Friday: Everest is back; the L.A. quintet brings its vivid Americana to the Echo (with the Parson Redheads and Two Sheds ) at the beginning of a West Coast swing that presages more tour dates with Neil Young in April. ... Animal Collective does the second sold-out L.A. night in a row, this one at the Troubadour. ... The Little [...]
The past two nights of Noise Pop have been great with excellent performances from Deerhunter ( photos/review ), Antony and the Johnsons , Stephen Malkmus , Mountain Goats , French Kicks and many more. Tonight brings even more amazing shows, with performances by Stranger Dance favorites like Josh Ritter , Thao Nguyen , A.A. Bondy and a host of great local bands including Thee Oh Sees , Scissors for Lefty and Man/Miracle (many of which were featured on our recent Best [...]
Want to find a reason to get out of the rain and into some amazing live events? I give you Noise Pop 09 ! The Noise Pop Festival , which runs this Tuesday, February 24th through Sunday, March 1st, 2009, is an ambitious iteration of San Francisco's favorite indie music, arts and film. For their 17th anniversary, Noise Pop 2009 will honor what's made it the best-loved celebration of indie music and culture since its humble birth in 1993. This years music will feature such indie superstars like Antony and the Johnsons , [...]
Goblin Cock Big Bear Big Bear My Stupid Friends This show was special for a number of reasons but the primary one was seeing a godawful band right before Big Bear. I don't think that's ever really happened before and I was looking forward to having Big Bear sound so good after torturing myself for 30 minutes. So [...]
Well, tomorrow is V-day. What better time to tell you about Goblin Cock's new cd? Like their last album, Come With Me If You Want To Live is a delicious slice of pop metal filtered through the genius of Pinback's Rob Crow. But enough talk, have at you! Goblin Cock - We Got A Bleeder [Insound] Goblin Cock on MySpace
The self-titled Touch and Go debut from Sholi (out Feb. 17) landed in my inbox not too long ago. And it didn't take long until I was hooked. They've got enough noisy dissonance to make things interesting, but enough actual music to keep me from putting a hand drill to my skull bones. It's just the right mix. If you're lame enough to live on the west coast (you know who you are), you can see Sholi at San Fransisco's Noise Pop Festival . Speaking of bands at Noise Pop, [...]
Imagine a fantasy land far away from your own. On the journey to get there, you pass by magical crystals, magnificent castles and mountains of malleable metals that the fire pits of Hell forge the strongest swords and arrows with. With that mental picture in mind, this opens up the musical portals for San Diego's Goblin Cock . The doom metal quintet, led by Pinback vocalist Rob Crow (aka Lord Phallus), divulges in a world unlike the normal. Unfortunately for the group's sophomore album, and first since 2005, they never quite seem to reach that intended destination. [...]
(photo by Nick Rhodes ) Too often I consider things until their due's got interest and I've lost mine, because I'm not all that smart or perceptive and have this damned urge to squeeze exactly the right stuff out of a moment or song or whatever. (I'm not saying I'm considerate, I'm saying I'm a considerer.) So I dilly over things until my internal Earth screeches time snaps nothing ever ever happens OR everything gets blurted out in ridiculous compensational quantity long after I've thought the urgency right off it. Tossing a cold stone [...]
Tonight, get your ass over to Union Pool for the third in the trifecta of crustcake-approved Swedish proto-metal conjurers: Dead Man. The other two in said trifecta are, of course, Witchcraft and Graveyard (the drummer of the latter first tipped us off about Dead Man back in March of '08). Dead Man are decidedly less heavy than their Scandinavian Brethren, but there's a certain charm to them
Besides possessing a great name, San Diego quintet Goblin Cock has the brains to go along with its ballsy brawn. Led by former Pinback frontman Rob Crow, the band has all of the subtlety of a pitbull-... Continue reading "Gig Alert: Goblin Cock Tonight at The Loft" >
New video from San Diego Metalers Goblin Cock . Goblin Cock is one of the many bands of Rob Crow ( Pinback,Heavy Vegetable, Physics, Optiganally Yours and Thingy; to name but a few ) in Goblin Cock Rob goes by the moniker Lord Phallus. Video was directed Matt Hoyt from wormwoodfilms.net and goblin cocks new album "Come With Me If You Want To Live" is available now on Robcore Records.
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