Above all else, King Tuff is a human bean. The band name, King Tuff, is the stuff of Bazooka Joe wrapper legends, and not the joke telling kind. Kyle comes off in conversation as a bit of an anti-hero; someone who thinks and works with deep thoughts about....well, everything. The 'K.T.' stands for Kyle Thomas, the lead singer, guitarist, and creator of King Tuff. Kyle came up with the name himself, and it has just kind of....stuck. Growing up and living in Vermont, Thomas has played in a few interesting amalgams over the years, including the mysterious Witch [...]
Tonight at World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Ron and Marley Present: A Commemorative Tribute to Levon Helm. A legend and an inspiration to many, Helm is best remembered as the drummer and vocalist for the incomparable rock group, The Band. He was also an actor, a soloist, and a multi-instrumentalist. His southern roots music comes from his upbringing ... Continue reading
King Tuff recently released his new album on Sub Pop Records. Tonight, Philebrity Presents King Tuff at Johnny Brenda's (9 PM, $10, 21+). King Tuff (real name: Kyle Thomas) is from Vermont and has been involved with a number of other bands including Happy Birthday, the stoner metal band Witch (with J. Mascis) and the ... Continue reading
King Tuff lived, and then it died, and then it became Happy Birthday, and then it reemerged, the trials and tribulations of its lengthy return seemingly unnoticed. King Tuff has returned, and with it the sort of fuzzed out goofy grin style garage rock we'd come to expect from this scruffy little band. "Bad Things" [...]

Imagine you find yourself in your car, your room, or your friend’s house and you can’t decide what you feel like listening to. You ask yourself a series of questions: “ do I want to listen to rock? Or do I want to listen to pop?” Rarely in the music world do you have bands that can fuse together two genres of music that are complete polar opposites and even more rare do these bands ever create a successful career from the mix. King Tuff is among one of the fortunate [...]

Here's some randoms for you. Enjoy. Free mp3: King Tuff - Keep On Movin Download: king-tuff-keep-on-moving.mp3 [...]

What would a half-year critical list be without a rundown of one's favourite songs? I initially planned to limit things to singles only, but after so many excellent tracks got left out, I made "premiered in 2012" the qualifier instead. Without a doubt, this list will change more than any other by year's end. Picking my brain for its most addicted-to MP3s was no easy feat, especially when limiting the list to 20, so hopefully this makes up for my utter absence in the entire month of May. Bonus: Things are ordered in reverse for your listening pleasure, a mix [...]

"If I had hands I'd fucking rock your face off!"
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Okay, enough of the folk-rock and alt-country coverage. Summertime is here and it's time to bust out the Zinka, crack open canned beer and grill some meat. Go ahead and take your shirt off and dust off those jorts because it's time to rock and roll. Oh, and make some room for King Tuff on your summertime playlists. Vermont's King Tuff (Kyle Thomas) has made a splash in the underground rock scene and he's ready to cannonball into your pool party. He spent some time playing with J. Masic's band, Witch, before self-releasing an album back in '08. [...]
Sorry guys about being late with this week's releases - a lot going on, much to listen to, and shows to go to, including BFD 2012 in Mt. View that included a solid line-up: Jane's Addiction, Silversun Pickups, Garbage, Cake (they were disappointing for fans), Grouplove, Fun, Of Monsters and Men, The Naked and Famous [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

King Tuff - "Anthem" [ Buy ] We were great friends. Klicky and Benton and Heat and The Nick. Back in the 110s. Never apart. Rode on thunder bikes and sniffed punges in back alleys. Klicky and The Nick dated for a while, they felt each other up and told us all about it behind the other's back. We used to get up to all sorts of trouble. Split the Vic's car in two with a homemade light cutter, wrote PUSSY IS FUCK on the side of City Dome. Got chased by a horde [...]

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars In the brief bio on Sub Pop 's web page for King Tuff , and his new self-titled album, it alludes to the fact that the entirety of the record is just rock n' roll and that you can't really listen to it with critical ears. For what it's worth, the bio is pretty spot on, as King Tuff is something you're just going to have to experience for yourself. But, I'll do [...]

We were unplugged and debugged earlier this week, so we are playing a little catch up. Here are the albums on this week's list of new releases that caught our ear. Broken Water; Tempest Broken Water; Drown Grass Widow; Internal Logic Grass Widow; Goldilocks Zone King Tuff; S/T [...]
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MP3: King Tuff - Bad Thing King Tuff "Bad Thing" King Tuff Sub Pop 2012 Director: C. Thornhill DeWitt Fuck vinyl, get the tape from Burger ! We love you Zen Mafia !
(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Fans of King Tuff's 2008 debut, Was Dead, rejoice this week as Kyle Thomas returns with his s/t follow-up via Sub Pop. Garage-boogie-marc-bolan vibes intact, we asked Kyle to hit us with [...]

King Tuff make happy but nostalgic, mellow-dramatic songs. What comes to light straight away is the album's really basic rock sensibility. There is much foot tapping, Neil Young inspired guitar followed by overtones of Zeppelin and a heap of 90s glaze. The songs are largely simple, quick-fire ear pleasers. The record has been made fast too, you can hear the recordings speeding up and slowing down like real live takes. What's good about the music is it never gives the impression of anyone rushing. We’re on this journey with Tuff and he's just rolling. By [...]