Wax Idols celebrate the release of their new 73 on Suicide Squeeze with Wounded Lion from LA and Big No at Make-Out Room on Friday. Chances are, all of you hip little kitties have heard the anthemic new wave A-side, "Shadenfreude", but you'll most likely get to hear the (according to their Facebook page) mysterious B-Side called "The Last Drop" as well. If you miss Wax Idols on Friday, you can catch them in June with The Mallard , and White Lung from Vancouver. (The show [...]
Hannah Lew's newest video for Wax Idols eschews her lo-fi, John Waters-loving style for a more polished, deftly edited bit of magic. The song, all good-hearted thrash is a winner on its own, but the video, dealing with desire as experienced by women is downright genius. I can only imagine that Ms. Lew's star, alright [...]
It's time to check out a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. These are just a few of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS if I only had the time. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. Listen. Downloadables: Where Are The Cities (mp3) by Rayon Beach Wait For Us (mp3) by Mind Spiders Do Right (mp3) by Milk [...]
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I've raved to everyone about Wax Idols ; their album No Future was one of my favorite records of the last year. Now, while the group is working on their new album (rumored to be on Slumberland ) they've got a awesome stop-gap 73 for you on Suicide Squeeze . The title track, "Schadenfreude" is a jagged guitar rocker, with singer Heather spinning the pop goodness just as you would expect. There's a little bit of that brattiness that [...]
Another finely tuned dose of angsty sneer from Oakland's Wax Idols. There's a distinctly 80s feel to this little bit of face melter, with the base-line dragging you down a dark alley with neon signs reflecting in the puddles and letting the leather-wrapped vocals give you a good solid beating. Truly excited about anything these [...]
I wasn't originally planning on doing a show this evening, but decided to take my normal spot behind the microphone anyway. So the playlist didn't begin coming together until the evening of. There was no theme, it was all variety; folk to electronic to noise rock. If you missed it, here's the list: "The Crystal Cat" by Dan Deacon by Spiderman Of The Rings "A Dark God Heart" by Sleep Party People off We Were Drifting On A Sad Song [...]
I waited till 2011 to finalize my albums list - all my lists - partially due to laziness, being busy, the holidays... but mainly because I'm not sure what the hurry is. I don't do this for the web traffic (clearly), so I gave myself a little more time to decide than usual. (And as long as this goes up before the Village Voice' s Pazz n' Jop, I don't feel delinquent.) So here's my list, the top five or so have been a lock for almost half a year, but the rest were in flux right till I [...]
A year end albums list is kind of a strange thing, especially when it's one person compiling it. Since this blog is a committe of one, it can become quite capricious. In all likelyhood I wrote about some records this past year that I was overtly enthusiastic about at the time. Now the end of the year rolls around and some of those records are not on the list. "What gives?" you might ask. It's hard to remember which label flew me to Tahiti and which one comp'd my CMJ this year, so I may have forgotten to include a [...]
The 7-inch single has been around since 1949. That's 62 years and counting! In my humble opinion the 7-inch single is still the essence, pinnacle and acme of pop perfection. Optimally, it's one song, one side (Some try to squeeze on more). That's no room for screwing up. You always hear that releasing a 7-inch is a money losing proposition, but that thankfully, doesn't keep pop geeks from doing it. In honor of true blue pop geek vinyl junkies out there, here is the third installment of the annual Finest Kiss top 40 7-inch singles countdown. [...]
"Right, that's it, time to post." Thus spake our tiny brain upon finding that excellent song by The Resonars at The Finest Kiss. We're also pretty excited about the other fine tuneage we found at some of our favorite blogs. Thanks, favebloggers, for making us feel that way.Arlo - Runaround - Peter's Power PopThe Boys - Do The Contract Hustle - Raven Sings the BluesReading Rainbow - Runaways - The
Tumble Down Something About You ( previously on CWR) San Francisco's Terry Malts continue to churn out great tunes after their two previous releases that introduced their energy-filled, power pop/punk, hazy rock sound. 'Tumble Down' is our first taste off the upcoming LP, Killing Time , on Slumberland Records in February. The band calls it the 'quiet storm' song from the album. It may sound familiar to some since it's an updated [...]
For your streaming pleasure, here is what will probably be the last installment of Friday Night Vids for the year numbered 2011... Streamable: Where Your Head Goes (youtube) by Ty Segall Streamable: Gold Sneakers (youtube) by Wax Idols Streamable: In The Trees ( Al Lover Remix) (youtube) by Moon Duo [...]
Wax Idols hits you with melodic badass punk music and you will beg for more. Hether Fortune has the lead on lady dominated death'n'pop'n'roll band and schmoozes us with blasts of modern pop/post-punk and jammy indie rock. Watch the Hayden Shiebler directed video for " Gold Sneakers ", taken from No Future LP, out now on Hozac Records . Play Off! Wax Idols - Facebook
Manatee reminds me that sometimes the cyclical nature of the world doesn't just bring hardened pieces of poo back to the surface. That sometimes in our cannibalistic musical society a band emerges that actually takes the influences of the past and does something absolutely awesome with it. Manatee makes me think of the punk rock [...]
Wax Idols Album: No Future (Buy) Label: Hozac Wax Idols - Dead Like You Tweet
Io se fossi stato nelle Wax Idols di questo disco ne avrei fatti due: uno con le canzoni che mi piacciono, e un altro con le canzoni che mi piacciono molto. Sì, ok, stiamo parlando di punk rock, roba abbastanza essenziale alla Buzzcocks, e del resto il titolo è No Future (nel 2011? Suppongo sia ironico-ironico). Però tutto funziona a puntino, e la titolare del progetto Heather Fedewa (aka Hether Fortune, ex-Hunx & His Punx e Bare Wires) mostra carattere e sicurezza. E così è un piacere lasciarsi andare alle risse adolescenziali [...]
Every Monday, we'll be offering you early picks for some of the week's best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings. Saturday: The Bay Bridged Presents The Bay Brewed Rock and Roll Beer Festival Saturday, December 3rd, from 2-7pm at the Verdi Club, we're pleased to be throwing The Bay [...]
It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011 . You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Listen. Downloadables: Spinning (mp3) by Roomrunner Aorist (mp3) by [...]
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