Photos and words by Leslie Kalohi Big props to Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard of Burger Records for putting together Burgerama. With strong acts like Tijuana Panthers and Beach Party kicking things off, it was an easy decision for many to arrive early for Night One at The Observatory. Things were done right with 19 bands playing inside both the main room and the smaller Constellation Room, plus a BBQ outside, there was something to do/see/eat/drink at ALL times. And whether you enjoyed rock, surf, punk, hip-hop, or R&B (just to name a few of the [...]
Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile's side-project Ducktails have announced their first-ever headlining tour behind their new album, The Flower Lane . The month-long jaunt kicks off March 6th in Richmond and includes shows alongside Merchandise, ex-Emeralds member Mark McGuire, and Wet Hair. Check out the full docket below. Ducktails 2013 Tour Dates: 03/06 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter 03/07 - Raleigh, NC @ King's Barcade * 03/08 - Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover Festival * 03/09 [...]
It is 4˚ and with the wind chill -12˚. I woke up earlier than my programmed heater starts its job and the house was only 62˚. The Cough and the Mouse is the name of today's entry which sounds like something Aesop might have written though I'm at a loss as to the moral of the story. Perhaps there isn't one. I lasted until 5 o'clock before the coughing forced me out of bed. I was sitting up hoping to fall back to sleep, but the mouse in the trap would have none of that. It, number 20, [...]
Night People is a taste-making, Iowa City-based cassette label founded by Wet Hair frontman Shawn Reade. A lynchpin of sorts in the global weird music community, it's known for its scuffed sonics, delicately screen-printed art ... read more
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from luminaries such as Wet Hair . The maturation of Shawn Reed and Ryan Garbes has long been in the works. Fans of the duo since their days in deconstructionist unit [...]
Derek Ma What: The fourth annual ALL CAPS! Island Festival - if this is a new thing to you, read this and come back after. Who: Day one features Yamantaka//Sonic Titan , Maylee Todd , Choir! Choir! Choir! , Tyvek , Wet Hair , Esther Grey , and Triple Gangers . Day two welcomes A Place To Bury Strangers , Lioness , Absolutely Free , OG Melody , Young Mother , Canadian Winter [...]
Se espera nuevo álbum del dúo formado inicialmente por Ryan Garbes y Shawn Reed, llevan mínimo un par de años publicando discos altamente recomendados como " Dream ", o " In Vogue Spirit ". Si os gusta New Order, e incluso los Beastie Boys, Wet Hair os gustará.
Beth Orton at The Bell House (01/18/10) Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Jul 23 Passion Pit Buy Tickets Amex presale begins: Wed, 07/11/12 12:00 PM Apollo Theater New York, NY 08:00 PM [...]
Iowa City's Wet Hair are about to hit the road for a tour that has them paired with Tyvek for two NYC shows: Living Bread Deli (2 Knickerbocker Ave., Brooklyn) on August 4th as well as Mercury Lounge on August 5th . Tickets for the latter go on AMEX presale at noon tomorrow (7/11) with regular sale hitting on Friday. All dates are listed below. Wet Hair, if you don't know, is the solo project from Shawn [...]
Emily Berger While it's true that Toronto's days of having a BIG annual music festival out on the islands appear to be over - the locally-grown, Wavelength -affiliated ALL CAPS fest has been more then happy to step in for those needing to combine a ferry crossing with live music to make their Summer worthwhile. Since their inaugural edition in 2009, they've put together bills that have showcased a lot of local and a little bit of imported talent, combined with art and film components [...]
À paraitre le 26 juin prochain sur De Stijl , Spill Into Atmosphere des américains Wet Hair s'avère d'autant plus fascinant qu'il creuse le même sillon psyché-rock que son prédécesseur In Vogue Spirit (2011) tout en haussant sévèrement le ton au niveau de la production. Le trio composé de Ryan Garbes, Shawn Reed - instigateur et illustrateur du label Night People - et désormais de Justin Tye, façonne en huit morceaux un disque abouti, vivotant toujours non loin des Rene Hell, Peaking Lights et Naked On The Vague, mais densifiant ses chrysalides synthétiques d'une basse lourde et contondante. [...]
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Me parece que en estos momentos ya no es ninguna sorpresa el hecho de que muchos de los sellos DIY que han estado apareciendo, sean creados por los mismos integrantes de las bandas que componen el catalogo de esas pequeñas disqueras independientes las cuales mas tarde, encuentran un muy buen respaldo de algunas otras que son ya mucho mas consagradas. Digamos que algo asi le ha estado pasando a la mente detras de Wet Hair, Shawn Reed, ya que ademas de formar parte de este duo, tambien es uno de los fundadores de Night People Records . "Spill Into [...]
Iowa City's own Wet Hair were in rare form at Al's Bar. The duo performed as a trio with a lean sound that was made cavernous in the constraints of the bar. This was due, in large part to the array of effects provided by their touring bassist who created a wide swath of sound and gave the band a [...]
Wednesday: James Leg (of the Black Diamond Heavies) with Warren Byrom @ The Green Lantern (9:30pm, 21+) Deranged rock played in a town that's welcoming to it. Listen to the song "Fire and Brimstone" here. Thursday: Wet Hair with Psychedelic Horseshit, and Three Legged Race @ Al's Bar (10pm, $5, 18+) Another superb WRFL sponsored show. Drone, dirt and electronic dissonance. [...]
Vancouver-based musician Teen Daze shares a chillwave cover of Japandroids' "Wet Hair", taken off the band's 2009 album Post Nothing . This cover keeps the energy of the original and adds layers of dreamy arrangements to create a real piece of synthpop perfection. Teen Daze - Wet Hair (Japandroids Cover) If you like what you hear, listen to more music by Teen Daze here and here . Don't forget to check out his official site and Bandcamp for [...]
Wet Hair a refait surface en mai dernier avec In Vogue Spirit . Errance sonore, incantations lysergiques, les méninges du tandem Shawn Reed - créateur de Night People Records - Ryan Garbes, deux ex- Raccoo-oo-oon , ont été quelque peu suppliciés. Mis en avant afin de mieux en souligner le son, leurs vibrants synthés rétrofuturistes et leur sensibilité électro-pop - The Garden Room - nous appellent à embarquer dans la transe et l'hypnose évoquant Spacemen 3 . Face à un mur de clavier vertigineux, dans ce rêve sous morphine né de son imaginaire kraftwerkien ; usurpateur, Reed se prend pour Alan Vega (Suicide) dans Echo Lady [...]
This is Night People Records . They aren't just awesome, they are so eye-wateringly awesome I am tempted to give up on the label business altogether and take up knitting. I'm a pretty phlegmatic kind of a person most of the time, and there are very few labels who generate any kind of real envy in me, but these guys definitely manage it. Johnny from Fence and Stuart from Chemikal Underground are such lovely guys I could never be that nice if I took classes, never mind the respect I have [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. We recently got a chance to chat with Wet Hair and Shawn Reed, creator of Night People Records . s.o.t.r- After disbanding Raccoo-oo-on in 2008, what made you two decide to form Wet Hair? Was there any hesitation about starting a new group together? Did you ever consider just recording another album under Racoo-oo-on or did you feel that the new sound deserved a new outlook/name? [...]
In Vogue Spirit is a soothing ambient journey through the musical minds of Ryan Garbes and Shawn Reed. For just a 2 piece project, Wet Hair certainly offers a very wide variety of sounds for the listener to experience. Formed in 2008, Wet Hair has released a number of records showing off their take on the electronic/new wave influenced sound the band has to offer. At some points though, the wide variety of sounds do become incredibly drab, and the songs start to drag on. The biggest flaw of In Vogue Spirit is it's inability to keep the listener interested [...]
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