Saturday, October 30, 2010

Dress Up As Natives 7"

Don't know a lot about this band, except that they were from Pittsburgh and played in a mellow post-punk style with jangly guitars and an organ. Music for when late night turns to early morning, the streets are empty, and you could either be walking home super late or leaving your house super early, and it'd fit all the same. 
"You Had to Be There" is the A-side, and is great, if the more straightforward of the record's songs, while the two B-side songs each have their own flavor.  "Grover" is my favorite song on here and has a garage/maybe slight psych swagger to it, while "Didn't Expect" could be described as "arty," with tempo changes and no wave tendencies.
All copies of the record were individually hand-colored, this is just one of them.


Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Label: Public Records
Year: 1982

Friday, October 29, 2010

Death Wish Kids - There's Nothing in School They Can't Teach you on the Streets 7"

One of my top ten 7"s of the 90's. They hailed from Seattle and played incredibly fuzzed-out, nihilistic hardcore, backed by Andrea's livid vocals, that I'm sure was insanely refreshing at the time.  The sound of teenage kicks, breaking shit, and drinking in concrete rooms. The members' future bands, whether or not you like them, are not relevant to the fury of this 7".




Location: Seattle, WA
Label: Hopscotch Records
Year: 1995

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Opt Out

This is the band I'm presently in. Download our demo here. Shows and other shit here. Never end a sentence with a preposition.