I can happily say that since playing a show we presented back in January of this year, The Spooks, not ones to rest on their laurels, have only crafted an even more full, vibrant sound. The Spooks played a show for us at Rubber Gloves with Wild Harem, so impressive was the bands ability to drink like sailors and yet when they were on stage they played like an act well beyond their years. The band is back with this swinging-fuzztoned hit straight out of Link Wray’s dreams, a band absolutely at the top of their brand of sound. Certainly you’ll be looking forward to their future LP on Trig Club–certainly you’ll be looking forward to their show with Fergus & Geronimo and Uptown Bums at Rubber Gloves on August 4th.
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This entry was written by , posted on July 13, 2010 at 7:36 pm, filed under New Tunes and tagged Fergus & Geronimo, the spooks, uptown bums, wild harem. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Denton is still in my opinion one of the gems of Texas, though many people will disagree, I think they may hold it to an unreachable standard. Nonetheless the music out of this city is incomparably eclectic and dense with talent. Keeping to this ideal Texas’ own Play Pinball! Records, who you may know for putting out the Fungi Girls LP, have recently released a compilation honoring this city’s musical virtuosity. The comp titled Denton Denton USA! features medley of bands formed in the town; the comp includes cuts from Uptown Bums, Video, Bad Sports, The Secret Bangs, Wax Museums a “secret track” and unreleased tracks from Teenage Cool Kids and Fergus & Geronimo, check out the tracklisting below. You can purchase this vinyl in the limited “Lone Star Blue” or black here and on top of the F&G song below there are five more tracks up at the Play Pinball! myspace. The Fergus & Geronimo track ”I May Be Poor” is a semi-exclusive track that you’ll only find at WTD or the vinyl of course (well, until Pitchfork gets ahold of it) and features the unique vocal stylings of Jason from F&G rather than Andrew. The track contains one of the stickiest riffs Ive heard in awhile and definitely adheres to the comp’s shibboleth of “the sound of rock and Shiner Bock“.
Fergus & Geronimo – I May Be Poor
Tracklisting:
Teenage Cool Kids – Slave/Master
The Uptown Bums – Throw Your Money Away
The Pumpers – Shut Down
Wiccans – Endgame
Chief Death Rage – Riff Craft
The Secret Bangs – Violent Love
The Wax Museums – Billy’s Room
The Influence – Rambunctious Nosferatu
Bad Sports – Your Timin’ Just Ain’t Right
Fergus and Geronimo – I May Be Poor
Fungi Girls – Thanks For Following Love
Video – Bookstore
Bleach Boys – Lazer Jam
The Teenage Bees – I’m So Down
“Secret Track”
This entry was written by , posted on January 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm, filed under New Tunes, local music and tagged bad sports, denton, Fergus & Geronimo, lone star, play pinball records, shiner bock, Teenage Cool Kids, the secret bangs, tx, uptown bums, video, wax museums. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
My friend Austin (person) who always has my musical ear, sent over a demo from the band Wild Harem out of Austin (the city) which currently has me flabbergasted. The band was formerly known as Some Others and is relatively green in the Austin music scene. I actually happened upon them at a Halloween house show they played with Denton garage greats Uptown Bums and was impressed by the cramped living room performance complete with a dangling chandelier over the lead singers head. Wild Harem has 6 songs up on their myspace but this “Golden Man” demo below is as fresh as Thanksgiving pumpkin pie with a chorus that’s undeniably as delicious; fortunately for you, WTD is the only place you will find it.
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This entry was written by , posted on November 23, 2009 at 8:49 pm, filed under New Tunes and tagged austin, denton, tx, uptown bums, wild harem. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
We have a fantastic show we are presenting tonight at Rubber Gloves; Crystal Antlers fresh off their sunny performance at Funfunfunfest will be gracing us with another great set tonight in Denton, Tx. We also have local garage-rock-barons Uptown Bums and VIDEO playing. Doors open at 9pm and it should fill up fast so get their early and hang out with us.
This entry was written by , posted on November 9, 2009 at 4:40 pm, filed under Shows and tagged Crystal Antlers, denton, funfunfunfest, tx, uptown bums, video. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’ve loved all the great garage bands to come out of the area in the last few years, namely Denton ; Wax Museums, Uptown Bums, Bad Sports, etc… Here is a band from the far-off Minneapolis scene, a two-piece band known as Birthday Suits shred loud, fast, and high-strung songs that last about 2 minutes – no more, no less. What catches my interest is how close the vocal harmonies are for such a fast-paced band, I mean sure its easy for the Raveonettes to pull that off playing slow indie pop, but I digress. Recently Birthday Suits put out a great split 7 inch with the legendary locals Marked Men through Nice & Neat Records entitled 7 Inches For Your Ex, below a wonderful sample is presented to you in all its 2 minutes of glory.
Birthday Suits – It’s About Time
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This entry was written by , posted on August 4, 2009 at 10:35 pm, filed under New Tunes and tagged bad sports, birthday suit, denton, marked men, minneapolis, uptown bums, wax museums. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Anyone in the metroplex area that can make it to Denton Wednesday night will not be sorry. A house show featuring Woven Bones (early weeklytapedeck write up), Uptown Bums, and Bad Sports is happening and will surely be a good time. I will be out with my deteriorating video skills in hopes of bringing our first live performance to the ‘deck. If you do make it out, please bring money for Woven Bones who are making the trip up from Austin. Also a new track from them as of yesterday via RCRDLBL
called “Your Sorcery.” (I couldn’t get their widget to work…apologies)
Wednesday 06/10/2009
Majestic Dwelling of Doom
731 Texas St.
Denton, Texas 76201
9 pm
$5 donation.
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This entry was written by , posted on June 9, 2009 at 7:49 am, filed under Uncategorized and tagged austin, bad sports, denton, uptown bums, woven bones. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
