San Francisco has long been known as the spiritual and physical home of a collective of hippies, weirdos, freaks and a particular brand of grungy psych rock; however, similar to New York, the Bay Area […]
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Named after their frontman, Orville Bateman Neely III, the OBN IIIs have won quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as Neely has been described as a sort of punk rock Elvis in front of a band that burns […]
Named after their frontman, Orville Bateman Neely III, the OBN IIIs have won quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as Neely has been described as a sort of punk rock Elvis in front of a band that […]
Madison, WI-based artist Trin Tran has developed a reputation for having a sound that’s difficult to describe because of its possessive inventiveness. His last effort, Dark Radar released through Ty Segall’s GOD? imprint on Drag City Records; […]
“Spell Breakers,” the first single from Burnt Ones’ third album, Gift. And interestingly, the album marks not just their Castle Face Records debut, it also serves as a bit of document of a weird time to San […]
Jim Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees is also the head of Castle Face Records, and his label has released an interesting array of stuff, including a new, ongoing series titled, Live in San Francisco. The second […]
Originally formed in Berkeley, CA, the Herms were the sort of band that the folks that then-future founder of Thee Oh Sees and Castle Face Records, John Dwyer loved, although others in his group wouldn’t […]
Back in the late 90s, the Providence, RI drums, bass and effect duo La Machine released a bunch of CD-R based albums – we’re talking about real DIY effort. However, Phases and Repetition never made it past […]
Thee Oh Sees have been an incredibly prolific, as they’ve written, recorded and released 12 albums worth of material since 2004. And each album has been radically different. Their latest album, Floating Coffin released through Castle […]
“Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster,” is the first single from Thee Oh Sees’ forthcoming effort, Floating Coffin which will see an April 16th release through Castle Face Records. The track is a great bit of psych […]