Tag Archives: Castle Face

Damaged Bug – Hubba Bubba

March 19, 2014 · by · in Avant Garde, Rock · Leave a comment

John Dwyer, the prolific frontman of San Franciscan garage rock legends Thee Oh Sees, has put together a set of “synthesizer suites” for the 21st century. Drawing heavy inspiration from cult psych-rock acts such as Silver Apples and White Noise, Dwyer assaults all possible senses with a muddy combination of sizzling sine waves and thumping […]

THE HERMS – “DROP OUT VOL 1”

October 18, 2013 · by · in Rock · Leave a comment

DEMOS & SINGLES FROM MID-2000’S BERKELEY, CA BAND. HIGH ENERGY, EXPERIMENTAL GARAGE-ROCK. POT-PUNK & FUZZY. PLAY: 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12 RIYL: THE KINKS, SIC ALPS, WHITE FENCE

COACHWHIPS – ” HANDS ON THE CONTROLS”

October 1, 2013 · by · in Punk/Ska, Rock · Leave a comment

The reissued first album from John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees old act, COACHWHIPS. Helmed by John Dwyer (currently of Thee Oh Sees) from 2001-2005, they were fast, nasty, unintelligible, brutally and primally basic. A telephone through a guitar amp, half a drum kit, a shitty Casio organ, and primal speed-trash riffs never sounded so good. Hands On The Controls was their first […]

THE BLIND SHAKE – “KEY TO A FALSE DOOR”

September 18, 2013 · by · in Rock · Leave a comment

Minneapolis post-punk psych-noise trio.  Scuzzy, fuzzy guitar chaos, driving drums, distorted/reverb vocals. FUNTIMES! PLAY: 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 RIYL: NO AGE, THEE OH SEES, TOTAL CONTROL0

La Machine – “Phases & Repetition”

July 13, 2013 · by · in Rock · Leave a comment

Reissue of drum-centric underground psych-rock from mid-90’s cassette debut:  Follow our story…In the early 90’s, Providence, RI group Six Finger Satellite were on Sub Pop. The group’s drummer, Rick Pelletier, recorded & engineered for Arab On Radar a few times. Rick had a short lived project named La Machine…Many don’t know, but the mastermind behind […]

Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin

April 4, 2013 · by · in Rock · Leave a comment

  With over ten albums and about a decade of work Thee Oh Sees have disproved the idea that garage/psych rock is a short road for young rockers. Member John Dwyer used these words to describe Floating Coffin: “These songs occur in the mindset of a world that’s perpetually war-ridden. Overall, it’s pretty dark, and much heavier than […]

Warm Soda- Warm Soda

February 26, 2013 · by · in Rock, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

Warm Soda is the dude from Bare Wires. After the dissolution  of one fuzzy-buzzy grunge pop band, he teamed up with Thee Oh Sees label, Castle Face and started Warm Soda. The songs maintain their lo-fi, garage feel while remaining completely inside of the “pop” sphere with songs like “Violent Blue” and “Jeanie Loves Pop,” […]