Dead People
"Hailing from New New Orleans, Dead People play rock and roll because like whatever man, what else would they be doing? They are total losers and pot heads and lsd droppers for real in a super-boring American’t culture. They were born on the bayou in the dusk of 2010 when Gnarlins’ garagers The Bellys and The Dives were séance-guided (goth gods kill us) to join forces and become one. After a week ...of, you know, really hard work, they played their first show, and it was probably pretty fun, because since then, they’ve managed to release two cassette-only EP’s and spend a month on the road in the eleven extensively touring the nooks and cave-crannies of the S.E. of the U.S. of A. They plan on taking their tunes to the rest of this world and the next one." - Peggy (The Gories)
Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands
Waylon and Meg create gangly blues driven rock ‘n’ roll that will make your knees shake and your toes go numb. The husband and wife duo live in Northern Florida with their son, run their own label, and pretty much put out a new album every month. Check out their bandcamp to hear the raw output of records they churned out this past year alone. Visit Psych Kicks to read an interview with the man himself.
PHORK
PHORK, or the People's Higher Order of Royal Kinship, is one of the musical monikers of LA via Baltimore man Neal Reinalda. Neal is one of those renaissance people you occasionally run into in public restrooms and recycling centers. He's one of the founders of Open Space in Baltimore, which is a fully functioning art-gallery/space, venue, library, auto-shop and petting zoo. When he's not hangin there, he's workin on material under one of his other aliases such as Daytime, Dr. Unk, or under his given name and putting out stuff over on Friends Records. Being a slight departure from his previous work, PHORK is a thumpin ride on the back of your dad's wet/dry vac while reading Thomas Wolfe and watching a Back to the Future marathon. On top of King of Diamonds, look out for another PHORK release on NNA Tapes in the near future.
Eureka California
Eureka California started sometime in 2009(?) in Raleigh, NC. Shortly
after that, Jake Ward relocated to Athens, Ga, and the band featured a
rotating cast of local talent, the latest incarnation featuring Jake and
Marie A. Uhler. The band has released its debut album, Eureka
California Is Dead (independently) and the Modern Times 7'' (HHBTM
Records), with its full-length Big Cats Can Swim out late fall on HHBTM
Records. Eureka California spends their time touring the country
whenever possible, swimming at night and eating pizza. They like Regular
Show and graphic novels and probably you.
Lame Drivers
Been a band for 10 years still nobody knows what to make of Lame Drivers: “a young Replacements or Guided By Voices?“ “like the Buzzcocks
getting a reacharound from the Descendents?” Pell Mell? Jesus &
Mary Chain? Memb Home Blitz? Who cares?! “Filled with hooks, it’s got a
punk influence, power-pop influence, indie rock, psychedelic, all my
favorite rock elements.“
Pride of Lowell
Patrick Breiner - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Patrick is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and educator. Max is a drummer and a teacher. They both graduated from The New School in New York in 2006. This is Pride of Lowell. Not the boxer. The furious two-headed sound machine. Saxophone and drums. Improvisations ranging from tender to maniacal. Experimental avant-garde free jazz.
