The Insanitizers were nice enough to send me Guitar Fun well in advance of its release date and said something about having time to take it all in. They weren't kidding. There's 23 tracks here with musical styling spanning straight ahead surf, Joe Meekish instrumentals, rautalanka, a harpsichord tune (I realize it's probably not actually a harpsichord), and... man, I don't know what. True to their name, it does sometimes feel like you're going slightly insane.
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Team Void ain't as mean as they look. Sure, their guitars often have that deep horror tone to them, but packaged along with that Lucha mask is a set of vibrant mariachi horns. I mean, give the opener "I Am Six" a listen and all you'll hear is "Party!". It's got a lot going on, and kinda reminds me of Los Plantronics. Now don't get me wrong, there's plenty of horror surf stuff in here, like on the title track "Robot Killer", but I think secretly monsters like to have a good time same as everybody else.
As far as I can tell, this is a digital-only one. Give it a listen!
Dear me, look at all them 45s! Sure, some are better than others, but nearly all of them are new to the show and we're going to try to hear as many as I can squeeze in!
Last week's playlist: 9/26/16
los plantronics - Navajo (shortnin bread 7")
The Necronautics - Modulator (The Necronautics)
The Belmont Playboys - Gatorbait (Hot Rod Heart)
los tiki phantoms - rescate (mueven el esqueleto)
los coronas - last wave (caliente caliente)
Not to be confused with the Beyonderers, these Houstonians play sax-heavy instros with a wacked-out exploratory attitude. The opening track "Woo-loo-loo" sets the example well, with some great twangy surf guitar at a medium tempo, that delves into a pretty unhinged sax solo. They're never all that heavy, but sway between dark and mysterious to fonky on "kyu-jyu-jyu" to plain ol' nutso on "Bananas con Platano". If you dug the latest release from Beninghove's Hangmen you're in the right neighborhood.
The mailman was busy this week dropping off all sorts of 45s and 7"s, so today's show is jamp-packed fulla them. Slow times in terms of new releases though.
Here's last week's playlist
9/19/16
The Dustaphonics - Twangy Batacuda (100% Instrumental)
the reigning monarchs - murder your summer (black sweater massacre)
the ampFibians - bikinis 50% off (enigma of the deep)
the bahareebas - dunewalk (jellyfishing)
los galerna - soy de la costa (sangre en el atlantico)
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