Odicolon presents an interesting question: why is horror surf so heavy? They do creepy with a light touch with an easy tempo, sparse chilled out guitar picking and oddball electronics. They bring a lot of interesting sounds and ideas to the table and just about all of them work really well. Fans of Messer Chups should certainly take notice, but I hope these guys find a following of their own.
All I've found on these guys is the bandcamp page (free download!), if you find CDs please let me know!
I'm over in Ohio watching my brother-in-law graduate today, so I'll have a sub this week. If he's making some good racket, please call in and let him know! I've got a lot of good stuff waiting for next week's show...
Speaking of other weeks, here's last week's.
5/9/16
the ampfibians - bikinis 50% off (enigma of the deep)
surf coasters - flash point (surfdelic)
the eliminators - e-five (ultra sonic)
impala - king louie stomp (kings of the strip)
Got some new stuff from Fifty Foot Combo, Moussaka, AmpFibians and Amphibian Man, plus new-to-me stuff from Sir Bald Diddley, Surf Coasters, Surf Raiders and the Challengers. I think it looks like fun.
Here's what happened last week.
Playlist for 5-2-16
Forgive the formatting
the crossfires - out of control (out of control)
mach kung fu - dragon limbo (exotic exhaust)
the el caminos - crazy drivin' (el caminos)
miki y los doras - river deep - tide high (buaaah chaval!!!)
Moussaka is a surf group that covers modern Balkan 80's pop hits and features a member of Threesome. So a cover band in which I will likely never recognize the source songs. Despite their pop origins the songs end up pretty aggressive, though even still pretty unique experimenting with different time signatures etc. If you've kept up with Moussaka so far, this one isn't that much different, but that's perfectly fine. Free download, see what you think.
A few weeks ago Amphibian Man released his 4th LP in the span of a year called "Pyramids". In 2016 he has released something nearly every month, and surprisingly they even seem to improve. During that span of time, he has gone from somebody that piqued my interest to "who the hell is this guy???". So I figured maybe I should just send him an email.
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