Varnaline

It's fitting that the third album from punk/folk/Americana five-some O'Death is titled Outside —after all, that's where all the the fires, floods, windstorms and burials that appear time and again through the album take place. Read More

i know ive talked about centro-matic quite a bit over the years, but there are some bands, centro-matic being one of them, that i want to expose more and more people to. i was planning on doing an introduction to em, like i have done previously with the pickin on series and richmond fontaine – there are more on the way btw. as luck would have it, i happened to be on twitter last night when whoever runs their twitter acct shared a 24 track sampler, which also includes south san gabriel work. centro-matic came into my world one night at schubas many years ago. the year, i cant remember, and while not important, what is important is that they are still very heavily in my world. they were opening for anders parker and his band varnaline. i havent had too many of the experiences, but it was a love at first hearing type of one. i dont know what they opened up with, but as soon as will opened his mouth, i was hooked. as soon as they were done with their set, i went over to the merch table and picked up distance and clime . later that night i believe i caught will in the crowd and rambled something about their performances being one of the most inspired sets i had ever witnessed. they were there to prove something, like they had a texas size chip on their collective shoulders. years have passed and have been spreading the gospel of centro-matic to anyone who would listen. people often ask, "well what do they sound like?" my typical response is like a band you'll still be listening to in 20 years. most of the time im met with either a blank stare, or something along those lines. to my credit, i have indeed have people come back to me and say thanks for turning them on to em. its all about small victories. enjoy…. you can download this via yousendi t but keep in mind its probably only avail for a week. Read More