GET UP MORNING by Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Get Up Morning

You Don't Care

Australia's Eddy Current Suppression Ring have drawn comparisons to Wire, Can, The Fall, Fugazi and The Stooges.  Their music is punk, it's fierce, and hits you straight on. The singer wears black gloves live to overcome stage fright, and one member of the band is behind the absolutely fantastic LP release this year from Total Control. ECSR won the $30,000

SUNDAE by Xray Eyeballs

Sundae

Egyptian Magician (previously on CWR)

Xray Eyeballs have followed up their debut LP from earlier this year, Not Nothing, with a 7" for the song 'Sundae,' which isn't on the album.  The release comes from the folks over at Hardly Art Records and includes their familiar high energy sound on the A-side, along with the ear blasting B-side track 'Deja Vu."  The video for the b-side is below and features the

[on repeat] TUFF GUY by Swiftumz

Tuff Guy

4EVA

Some more goodness from the Bay Area to share, but this time without so much of the angsty, garage sound that seems to be taking over up there.  Swiftumz is Chris McVicker's project and he's floated around the SF rock scene for some time, most notably with his songwriting collaborations with Hunx And His Punx.  His debut LP, Don't Trip, was released

DON'T ROLL YOUR EYES by The Barreracudas

Don't Roll Your Eyes
Girl

The flurry of great garage music coming out that is super-saturated with power pop continues with The Barreracudas out of Atlanta.  Their debut release, Nocturnal Missions, was released October 25 on Douchemaster Records.  Many of the members have been playing with Gentleman Jesse and His Men for the past few years so the dirty 70's inspired, psych,

AS TIMES CHANGE by Sea Lions

As Times Change

I Loved Her So Much (prev. on CWR)

Sea Lions are out of Oxnard, CA and are releasing their debut LP, Everything You Wanted To Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask, November 22 on Slumberland Records on some lovely swirly-red vinyl (pre-order).  You may recall their surf jangled songs that surfaced earlier this year.  With the new record they've created a familiar sound for the 15 tracks on the LP that put together a vintage surf sound and

SUMMER CHILLS by Radar Eyes

Summer Chills

Shakes

The anticipation for Hozac Records' release of the debut LP from Radar Eyes grows with the announcement of a new song off the record.    'Summer Chills' is another great tune from the Chicago band featuring more of the piercing, swirling guitars and fuzzy 60s nostalgia.  No specifics on a release date for the LP as of yet, but the two singles up to this point (and their respective b-sides) have all been worth noticing so give their

ALL I EVER NEED by TRMRS

All I Ever Need

One Foot

TRMRS are from just outside L.A. County (Costa Mesa to be exact) and to say that they land on the extreme side of the current  psych garage sound is an understatement.  They share similarities to the Black Lips in the carefree attitude and western, surf sound qualities, but they blaze through their

I WOULD DIE TO BE by Ski Lodge

I Would Die To Be
A Game

My 45-minute morning commute is made a little more special on Thursdays in large part due to McAllister's Hostile Makeover show on KXLU.  Today it served an added purpose since I hadn't really given much thought on what to post today.  Over the past couple of months I've gone back and forth with Ski Lodge.  I've added it to the radio stream a few

RADIANT DOOR by Crystal Stilts

Radiant Door

Dark Eyes (previously on CWR)

Brooklyn's dark rockers, Crystal Stilts, have followed up their much enjoyed 2nd LP, In Love With Oblivion, from earlier this year with a new EP, Radiant Door.  The EP was released yesterday on Sacred Bones Records.  Two tracks from the EP are featured above.  'Dark Eyes' carries a vibe that you're familiar with from the band, with some bonus hand-clapping.

LAKE SONG by Black Twig

Lake Song
You Are Summer Wind

The folks over at Soliti Records have released the tune 'Lake Song,' which is a sneak peek at the upcoming debut LP from Finland's Black Twig entitled Paper Trees and due out in January, 2012 (it's already 2012?...jesus).  Anyways, the new song is a 90's indie scorcher that could have had a place on a Sonic Youth record.  After listening, it made me want to immediately check out their 4-track Swans At Tea EP from

[on repeat] SOMETHING SOMEONE JR. by The Growlers / ASTRAL PLANE by Thee Ludds

Something Someone Jr. by The Growlers

Astral Plane by Thee Ludds

The team over at Palmist Records has compiled quite a few splendid split releases, and for their current one they wonderfully joined up Leicester's Thee Ludds with The Growlers from L.A. for a split 12" released last month.  The record puts together 11 tracks from the two bands highlighting the jangly, goth surf rock from The Growlers and the sludgy, stomping psychedelic rock of Thee Ludds.  Thee Ludds  have

CHANGE OF PACE by Orca Orca

Change Of Pace

Get Up (Get Out)

Some fun, catchy, and breezy dream pop from Boston's Jim Hewitt who goes by the name of Orca Orca.  He had previously been using the band name Young Minds, but switched over to Orca Orca with the self-released first single for 'Change Of Pace' on his Bandcamp page in September.  The single includes the b-side, 'Get Up (Get Out),' both of which are jangly tunes that create the dreamiest of pop, and with vocals reminiscent of 80's new wave pop that'll have you

[on repeat] SKIN by Ty Segall

Skin

It

A normal by-product of being a fan of an artist could typically include also being a collector of their physical releases.  Well, if you happen to be a fan/collector of Ty Segall then you would know that accumulating all of his physical releases is quite the arduous and virtually impossible task.   He's released countless singles, EPs, splits, shared records, albums, and cassettes over the past four years...BUT...the

SUNSET HILL by Burnt Ones

Sunset Hill

Bury Me In Smoke

San Francisco's Burnt Ones pull from glam, psych, garage, surf and a tinge of girl pop.  Sound impossible?  Sound like much?  It might seem so, but these San Franciscans are far from bad.  They released the All Night Long EP in April of last year and followed it up with their debut LP, Black Teeth & Golden Tongues (buy) from Roaring Colonel Records, which has just recently been getting a lot of playing time around

STILL SLEEPING (FT. STEFFALOO) by Chrome Sparks

Still Sleeping (featuring Steffaloo)

Show You My Way

Some more sensual, sexy, electronic beats from Chrome Sparks, the project of 20-year old Michigan native Jeremy Malvin, surfaced a couple weeks ago with the release of the new song 'Still Sleeping' to be featured on an upcoming EP.  The new song features a collaboration with the haunting L.A. folk songstress Steffaloo.  This collab isn't a surprise to anyone who is familiar with Chrome Sparks fantastic 7-track release entitled My >3 released in July, which has them

SEARCHING THROUGH THE PAST by Bleached

Searching Through The Past

Think Of You (previously on CWR)

Former Miko Mika sisters, Bleached, move from their promising two previous 7"s and closer to the release of their debut LP with the single 'Searching Through The Past.'  Unfortunately the song isn't part of a full-length (yet?), but off yet another 7" set to be released December 6 (pre-order) from Suicide Squeeze Records.  Regardless, it's a blissful indie pop tune that kinda reminds me of a modern day Go-Go's with its sing along qualities, but with some added grit (if that

HIPPY by Ghost Wave

Hippy

Sunsetter

Ghost Wave is a psych-jangle pop band from Auckland, NZ that started out as a one-man electronic noise project and is now a five piece indie pop guitar band that is currently working on putting together a full-length LP.  For now, they have an exceptional self-titled EP out from Arch Hill Records (buy) that is fitting of many of their New Zealand pop/rock counterparts such as The Clean and contains songs like 'Hippy,' which is

PORTLAND by Coasting

Portland

Snoozefest

'Portland' is the first track from Brooklyn/New Zealand duo Coasting's upcoming album, You're Never Going Back Again, set to be released on November 15th (pre-order) from M'Lady Records.  The band is a side project by the drummer from the Vivian Girls and a former member of New Zealand's Coolies, and you can definitely hear the same pop sensibilities in the