Author: mike

Eureka California at Magnet

Jake Ward’s Eureka California is a fast, hard-hitting rock band that is actually not from Eureka, Calif. Originally from Raleigh, N.C., but later transplanted in Athens, Ga., the duo is just now releasing its second album in 18 months, Crunch, which is filled to the brim with two-minute-long garage/punk tirades. Download album track “Happy Again” and Guided By… Continue reading Eureka California at Magnet

Eureka California at When You Motor Away

Crunch marks the 2nd Eureka California album in 18 months. Their previous album was Big Cats Can Swim – WYMA post here. Like that one, this one has plenty of guitar fuzz and in-the-red vocals from Jake Ward and features the excellent drumming of Marie A. Uhler. They sound like kids who got a lot out of the time they spent… Continue reading Eureka California at When You Motor Away

Muuy Biien at Pop Matters

Muuy Biien is a scrappy punk-rock band from Athens, Georgia, but there is nothing slight about their scrappiness. D.Y.I., the band’s new album, may run under a half-hour, but it’s a set brimming with ideas and tensed-up ambition. The lean riffs of “Human Error” hone themselves into impossible sharp edges and angles, while the chorus explodes… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Pop Matters

Casper & The Cookies at Pop Matters

Casper & the Cookies have been knocking out jittery indie-pop records for a while now, but Dingbats may be the band at its most cut free. The album explores a variety of pop structures and textures, yet the overall effect feels connected and, at its best, charming. The album kicks off with the crashing drums and ringing… Continue reading Casper & The Cookies at Pop Matters

Eureka California at Fabricoh Magazine

Eureka California is an Athens, GA based lo-fi garage-punk duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Jake Ward and drummer Marie A. Uhler. Their sophomore album, Crunch was recently released via fellow Athens based label, Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. The aptly-titled album is filled with “crunchy” old school punk snarl and Kinks-informed guitar riffs and rhythms with sparse… Continue reading Eureka California at Fabricoh Magazine

Bastards of Fate at Fear and Loathing in Long Beach

A thin line exists between nightmares and memories in the swamp of interpretation. If you can picture the hangouts that you loved as a teenager and the bars that solidified your psyche in your 20s, stand back, and absorb all of it in. Was it that good or was it that bad. Now envision a… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Fear and Loathing in Long Beach

Bastards of Fate at babysue

The second full-length release from The Bastards of Fate. We went to the band’s web site but could find little biographical information…just a few quotes and a listing of upcoming shows (plus some links). So the band is leaving it up to listeners to decide what to make of the music rather than force feed ideas… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at babysue

Muuy Biien at Norman Records

Second album from Athens, Georgia street punks Muuy Biien, with the Raymond Pettibon-esque cover artwork you’d be pretty spot on in thinking that these young lads are doing the whole Black Flag inspired art punk thing It is a little more than that though with a little twist of angular post hardcore in there but with plenty… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Norman Records

Eureka California at babysue

Eureka California is a band that was created in 2007 in Raleigh, North Carolina by a fellow named Jake Ward. Various band members have come and gone over the years but now it’s just Jake and Marie A. Uhler. The duo is now based in Athens, Georgia…which seems like a much more appropriate home for this strangely addictive… Continue reading Eureka California at babysue