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
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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
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
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
Muuy Biien at Creative Loafing
When Muuy Biien‘s frontman Josh Evans shattered his hip and fractured a femur during a skateboard ride gone horribly awry back in April, the Atlanta/Athens-based punk outfit was left in a tight spot. “I came out of my house to ride my skateboard, and 10 seconds after I stepped onto it I was on the ground… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Creative Loafing
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
Eureka California at Big Takeover
18 months after their debut LP, Big Cats Can Swim, Athens, GA’s Eureka California have slimmed down to a bassless duo for their second collection of fuzzy, in-the-red songs. To be clear, Crunch is no White Stripes schtick. Guitarist/vocalist Jake Ward and drummer Marie A. Uhler can actually play their instruments quite well, immediately setting them apart from the overrated defunct Detroit duo. Rather,… Continue reading Eureka California at Big Takeover
Tunabunny at Innocent Words
Having turned in three albums in just as many years, it should surprise few that year four has brought the Tunabunny’s fourth album. And what a beauty this one is. The 14 songs that make up ‘Kingdom Technology’ are a little more pop than some of their earlier efforts, but still crammed with plenty of… Continue reading Tunabunny at Innocent Words
Eureka California at Austin Town Hall
Once in a blue moon you stumble across an album that defies the odds. You might recognize bits of various genres within this sort of album, but every song sounds completely refreshing. You’ll get precisely this when you listen to Crunch, the newest album from Athens’ Eureka California; they’ve created a pop rock record that doesn’t give… Continue reading Eureka California at Austin Town Hall
Tunabunny Video Debut at Clash Music
Hailing from that esteemed corner of humanity known as Athens, Georgia,Tunabunny are now onto their fourth album. Mull that over for a second. In this time of music industry crisis, a band as bizarre, surreal, colourful and wonderfully different as Tunabunny have mustered up the pennies to record not one but FOUR studio albums – and… Continue reading Tunabunny Video Debut at Clash Music