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NEWS (last update 2011 Jan. 20th)
brand new stuff the mailorder section new review of Love Boat 'Sabbath' 7" by Corporate Rock Knockout new review of Miss Chain & BH 7" by Flying Revolver Mag Review of Uptown Bums 7" by Razorcake |
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The UPTOWN BUMS s/t 7"ep (SYA023) Another fine debut on Shake Your Ass records, baby! The Uptown Bums are five young lads from Denton/Arlington, TX, and they come with a fistful of kickin' ass garage pop that will blow your mind away and make your heartbeat crazy. READ MORE and REVIEWS
Black Wax - 300 copies White Wax - 100 copies - mailorder only - SOLD OUT
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CONTAMINATORS 'Minimal Minds' 7"ep (HMG001) Fuck hell! Here's the first one shot by MENOTROPIC RECORDS which is the SYA's spin-off label. Contaminators are a great SoCal-based combo with KbD shit in vein along with Crime, Germs, and more toxic stuff. READ MORE and REVIEWS
Black Wax - 300 copies Pink Wax - 120 hand-numbered copies - mailorder only test press - 13 hand-numbered copies on black wax w/ different artwork |
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KAZALOK 'Chandrasekhar Limit' - 12" MLP (SYA019) Welcome to the psychaedelic garagepunk sound of the Kazalok. The band formed by Cole Weintraub (Jormungandr, Snake Flower, Barbaras) and Bennet Foster (former guitarist for The Mutant Spacebats of Doom) in 2005 in Memphis, TN. For their summer 2006 tour - with Brimstone Howl - they added Billy Hayes (Boston Chinks, Barbaras, Knaughty Knights) on drums and Alex Gates (Barbaras, Esque, Boston Chinks) on bass. Influences range from psych-folk performers such as Comus and Syd Barrett to protopunk acts such as the Velvet Underground. They currently hold the Guiness World Record for being the second tallest rock music band. READ MORE and REVIEWS first 100 copies on green vinyl
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SNAKE FLOWER II 'Turn Back Time' - 7" EP (SYA018) This 4-tracks EP carries the sixties dreamy sound of great bands such as Move, Chocolate Watchband, and Love.... across the current garagepunk environment.
Snake Flower II
was founded by Matthew M. Melton who recently relocated to San Francisco
from Memphis, TN. Memphis was his home where he had lived his entire life.
He left Memphis to go on tour with the first arrangement of the group, Snake
Flower (one), which included notable Los Angeles based conceptual
performance artist Bunny Lampert, and Cole Weintraub (Kazalok,The Barbaras).
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POSSESSED BY PAUL JAMES same - LP (SYA017) Possessed by Paul James is actually a stage name for Konrad Wert. He was born and raised down south in the glades of Florida. Some think it odd, but he comes from the Amish/Mennonite upbringing. Incorporating fiddle, banjo, guit, stomp box and the occasional diddly boe, he ‘growls’ out songs and kicks out originals with passion and grit. .... READ MORE and REVIEWS SOLD OUT
Colorofmybloodynose - Committed - Fiddle f**k Watch the PPJ's 'Men Men Men' video shot by SLOWBOAT FILMS |
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CHILI COLD BLOOD Rock N Roll Motherfucker Redux - LP (SYA016)
CCB plays raw, howlin’,
and boozy southern electric honky tonk Rhythm’n’Blues dirtyin’ it into some
darkly post-punk sceneries. Think of R.L. Burnside & J.L. Hooker meeting
some gloomy sound Black Sabbath alike. Real bad-man-blues thing with
hypnotic and circular riffs that reminds as of Mississippi Delta/North Hills
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My eyes may wander - 100 ways to kill a man - Graveyard
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CHILI COLD BLOOD 'Why baby why b/w Slow down' 7" (SYA014) Dirty, raw and fucked up blues from Austin, TX. Think of John Lee Hooker and R.L.Burnside jamming in the dark night with Black Sabbath. Booze, wimmen and shotgun blues. A couple of tracks waiting for their album 'Rock N Roll Motherfucker Redux' out in November on SYA. Real music with balls, baby!
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