Featured: The Royal Flares - Blaze!!

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

The Royal Flares are blazing into the new year with a new mini-LP released exactly 1st of January on Born Loser Records.

"Blaze" is recorded and processed completely analogue, without a bit to spare and man.. can you hear it!

With all instruments loud and clear in the mix this makes for a surprisingly splashing and vibrant experience. It blasts out of the speakers and that is just how you want your favorite garage record to sound!! This is for sure setting a high standard for things to come in 2015!!

Safety Hazard: The album ain't called BLAZE for no reason!! There's such an uptempo eagerness in the playing that it's hard to resist grabbing the portable recordplayer and head out for a speedy cruise down the autobahn. Just imagine doing airguitar at 200 km/h when the guitarsolos kick in, but hey nothing makes you feel more alive than living on the edge!

Armed with six songs you're gonna be flipping A and B faster than a gunslinger can draw and every song is a sure hit!

Starting side A with great organ action in "Why" which climaxes with a spine-chilling scream in despair before the guitarsolo! They're trying to credit this killer song to Rod Argent and it's that good that you may actually be fooled but this is a Royal Flares original that anyone just would wish they'd written!
Then setting the score in "I - You = 0" with a nice guitar riff followed by the stompin' and savage fuzz filled obsession of "See me walking at night".

The flipside begins with a cover of "She's not there" featuring a prominent guitar riff througout the song that really lifts it to a higher plan. Same goes for "Mrs. Sarah Lee" where the guitar and organ give it an almost hypnotizing effect! And in an alternate universe "I wanna love you" would have been a crowd killer in the Star club in '62 and the rest of that story you know!

Available in their own webshop, just click the link below!

The Royal Flares
Blaze  (mini-LP)
Label: Born Loser Records BLP-6601 (2015)

1. Why?!
2. I - You = 0
3. See Me Walking At Night

4. She's Not There
5. Mrs. Sarah Lee
6. I Wanna Love You

The Hot, the Wylde and the Right Now... Wax 'em down dude!

These are some of the latest additions that you may enjoy listening to the NOW Sound from tomorrow on:

Featuring some great songs from the following brandnew releases from your FAVE Labels:

The X-Ray Harpoons - Get Attuned To Our Tyme LP  
(CopaseDisques)

The Mentalettes - Lovers' Wasteland 7"  
(CopaseDisques)

The Teamsters - Play along with... The Teamsters EP  
(Moody Monkey Records)

The Mourning After - Tall, Dark & Gruesome LP
(Screaming Apple Records)

The Norvins - No Tyme For Tears LP  
(Soundflat Records)

The Moonstones - Cuando Cae La Noche LP
(Soundflat Records)

Las Aspiradoras - Haciendo Amigos LP  
(Soundflat Records)

The Shakers - A Whole Lotta Shakers! LP  
(Soundflat Records)

Tune in - Turn up - Kick back - Enjoy!! :-)

Featured Series 2013: The Scumbugs

It's time to bug you ...again!!

Following up on the great response to their 3 track demo, the Scumbugs shitted all over some shiny black wax to bring you the best dance-infested frat-punk-garage the north has ever seen.
Guaranteed to make you jump & shake, this hot platter will make you scream out HEEHEHEHEY so many times that it sure beats drinking aquavit on a rollercoaster to keep you warm!

The Ace-side is the killer song all about travelling back in time in a timemachine to trace the roots of PRIMITIVE!!... only to find out that the missing link is a stoned ape!
And by the time you're back on the other side, you find your girlfriend's gone away! HEEHEHEHEY ;-)

Putting your money on the 'Wrong Horse' has never been so much against the odds! You only get it when you got it, so go get it!



The Scumbugs (7")
The Missing Link b/w My Baby's Gone Away
Label: Wrong Horse Records RECORD No. 001 I-GET-IT (2013)

Featured series 2012 #6 The Cavemen Five

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

X-Ray Spex in the Garage?

Not moody at all, but highly energetic stompers that will get your feet moving at the first beat! And why not, these French cavemen show that some good sax will blow off the roof of any cave-party!

And on top of that a great addition for your 2012 Halloween party: do the Zombie Hop, ready or not!

The Cavemen Five (7")
Don't Play With Me / Zombie Hop
Label: Soundflat Records SFR-45-017 (2012)

Featured series 2012 #5 Los Immediatos

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

Time is but an illusion in Wonderland where a first class ride along a wonderful mix of psychedelic flows and raw garage awaits you. Take a bite from this flavoured biscuit and suddenly Wonderland is a place where the organ comes to live like a breathing and pounding machine and the cymbals on the drumkit grow out to giant mushrooms.

Violins and sitar add to the folky sixties pop atmosphere of this voyage through Wonderland but it is the addition of keyboards that give Los Immediatos' sound a richer and more layered feeling that mixes in perfectly with their uptempo and swinging garage sound.

Los Immediatos (LP)
4 Tickets To Wonderland
Label: Sunny Day Records SUN-008 (2012)

1. Four Tickets To Wonderland
2. Empty Streets
3. Through My Eyes
4. Cry On My Own
5. Garbage Feelings
6. Beautiful Mario

7. I Can't Decide
8. Chica Diez
9. Dia De Lluvia
10. Mamma's Little Man
11. Let Me Rest In The Sun
12. Leave Your Hair Grow Up

 

Featured series 2012 #4 Death By Unga Bunga

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

Bringing you the sound of tomorrow today, here's some new kids in the garage and they've got their own style going! Death by Unga Bunga have made their way out of the Juvenile Jungle and are definitely up to more no good with this perfect blend of powerpop and garage that will stick in your mind. Excellent display of songwriting that would fill many a band with envy!

These guys know, live and breath party and will make you go wild and out of your mind with their contagious and catchy songs.

Death By Unga Bunga (LP)
The Kids Are Up To No Good
Label: Jansen Plateproduksjon JANSEN018 (2012)

1. Out Of My Mynde
2. I Wanna Go Wild
3. Jenny
4. Violent Femmes
5. The Kids Are Up To No Good
6. Feel Alright

7. Tomorrow Today
8. Be Like You
9. Love Itch
10. Mary Jane
11. Shakes All Over
12. Tell Me No Lies
13. Hallucination Generation (Take Me Home)

 

Featured series 2012 #3 The Jackets

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

They say that behind every good man stands a better woman and that's exactly what you see when you look who's wearing the moustache in this band that could have been the star in the freakshow of a circus passing by your town!

They call it as it is, 'Way Out' and that's exactly the freaked-out garage sound that the Jackets are masters of. Highlight on the album is 'Wasting my Time' and 'Freak Out' which also has an amazing videoclip that'll give you the right idea of a proper freak-out party!!

The Jackets (LP)
Way Out
Label: Soundflat Records SFR-040 (2012)

1. Freak Out
2. Down You Stay
3. Wasting My Time
4. Fly My Way
5. You Said
6. Hang Up

7. In My Mind
8. Oh Baby
9. Falling Girl
10. What We Gonna Do
11. The City
12. Last Chance

 

Featured series 2012 #2 Wild Evel & The Trashbones

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

Well, they still dig prehistoric cavemen out of the icy glaciers in Austria once in a while, and these Tales From The Cave may be one of the best preserved recordings of Neanderthal history by über-caveman Wild Evel.
Filled with no less then seventeen(!) songs this album is cramped with enough primitive energy to make any zombie come to live. Fuzz, Farfisa and wild Harmonica!!

Throwing in two excellent covers that could have been their own, the Trashbones deliver a great baby and oh yeah, it's a monster!!


Wild Evel & The Trashbones (LP)
Tales From The Cave
Label: Soundflat Records SFR-039 (2012)

1. You Better Run
2. Oh Yeah!
3. Hot Rod Zombie
4. Let's Go Right Now
5. The Avenue Of Death
6. Mobumbu Hop
7. Rumble The Streets
8. Cathalina

9. Where You Gonna Go
10. Beat Rat
11. I Wanna Be Your Caveman
12. Lurf
13. Baby Come Down
14. Freak Train
15. Your Head, My Baseballbat
16. It's A Monster
17. Black Cat

 

Featured series 2012 #1 Jonah Gold & His Silver Apples

A series in which we spotlight some selected new and upcoming releases that are featured more prominently during the NOW Sound on Yeah Right Radio.

Kicking off with Jonah Gold & His Silver Apples first release. A 'golden' edition in merely 250 copies to redecorate your livingroom. And if you ever need help with that, you can always hire this 'A-team', they are more than happy to do it for you!

With 4 iiii's and 8 llllllll's the song Thrillkillhillbillyrhythm makes the perfect soundtrack to the apocalypse of this iiiillllllll society, with the Apple salvation army taking over (and while they're at it, the loot too!)
A punk anthem in disguise if there ever was one, that shows a social engagement along the likes of 'holiday in Cambodia'.

And mind relieve is offered on the flipside with a good dose of Synthetic Sunshine. Is there a doctor in the band? Yes there actually is!

Jonah Gold & His Silver Apples (7")
Synthetic Sunshine / Thrillkillhillbillyrhythm
Label: Gold & Appel Enterprises GA-1002 (2012)

"Zombie Love In" An interview with Vinny and the Curse

From the vaults of Birmingham, Vinny carries his curse to the world. A “Psychic Foot” gives them the alchemy they need to spread the seeds of their dark and raw rock'n'roll. Guitar freak-outs over a relentless rhythm section and lots of Zombie love make the ghost train ride fast and furious till the end. With a curse like this, who needs redemption???


Vinny and the Curse: What's the curse and how did you get it? Will you be able to lift the curse or do you see it as a blessing?

A name is a name; I’d rather not go into it. But battling against a curse is a good motivation, triumph against adversity.


You classify yourself as garage-psych, yet the cover art of the new EP will not easily bring this association to the casual customer stumbling upon your EP. Why you picked something like this?

The EP is classed simply as ‘Rock’ on iTunes. Genre titles don’t really do anyone any favours. We mention garage psych only as a point of reference so people don’t expect math-rock or folk. What do people expect a garage record to look like? A chick in striped top, dancing the Watusi in monochrome? The ‘Psychic Foot’ sleeve ties in with some themes on the album, curses, fate, death and it suited the dark overtones.


You obviously like to express yourselves in 2-minutes songs. Live fast die young??

Our songs are getting longer, but yeah we like to get to the point quickly. Hard and loud. Live fast die young is naive beyond stupidity, but if that’s your bag then go for it.


How you would define the sound of garage in 2011? What is your major influence?

We’re influenced by tons of stuff from the garage all the way up to the stadium. We like 60s garage records, mainly because many of them have incredible song writing that slipped beneath the radar. There are a whole generation of bands who released one or two singles then had to call it quits for various reasons, Vietnam, lack of funds, day jobs. I guess ‘Garage’ means a subversive, brutal, energetic approach to rock and roll.


In times that vinyl sales go up, why did you opt for a digitally downloadable album coupled with a limited edition CD-release and not a vinyl release? Can rock 'n' roll be digitalized?

It’s purely a cost issue, as we’re putting it out ourselves. We would love to see it on vinyl, if there are any vinyl labels out there who we could work with and license it to, please get in touch! As for digitalisation, I think it’s a question of convenience. Being able to send a file across the world in seconds and have somebody hear it and dig it is incredible. Vinyl is beautiful but there’s a lot of snobbery around. The CD release is a tool to entice people to our shows!


Three out of six songs have a B-movie Zombie theme. If you could play a part, who you would like to be and in which film (separate answer for each band member)?

We’ll write the film ourselves, based on our song and call it ‘Zombie Love In’.

Scott Vincent Abbott. The scientist who inflicted the plague. This happens purely in error whilst trying for a scientific breakthrough to help people. It saddens him to see the devastation he has unfurled.

John Presley. The hero of the hour; whose prolific slaying skills were prompted when the honour of his woman was in question.

Richard Franklin. The calm collected, elegantly wasted. Wakes up after the whole event and asks ‘hey man, what happened here?’

Website: http://www.vinnyandthecurse.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/vinnyandthecurse

The 6-track “Psychic Foot” EP is now featured on Yeah Right Radio, so tune in and enjoy!!