Sundialing

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Great recording of Will and myself (Zan) doing Sundialing on Monday, February 1st, 2010. Band spotlight of the week is on the The Necessary Evils, a Garage-Punk band that formed in 1997 in Austin, TX. Currently, the band seems to be on hiatus with their members devoting more time to their solo projects, which have also received time on Sundialing’s airwaves throughout the years. Their band biography on IN THE RED Records does a great job of summing up their sound: Interplanetary transmissions and the sound of blood lust – get ready for the extreme psychodelic and otherworldly sounds of the Necessary Evils. Their brand of sci-fi inspired fuzz rock stands alone. Founded in 1997 by Steve Pallow (formerly of The Beguiled) and James Arthur (formerly of Fireworks), and rounding out their line up with Kyle John Hall on drums and Jimmy Hole on bass, The Evils have carved a nasty path of destruction over the last few years. Their’s is the darkest, sickest, meanest sound around – truly the product of a disturbed psyche. Steve Pallow’s voice issues warnings and threats throughout their rock n’ roll demolition derby while James Arthur wrangles sounds out of his beat up Electra guitar that range from the sound of metal on metal grinding to that made by a flying saucer. Jimmy and Kyle’s rhythm gives one very fat bottom to this ugly beast. With a nod to 60’s psychedelic music (see covers of The Seeds, Black Rose, White Light and ineptitude kings The Keggs). The Evils make a racket that’s brutal, intrusive and uncompromising. Their song “Play With Fire” from their ‘99 Release The Sicko Inside Me is featured as the fifth song of the broadcast. The rest of the playlist is great with an emphasis on Garage-Punk, Garage-Pop, and Psych-Pop from the 60s, 70s, 90s, and 00s, and can be found under the comments tab under this post.

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The Ruby Suns, win the highlight of this week’s broadcast recorded live on Monday, January 25, 2010. The Ruby Suns, lead by California native Ryan McPhun, are out of New Zealand and play great Kiwi-tinged Psych-Pop. I was lucky enough to see them in the summer of ‘08 when they were touring behind their last brilliant album, Sea Lion. Their newest single “Cranberry” moves through an Animal Collective-esque intro. and then moves quickly into a Beach Boys inspired Psych-Pop chorus full of images centering on the Sun’s glorious rays and tropical fruit. Lookout for their newest album entitled “Fight Softly,” featuring “Cranberry,” which is out on shelves March 2nd courtesy of Sub-Pop Records. Although the picture below seems to hold 8 members in the band, there remains only 2 members including McPhun himself (He’s the half-naked one with the top-hat and eating fruit). I’ll also attempt to post a video of the show I went to in the Summer of ‘08 in ATL. @ The Variety Playhouse, as well as some pictures from the event on Sundialing’s blog later in the week. Look in the comments tab below to access the entire playlist of the show in a following link. See you next Monday, Sundialers.

According to numerous websites and online sources, Jay Reatard died in his sleep this morning at 3:30 AM home in Memphis, TN. Total bummer. Some sources suggest he had flu-like symptoms before his death, according to Jay’s close friends. Sad night for Memphis and the entire garage-rock scene. RIP Jay…you and your music will be missed. I leave you with my favorite song and awesome video by Jay, entitled Blood Visions.” This video of “Blood Visions” was recorded live at the Earl in Atlanta on December 3rd, ‘09.

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Welcome back to Sundialing in the year 2010. Hopefully 2010 will be a big year for Sundialing…We want to increase the output of artist interviews who are regularly played on the show. The Spits (pictured below), a weirdo Seattle garage-punk band who are featured as the fifth song of the broadcast, win the pic of the week for their Ramones’ esque riffage on the song “Army Life” from their newest 7″ entitled “Pain.” Hearts go out to the Haitians this week.

The first post of the new year has a great garage/garage-punk/psych-pop playlist, which can be found under the comments tab below this post.

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December 7th’s Sundialing features lots and lots of Garage. Spotlight is on The Headcoats (Pictured Below), a Garage band from TX, 1966 with their song “24 Hours Everyday,” which is featured as the third song.

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SUNDIALING from Monday, November 30th. Great diverse array of sounds on this broadcast (Loads of Noisy Garage-Punk and Psych-Pop gems to satiate your appetite). Mean Jeans (Pictured Below), a Garage-Punk band from Portland, Oregon, win the picture of the week and their new song “Rats Roaches and Jeans” is featured as the fifth song. Their newest album, “Are You Serious,” which features “Rats Roaches and Jeans” wins as my favorite album of the week as well.

Video below is their music video for their great song “Stoned 2 The Bone”, played weeks earlier on Sundialing.

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Show from Monday, November 16th. The Beau Brummels, mid-to-late 60’s band from San Francisco (Pictured Below), are featured as the third song of “Sundialing.”

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Picture of Canterbury rockers, The Soft Machine in 1970. They are featured as the first song of the broadcast from November 9th.

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Show from last Monday, November 2nd. Picture is of the mid to late 60’s psych/garage band from Saginaw, MI, THE CHERRY SLUSH. They are featured as the fifth song of the show.

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Partial Halloween Show from October 26th. First hour consists of an entirely Halloween oriented playlist, with a little help from Lux Interior from the Cramps in ‘84. Following hour consists of a normal Sundialing playlist with other great psych/garage gems. Unfortunately, the broadcast from October 19, was not recorded by our online recording software but you can find the playlist here, http://old.wuog.org/dj/world/index.php?page=printplaylist&show_id=11686.