Austin’s incomparable, incorrigible band of badass badasses, The Golden Boys, are set to drop their latest and, from what I’ve heard, greatest, rock ‘n’ roll rumpus, Dirty Fingernails. The advance single is “California,” and it’s a perfect blend of the band’s organ-grinding, garage rock sensibilities … Read More →
Late last week, Craig ‘Slippy’ MacNeil, a friend and long-time member of the Waterloo Records family with whom I worked for many years, passed in his sleep. Slippy, a lovable merry prankster with an ever-present smile and a perpetual gleam in his eye, was without … Read More →
Austin Psych Fest, launched in 2008 by Austin’s The Black Angels, has a stated mission to “honor the legacy of Austin’s musical history as the birthplace of psychedelic rock,” and the recent announcement of the 2012 lineup proves once again that, when it comes to … Read More →
Back around the spring of 2011, the debut single from Brooklyn’s The Denzels, “Slow Death,” landed in the los grillos inbox, and we were straight away taken with the band’s blend of the eighties underground/alternative scene and nineties indie rock, calling them a sort of … Read More →
Gross Relations “Cut the Final Scene”
Folks may recall that back in August of last year, los grillos touted the debut ep, Come Clean, from Brooklyn’s Gross Relations when it dropped as the debut release from Raven Sings The Blues Records (label offshoot of the always excellent blog). Now from Gross … Read More →