December 2011
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Mix: New Year's Eve
By Sonam Parikh
It’s the last day of 2011, which means you have the duty of getting as shitfaced as humanly possible without puking all over yourself. Here are some tracks that should help you on your way to obliteration; they’re about doin’ the boogie, pissing on freeways and freaking out. Cannomen, Bad Sports, Thee Oh Sees, OBN IIIs, Catholic Spray and some others are gonna...
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2011 Top 10: Rock and Roll Experiences of The Year
By Mariana Timony
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
Anyone who has an intense personal relationship with music will tell you that while breaking down a year’s...
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Review: Gaye Blades - Gaye Blades
By Kristen Berry
If you put on the Gaye Blades’ new LP, you may instantly recognize Jared Swilley from the Black Lips. While Bobby Ubangi may not be with the Blades anymore (R.I.P.), the Atlanta supergroup (also comprised of members of Gentleman Jesse and His Men and Carbonas) are still cranking out power pop-hooked rock ‘n’ roll the way it’s meant to be.
A few months...
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Video: White Faces - Ain't Havin Me
By Joseph Rodriguez
Since we’ve been looking back on our favorite albums, songs, etc. of 2011 I can’t help but realize how great Windian Records was this year with releases from Mondo Ray, Poppets, Chinese Burns and a ton of others. White Faces’ self-titled LP has gotta be my most listened to Windian release of 2011. “Ain’t Havin Me”, is the 2nd White Faces...
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2011 Top 10: Staff Poll
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
It’s a good sign when it’s this hard to choose our favorite albums of the year. So much great music from so many great...
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2011 Top 10: Foreign Albums
By Joseph Rodriguez
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
2011 has been a great year for all that is garage and punk rock. Renowned bands like Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall...
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Review: Rank/Xerox - Rank/Xerox
By Becca Capers
Rank/Xerox’s self-titled September release is a sound for sore ears, promising a rejuvenation of post-punk and well-informed angst. A defined kind of spit fire in the vocals on this album manages to cut through the sloppily meandering guitar lines to form a socially-guided point, communicating a precocious negativity about its surroundings.
They debuted in 2009, and...
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2011 Top 10: 7"s of the Year
By Kristen Berry
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
The year saw plenty of great singles. Whether they served as a sampler of a band’s potential, a wave...
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Video Premiere: Dry Feet - Hard Workin' Woman
By Sonam Parikh
What happens when the dudes from Dry Feet leave their house at the mercy of some girls? Total takeover, of course! Check out the video premiere of ”Hard Workin’ Woman,” directed by Eddie Austin. Something I really like about the video is that the girls learned how to play the song for the video. Pretty rad. Watch out for Dry Feet in 2012: they have a tape...
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2011 Top 10: Ten Videos That Rule
By Sonam Parikh
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’sthat will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
As far as music videos go, there are some reoccurring formats that seem to work particularly well. There’s...
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Review: The Routes - Alligator
By Kristen Berry
So ya like “Dirty Water”. You like badass 60’s garage fuzz classics like “Blackout of Gretely”. You like that Headcoats stomp, those Childish power chords, crude Mummies records, and all that glorious shit. Guess whose record is gonna be right up your alley? The Routes are raising their hands, shocking some life into that garage rock sound we know...
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2011 Top 11: Songs That Got Me Through The Day
By Burgers Rana
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
My top ten eleven songs that got me through the day a.k.a. more than likely the top eleven records I also enjoyed...
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DAY 13: THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE
Yep, we have one more for ya cause apparently, I can’t count and listed out 13 7“‘s. Well, I can’t just leave it out, so here’s the final record in our Christmas giveaway, The People’s Temple “Make You Understand” EP on Hozac. Want it? Comment a top 10 for 2011.
Yesterday’s lucky winner of both the Bare Wires and Useless Eaters...
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Review: Flesh Lights - Muscle Pop
By Paul Blawat
What comes up when you do an Internet search for “Flesh Lights”? Ummm.* Ok. Now that we all know what a Fleshlight is (I’m sure some of us already did) let’s talk about the Austin, TX band of the same name’s new LP Muscle Pop.
The Flesh Lights aren’t here to jerk you around. They play straight up punk rock reminiscent of the Humpers, or the...
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DAY 12: IT'S CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas, everybody! We’ve put together a mix of songs from The Beets giveaway to get you through the day, and since we missed yesterday, we have a 2 for 1 today. If you’ve been following along on our 12 Days of Xmas, you’d know we’ve sent out some super sweet 7“‘s, and today is no different. We have the Bare Wires “Young Love” single from...
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Review: Apache Dropout - Radiation 7''
By Burgers Rana
Apache Dropout are, as many claim, the hardest working Midwest American garage outfit. With already a couple of releases from many reputable labels, (Trouble in Mind, Family Vineyard, Glory Hole, just to name a few) the latest single comes from New York label Mexican Summer. The already sold-out (probably still available at shows) Radiation 7” is a collection of three bubblegum...
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2011 Top 10: Records that ruled my turntable/car...
By Mac Joseph
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
Like every other music geek, I make a “Top 10 Records of The Year” list every year, but my favorite records of the...
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DAY 10: THE FAMINES
The holidays are the time of year when we can sometimes get caught up in the good spirits of the season, but for today, December 23, it’s your chance to air those grievances to win The Famines 7” on Mammoth Cave Recording.
Brandon McCasland, send your address to getbentup@gmail.com to get the Weird Party 7” you won!
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Review: Swiftumz - Don't Trip
By Becca Capers
Don’t trip on Don’t Trip—it might have some glitches that the label of lo-fi pop kept you from expecting. From the clangy, real-drums in the anthemic “Too Many Friends” to the post-punk vibe of “Drift Apart” to the tongue-in-cheek Southern accent Chris McVicker dons in “If U Were Mine”, no song could really be considered an...
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Win 2 Free Tickets to Quintron & Miss Pussycat w/...
By Joseph Rodriguez
In case you forgot, or haven’t noticed our Facebook profile picture for the past month, GET BENT is helping out with the upcoming Quintron & Miss Pussycat show that will take place December 30th, at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, TX. Since our announcement a month ago, 2 of Houston’s best have been added to the lineup: the one man wrecking crew, The Wiggins,...
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2011 Top 10: Best Illustrated Album Covers
By Christian Church
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
There are a lot of albums that came out this year that I can guarantee are amazing, but I just haven’t...
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DAY 9: WEIRD PARTY
Check out the punk-as-fuck Houston outfit Weird Party, and win their Sex & Death 7” by saying something on our facebook here or here.
<a href=”http://weirdparty.bandcamp.com/track/honey-slides” _mce_href=”http://weirdparty.bandcamp.com/track/honey-slides”>Honey Slides by Weird Party</a>
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Review: Personal and the Pizzas - Diet, Crime, and...
By Paul Blawat
Personal and the Pizzas’ self-description on their Facebook page: “One Stooges Riff + One Ramones Song + Really Dumb Words.” This is somewhat of an apt description.*
Upon first takes, the Pizzas’ unabashed self-admitted aping of 70’s punk may have you thinking, “Rip off!”. But you are quite mistaken (I can in fact read your mind....
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Fan Death Records Release Free Compilation
By Joseph Rodriguez
For the past few years now, Fan Death Records have been putting out some of the best psych, post-punk and drone records around these days. If you don’t believe me, just check out this free compilation they just dropped, appropriately titled Compilation. Some highlights include: Clockcleaner’s “N.S.A”, a remastered version taken from their 2005 LP...
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DAY 8: BASS DRUM OF DEATH
2011 will be known as the year that Oxford, Mississippi’s Bass Drum of Death took off. What originally started as a one-man band grew to three members and a rock ‘n roll riot. Today we’re giving away the band’s High School Roaches EP from Baby Don’t. If you want it, all you’ve gotta do is tell us which Bass Drum of Death song is your favorite in the comments...
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Review: Lovely Bad Things - New Ghost/Old Waves
By Burgers Rana
The Lovely Bad Things are a southern California garage band with strong Burger Records roots. Most of you GET BENT readers are well aware of the institution that is Burger Records and its reputation for producing some of the most exciting records for the past half decade or so. More upbeat and mixed with an interesting Cursive meets B-52s twist, the Lovely Bad Things’ New...
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2011 Top 10: Best songs to listen to whilst...
By Becca Capers
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
I’ve named the awkward jogger “Mr. Guy”. You might know Mr. Guy,...
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DAY 7: THE BEETS
Another day, another record in our giveaway. Christmas is the season where we’re supposed to think about God, right? Well, The Beets have a song on this 7” from Captured Tracks called just that. Win it by posting a youtube video in the comments of your favorite holiday song, and we’ll make a mix of all the songs to post later this week. There are tons out there, so feel free to...
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Track: Pop. 1280 - Bodies In The Dunes
By Joseph Rodriguez
“Bodies In The Dunes” is the latest cut from The Horror, the upcoming debut LP from New York cyber-punks Pop.1280. Well, the cyber aspect, that made up their last EP, The Grid, is almost completely absent here. Pop. 1280 have gone down a darker path with “Bodies In The Dunes”. Pop. 1280 take cues from the likes of Chrome and Cabaret Voltaire, and up...
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Review: Twerps - Twerps
By Kristen Berry
The band name Twerps suggests a style that’s snotty and juvenile, not necessarily the more mature sounding jangle pop coming out of this Melbourne, Australia band. I mean, they’re not exactly cranking out big band standards from your gran and gramps’ record collection. No way. They do manage to sound plenty playful and young, if not just the slightest bit seasoned and wise...
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Stream Teenanger's Upcoming LP Frights
Teenanger - Frights by telephoneexplosion
By Joseph Rodriguez
Toronto punks Teenanger will be releasing their sophomore LP Frights early next year, which is streaming in full on Telephone Explosion’s site, or if you’re lazy you can press play above. This will be Teenanger’s 2nd LP with Telephone Explosion since 2010’s Give Me Pink. Listen to Frights, which is sounding...
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DAY 6: VIVIAN GIRLS
Continuing our 12 days of Xmas giveaway, today is the In the Red 7” of the Vivian Girls’ single “I Can’t Stay” and “Blind Spot”. Win it by retweeting our post on twitter!
Winning yesterday’s Barreracudas 45 is Ash, email your address to getbentup@gmail.com!
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Review: Culture Kids - Culture Kids
By Becca Capers
When I saw Culture Kids in East Nashville, they delivered all of the mosh-inspiring feats one desires from a band of their genre. Having just come out, their self-titled release delivers a succinct one-two punch that is equally expectation-meeting.
Something I love about Culture Kids is that there are no lead feet in the band. Blast beats drive and inhabit almost every track,...
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2011 Top 10: Reader’s Poll Results
It’s been a good year of music, and wouldn’t you know, the votes were spread out across a lot of bands, but one album stood out amongst the rest: Thee Oh Sees second LP Carrion Crawler/The Dream. See the other nine albums that topped the reader’s poll after the jump. Don’t agree? Comment your top 10 below.
1. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In the Red), 28...
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DAY 5: THE BARRERACUDAS
This just might be my favorite single from 2009 by Atlanta power-pop house The Barreracudas. Even if their name is really hard to figure out how to pronounce, their music still makes me wanna dance. So you can buy it from Douchemaster or win it for FREE from us today simply by commenting on this post. And in the meantime, check out their latest release, Nocturnal Missions.
And for...
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DAY 4: WHITE WIRES
Listen to the poppy goodness of the White Wires’ single “Pogo Til I Puke Tonight” on Ugly Pop Records, and win it by simply REBLOGGING this post! You can still enter to win the King Lee ft. Quintron record, details here, and check back tomorrow for another free 7” as a part of our 12 Days of Xmas Giveaway!
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DAY 3: KING LEE FT. QUINTRON
It’s 2 weeks away from the Quintron show in Houston, and because we can barely contain our excitement at the impending dance apocalypse that will take Fitzgerald’s in rapturous madness, today we’re giving away the sold out Goner single “Tire Shop”, which features King Lee of the St. Claude Tire Shop and backing vocalist on Q’s “Dream Captains”. It...
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Guest Mix: Trabants
With a revolving cast of musicians, Trabants is a Bostonian collaboration amongst Eric Penna, Bryan Murphy, Mora Precarious, Joe Marrett, Tony Leva, Mikey Holland, and Dave Sicilian, who draw from a shared love for obscure surf and world music to create their own blend of instrumentals. This mix takes us back in time and across the waters (for us Americans anyways) to a 60’s European pop...
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DAY 2: THE ETTES
For the second day of our Christmas giveaway, we’re presenting the Ettes single on Take Root Records, featuring the songs “No Home” and “Lo and Behold”. To win, head over to our facebook, and like this video on our page!
For yesterday’s Radar Eyes single on Hozac, random number generator says Alex should send us his (her?) address to getbentup@gmail.com!
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Video: Boneyards - Haunted Vomit
By Joseph Rodriguez
Elvis is way cooler dead then he ever was when he was alive, I mean, just look at him get down in Boneyards’ new video “Haunted Vomit”. This scuzz fuck jam, that just kicked my teeth in, can be found on Boneyards’ self-titled cassette released earlier this year by UK based label Italian Beach Babes.
If you like your garage rock to be snotty, abrasive...
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Review: Balaclavas - Snake People
By Christian Church
From the first synth stab, the immediacy of Balaclavas’s Snake People is hard to ignore. The throbbing bass and drone of guitar and drums surround you as anemic vocals creep in, giving groove to a song that’s already infected you. “Legs Control” delivers on not only the promise of that introduction, but on the title itself. The beat of this heady, darkwave punk is...
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12 DAYS OF XMAS GIVEAWAY
It’s not even close to spring time, but I’m cleaning house, leaving Nashville, and hitting the road to Austin after the holidays. Since I don’t have space to bring all my records with me, and instead of hocking all of them at the used vinyl joint, I’ve hand picked 12 of my favorite 45s that I want to share with you! After all, Christmas is coming, so let’s spread...
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Track: Digital Leather - Young Doctors In Love
By Joseph Rodriguez
Shawn Foree, aka Digital Leather, has had a pretty great year. Volar released his mini-LP Infinite Sun, and Crash Symbols allowed everyone to get a full on preview of his soon to be made cassette Sponge, but if you know anything about Shawn, he’s got more on the way.
The name Digital Leather itself is the staple of Foree’s mixture of blasting electronics and...
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Podcast: It's A Mess - Episode VIII
By A.A. Yuen and Douglas J. Sweeney
“It’s a Mess” is a podcast that sandwiches some of our favorite garage jams, L.A. local bands, and a few guests between dick jokes and giggles.
Episode VIII, in which Douglas returns, also ushers in a whole lot of creepy. The boys tuna-wrangle their way through OKCreepy messages, some creepy lyrics that seem to slide under the radar, and a good deal more.
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Video: Swiftumz - 2 Many Friends
By Joseph Rodriguez
If I had to think about the most overlooked, underrated album of 2011, I’d have to give it to Swiftumz’ Don’t Trip. “2 Many Friends”, starring Brontez of The Younger Lovers, is just another reason why you need Swiftumz’ brand of chainsaw pop in your music library.
You can pick up Don’t Trip direct from Holy Mountain Records....
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Track: Terry Malts - Tumble Down
By Joseph Rodriguez
We’ve been totally into everything Terry Malts have put out thus far, so why would we not be excited about their upcoming debut LP? “Tumble Down”, a revamped version taken from their 2010 cassette Distracted, is the first offering from one of our most highly anticipated releases of 2012, Killing Time.
Terry Malts - Tumble Down
Slumberland, who has already...
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Track: Radar Eyes - I Am
By Joseph Rodriguez
Expanding on the shoegaze elements found on their latest 7” “Miracle”, Radar Eyes break sound barriers with their latest offering “I Am”, from their upcoming debut LP to be released by HoZac Records. Making use of a tremolo arm and floating keyboard lines, Radar Eyes craft a song that’s not only ethereal, but that still retains the pop...
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Review: Wet Illustrated - 1x1x1
By Becca Capers
On 1x1x1, Wet Illustrated propounds an endearingly dizzying brand of garage rock. The band hails from San Francisco, and through their two guitarists (Tim Hellman and Chrys Nodal) they have connections to flourishing garage rock bands like Ty Segall and Lilac. In the texture and aesthetic of their November release, they differ heartily from such projects. Sure, their...
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Reader's Poll: Best Albums of 2011
2011 is almost over, and while GET BENT finishes putting together our list of favorites, we want to hear what you think. We started off with some of the hottest shit we’ve come across recently, but you can also add your own. Polling will close at midnight Sunday, December 18, and we’ll compile the top 10 into a Reader’s Choice, so get to voting! Pick as many as you want, but...
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Track: Royal Baths - Darling Divine
By Joseph Rodriguez
Awesome new track from my favorite band that changed their name, changed lineups and were supposed to break up, Royal Baths. “Darling Divide” is the opening track off of their forthcoming LP Better Luck Next Life, and it continues with the same wigged out, 60’s psych influenced head trip that made up their stellar 2010 LP Litanies.
Royal Baths - Darling...