Giving Pet Names and totally unpunk missed connections

Giving Pet Names and totally unpunk missed connections

by | Mar 12, 2014 | Album Review, Free Mp3s, Indie Rock

Pet Names connections review
We’re not going to call a EP sized music offering a EP anymore. We’re just going to thank the artists for omitting the 2nd half of the album or maybe the bad bits when we can. Pet Names lead off track “Empty Fortune Cookie” from their release Missed Connections and following “Something I said” are a good intro to this band. Has the formula and “unpunk” hooks we liked so many moons ago about Green Day. A working mans band that leaves off the fluff but keep the nuts and bolts of the tune in tac. If we hate it we’ll just talk about the “single” and then ask for the check. Pet Names is straight up good indie rock. Rock from Wilmington North Carolina to be precise. Little did they know (maybe they did) that their beach town has a special place in our heart. We learned what Indie rock was all about from our friend Kenyata Sullivan. What good friends you could make 100’s of miles away from your home eventhough they live 10 blocks away.

Anyway, Missed Connections is totally about unpunk connections we make -either by chance or dumb fucking luck. Basically indie rock well disguised as song craft in wolfs cloths. This record makes it count but that is the stuff you cant describe until you get into it a few laps. Vaguely familiar story lines that don’t throw a jab and don’t undermine your choice of brew at the bar. Throw in a acoustic song and before you know it your not cool like us. It’s better -They will be huge so don’t forget to breath in the proces because it will be over before you know it and you’ll hit play again or flip the tape– Whatever happens in the future. You ‘ve just been consumed by a good band laying it down. No gimmicks. Just rock-n-roll. What music discovery is supposed to be like here at the review stalker music blog. We look forward to more. You can totally name your price on their bandcamp page so throw them a couple bux in their guitar case. They deserve it. Alright Fifi?

RIYL: Green Day, Garden Variety, knapsack, GBV

DOWNLOAD:
Pet Names –Empty Fortune Cookie MP3

Review Stalker compilation punk rock girl legs Here’s some tunes to mix in with Pet Names and your next mixed tape to listen to on whatever device you prefer.
REVIEW STALKER COMPILATION:
00. The Anderson Council –Gardening Man MP3 from Looking at the Stars
01. Knapsack –Less Than MP3
02. Silver Scooter –Pumpkin Eyes MP3
03. Hurl –This Numbness MP3
04/ Burning Airlines –The Escape Engine MP3
05. The Queers – Punk Rock Girls MP3

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Eclectic Psychedelic Funk Artists

Eclectic Psychedelic Funk Artists

by | Dec 16, 2010 | Funky, Psychedelic


I’ll admit I am a late comer to the Psychedelic Funk genre and i meander into stuff that is little more drum and bass but currently I’ve been mindlessly picking up things that look interesting. Here’s a few tracks from various compilations that mix funkadelic beats and guitars. What makes the use of wahs, funky beats and bass on this material cool is that at times it seems almost interpretive what you might hear on old 80’s cop-show like CHIPS maybe or black-exploitation movie. Imagine what James Brown would like sound like if somebody just explained the music to you. These are mostly just some good eclectic tracks you’d never hear unless you found said compilations. Of course unless you’re a record collector or this post finds you. This is only the tip of proverbial iceberg whatever if it moves your feet it’s doing it’s business.

Ghabileh-ye Lily MP3 by this Persian group called Mehrpooya from Psych Funk 101 – This is the epitome of fuzzy deep cuts with Artists from very exotic countries like Turkey and Iran! [BUY]
Good Old Funky Music MP3 by The Meters s/t and previously unissued
Shut ‘Em Down MP3 by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson from Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 compilation. Super cool that through a relative the publisher sent the magazine to me for their music issue which came with this CD.
22 Mothership Connection (Star Child) MP3 from School House funk series which Compiled by DJ Shadow. Which is basically all these one-off records that highschools would produce as a “record” of the schools band performance. Some really amazing moments on here. [Buy]
12 Inch Rims MP3 by Amsterdam’s Lefties Soul Connection from Skimming The Skum (2007). This could have been recorded in the 1970’s and you would be none the wiser. Awesome freaky dutch shit. [Buy]
What It Is Parts 1&2 MP3 this track is by the artist known as Apollis from the super awesome Bay Area funk I compilation on ubiquity records. Was on my Music fan Holiday gift ideas post.