You (may) have heard of "Crime Jazz" but have you heard any "Crime Rock"?
Skurkarna play rough and tumble instro tunes with clips from noir and crime movies interspersed throughout. Very seedy. For English speakers scratching their heads at the name, I've gathered from the internet that Skurkarna is the plural of Skurk, which is Swedish slang for a villain or scoundrel.
Years after their well liked EP "The Good, The Bad, and the Reverb", Austin's King Pelican are back with their first LP "Matador Surfer" on Deep Eddy records.
At the moment I don't know of anywhere to stream previews, but this Youtube of a live show should help
You can get it from Deep Eddy Records
The Phantom Operators just released two songs in support of V2 Tuesday (V2uesday?), which is raising money for Bob Spalding and Leon Taylor, current members of the Ventures, to release a new record through Indiegogo. All purchases of this single or their other works will go to V2 today.
Alright, red means evil, blue means science. Which category was played was determined by how listeners pledged
Playing catch-up. This was the first week of our pledge drive. Not dividing it up into blocks because it was all over the place)
los tiki phantoms - satan's (regresan de la tumba)
the reigning monarchs - blood red metalflake (black sweater massacre)
Dirty Fuse - Oasi (Last Wave)
the astroglides - arab bush (sewer surfing with...)
the rondels - zombie (honkers & twangers)
link wray and the wraymen - the sweeper (the original rumble)
the pyramids - road runnah (penetration)
the tornadoes - vaquero (beyond the surf!)
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