Category Archives: Garage Rock

September 14

Swearin’ – Watered Down

Title: Watered Down Artist: Swearin’ Album: Surfing Strange Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock The band comprises of Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer (who also plays with Allison’s twin sister Katie in Waxahatchee). Swearin’ are masters in DIY. Their first single from their upcoming release Surfing Strange, featuring Gilbride on lead vocals, “Watered Down” is a characteristically simple […]

September 02

September Girls – Ships

Title: Ships Artist: September Girls Album: Upcoming Single Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Dance-Punk Dublin-based garage rock scene outfit September Girls have been busy. With that fuzzy garage pop and their cooly detached vocals they are creating and ominous amphetamine and drug-in-fueled song soon to be released for Cassete Store Day.

September 02

Merchandise – Anxiety’s Door

Title: Anxiety’s Door Artist: Merchandise Album: Totale Nite Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Garage Rock Lyrically? Potent. The structure? Stylistically widescreen awesomeness! On their others songs they embrace both a darkness and romantisicm in their songs but on this one we feel a kind of hypertension while leader Carson Cox sees “old men sleep in the road,” all […]

August 28

The Men – Electric

Title: Electric Artist: The Men Album: New Moon Year: 2013 Genre: Garage Rock, Punk Rock “Electric” is the kind of track that 14-year old pop-punk enthusiasts listen too and convince their dads to go buy them a Gibson. The Men don’t care much for elaboration. Their plainly titled single “Electric” is a kind of accidental homage to […]

August 24

The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

Title: Seven Nation Army Artist: The White Stripes Album: Elephant Year: 2003 Genre: Garage Rock I don’t have to say much about this song. Everyone knows about it. From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell. Ehem…*cough* copyright *cough*. According to White, “Seven Nation Army” is what he used to call the Salvation Army as a […]