"Go To Sleep" Dirt Dress just dropped their second release for Papermade, the Perdido en la Suciedad cassette. The tape will actually be the first in a trio of cassettes, each titled Perdido en la Suciedad. Sludgy, uninhibited, reverb soaked blues rock from the City of Angels is the perfect way to get through this stormy spring Friday in NYC, and an equally perfect precursor to the Kurt Vile show tonight at Silent Barn.
You can download Perdido en la Suciedad for FREE here.
"I Got News For You" We saw The Muslims Friday night at Union Pool and the verdict is in: they're bad ass. But not in a stereotypically snotty, metal grinding way either, but in a we-don't-give-a-fuck-how-we're-suppose-to-dress- in-Williamsburg way. The Muslims simply play their songs and their songs are powerful enough to will children to bash broken car radios and steal prescription chemicals from pharmacies the world wide. Bill was there and he agrees The Muslims got a helluva lot of attitude. The band played a solid set of songs from their EP, as well as a cover of Arthur Lee's "My Flash On You." However, the undisputed highlight of their set is the slo-punk sing-a-long "Brightside," which is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs of the year. If "Brightside" is any indication of what The Muslims have up their sleeves, then get ready for a full on assault.
Their infamous EP (above), which sports genuine bullet holes from a real live gun, is a must have and will be re-released in July. Luckily, 2/4 of the Bobka crew got lucky and were able to pick up copies of the bullet ridden EP on vinyl (and the 7"). Besides being a great record, the EP comes with a CD of all the songs and a few extra. Incentives, incentives, incentives. Between Dirt Dress and The Muslims, 2008 could see the full fledged recurrence of shabby, opiated lo-fi garage punk in the vein of VU and early Modern Lovers stuff. Ok, now I must return to moshing in my kitchen.
"So Many Girls Look The Same" I don't know much about Dirt Dress except the following: they rock. They probably know it too, as their slo-mo blend of blues and garage rock is a self-conscious reinvention of what all the psych-garage revivalists have been trying to sound like for years, except instead of getting all snide and hipster'd out, Dirt Dress just sound like a band playing shitty blues in a garage. Their singer could be the millenial love child of Eric Burden and Eddie Argos. Loose, jangly and untouched by work nor duty, Dirt Dress seems to exist solely to kick out the jams (and yes, they sort of remind me of the MC5). They aren't afraid of tackling a meandering fuzz jam ("Peter and The Wolf" clocks in at 11: 40) or talking about bleach blonde girls in cut off jeans ("Iguana"), both of which conjure visions of ramshackle teenage rock and roll, like if Buddy Holly were hanging with Lou Reed while he was waiting for his man. Highly recommend heading over to CokeMachineGlow and downloading the band's EP for FREE! Just do it. Dirt Dress- Iguana Dirt Dress- Peter and the Wolf
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