buddyhead records
independent record company started online in 1998 by travis keller in los angeles, california. officially began releasing material as the buddyhead label imprint in 2000 with the first buddyhead release being handed out for free on february 14, 2000 at the buddyhead valentine' s day massacre show at the smell in downtown los angeles .
both an independent record label and an irreverent website, buddyhead is the project of photographer travis m. keller and aaron
icarus
north and has released records by your enemies friends, the icarus line as well as the gimmie skelter compilation .
perhaps their best prank was when they broke into fred durst' s office at interscope records in the wake of the woodstock 99 debacle. they stole his red caps, took pictures with it in front of his gold records, auctioned the caps on ebay and donated the money to a rape victims charity .
the “rules”: no re - issues, “best of” albums, live albums, or previously unreleased material collections. also no buddyhead releases, or bands with buddyhead people in them… though by now you should know that if we’re involved with it, owning that shit is totally mandatory. so is hitting the buddyhead online merch store hard, if you’re reading this shit then you owe it to us to go buy a shirt right now !
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the
rules
: no re - issues ,
best of
albums, live albums, or previously unreleased material collections. also no buddyhead releases, or bands with buddyhead people in them... though by now you should know that if we' re involved with it, owning it is totally mandatory. so is hitting the buddyhead online merch store hard, if you' re reading this shit then you owe it to us to go buy a shirt right now !
this is amazing. vintage buddyhead from their end of year lists. i know it' s kicking a dead pig, but sometimes even that can be funny .
as rad as early van halen was, the subsequent decades have been filled with a lot of bummer moments in michael “the secret weapon” anthony’s career and have culminated in the ultimate lame experience known as gold record status band chickenfoot. for the benefit of future generations let’s review the six steps towards total - wackness that the secret weapon took to arrive here today on buddyhead’s worst records of 2009 list .
keith morris interview part 2 – buddyhead radio # 9 welcome to buddyhead radio! our new, sometimes - weekly, radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art, music, film and the internet. this is the second part of episode nine in which travis speaks with keith morris, frontman from such legendary bands such as black flag, circle... …
henry rollins interview – buddyhead radio # 7 welcome to buddyhead radio! our new, sometimes - weekly, radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art, music, film and the internet. this is episode seven in which travis talks with legendary punk rocker and man of many words henry rollins about life plans, traveling the world, if h... …
steve albini interview – buddyhead radio # 5 welcome to buddyhead radio! our new, sometimes - weekly, radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art, music, film and the internet. in this fifth episode, travis sat down to talk with legendary recording engineer & member of shellac steve albini in seattle to talk about life, how he... …
these five entries from the positive side of our best & worst records of 2009 list. we' re not into spreading our negativity here at the huffington post. so if you like what you see and wanna read the rest, you' ll have to come to the dark - side and read the full sixty album list at buddyhead here. either way, enjoy these five great albums from 2009 .
keith morris interview part 1 – buddyhead radio # 9 welcome to buddyhead radio! our new, sometimes - weekly, radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art, music, film and the internet. this is episode nine in which travis speaks with keith morris, frontman from such legendary bands such as black flag, circle jerks & off, about... …
duane denison interview – buddyhead radio # 3 (the jesus lizard / tomahawk) welcome to buddyhead radio! our new, sometimes - weekly, radio show / podcast hosted by travis keller that focuses on art, music, film and the internet. in this third episode, travis gets over the fear of hearing his own voice played back to him and gets to talk with the alw... …
so can we all agree that this was about the worst decade ever and that 2009 was the cherry on top of the diarrhea sundae that was the last 10 years? everyone was broke, the best rock n’ roll band in the world - oasis - broke up, jobs were hard to come by, the rock press got tricked into thinking “lo - fi” automatically equaled “good”, michael jackson’s overdose transformed him from “jacko the tabloid joke” to “mj – demi - god” in the eyes of millions of mindless idiot consumers, crabcore swept through the bible - belt like a brushfire, sky saxon of the seeds died and gas prices shot up higher than anything nasa has ever put their name on. however, hard times are usually fodder for great art and 2009 churned out more bueno records than any year in recent memory. in fact, the quantity of rad music we were turned onto this year was so large that we were forced to expand buddyhead’s “sometimes - annual” best & worst records of the year to 30 records. we also felt slightly guilty for that three year vacation (* cough * bender * cough *) we took from all of this. hey man, we got our priorities mixed up! what did you expect from buddyhead? get real !
we were really young and bored, yet excited about everything happening around us. we didn' t really plan to start buddyhead, it just kind of happened and we went with it. if we would have meant to start this, i' m pretty sure we would have put more thought into the name of it. maybe a bit more into the plan as well. i don' t know if it translates or makes sense but buddyhead just happened ...
ty segall’s self - titled debut that was released at the end of 2008 on castle face records is fuckin’ great. but his sophomore record, lemons, that showed up via goner records (which is run by a dude in the oblivians’ who isn’t greg cartwright, eric friedl) a few months later is even better! san fran’s one - man - band comes out hard, heavy and poppy at the same time. this record sounds like it was recorded entirely in a bathroom plus it’s got a captain beefheart cover off “safe as milk” on it, bonus points !
there aren' t too many roadblocks in getting an album released aside from getting the money to do so. there are way more roadblocks in getting people to actually care about music and buy the album once you do release it. what do you perceive is the reputation of buddyhead ?
we couldn’t pick between these two records featuring king khan plus you know how fuckin’ lazy we are! so here are two records with our favorite james brown impersonator, king khan, the first being “invisible girl”. it’s the third album from this “shrine - less” king khan & bbq duo and it looks like they’ve finally perfected their songwriting formula, either that or third time is a charm, cuz this record is solid! “animal party” is the best, not to mention cheapest, babysitter in the world, fact! put that song on repeat and watch any child discover his new favorite song. the king khan & bbq show + cole alexander, jared swiley, ian saint pé, and joe bradley from the black lips = the almighty defenders. an ‘evil gospel’ supergroup album recorded during an off - week between tours in berlin for both bands. squeezed out in a drunken week, this collection of party tunes is almost better than either bands’ real studio records cuz it captures the feeling of seeing these hillbillies live. “what do you mean there’s a party going on tonight? ”
that would depend and vary greatly on who you ask. i don' t really care what people perceive what we do as to be honest. buddyhead has been known for playing pranks from publishing cell phone numbers of various people in the music industry and releasing prank calls on comps being among the tamer things. any regrets ?
this lp originally came out in 2007 in the rest of the world, but didn’t see the light of day here in the states till this year. technically it’s not a new release but let’s face facts, until a record comes out in america it’s not really out. you can thank the fine folks at goner records for making sure that we were able to hear the debut from these aussie badasses. this lp will smash you over the head with stooges - like - swagger mixed with some kind of arty twist while leaving all the pretentious bullshit behind them. grab your cup of coffee and blast “get up morning” to get your day started right! also make sure to pick up “primary colors” and whatever their other records are called .
buddyhead has been an la institution of sorts since it launched in 1998 by travis keller and aaron north. after two years they got into the record label business and have put out releases by the icarus line, your enemies friends, shat, radio vago, modwheelmood, the dillinger escape plan, gayrilla biscuits, 400 blows and many more .
we here at buddyhead have been fans of digital leather since the very beginning, when it was mainly a punk synth fling from the lone shawn foree. on this new lp they’ve really stepped up their game. it’s hands down the best offering thus far in their career. this time around that little studio project has become a full on band, includes way more guitar and they get bonus points cuz the title is a reference to a nazi gay joke! there also seems to be a bit more focus on the writing cuz songs are all top notch and the lyrics are solid. in another time and place tony wilson would have been begging these fuckers to sign up on factory records. “kisses” gets my vote for song of the year !
not our favorite jarvis moment by any means (in fact travis gave it a bad review), but this steve albini - produced sophomore solo effort has grown on us. this ain’t no pulp record for sure, but jarvis comes off randier - than - ever with angela and other tales of shagging. jarvis is so well dressed that he somehow makes even his mediocre records seem stylishly great .
lazy music journalists tried to act like these nerds armed with bongos and delay pedals were the second coming of the beatles or some shit. everyone from mojo to rolling stone to pitchdork seemed to have these fruitcakes somewhere in their top five records for 2009. these dudes couldn’t write a song if their lives depended on it, they are to songwriting what “alvin and the chipmunks: the squeakquel” is to cinema .
this two - disc, twenty - four song collection is the fifth studio album from t. s. o. o. l. these nordic weirdos have been cranking out killer records that don’t sound like abba and aren’t death metal for close to a decade now from their little scandinavian country of sweden. in case you didn’t know, that’s where ikea is from. chances are your apartment looks exactly like these dudes’ apartments .
we' re also in the process of
relaunching
the site and going back to doing monthly issues like we did in the old days. i' m pretty excited that we have a
staff
again and they' re people we are really creative, motivated and prolific. it' s nice to be pleasantly surprised by people turning in really rad articles or videos. after the site somewhat just being me for the past few years, it' s a nice change to have some outside input and help from others. it feels like the old days of buddyhead except instead of being 20 - something and pissed off at the world, we are 30 - something and life isn' t all that bad. buddyhead with positive mental attitude but we still wanna entertain and make ourselves laugh .
i’ll tell you what i’m doin! throwing this turd like a frisbee across the room. hey girls! just because something is recorded in a lo - fi manner doesn’t make it good. you have to have some songs in there somewhere. but good for you! you fooled quite a few people into thinking that this is some good girl punk scronk. we at buddyhead are not taking the bait. whatever happened to huggybear ?
p. s. though you are on our “worst of” list, the news isn’t all bad. buddyhead would like to thank you for releasing a record that has 2000 different covers featuring the faces of your fans (as mentioned above). now we have amounts to the rock music equivalent of a sex offender registry so we know the faces of people we need to be suspicious of and avoid in our community. valuable public service dudes !
with these dudes making noise like this there may actually be some kind of reason to go to nebraska other than having to pass through it on the way to somewhere else. oh wait, that’s why bands go on tour! three dudes including an off the hook drummer that kind of resembles a goblin who plays both keyboards and drums at the same time in the vein of animal from the muppets. sounds goofy but box elders have seriously made one of the best pop records of the year .
either way and in the meantime, i' d like to welcome you all to buddyhead' s
sometimes - annual
best (& worst) records of the year. can we all agree that this was about the worst decade ever? let' s tally the score here... . everyone was broke, the best rock n' roll band in the world - - oasis - - broke up, jobs were hard to come by, the rock press got tricked into thinking
lo - fi
automatically equaled
good ,
michael jackson' s overdose transformed him from
jacko the tabloid joke
to
mj - demi - god
in the eyes of millions of mindless idiot consumers, crabcore swept through the bible - belt like a brushfire, sky saxon of the seeds died and gas prices shot up higher than anything nasa has ever put their name on. however, hard times are usually fodder for great art and 2009 churned out more bueno records than any year in recent memory. in fact, the quantity of rad music we were turned onto this year was so large, plus we also felt slightly guilty for that three year vacation (* cough * bender * cough *) we took from delivering all of you our
picks
( &
icks
), that we were forced to balloon this years list to 30 good ones and 30 bad ones. everyone' s got rules, here are ours ...
but fear not, because buddyhead is back and “for the children” now more than ever. now that odb is dead and gone, we’ll be picking up his slack. we don’t walk, we get carried. and you’ve got our word that we’ll not be taking any breaks (that are too long) from now on. hell who knows, maybe we’ll even back - track and play ketchup with 2006, 2007 and 2008 best / worst lists. hey, maybe axl rose will grow his hair back too. either way, we’re not going anywhere. so, unless some creepy - psycho rolls up with a copy of catcher in the rye and pulls a mark david chapman on us, we plan on sticking with this whole buddyhead thing. we love doing this and, let’s be honest, at this point, it’s really all we know how to do, unless you wanna count pumping gas…but that doesn’t really make our lady - friends wanna play “hide the pickle” with us. shit, doubt we’d even get a game of “just the tip” going if it wasn’t for this. plus, from our point of view it seems safe to declare that we have entered buddyhead’s most productive year ever with our weekly (or at worst monthly) gossip updates and ever expanding staff in 2009, so the chances of this ego - masteurbation - rant coming true are actually pretty good .
from the very beginning the almighty ink & dagger have chosen to create their own environment rather than play by the stale and comfortable rules set up by everyone else, even if it meant making a few enemies along the way. they began their dark and essential journey with the now infamous, highly collectable, tomb stone shaped, hand numbered in blood, and highly sought after “love is dead” e. p. on philadelphia’s now defunct happy days records. from there the bloodthirsty night stalkers called for a change in the conventional state of punk with the release of the 7” and cd titled “drive this 7” wooden stake through my philadelphia heart” on initial records. giving words new meaning as they created the new vampires, craving not blood but energy (and of course always creating their fair share of mischief along the way). multiple trips across the states and a european stint with sweden’s premier “new noise” outfit refused, brought their explosive stage show complete with bright flashing lights, malevolent red floods, white painted faces, the occasional red food coloring blood baths and waves of thunderous music to the eager hearts and minds of rebellious youths everywhere .
whether this band, sexed your girlfriend, stole shit from your house, inspired you, or pissed on everything dear to you, the name ink & dagger alone will continue to provoke some sort of reaction for years to come. “ink & dagger” is undoubtedly destined to be a classic and stand the test of time. in the end, the bullshit will wither away and the music will endure as the only thing that really matters. perhaps the only thing you hate more than ink & dagger is buddyhead, so how appropriate is it that both camps are teaming up for this release ?
this is what it sounds like when not a single person has said to a musician “dude, this is a really bad idea” for about 5 years. yeah, we know some of the dozen or so records we’ve listed above came out before 2009, but since apparently omar and the yes men that make up his circle of musician friends seem to never stop recording every single retarded idea they have, this shit comes off like one long, self - indulgent stroke session that doesn’t have an end. therefore, we think it’s as valid to tell you all of this sucks in 2009 as any other time. omar, muchacho, seriously, it’s break time. now hit the showers .
judging by the sound of this album, these dudes have listened to some good records and done some good drugs in their lives. this record sounds like what happens when 3 dudes are prescribed lsd for their a. d. d. we wouldn’t say something called “songwriting” was in the front of these dudes’ minds when they got together to write “fits”, but a strong sense of how to keep things musically interesting and have a good time while doing it was definitely present…plus the singer of this band just so happens to be the son of former major league baseball catcher geno petralli who caught nolan ryan’s 300th career win in 1990! yeah, we just knew that off the top of our heads .
somewhat the same way the site did - accidentally. aaron' s band at the time, the icarus line, had an extra song laying around, and we were putting on a valentine' s day show at the smell in downtown la (which was actually the first show ever booked there). so we pressed the song on a one sided pink seven inch. the first 214 people that entered the show got a copy of the seven inch for free. get it? 2 / 14. after that, a few friends of ours that were in bands asked us to release their records. next thing we know, we have a
record label
and we' re signing bands .
when i first moved to la my friend scott told me i could
get paid to play records in bars
and i' d
get chicks doing it too
. he was right. plus, i can' t ever find places i like to go out to cuz the music always sucks. who do i gotta pay to hear some rock n' roll out in this town? so i guess it' s creating a place i' d like to hang out as well. not to mention how rad making people listen to what you want to really loud through a pa is. basically it' s fun, they pay you and you can get your friends drunk for free .
you’ll probably notice that this collection of albums is pretty different than every other year - end out there, which might as well all be a single list considering how many of the same bands appear. excellent use of the “copy and paste” functions american music press, you guys really provide a valuable service! can’t believe you actually get paid to write about music, it’s a crime we tell ya! please note: we here at buddyhead stick with what we know, so you won’t find us inserting our white - cracker feet in our mouths over who’s the best rapper or giving a flying fuck about dj culture like who’s the best re - mixer like spin, rolling stone and “the blogs” are trying to these days. we’d rather review potato chips folks. that said, you’ll find that the rock bands on this list have little in common with each other, stylistically or otherwise. also, we’re not ranking any of these records, because let’s be honest, that’s fucking retarded! this isn’t college basketball, this is rock n’ roll. like we’ve said before, how could you possibly decide between shat and radiohead, and which of them contributed the greatest album of the year? that’s apples and oranges my good friends, the universe needs both opposing energies to keep balance and remain in perfect harmony. it’s science, look that shit up !
like we said, we’re not ranking these records. however, if you held a gun to our heads and asked us to tell you what the worst record of 2009 is, we’d probably tell you it was brokencyde’s album “i’m not a fan but the kids like it”. that’s a pretty bold statement considering we also had attack attack! , marilyn manson, puddle of mudd, and insane clown posse records come out in ‘09 and even a creed reunion record to contend with this year. seriously though people, this shit crosses every musical line that we’re aware of, draws another line, crosses that and then molests a puppy on the other side. this band’s terrorism - justifying sound is an amalgam of every terrible thing that’s happened in music since the late 90’s: misspelled band name a la nu - metal? check. emo singing paired up with some subhuman screaming in the background in the vein of shitty emocore? double check. auto - tuned vocals that would be right at home on a t. pain song? yep. geometry haircuts with retarded colors and graffiti - themed clothing that every metalcore band on the cover of alternative press seems to be sporting these days? done and done. add a dash of the lamest hip - hop / crunk beats imaginable and a pinch of pro date - rape lyrics and you’ve got what might be the worst record of the year and possibly even the worst record we’ve ever heard .
monsters of suck is more like it. if you’ve ever read buddyhead, you know we’re somewhat less than pro - conor oberst, so that douche nozzle’s involvement + the ego trip of a band name is two strikes against this record before we even put it in the stereo. however, we’ve backed jim james’ main gig “my morning jacket” before so there was some hope that this album might contain a song or two on it we could get psyched about. that bet turned out to be about as solid as a taco bell dinner on the way out. spend your money on that aa bondy record instead of this collection of songs that are white as bird shit .
this dude is better at the whole “just me and a guitar” thing than anybody else right now, hands down! aa bondy runs circles around pretty much everyone in the song writing department plus the dude has a black belt in fingerpicking and playing harmonica. in fact, he sounds best when it’s just him, his guitar + a harmonica. that’s why it was kind of a bummer he recorded this second album with a full band. it’s still a great record full of great songs though – duh we put it on the best records of the year list – but we can’t help but think they would have sounded better if they were recorded in the same vein as his sparse and stripped down debut, “american hearts”. at least he hasn’t gotten into world music yet .
the existence of a fourth puddle of mudd record is kinda like if the nazis won world war ii and then world wars iii, iv and v. we’re not really sure who they are or just how it happens, but people actually buy these records and these posers don’t have to get real jobs. all because the idiots in puddle of mudd speak directly to the (mongoloids, err) people of wal - mart. seriously the singer dork wes scantlin or whatever his name is must be the “redneck whisperer” or some shit cause there is no other explanation as to how we’re still talking about this fossil from the nu - metal era in 2009. check out their video for “spaceship” - the fact that these dudes have fans blowing their hair back throughout and aren’t joking says it all .
keller can now be seen around town djing at various bars in the area. he just finished a stint at bar lubitsch in west hollywood on tuesday nights where these pictures were taken. every thursday nights he will be at bar chloe spinning with ian rogers of top spin media, and on july 9 and july 16 he will be at the tropicana bar at the roosevelt hotel with josh homme from queens of the stone age, dave catching from eagles of death metal and buddyhead' s troy boy. if you like jesus and mary chain, tones on tail, pulp, blur, oasis, guns' n roses, yeah yeah yeahs, etc. , you will make like zombies to groove and dance out .
from the time we wake up til the time we go to sleep we' re working on our art or something that relates to it. and we barely sleep. jubilee has been lucky enough to be the first band involved with the topspin software which is backed by the guy who invented pro tools. basically it allows bands and artists to sell their own music, video and photography on their own site, for whatever price they choice, without a middleman and it boasts a digital subscription fan club. it' s a whole lot more than that and it has been the reason we' ve been able to keep the lights on over here at buddyhead. what are some of the roadblocks in getting an album released ?
before anyone gets bummed that all i' ve done so far in my two posts here is yank my own chain and link back to my wildly funny yet highly misunderstood website, i would like to point out that this is what i was told to do when the huffington post' s la editor, billy silverman, hired me. so deal with it. if you take into consideration that the last job billy and i had our bosses forced him to dress up like a french burglars, a japanese chef, a banana, a soldier and even a clown cop, billy has really moved up in the world. that makes me proud, i really do hope that one day i move up the food chain from having to assemble lists of records people should and shouldn' t listen to in my underwear .
as usual, we’ve also included a “worst of” list for you. now don’t start talking all that shit about how the dudes at buddyhead are negative, like to bum people out and are all around downer people! not so! we’re just doing like nardwuar the human serviette, we’re here to serve the youth. go ahead and use this list of terrible albums as what we’d like to call a “compass of evil”. think of it as a guide for today’s children to point them in the right direction and steer them clear from audio molestation. just like it’s important to study all of the world’s wars so that we don’t make the same mistakes, these albums and artists should be studied so that their musical atrocities will never be committed again .
before you guys start whining in the comments about how this record came out two years ago and shouldn’t technically qualify for our worst records of 2009 list, let us remind you that it took axl rose and a laundry list of retards 13 years to record and release this mind - blowingly embarrassing legacy annihilator of an album. plus, if you thought that a guy with a giant yellow bee - foot guitar and a dude with a kfc chicken bucket on his head being in guns n’ roses was fucking mortifying, then check out the newest and by far the douchiest “not - slash” toolbox that’s on axl’s payroll in the video below. why is it that older rockers always think dudes who look like they are cast - members of mtv’s “jersey shore” are actually hip young dudes that are perfect for their rock band? ten bucks says that this douchebag, dj ashba, ends up on urltoken in the near future .
we love us some greg cartwright around here, we’re og cartwright. believe it. in fact we’ve been down with this dude since back in 1995 when joel floated travis promo copies of “soul food” from the oblivians that he got from the record store he worked at in northern idaho. old school. here with “love and curses” the old dogs once again show all the young pups how it’s done. although this sure as hell isn’t as good as it’s predecessors, “time bomb high school” or “too much guitar”, this new batch of greg cartwright songs is only further proof that his songwriting is unfuckwithable! hey greg, we heard you’re a trust fund kid who loves to drop cheddar on music and all things rock n’ roll! ? well hey there kemosabi, ain’t nothing more rock n’ roll than buddyhead… can we call you daddy ?
this dude is better at the whole “just me and a guitar” thing than anybody else right now, hands down! aa bondy runs circles around pretty much everyone in the song writing department plus the dude has a black belt in fingerpicking and playing harmonica. in fact, he sounds best when it’s just him, his guitar + a harmonica. that’s why it was kind of a bummer he recorded this second album with a full band. it’s still a great record full of great songs though – duh, we put it on the best records of the year list – but we can’t help but think they would have sounded better if they were recorded in the same vein as his sparse and stripped down debut, “american hearts. ” at least he hasn’t gotten into world music yet. bonus trivia: this dude doesn’t like how much waste hotels create so he sleeps in his car on tour. how weird and rad is that ?
for a place that’s mostly known for it’s lack of good food, plethora of bad teeth, lack of showers and negative sunny days, england sure knows how to rock. these lads that wear their mancunian influences on their sleeve proudly are a prime example of modern rock n’ roll done right. sure these dudes sound a lot like the stone roses, happy mondays, oasis and the rest of the creation records catalog all rolled into one but that’s pretty fookin’ cool if you ask us. plus with this dan the automator - produced third full length not only have these dudes hit their stride but they’ve proved they know how to write some fookin’ catchy songs and still retain a raw and danceable sound that’s all their own. in the uk “west ryder pauper lunatic asylum” was number # 1 on the charts for several weeks, only to be knocked off by the sharp increase in sales of michael jackson albums following his overdose. speaking of, let’s party michael jackson style! who’s got the propofol, lorazepam and midazolam ?
much like drinking and driving or buddyhead and spell check, acting and rocking don’t mix. this has been proven time and time again (see the juliette lewis record above for one example), but somehow these drama queers keep thinking they can play the part of the rock star. many have done it in the past, but very few have done attempted the crossover in such an over - the - top - hilarious fashion as the dork who played claire daines’ love interest in “my so called life”. we’re not even gonna print his name cause, considering he has made at least 3 music videos (aka gigantic visual blowjobs to himself) that have opening and closing credits (!) in the last few years, this dude’s ego is already so mammoth, one more typing of it just might cause him to attempt giving himself head so fast and furious his neck will snap. we don’t want to get sued or nothing. unfortunately, in 2009 this pretty boy, his brother who looks like him if he were a caveman, and what ever other dorks fill out the line up of 30 minutes in uranus put out the record “this is war”. you guys must have been hanging out with muse or something, cause you just joined them in the self - nuking club this year. this is war you turds, so if you want peace, drop the guitars and just start being an overpaid hollywood actor and his posse of mooches. it’ll be like that show entourage except there will be way less getting laid inolved. leave the music making to the musicians. kosher ?
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location: philadelphia, pennslyvania members: sean mccabe - vocals don devore - guitar joshua brown - bass terrance yerves - drums website: n / a bio: this is the highly anticipated, self titled, third and final full length release piece of work, from philadelphia’s night stalkers, ink & dagger. over the course of some 3 years, ink & dagger made a name for themselves as one of the most progressive, controversial, and sensory provoking bands around. throughout their existence, the group successfully explored their punk and hardcore roots, while simultaneously developing their own brand of sonically powerful rock .
with their first appropriate full length album, accurately titled “the fine art of original sin”, ink & dagger, as energetic and scowlingly angry as ever, challenged everything anyone had ever thought about them. “the band you love to hate” used the opportunity to modernize and expand on everything they had done before, removing the face paint and inserting electronic wisdom. collaborating with philly’s remixer / junglists jsmooth and jg of gfs productions on the closing track, only further cross the established guidelines and smash even more genres .
this new offering of intelligence and madness is even more of a divergence from their past and no doubt their most definitive and true piece of work. ink & dagger have yet again asked to be redefined. the sweet taste of revenge has now finally been had. the scores have been settled and the naysayers have been silenced. this is defiantly not the ink & dagger you have heard before. yet one thing has remained the same, the group’s dark imagery and precarious bite, as well as their bravery to not play by the rules and do whatever the fuck they please. a comparison to my bloody valentine now doesn’t seem to far off the mark, as did that to swiz as few years back. vocal duties on “ink & dagger” were occasionally shared with bassist joshua brown as well as random female vocals adding to the breadth of the recording. the deadly scope of sound only extended their explosive energy and reaches from spacey lull instrumentals and delicate rhythms, to fierce and sharp explosions and energy you’ve come to know as ink & dagger. you’re so dangerous .
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this year’s list was compiled by the following music journalists: travis keller, kevin hilliard, meathead and joel jett .
bonus trivia: this dude doesn’t like how much waste hotels create so he sleeps in his car on tour. how fucking weird and rad is that ?
aside from the singer sounding a little too much like “blonde on blonde” era bobby dylan (then again we can’t really think of a better dude’s style to bite), the strange boys are what we’d call guitar rock at it’s finest. in these days of bloated rock bands and boring “reunions” that have lost the plot, these dudes shine like a beacon of light due to how much they totally get it. they’re a bare bones garage - rock band who take the best from old blues and county music, then shove their take on it through a modern psychedelic fuzz. the word on the street is that these dudes have already recorded their second album “be brave” in costa mesa with their sometime member “when he has time”, tim presely from darker my love. our favorite song on this lp is “heard you wanna beat me up”. check it out .
this debut is technically only an ep but it’s so damn good (plus we heard so few people talking about this band) that we’re putting this fucker on here anyways. sue us. instantly like - able and totally sugar sweet dreamy danceable pop songs sprinkled with dirty guitars. think the jesus and mary chain “honey’s dead” era guitar tones. this transient couple / band who cite both los angeles, ca and nashville, tn as their home, are currently holed up in a san franciscan studio banging out their first full length that should have you dancing your ass off sometime in 2010. we can’t fuckin’ wait !
florida totally fucking sucks. sorry if you live there (really, we are), but it’s neck - n - neck with texass as the worst state in the union. and musically, not a whole lot of good shit has come out of the state where midwestern fuckheads go to die and bake in the sun. in fact, most of their musical contributions can be counted on one hand. let’s see… home to crocodiles, hurricanes that wipe out thousands of houses and swamps full of snakes… sounds like a party but i think we’ll stay over here in the sunshine state of california. but we’ve gotta acknowledge that florida has given us tom petty, 2 live crew and now on a third finger…. straight outta miami… we’ve got three youngster weirdos known as the jacuzzi boys who are takin - names, kickin - ass and makin - hits! this pupil - dilatingly nugget - influenced trio cut their teeth with a string of badass seven - inch releases full of fuzz (“i fought a crocodile”, split with woven bones, “ghost ghost” and our favorite “island ave” ep), bad acid, and animal references. we’re pretty sure that almost every song is about an animal. and now, with “no seasons”, they have outdone themselves (and their contemporaries, the black lips) with this epic party - starter full length. to quote fellow miami resident, godfather of punkrock and jacuzzi boys fan, mr. james newell osterberg, jr. (aka iggy pop): “there’s a band here in miami called the jacuzzi boys. it’s a stupid name but they’ve got a good spirit. shout out to the jacuzzi boys! ” good work fellas, a firm slap on the ass to you .
technically a reissue seeing as how it was recorded in 1974 but didn’t come out til 2009. and technically this record is just too bad ass to follow any rules anyways so it makes this list despite what we said in the intro. death is the three hackney brothers who were the inspiration to bad brains. they were fueled by their detroit brothers in the stooges and mc5. these dudes were ahead of their time. 35 years ahead of their time to be exact .
speaking of weird, this dude is the king. the beautiful album that almost wasn’t by the dude that’s so weird he doesn’t even need drugs. after an accidental leak halfway through recording, deerhunter frontman brad cox almost stopped recording the awesome mindfuck that is logos. we’re glad he pulled it together, grew a pair and finished this thing cuz it rules the school .
i guess if you never brush your teeth, you really can get a lot more done, cause here’s another brit band on our best of! when the red coats in future of the left put out “curses” in ’07, they simultaneously reminded us of all the reasons that mclusky was a great band and showed us they had some new tricks up their sleeves. with “travels with myself and another”, andy falkous and co. prove that this project might just be superior to mclusky. armed with the 12 killer tunes that just might be the most perfect embodiment of snotty british (or in this case, welsh) melodic punk rock since wire’s late 70’s heyday, fotl makes a relatively old tradition sound fresh and vital. able to shift from aggressively in your face to anthemic on a dime, these teachuggers find a balance on this record that will ensure its classic status for years to come. there are very few bands out there that are writing songs this well - constructed and instantly memorable and there are no bands out there that sound this fucking punk while doing it. take notes kids, this band has being rad down to a science .
when you get to be an old dude, it’s easy to lose things. for example, the dirty old men in chicago’s tortoise lost their balls for a while a few years ago when they put out “it’s all around you”, which was like audio - anesthesia. fortunately, they rediscovered them, squirted a litttle fixadent on there and shoved’em back in their pants cause “beacons of ancestorship” flirts with levels of rocking - ness these dudes have rarely, if ever approached in the past. listen to “prepare your coffin” and tell us you don’t get a little amped. don’t get too jazzed, cause “millions now living will never die” this record ain’t, but the amazing songwriting and talent for development is still there and tortoise still dwarfs pretty much every other instrumental band we’ve ever heard. however, this record still doesn’t make us want to visit chicago.
buddyhead was a music webzine and ( from 2000 to 2010 ) independent record label formed by travis keller in the summer of 1998 in hollywood , california . buddyhead engaged in criticism of popular culture and the music industry . their gossip column resulted in buddyhead being sued over a dozen times by numerous celebrities and record labels , including korn , courtney love , fred durst , moby , drive-thru records , and , most recently , axl rose . as of late 2016 , the site was taken offline with a message that reads , " r.i.p. buddyhead , 1998-2016 , was for the children , make stuff . " buddyhead records was an independent record label from hollywood , california that sprouted from the website of the same name . the label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from the icarus line ( " kill cupid with a nail fie " ) and ended almost exactly ten years later with a full length from dios ( " we are dios " ) in august 2010 . the label released records by a number of bands , such as : the cassettes , shat , dios ( also known as ( dios ) malos , ink & dagger , the icarus line , burning brides , the dillinger escape plan , jubilee , your enemies friends , the mean reds , 400 blows , text ( ex-refused ) , at the drive-in , murder city devils , modwheelmood , wires on fire , radio vago , the jada kings and gayrilla biscuits . buddyhead records also became known for their compilations . first in 2003 came the now out-of-print " buddyhead suicide sampler " , which featured key tracks from each of the label 's releases , rare/live tracks from each band on the label 's roster , and prank-calls to music-industry luminaries from a secret person who went by the name " torture device " . rumors have circulated which claim that torture device is everyone from bill hicks to sam kinison to chevy chase , but buddyhead has never officially commented on the matter . in 2004 , buddyhead released the major label funded gim me skelter compilation , which was paid for ( and distributed by ) netwerk records . the compilation featured cover art by famous artist ( and brother to black flag 's greg ginn ) raymond pettibon , who 's done cover art for bands like black flag , sonic youth , foo fighters & off ! ) . the compilation also contained exclusive and/or rare songs from bands such as : primal scream , mudhoney , iggy pop , yeah yeah yeahs , wire , weezer ( " pinkerton " b-side ) , dead meadow , le tigre and others . in addition to cds , buddyhead records released a dvd compilation in 2004 entitled " buddyhead presents : punk is dead " through image entertainment , which featured music videos from tv on the radio , the jesus lizard , singapore sling , yeah yeah yeahs , turbonegro , the locust , british sea power , the dillinger escape plan , the fiery furnaces & others . buddyhead have been part of a number of antics , including vandalizing the strokes ' tour bus , and an incident where they broke into fred durst ’s office at interscope records , stole three of his red baseball caps , took photos in front of his limp bizkit gold records , and then auctioned the hats off on ebay ( the hats sold for $ 1700 each ) , donating the money to a rape victim charity ( a stab at fred for the allegations of rape and violence happening in the mosh pit during their set at woodstock 99 ' ) . co-founder / co-owner aaron north ended his association with buddyhead in late 2008 . following north 's departure , buddyhead " re-launched " their website and started publishing their gossip section every monday . they also signed los angeles band dios , with whom they released an ep called " cosmic rays " . buddyhead released the third dios full length player , " we are dios " , on february 16 , 2010 — their 31st release as a label . dios was extremely well received in the press , obtaining articles/reviews in la weekly , mojo , spin , rolling stone and pitchfork . on july 15 , 2009 a cartoon of travis keller appeared on the cover of los angeles ' biggest free newspaper , la weekly to celebrate the buddyhead cover story inside . the article was written by staff writer erin broadley . 
buddyhead was a music webzine and (from 2000 to 2010) independent record label formed by travis keller in the summer of 1998 in hollywood, california. buddyhead engaged in criticism of popular culture and the music industry. their gossip column resulted in buddyhead being sued over a dozen times by numerous celebrities and record labels, including korn, courtney love, fred durst, moby, drive-thru records, and, most recently, axl rose. as of late 2016, the site was taken offline with a message that reads, " r.i.p. buddyhead, 1998-2016, was for the children, make stuff. " buddyhead records was an independent record label from hollywood, california that sprouted from the website of the same name. the label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from the icarus line (" kill cupid with a nail fie ") and ended almost exactly ten years later with a full length from dios (" we are dios ") in august 2010. the label released records by a number of bands, such as: the cassettes, shat, dios (also known as (dios) malos, ink & dagger, the icarus line, burning brides, the dillinger escape plan, jubilee, your enemies friends, the mean reds, 400 blows, text (ex-refused), at the drive-in, murder city devils, modwheelmood, wires on fire, radio vago, the jada kings and gayrilla biscuits. buddyhead records also became known for their compilations. first in 2003 came the now out-of-print " buddyhead suicide sampler ", which featured key tracks from each of the label's releases, rare/live tracks from each band on the label's roster, and prank-calls to music-industry luminaries from a secret person who went by the name " torture device ". rumors have circulated which claim that torture device is everyone from bill hicks to sam kinison to chevy chase, but buddyhead has never officially commented on the matter. in 2004, buddyhead released the major label funded gim me skelter compilation, which was paid for (and distributed by) netwerk records. the compilation featured cover art by famous artist (and brother to black flag's greg ginn) raymond pettibon, who's done cover art for bands like black flag, sonic youth, foo fighters & off !). the compilation also contained exclusive and/or rare songs from bands such as: primal scream, mudhoney, iggy pop, yeah yeah yeahs, wire, weezer (" pinkerton " b-side), dead meadow, le tigre and others. in addition to cds, buddyhead records released a dvd compilation in 2004 entitled " buddyhead presents: punk is dead " through image entertainment, which featured music videos from tv on the radio, the jesus lizard, singapore sling, yeah yeah yeahs, turbonegro, the locust, british sea power, the dillinger escape plan, the fiery furnaces & others. buddyhead have been part of a number of antics, including vandalizing the strokes' tour bus, and an incident where they broke into fred durst ’s office at interscope records, stole three of his red baseball caps, took photos in front of his limp bizkit gold records, and then auctioned the hats off on ebay (the hats sold for $ 1700 each), donating the money to a rape victim charity (a stab at fred for the allegations of rape and violence happening in the mosh pit during their set at woodstock 99'). co-founder / co-owner aaron north ended his association with buddyhead in late 2008. following north's departure, buddyhead " re-launched " their website and started publishing their gossip section every monday. they also signed los angeles band dios, with whom they released an ep called " cosmic rays ". buddyhead released the third dios full length player, " we are dios ", on february 16, 2010 — their 31st release as a label. dios was extremely well received in the press, obtaining articles/reviews in la weekly, mojo, spin, rolling stone and pitchfork. on july 15, 2009 a cartoon of travis keller appeared on the cover of los angeles' biggest free newspaper, la weekly to celebrate the buddyhead cover story inside. the article was written by staff writer erin broadley.
buddyhead was a music webzine and (from 2000 to 2010) independent record label formed by travis keller in the summer of 1998 in hollywood, california. buddyhead engaged in criticism of popular culture and the music industry. their gossip column resulted in buddyhead being sued over a dozen times by numerous celebrities and record labels, including korn, courtney love, fred durst, moby, drive-thru records, and, most recently, axl rose. as of late 2016, the site was taken offline with a message that reads, " r.i.p. buddyhead, 1998-2016, was for the children, make stuff. " buddyhead records was an independent record label from hollywood, california that sprouted from the website of the same name. the label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from the icarus line (" kill cupid with a nail fie ") and ended almost exactly ten years later with a full length from dios (" we are dios ") in august 2010. the label released records by a number of bands, such as: the cassettes, shat, dios (also known as (dios) malos, ink & dagger, the icarus line, burning brides, the dillinger escape plan, jubilee, your enemies friends, the mean reds, 400 blows, text (ex-refused), at the drive-in, murder city devils, modwheelmood, wires on fire, radio vago, the jada kings and gayrilla biscuits. buddyhead records also became known for their compilations. first in 2003 came the now out-of-print " buddyhead suicide sampler ", which featured key tracks from each of the label's releases, rare/live tracks from each band on the label's roster, and prank-calls to music-industry luminaries from a secret person who went by the name " torture device ". rumors have circulated which claim that torture device is everyone from bill hicks to sam kinison to chevy chase, but buddyhead has never officially commented on the matter. in 2004, buddyhead released the major label funded gim me skelter compilation, which was paid for (and distributed by) netwerk records. the compilation featured cover art by famous artist (and brother to black flag's greg ginn) raymond pettibon, who's done cover art for bands like black flag, sonic youth, foo fighters & off !). the compilation also contained exclusive and/or rare songs from bands such as: primal scream, mudhoney, iggy pop, yeah yeah yeahs, wire, weezer (" pinkerton " b-side), dead meadow, le tigre and others. in addition to cds, buddyhead records released a dvd compilation in 2004 entitled " buddyhead presents: punk is dead " through image entertainment, which featured music videos from tv on the radio, the jesus lizard, singapore sling, yeah yeah yeahs, turbonegro, the locust, british sea power, the dillinger escape plan, the fiery furnaces & others. buddyhead have been part of a number of antics, including vandalizing the strokes' tour bus, and an incident where they broke into fred durst ’s office at interscope records, stole three of his red baseball caps, took photos in front of his limp bizkit gold records, and then auctioned the hats off on ebay (the hats sold for $ 1700 each), donating the money to a rape victim charity (a stab at fred for the allegations of rape and violence happening in the mosh pit during their set at woodstock 99'). co-founder / co-owner aaron north ended his association with buddyhead in late 2008. following north's departure, buddyhead " re-launched " their website and started publishing their gossip section every monday. they also signed los angeles band dios, with whom they released an ep called " cosmic rays ". buddyhead released the third dios full length player, " we are dios ", on february 16, 2010 — their 31st release as a label. dios was extremely well received in the press, obtaining articles/reviews in la weekly, mojo, spin, rolling stone and pitchfork. on july 15, 2009 a cartoon of travis keller appeared on the cover of los angeles' biggest free newspaper, la weekly to celebrate the buddyhead cover story inside. the article was written by staff writer erin broadley.