Warish (Tony Hawk's son Riley) streaming full forthcoming RidingEasy Records debut early

"Sludgy garage punk with truly evil vocals that are coated in just the right amount of distortion and echo. Come for the rowdy punk, stay for the slowed-down Sabbathy bridge." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"Warish totally rules... An awesome mixture of punk energy, biker rock fuzz, and grunge growl." -- Kerrang!

Southern California trio Warish are streaming their forthcoming debut EP on RidingEasy Records today in full ahead of release via CvltNation. Hear and share Warish HERE. (Direct shareable SmartLink and YouTube.)

Kerrang Magazine recently shared Warish's cover of "Human Being" by Lobby Loyde's cult Australian band Coloured Balls HERE. Brooklyn Vegan also recently premiered lead track "Fight" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Imagine if Incesticide era Nirvana were crossed with Static Age era Misfits. You'd have sinister low budget horror rock with a visceral, twisted weirdness and bludgeoning riffs. Some might call it nightmarish, we call it Warish. 

Warish is a very newly minted SoCal trio formed in early 2018 that has wasted no time making its presence known. The band formed when guitarist/vocalist and pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of skating legend Tony Hawk) and drummer Bruce McDonnell decided they wanted to try their hand at something more distinct than they'd done previously.

"We wanted to do simpler riffs and a fun live show," Riley explains. "A little more punk, a little bit of grunge... a little evil-ish."

Their sound takes cues from a variety of cool underground sounds and twists it all into an energetic and exciting fist to the face of dark fury. Hawk's effect-laden vocals hearken to early Butthole Surfers and David Yow's tortured caterwaul in Scratch Acid. The guitars are heavy and powerful, though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk; more like Cobain's and Buzz Osbourne's wiry contortions. The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the 5-track, 11-minute debut.

Warish will be available on 7" vinyl and download on February 1st, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Warish

Album: Warish

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: February 1st, 2019

01. Bones

02. Voices

03. Fight

04. Human

05. Shivers

On The Web:

instagram.com/warish.usa

facebook.com/Warishband

ridingeasyrecs.com

'Brown Acid' series of rare 60s-70s pre-metal singles announces 'Eighth Trip' with first track, "School Daze" by Attack

"So rare that diehard fuzz junkies say you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding a physical 45 rpm single by one of the bands featured on their latest installment." -- Dangerous Minds

"Will do for hard rock, proto-metal and heavy psych what Nuggets did for garage rock, and bring it to a wider audience of collectors and music fans." -- The Guardian

The forthcoming eighth edition of the popular compilation series featuring long-lost vintage 60s-70s proto-metal and stoner rock singles, Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip is set for release, fittingly, on April 20th, 2019. Hear and share the first single, "School Daze" by Attack via YouTube HERE.

The Brown Acid series is curated by L.A. label RidingEasy Records and retailer/label Permanent Records. 

About Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip:

This Trip comes straight at ya with an all out attack, quite literally. The residents of St. Clair Shores should consider themselves lucky to have been so close to the greatness of Attack!  “School Daze” kicks out the jams Detroit-style, but has enough flair and style to have our main man Jimi rolling over in his grave. Another prime example of why Detroit is known as Rock City!

Speaking of rock, White Rock will knock your stank-ass socks off with their 1972 burner “Please Don’t Run Away”. This 45 was privately released by this Houston-based band that reportedly played shows with Josefus, Stone Axe, and Purple Sun. And it was basically unknown until it surfaced at the Austin Record Convention in 2018!  The fact that there are still completely unknown records out there to be discovered never ceases to amaze us.

They don’t say “Don’t Mess With Texas” for nothin’! Riverside called Austin home way before anyone was worried about keeping it weird. This two-sider from 1974 rips from front to back. It’s also exclusively available here and is virtually unknown. Go ahead, try to look for it anywhere. Currently, there’s no proof anywhere online that it exists.

From our neighbor up north, we bring you Luke and the Apostles! Don’t be fooled by the name, this ain’t no Xian group, even though this 45 is of biblical proportions.The flip of this single “You Make Me High” is a Faces-esque ballad of the highest caliber that will move you to tears if you’re not careful with it, but “Not Far Off” isn’t about moving you emotionally; it’s about moving you physically. Fuck jam? We think so. The Doors and Elektra Records’ producer Paul Rothchild called the Luke and the Apostles LP the “greatest album [he] never got to make”. 

The lyrics to this 1977 single on Vacation Records are about as boneheaded as it gets. Hard rock songs from working class men about working hard and letting loose is a common theme in the Brown Acid realm, and “I Need My Music” by Mine Hill, New Jersey’s Tourists, is yet another great one to get you through the work week.  I think we can all agree: we need our music too...among other things!

Ohio strikes again. This time a bit later than the other Buckeye State singles we’ve comped, but no less bangin’! On the Chance record label, the Bartos Brothers Band is billed as Gambler, but post-release, the band covered at least some of the copies with stickers that corrected this.  There’s very little information about the Bartos Brothers Band online, and as of this writing, the release date is incorrect on Discogs and the Popsike hit very wrongly lists the genre as “Glam/Hair Metal” from the 1980s. We’re stoked to be compiling this single for the first time ever and to be setting the record straight.

And yet again, Ohio brings the thunder! We brought you the B-side of Inside Experience’s sole 45 back on the Third Trip and now we exhaust the band’s output by presenting their especially psychedelic cover of Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses”. The band pressed and sold out of 500 copies of this record back in 1968 thanks to some airplay on Detroit’s CKLW, but they never recorded again. However, Inside Experience’s lead guitarist and singer, Marty Soski, went on to play in Lance (as heard on the Fifth Trip) and two metal bands which you will be hearing sooner than later...

Karma, slightly better known as The Contents Are, released an LP and a 45 in 1967 and then followed up with their swan song “New Mexico” in 1969. The single was oddly released under Karma on the Onk Enterprizez label with “N.S.U.” as the B-side and on Rok Records as the flip to “Future Days” as The Contents Are. Apparently, Mercury Records bought the rights to the Rok 45 with the intention to release it nationally, but never actually got around to it. Their loss!

Obviously we don’t need to go into how much great music Memphis, Tennessee has brought us over the years, but Moloch doesn’t usually get mentioned when we’re talking about the “Home of the Blues” and the “Birthplace of Rock and Roll.” Maybe we should change that. Moloch played with The MC5 and The Stooges and recorded an LP in 1969 for the Stax subsidiary, Enterprise Records. Although the band made a great blues rock record, it sadly didn’t get the love it deserved and the band folded. Moloch guitarist, Lee Baker, reformed the band with a slightly different line-up and released this 45 in 1972 against great odds. It too was unfairly overlooked...until now.

While we’re still talking about Memphis, y’all ever heard of this guy, Elvis Presley? Apparently, he was kind of a big deal and popularized a song called “Heartbreak Hotel” back in 1956. That’s cool and all, but damn us if we don’t dig Grump’s 1969 take on the song a whole hell of a lot more than the King’s version. Maybe that’s sacrilege, but nothing’s sacred when it comes to Brown Acid.

About the Brown Acid series:

Some of the best thrills of the Internet music revolution is the ability to find extremely rare music with great ease. But even with such vast archives to draw from, quite a lot of great songs have gone undiscovered for nearly half a century -- particularly in genres that lacked hifalutin arty pretense. Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and passionate record collectors had the stamina and prowess to hunt down long forgotten wonders in dusty record bins -- often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like Nuggets, Pebbles, ad nauseum, have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera. However, few have delved into and expertly archived the wealth of proto-metal, pre-stoner rock tracks collected on 

Brown Acid. 

Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A./Chicago retailer Permanent Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the growing compilation series. Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a selection of songs that's hard to believe have remained unheard for so long. 

"I essentially go through hell and high water just to find these records," Barresi says. "Once I find a record worthy of tracking, I begin the (sometimes) extremely arduous process of contacting the band members and encouraging them to take part. Daniel and I agree that licensing all the tracks we're using for

Brown Acid is best for everyone involved," rather than simply bootlegging the tracks. When all of the bands and labels haven't existed for 30-40 years or more, tracking down the creators gives all of these tunes a real second chance at success. 

"There's a long list of songs that we'd love to include," Barresi says. "But we just can't track the bands down. I like the idea that Brown Acid is getting so much attention, so people might reach out to us."

Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download on April 20th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available for digital (with immediate download of the first single) at Bandcamp, physical pre-orders at RidingEasy Records. 

Artist: Various Artists Album: Brown Acid: The Eighth Trip  Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: April 20th, 2019 01. Attack "School Daze" 02. White Rock "Please Don't Run Away" 03. Riverside "Wayfarer" 04. Luke and The Apostles "Not Far Off" 05. Tourists "I Need My Music" 06. Bartos Brothers Band "Gambler" 07. Inside Experience "Tales of the Brave Ulysses" 08. Karma "New Mexico" 09. Moloch "Cocaine Katy" 10. Grump "Heartbreak Hotel" On The Web: www.ridingeasyrecords.com

"Off-kilter" noise rockers Tunic premiere hallucinatory video for "Dry Heave" from new album via The Obelisk

"Off f**king kilter but totally on point!" -- CvltNation "A quick-moving monument to disaffection. Shades of post-hardcore and noise rock come together in the spirit of cooperative aggression." -- The Obelisk Canadian noise rock trio Tunic share the official video for "Dry Heave" from their forthcoming album today via The Obelisk. Watch and share the hallucinogenic and oddly disorienting "Dry Heave" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) CvltNation recently launched lead single "Nothing Nothing" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp and Soundcloud.) Tunic launches European tour dates in February, followed immediately by North American dates in Spring 2019. Please see current dates below.  Tunic is born of spite. After years of touring someone else's bass lines across the globe, David Schellenberg was told he wasn't good enough. So he did the only logical thing: buy a guitar, quit your long-time band, and abandon everything you think you know about music. Armed with no skill and a blissfully ignorant embrace of discordant noise, Schellenberg started crafting songs, quickly enlisting childhood acquaintance Sam Neal on drums and roommate Rory Ellis on bass.  Over the past 4 years and half a dozen DIY releases, Tunic has managed to unleash and tame their unique blend of noise rock and hardcore. Relentless touring has taken them across Canada, Europe and the States, filling clubs, basements, and abandoned prisons with noise. The band released the single Teeth Showing on Toronto's Buzz Records in 2018, which they toured with new drummer Dan Unger. Tunic's debut album Complexion was recorded in six days in their hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba with Montreal-based engineer and producer Jace Lasek (Suuns, Land of Talk, Wolf Parade). Complexion picks up where previous releases left off; 11 songs of feedback-laden filth laid over churning blows of drum and bass. Harsh verses about hurting those you never meant to hurt; choruses that sever ties where you never thought you had to. This is unconventional hardcore. This is broken indie rock. This is naïve art. Complexion will be available on LP, CD and download on February 8th, 2018 via Self Sabotage Records (Pre-order at Big Cartel-Self Sabotage). TUNIC LIVE: Feb 01, 2019 - The Handsome Daughter, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Feb 11, 2019 - Magasin 4, Brussels BE Feb 13, 2019 - Le Cirque Electrique, Paris FR Feb 14, 2019 - Raymond Bar, Clermont Ferrand, FR Feb 15, 2019 - Le Farmer, Lyon, FR Feb 16, 2019 - Joe Koala, Bergamo, IT Feb 18, 2019 - Freakout, Bologna, IT Feb 19, 2019 - Osteria Al Castello, Chiuppano, IT Feb 20, 2019 - Magazzino Paralello, Cesena, IT Feb 21, 2019 - Eterotopia, San Giuliano Milanese, IT Feb 22, 2019 - G.O.B., Viareggio, IT Feb 24, 2019 - 100-as Klub, Budapest, HU Feb 25, 2019 - Dvorana Gustaf, Maribor, SLO Feb 26, 2019 - Fluc, Vienna, AU Feb 27, 2019 - Eternia, Prague, CZ Feb 28, 2019 - Bajkazyl Brno, Brno, CZ Mar 01, 2019 - Ann and Pet, Linz, AU Mar 02, 2019 - Alte Hyovereinsbank, Oettingen, DE Mar 03, 2019 - Secret show, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE  Mar 04, 2019 - Dynamo, Zurich, CH  Mar 07, 2019 - Capri Bar, Breman, DE Mar 09, 2019 - Le Petit Bitu, Namur, BE Mar 13, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX Mar 14, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX Mar 15, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX Mar 16, 2019 - SXSW, Austin, TX April 16, 2019 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN* April 17, 2019 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA*  April 18, 2019 - Gabe's, Iowa City, IA* April 19, 2019 - Art-in, Madison, WI* April 20, 2019 - X-Ray Arcade, Milwaukee, WI*  * w/ Blessed

Artist: Tunic

Album: Complexion

Record Label: Self Sabotage Records / Super Secret Records

Release Date: February 8th, 2019

01. Nothing Nothing

02. Envious

03. Getting Sick

04. Evan

05. Sand

06. Dry Heave

07. Blessed

08. Empty Handed

09. Paper

10. Pores

11. Frontal Lobe

On the Web: tunicband.com facebook.com/tunicband instagram.com/tunicband www.supersecretrecords.com

Pink Mexico (Burger Records) share new single from garage-grunge-surf album 'Dump'

"Landing somewhere between My Bloody Valentine's poppiest moments and Wavves least bratty missives, the result is something like if Nirvana had had a surf rock phase." -- Noisey

"The kind of fuzzy, driving garage punk that you can always trust Burger to put out." -- BrooklynVegan

Brooklyn, NY trio Pink Mexico share a new single from their forthcoming third album Dump today via Big Takeover Magazine. Hear and share what Big Takeover calls a "grimy, gritty, chugging lump of treasure," HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Surf/skate culture outlet What Youth? recently premiered the garage-grunge surf-pop track "High Dive" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud and Bandcamp.) 

Dump will be released March 1st, 2019 on cassette and digital via Burger Records and vinyl via Little Dickman Records.

After playing drums for countless other bands, including Shilpa Ray, WALTZ and Lola Pistola, Robert Preston Collum went for a change and began his solo project, Pink Mexico. After moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, Preston self-released the first Pink Mexico LP, pnik mxeico in June of 2013, attracting the attention of Austin-based record label Fleeting Youth Records, who then re-released pnik mxeico the following December. 

Preston relocated to Brooklyn in the fall of 2014 to begin recording his next album while continuing other releases: a split 7" with Los Angeles-based band, SunLikeDrugs as well as a 12" vinyl pressing of pnik mxeico by Bordeaux, France based label Big Tomato Records. The underground buzz surrounding the first LP led Preston into the Burger Records family. Following countless Brooklyn shows and making the rounds at this year's SXSW, Pink Mexico has grown as a band comprised of Grady Walker & Ian Everall.

After the release of Fool via Burger Records Summer 2016, Pink Mexico toured as direct support for Honus Honus (aka Man Man) for his "Use Your Delusion" Tour in November 2016. Spending most of 2017 and 2018 dedicated to recording Dump, the 3rd studio album with Jeremy Scott (Vivian Girls, These Are Powers) at Civil Defense in Brooklyn, NY. The band relentlessly toured North America to support Fool, while Collum also played drums on the new Lola Pistola record Curfew and went out on tour in support of the album in early 2018.

Unlike previous records, where Collum manned all instruments, this release includes both Everall and Walker on bass and drums, respectively.  

Artist: Pink Mexico Album: Dump Record Label: Burger Records / Little Dickman 01. Thumbsucker 02. High Dive 03. Prescription Overdose 04. Dirty & Stupid 05. Sex Happiness  06. Girlfriend 07. WSLY 08. Shit River 09. Rattle Brain 10. Fuckhead 11. Liberty Kid 12. Psycho Juice 13. Heartfist On the Web: pinkmexi.co instagram.com/pink_mexico facebook.com/flamingpinkmexico

Warish (Tony Hawk's son Riley) premiere new track via Kerrang from forthcoming RidingEasy Records debut

"Sludgy garage punk with truly evil vocals that are coated in just the right amount of distortion and echo. Come for the rowdy punk, stay for the slowed-down Sabbathy bridge." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"Warish totally rules... An awesome mixture of punk energy, biker rock fuzz, and grunge growl." -- Kerrang!

Southern California trio Warish premiere a new track from their forthcoming debut EP on RidingEasy Records today via Kerrang Magazine. Hear and share Warish's cover of "Human Being" by Lobby Loyde's cult Australian band Coloured Balls HERE.

Brooklyn Vegan also recently shared lead track "Fight" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Imagine if Incesticide era Nirvana were crossed with Static Age era Misfits. You'd have sinister low budget horror rock with a visceral, twisted weirdness and bludgeoning riffs. Some might call it nightmarish, we call it Warish. 

Warish is a very newly minted SoCal trio formed in early 2018 that has wasted no time making its presence known. The band formed when guitarist/vocalist and pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of skating legend Tony Hawk) and drummer Bruce McDonnell decided they wanted to try their hand at something more distinct than they'd done previously.

"We wanted to do simpler riffs and a fun live show," Riley explains. "A little more punk, a little bit of grunge... a little evil-ish."

Their sound takes cues from a variety of cool underground sounds and twists it all into an energetic and exciting fist to the face of dark fury. Hawk's effect-laden vocals hearken to early Butthole Surfers and David Yow's tortured caterwaul in Scratch Acid. The guitars are heavy and powerful, though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk; more like Cobain's and Buzz Osbourne's wiry contortions. The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the 5-track, 11-minute debut.

Warish will be available on 7" vinyl and download on February 1st, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Warish

Album: Warish

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: February 1st, 2019

01. Bones

02. Voices

03. Fight

04. Human

05. Shivers

On The Web:

instagram.com/warish.usa

facebook.com/Warishband

ridingeasyrecs.com

Pink Mexico (Burger Records) share first track from forthcoming album 'Dump'

"Landing somewhere between My Bloody Valentine's poppiest moments and Wavves least bratty missives, the result is something like if Nirvana had had a surf rock phase." -- Noisey

"The kind of fuzzy, driving garage punk that you can always trust Burger to put out." -- BrooklynVegan

Brooklyn, NY trio Pink Mexico share the first track from their forthcoming third album Dump today via surf/skate culture outlet What Youth? Hear and share the garage-grunge surf-pop track "High Dive" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud and Bandcamp.) 

Dump will be released March 1st, 2019 on cassette and digital via Burger Records and vinyl via Little Dickman Records.

After playing drums for countless other bands, including Shilpa Ray, WALTZ and Lola Pistola, Robert Preston Collum went for a change and began his solo project, Pink Mexico. After moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, Preston self-released the first Pink Mexico LP, pnik mxeico in June of 2013, attracting the attention of Austin-based record label Fleeting Youth Records, who then re-released pnik mxeico the following December. 

Preston relocated to Brooklyn in the fall of 2014 to begin recording his next album while continuing other releases: a split 7" with Los Angeles-based band, SunLikeDrugs as well as a 12" vinyl pressing of pnik mxeico by Bordeaux, France based label Big Tomato Records. The underground buzz surrounding the first LP led Preston into the Burger Records family. Following countless Brooklyn shows and making the rounds at this year's SXSW, Pink Mexico has grown as a band comprised of Grady Walker & Ian Everall.

After the release of Fool via Burger Records Summer 2016, Pink Mexico toured as direct support for Honus Honus (aka Man Man) for his "Use Your Delusion" Tour in November 2016. Spending most of 2017 and 2018 dedicated to recording Dump, the 3rd studio album with Jeremy Scott (Vivian Girls, These Are Powers) at Civil Defense in Brooklyn, NY. The band relentlessly toured North America to support Fool, while Collum also played drums on the new Lola Pistola record Curfew and went out on tour in support of the album in early 2018.

Unlike previous records, where Collum manned all instruments, this release includes both Everall and Walker on bass and drums, respectively.  

Artist: Pink Mexico Album: Dump Record Label: Burger Records / Little Dickman 01. Thumbsucker 02. High Dive 03. Prescription Overdose 04. Dirty & Stupid 05. Sex Happiness  06. Girlfriend 07. WSLY 08. Shit River 09. Rattle Brain 10. Fuckhead 11. Liberty Kid 12. Psycho Juice 13. Heartfist On the Web: pinkmexi.co instagram.com/pink_mexico facebook.com/flamingpinkmexico

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead reissue classic album Madonna on Super Secret Records

"...Ushering in a new breed of punk." 8.4 -- Pitchfork (ca. 1999)

Austin, TX quartet ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead announce the special ltd. edition vinyl release of the band's classic album Madonna for its 20th Anniversary. Originally issued on Merge Records, the remastered vinyl edition is available for pre-order starting today from Austin label Super Secret Records. 

The LP will be available on the band's upcoming tour in the EU, UK and Japan, and in limited quantities from Super Secret direct on March 5th. Pre-orders are available at the label's Big Cartel webstore HERE. 

...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD LIVE:

01/30 Paris, FR @ La Petit Bain

02/01 London, UK @ The Garage

02/02 Birmingham, UK @ Castle & Falcon

02/03 Newcastle, UK @ Riverside

02/04 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

02/05 Bath, UK @ Komedia

02/06 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy

02/07 Glasgow, UK @ The Art School

02/08 Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy

02/09 Bedford, UK @ Esquires

02/10 Cambridge, UK @ The Haunt

02/12 Antwerp, BE @ Trix

02/13 Groningen, NE @ Vera

02/14 Utrecht, NE @ Tivolivredenburg

02/16 Zurich, CH @ Mascotte

02/19 Dusseldorf, DE @ ZAKK

02/21 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur

02/22 Erlangen, DE @ E-Werk

02/23 Bologna, IT @ Covo Club

02/25 Dresden, DE @ Beatpol

02/26 Mainz, DE @ KUZ

02/27 Onsabruck, DE @ Bastard Club

03/04 Tokyo, JP @ Club Quattro

03/05 Tokyo, JP @ Shindalta Fever

Artist: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Album: Madonna

Label: Super Secret Records

Release date: March 5th, 2019

01. And You Will Know Them...

02. Mistakes and Regrets

03. Totally Natural

04. Blight Takes All

05. Claire De Lune

06. Flood of Red

07. Children of the Hydra's Teeth

08. Marc David Chapman

09. Up From Redemption

10. Aged Dolls

11. The Day the Air Turned Blue

12. A Perfect Teenhood

13. Sigh Your Children

On The Web:

supersecretrecords.com