SINGLES | Ghouls in the Garage: Isaac Rother & The Phantoms drop irresistible R&B retro-horror thriller, 'Witches' Brew'

California's finest purveyors of B-movie fixated R&B are back with a terrifyingly brilliant new single just in time for Halloween

What? No fuzz!? That’s right! Gone are the snotty vocals and fuzzy guitars. There’s no garage here. Chris Jacks' acoustic compositions take on a 90s indie-rock vibe that's both fresh and fondly, familiar.

If Country Teasers are to be remembered, and they must be, the first thing memory will keep is the image of a hat and a pair of big glasses on a whippersnapper in a suit.

Thee Dirty Rats have a new video for “Let's Fight” off their 16-track debut Humans Out released last month via Mandinga Records. Luis Tissot and drummer Fernando Hitman play a catchy brand of dance-inducing trash punk on their latest single effort. “Let’s Fight” is about, well, wanting to fight.

Ruiz has gifted us with a dreamy and gorgeous video paint book of sunny, sensual themes that make the viewer feel like they have sand in their shoes. You can almost smell tanning oil dripping along with saltwater sweat in the blistering Spanish sun. If you were locked down or sideswiped by Covid-19 and could not book a holiday this summer, this video will take you right there for a few minutes.

The smoky, gin-soaked second music video from​ Sin City sees the lads showing off their soul side with their jaded tale of heartbreak; ​'She’s Got No Heart'.

​Formed in Boston, MA 1992 by vocalist/guitarist Todd Nudelman and guitarist David Pierce, The In Out would eventually evolve itself into a widely cherished but often neglected musical institution for over 28 years.

This is Punk, 2020, dragged from a burnt-out spaceship in the scorching heat of the Benidorm desert to a neon-lit Chinese disco on the dark side of the moon.

The Versions, formed in Santiago, Chile in 2004, draws influence from Flamin' Groovies, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Iggy's Kill City, Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites, Dogs d'amour, among others.

As the pandemic continues to disrupt and upend all the physically connected parts of these suddenly deemed, ‘non-essential’ systems; the once ever-constant moving wheels and hustling parts of the entertainment industry, record labels, booking agents, venues, touring bands are all at a possible terminal impasse for their existence.

​Their sound takes 1978 post-punk and melts it with a colder, darker, new/no wave sound that takes the ice age of Joy Division, coupled with the warm, abstract vibe of Television, The Sound, and Chameleons.

CHICKEN SNAKES sound is likened to old rusty train wheels, screeching down a lonesome track at midnight.

It was beginning to seem like no year was complete without a new Routes record (or two!) and it’s fantastic to hear Chris Jack spreading his wings into this new territory. This is a soundtrack of the coming winter nights, bringing warmth from within to comfort us in the darker times. Essential.

Luxurious Faux Furs have stripped their vision of garage rock down to the bone. Over the course of two LPs and a handful of seven-inches, Jessica-Melain (drums) and Josh Lee Hooker (guitar) approach their music with the howling, elemental minimalism of the Gories and Mississippi Fred McDowell.

New Zealand ghoul punks the CAVEMEN return with two tracks of their particular brand of theatrical faster-and-louder rock‘n’roll.

One of NYC's greatest rock 'n' roll unions The Honeymoon Killers has re-released their 1991 'garage-skronk' opus 'Hung Far Low' on Bandcamp yesterday.

A solid selection for these times in which such classicism is absent from playlists. With nods to the Flamin’ Groovies, Johnny Thunders and ​Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites, in case there is still room for suspicions amongst our readers.

Brimming with urban despair but defiant in the face of it, the cut is perfect territory for The Versions to show off their own brand of rock and roll attitude.

Get ready to embrace the terror as Isaac Rother & The Phantoms unleash a chilling video cover of the iconic John Carpenter's Halloween Theme! This ghoulishly talented band is also bringing their unique blend of garage-infused rock n roll and R&B to a series of spine-tingling live shows on the West Coast throughout this month.

From RUTA 66 on 26 noviembre, 2020




The Versions se formaron en Santiago de Chile en el año 2004. Samuel Maqueira y Aldo Benincasa de The Ganjas, junto a Luciano Mariño de Los Chinches grabaron su álbum de debut, 4-Track Summer, con el productor Álvaro Gómez (Perrosky). Seis años después, lanzaron su segundo álbum, Resurrection Hotel, con Alejandro Gómez (Solar) en el grupo y con

With Dow Jones on guitar and vocals, JP Morgan on organ and Goldman Sacks on drums NASDAQ play a stripped-down form of 'profit punk' inspired by their love of greed, excess and financial exploitation making them the perfect band for the post-truth world.

Notorious for these untamed exhibitions Killer Kinn sate a deep-desire for reprisal, retribution, revenge, and will cut the words from your motor mouth and brandish a blues that will make you want to bounce to the beat in your black boots.

Luxurious Faux Furs are readying their Like A Real Shadow LP for release on January 22nd via the Brazilian garage rock label Mandinga Records.

Where the activities of many bands seemed to have dwindled over the last year due to the Covid situation, Scotsman in Japan Chris Jack and his outfit The Routes, seem, if anything, to be creatively thriving.

These tracks were left in the vault for 20 years and were finally mixed by Jerry Teel in 2020 at the Chicken Coop in New Orleans. 'In A Ripped Dress' is finally seeing the light of day on Spain's BANG! RECORDS. An absolute must for fans of The Gun Club, The Beasts of Bourbon, etc.

One month after the release of their sophomore album Afterglow, the dark electronic pop duo Marva Von Theo unveil a new video for their latest single “Dissolve”.

Afterglow encompasses the more melancholic hues of life, those bittersweet feelings when something significantly beautiful ends, the echo of a beloved voice, the remnants of light after the sun has set.

The group have just released their third studio album which furthers their expansion of sci-fi future rock n roll with many elements combined to create a storm of garagey post-punk sleaze-filled fun. With songs about dystopian visions & celebratory situations Oh! Gunquit, coupled with Tina's fervid vocals, compel you to get loose and slay the day'

A record about growth and self-knowledge, ‘Miles To Go’ is the sound of the UK born songwriter finally looking in the mirror. Shorn of vintage tropes, it buzzes with minimalist invention.

Country Teasers roared out of the 90s with a sound that has been described as ‘evil country’, a provocative, ironic noise unleashed in notoriously anarchic live shows that blur the line between drunken unprofessionalism and performance art.

While drawing from the same musical and aesthetic reservoir of punk, psychedelia, the occult, and the bizarre, Under the Spell of Joy is a far more experimental effort than the band’s previous records

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Apocalypse be damned!! This insanity kicks off tomorrow night in Kortrijk, Belgium and Sin City will be chasing the party across Europe for the next few weeks!!

Hard Rock, un estilo poco cultivado en Chile, es lo que mejor define en la actualidad a este trío santiaguino. ​The Versions es una de las bandas de la plataforma Hotel Records que tocará en su lanzamiento en Monkey Week SON Estrella Galicia.

Over the last few years, THE SCHIZOPHONICS have built up a formidable reputation around the world as an explosive live act and have just announced a 14 date US tour which kicks off in September 2021

Herzegovina will take you on a surreal journey full of dark turns and sharp edges. We're digging the ride.

All through the album, Chris Jack and his band are paying a great homage to a clash between 70’s Düsseldorf and 50’s California, a mash-up that surprisingly works so well.

The Versions escala un nuevo peldaño en su carrera con un inspirado álbum hecho para cautivar a cualquier fanático del rock and roll de antaño. “Calling Lucifer” eleva la propuesta de los chilenos, consolidando su sonido con canciones que arden desde el fuego más profundo y subterráneo.

What has your life morphed into during an existence of never-ending uncertainty? Have you taken the situation as an opportunity to grow in some form? Have you fallen into a chasm of despair? Each of us experiences this sea change in individual ways, with individual reactions, as we wander through this new labyrinth of spirit. In tarot, the Death Card signifies a new shift, a transition.

On their new LP, Like A Real Shadow (Mandinga Records), the pair maintains their garage squall and dives even further into hypnotic blues riffs and throbbing insistent drum pulse—what one listener called the “car with one square wheel” rhythm.

A year ago today, Neus Ruiz unveiled and released her heart-melting debut single, 'The Right One'.

"Is that feedback a scream, a release, or a revelation?” you may ask yourself, as the first 15 seconds of Killer Kin’s newest single, “Sonic Love,” burn their way into your body, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll spirit.

'Somewhere Safe’ is smothered in agitation; utilising screaming vocals and a growling synthbass sequence, it provides a dramatic setting for another album highlight.

Everyone’s favourite space-age mutant skate punks are coming to London again! The Spits are already as ingrained in modern punk music as possible, yet still manage to devour the rip-offs and influence the youth of today without even looking like they're trying.