bare mutants - the affliction

chicago's BARE MUTANTS just released their debut album on IN THE RED entitled THE
AFFLICTION and it's one enveloping dose of post-punk infected, melancholy garage rock...sure seep into yer skull the second the needle hits the wax.....

THE AFFLICTION is full of fuzzed out guitars, and cough syrupy sweet slacker punk melodies informed by the VELVETS and JAMC, just as you'd expect from from a band that's risen out of the PONYS and carries on their good work....

....and while it's true that BARE MUTANTS may be a little more than transfixed by certain of their woozy, reverbed musical idols, they craft hauntingly electric downer punk anthems about heartbreak, drinking, growing up and sucking at life quite unlike anyone else.....certainly more poignant than a long list of other like-minded bands that just go through the motions aping lou reed, the cure and spacemen 3......

file BARE MUTANTS' unique combo of garage, noise pop and post punk desperation near your CRYSTAL SLILTS, DISAPPEARS, WAX IDOLS, HEAVY TIMES and TERRY MALTS lps......
that is near the lps you listen to all the time!!!!!

i might still be disappointed the PONYS are no more, but the BARE MUTANTS' debut more than fills their shoes in the chicago scene, and with AFFLICTION more than the windy city will introduce themselves to BARE MUTANTS....... they needn't be our secret any longer.......

so listen to a select few songs off THE AFFLICTION below.....
   and grab a copy from IN THE RED now!!!






watch BARE MUTANTS live below -

bare mutants - without you 7 inch

jered gummere has already rocked chicago hard with his previous bands GUILTY PLEASURES and THE PONYS.....and now it's time for you to check out his brand new garage / noise pop project.....BARE MUTANTS.......

BARE MUTANTS are quite the mix of shoegaze psych and lo-fi garage mellowness.... and you'll get sucked in right away....

yep i'll admit to wallowing in the wall of woozy feedback and droned out melody all day long....i just can't get enough.... BARE MUTANTS are certainly recommended for those who love RADAR EYES, THE PONYS, SPACEMEN 3, THE VELVET UNDERGROUD and COSMONAUTS........


they've been playing shows around chicago for some time now, but the rest of the world needs to tune in to the BARE MUTANTS... thankfully HOZAC RECORDS has come to the rescue and released their debut 7 inch "without you"......and it's a must have..... 


listen to INSIDE MY HEAD off their new 7 inch below....
i promise you'll wanna go buy here, after just hearing the one song.....



Watch BARE MUTANTS at SAKI in Chicago 
on RECORD STORE DAY...... 
(thanks to @sadlypanda as always)

drunk pixels - FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL is an all star group of CHICAGO garage rockers and noisy punks that have played in so many bands its difficult to list them all....but here's a partial list at least:  FRANCE HAS THE BOMB, THE PONYS, HOT MACHINES, BARE MUTANTS, GUILTY PLEASURES, BASEBALL FURIES and TIGHT PHANTOMZ.....  

they fall into roughly the same post TOUCH & GO noise mongering corner of the local scene as DISAPPEARS, HEAVY TIMES, RUNNING and E+.....  some sort of release ought to be on the way.....FOOTBALL has been destroying Chicago for nearly a year now, so its time to take home something from one of their shows besides a hangover......  lookout for a single from FOOTBALL soon...... maybe this summer???

if you don't live in chicago, and didn't see them at GONER FEST or SXSW last year, make sure you check out FOOTBALL now.....these guys are killer....

watch two shows below......
and pretend you were there...
   this one from last sunday @ the empty bottle during half time of the super bowl...





    and this one opening up for the oh sees last summer.......