A quarter century after flushing out their first two, oft-praised EPs, L.A.'s Urinals finally get around to dropping their first long-player, What Is Real and What Is Not. Now consisting of founding drummer Kevin Barrett, bassist John Talley-Jones, and new guitarist Roderick Barker, the resuscitated band sounds as fierce as ever on the freeway fantasy "I Make Love to Every Woman on the Freeway" and the energetic, pulsing opener "Teach Me to Crawl Again." Mental illness peers out of the...   [ read more ]

CD $17.08

VINYL FORMAT. This LA guitar and drums duo have a reputation for exuberant displays of furious live energy. Their release of an early singles collection, "Weirdo Rippers", found itself perched atop many a year-end "best of" lists. This 7-inch is a compelling mélange of punk abandon and lilting shoegazey distortion, and should whet the appetite for their proper debut release. The three b-sides are covers of Nerves ("Hangin' On The Telephone"), Nate Denver, and Urinals songs.

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VINYL FORMAT. Four new Grass Widow tracks including a cover of the Urinals "Black Hole." The influence of The Move's bass sound and arrangements, 60's folk-rock vocal harmonies and the Neo Boys are present in the works, plus a whole magic power they have all their own. That's right: magic power. Magick?

12" $9.99

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