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Wasted Shirt — Fungus II (Famous Class)

“Double the Dream,” the single from Wasted Shirt’s first album fills the breaks in Brian Chippendale’s rocketing drum line with electro-shocked blurts of “What!” (or “Wah!” or something, the lyrics are not really the main point). They yell like they’re pulling up hands that accidentally touched a hot stove. It’s as if even the two main participants in this duo can’t believe how hard it’s going. Given who they are—Chippendale one-half of Lightning Bolt and Ty Segall the last remaining unabashed proponent of rock and roll guitar—that’s remarkable and a good reason for checking this unruly debut.

Fungus II jolts with adrenaline from the get-go. “All Is Lost” opens up with a falling-off-a-cliff scream, a scramble of chaotic guitar and super-fast, super-tight drumming. Chippendale’s DNA predominates. These songs will generally remind you more of Lightning Bolt than anything Segall has done before, even the hard stuff, even Fuzz, which leans more into sludge metal than thrash. “Zeppelin 5,” named for a lacuna in the Plant/Page discography (the one after IV is Houses of the Holy), screeches around fast corners like a muscle car with the headlights off. It’s insanely fast, violent and full of joy. There’s even a tuneful little vocal break where either Segall or Chippendale (or both) hum a “dit-dit-dit-dit-dah” that is downright cheerful and a little crazy, especially juxtaposed with the squall and chaos of guitar.

Not everything pushes the speed limit. “Harsho” feels like “Zeppelin 5” slowed down enough do you can see how it works, a scratchy chopped up drum solo jolted periodically by needle sharp guitar fury.  “Purple One” is as agitated as anything on this, but less electrified, with what sounds like an amplified acoustic scrubbing and strumming between Chippendale’s stick-shattering drum line. And “Eagle Slaughters Graduation” sounds bizarrely akin to ESG’s “UFO,” an eerie, disembodied bass melody dodging frenetic slashes of drums.

The disc was recorded in the summer of 2018, with both musicians found themselves, unexpectedly at Segall’s home studio and spent a little over a week bashing and screaming out these antic, metal-punk-ish songs. No less than Henry Rollins is a fan, writing for the liners that, “The more you play it, the better it kabongs you upside your head.” And indeed, kabong it does. Fun stuff.

Jennifer Kelly  

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Segall + Chippendale = Wasted Shirt

Segall + Chippendale = Wasted Shirt

It took me many years to get into Ty Segall. I never really heard what everyone else did about the guy. I thought he was pretty prolific, and I gave him credit for being a good songwriter, but for the most part the fuzzed-up garage rock/noise pop trip he was on didn’t do it for me. Then he released Manipulatorand my view of Segall changed. I heard the Bowie/T. Rex love, the funky drums, and the…

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3/26/19.

Famous Class Records must have a sweet reputation.   Have you looked at their releases?  Everything from Deerhoof to Parquet Courts to Mikal Cronin.  

Looking through the old posts, I see that I’ve referenced Mikal Cronin, but never posted about his releases.

Resolved. Mikal Cronin’s first album (Trouble in Mind) is one of my all-time favorites.  It’s the perfect combination of punk and melody.  Famous Class is now releasing his first new music since 2015.  “Undertow” does show the maturity of age, but its still a gem.

Mikal Cronin is a Los Angeles based musician who has worked extensively with Ty Segall (which is probably the best comparison).

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11/27/18.

I can’t be the only person who hears early INXS in the new Civic EP “Those Who No”.  This Melbourne band has put together and incredibly catchy power/punk/pop 4-song EP.  I’ve been enjoying this over the past month, but just getting around to posting it now.

It is out on Anti-Fade (Australia) and Famous Class (U.S.)

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OH SHIIIT!!!

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New Post has been published on http://thelimitedpress.com/various-artists-start-your-own-fucking-show-space-famous-class-ltd-to-1000/

Various Artists - Start Your Own Fucking Show Space // Famous Class [LTD To 1000]

Famous Class will release a compilation of live recordings, Start Your Own Fucking Show Space, on August 5th.

For nearly a decade, Death by Audio was a recording studio, an effect pedal workshop, a music venue, and a home to musicians and artists. Oliver Ackermann (A Place to Bury Strangers) found the warehouse in 2005 and along with fellow artists in Dirty on Purpose, he started hosting concerts to help pay to build out bedrooms and studios. By 2007 DBA was hosting bands almost every night. Over 1,800 shows later, DBA announced its impending eviction with an epic final month of programming. Start Your Own Fucking Show Space tracks the last days of DBA in November 2014, a sweaty, bittersweet homecoming for many artists who began their career there.

Presented in chronological running order, Start Your Own Fucking Show Space features live recordings from 26 bands over the venue’s final month. The LP set is housed in a double gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves listing every one of the 1,800+ shows in the venue’s history. There is a limited pressing of the compilation on clear with opaque blue & red vinyl, available while supplies last.

Here’s a breakdown of the different packages available:

-3xLP Black vinyl -3xLP LTD Clear with Opaque Blue & Red vinyl (edition of 1000) -Deluxe Bundle – LTD colored 3xLP + Bonus Ty Segall live at DBA 9/28/08 on mystery colored vinyl (edition of 1000) -3xLP Black vinyl + We’ve Come So Far – 200 page hardcover photo book

Pre-order Start Your Own Fucking Show Space via Famous Class here.

Tracklist

Dirty On Purpose – Ways to Drown Deerhoof – Paradise Girls Tyvek – Wayne County Roads Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal (Not available digitally) Coasting ft. Patty Conway – Shopping for a Smile Shellshag – Destroy Me I’m Yours Pujol – Black Rabbit Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Bottled in Cork Screaming Females – Wishing Well Pampers – Monkey Drip Dan Deacon – Learning To Relax The Numerators – Bill Ty Segall – Wave Goodbye YVETTE – Mirrored Walls Downtown Boys – Wave Of History Future Islands – Balance Thee Oh Sees – Turned Out Light Natural Child – Crack Mountain Sleepies – All Over the Years Nots – Strange Rage Protomartyr – Free Supper Metz – Get Off Grooms – Tiger Trees Jeff: The Brotherhood – Heavy Damage A Place To Bury Strangers  – I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart Lightning Bolt – The Metal East

3xLP product details: Double gatefold jacket | board inner sleeves listing every show in DBA’s history ||  Download Code

Ty Segall Live 9.28.08 product details: Heavy Board jacket || Hand numbered edition of 1000 || Mystery colored vinyl || Poly-lined inner sleeve

We’ve Come So Far product details: Hard Cover 8×12″ book || 200 pages || Over 200 black and white photographs by Ebru Yildiz, taken during the last 75 days of Death By Audio