We've loved Shadow Show's retro hip sound ever since 2021's Silhouettes. They had this amazing take on 60's doo wop and garage rock that is purely irresistible. Now they're back with a new single that pushes their retro sound even further. "Aunt Maizy" still has elements of doo wop and garage rock, but there is also a heavy dose of psychedelia hinted at. It's kind of like how Revolver was still rooted in The Beatles' earlier rock and roll based sound but showed that they were about to launch into something brand new. While Shadow Show may still have a retro sound with "Aunt Maizy," they're blending so many sounds together that even though the bases may be sixty or so years old, it's morphed into something brand new.
You can watch the video for "Aunt Maizy" below. Fantasy Now! is due out February 16, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Shadow Show, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.
2.16.24 - UFO Factory, Detroit, MI 3.2.24 - Mauds Variety, Sarnia, ON 3.6.24 - Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON 3.7.24 - L'Escogriffe, Montréal, QC 3.8.24 - Lux Lounge, Rochester, NY 3.9.24 - TV Eye, Brooklyn, NY 3.10.24 - Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH 3.11.24 - Atomic Bowl, Indianapolis, IN 3.12.24 - Soft Junk, Nashville, TN 3.13.24 - TBA, Memphis, TN 3.20.24 - Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, CA 3.22.24 - Bob Bakers Marionette Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 3.23.24 - TBA, San Francisco, CA 3.25.24 - TBA, Portland, OR 3.26.24 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA 3.29.24 - Icon Lounge, Sioux Falls, SD 3.30.24 - TBA, Chicago, IL 3.31.24 - Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN 4.8.24 - The Lanes, Bristol, UK 4.9.24 - TBA, Brighton, UK 4.10.24 - TBA, London, UK 4.11.24 - L'International, Paris, FR 4.13.24 - Insert Name Festival, Liegi, BE 4.16.24 - TBA, Bordeaux, FR 4.17.24 - Lata De Zinc, Oviedo, ES 4.18.24 - El Perro Club, Madrid, ES 4.19.24 - La Atalaia, Sopelana, ES 4.20.24 - Barcelona Psych Fest, Barcelona, ES 4.21.24 - Le Pingouin Alternatif, Arthez-De-Bèarn 4.24.24 - Trokson, Lyon, FR 4.25.24 - Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt, DE 4.26.24 - Garageville, Hamburg, DE 4.27.24 - Sonic Ballroom, Köln 4.30.24 - TBA, Brno, CZ 5.1.24 - Underdogs, Prague, CZ 5.2.24 - Radio Rasa, Schauffasen, CH 5.7.24 - Mood Club, Memmingem, DE 5.8.24 - Hausbar, Tübengen, DE 5.9.24 - City Club, Augsburg, DE 5.10.24 - Gold, Neu Ulm, DE 5.11.24 - Wild At Heart, Berlin, DE
Somehow Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma and Volcano Suns has another band that I never knew about. Minibeast already released an album that I completely missed back in 2012, and they are currently at work on the follow up, Free Will. Based on a track from the upcoming album, "High Sea," Minibeast shares some common sonic ground with Mission of Burma, but with an added emphasis on the groovy side of things. It's basically the noise and dissonance of Burma but heard through a 60s surf groove, as if Frankie and Annette were punks. You can listen to "High Sea" below. Minibeast currently have a Kickstarter to help fund the final production of Free Will. You can get more information on that here . It should be out sometime in June.
Earlier this week I was expressing sympathy for Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit just don't seem to be riding that surge of 90s nostalgia that all sorts of other terrible bands from that era are. Sure, they're terrible. But are they really that much worse than Filter, Alien Ant Farm, and other bands on those 90s nostalgia packages. And then this video is released. The first lyrics to the song are literally "Go fuck yourself." It then features Fred Durst sitting on a toilet, bikini clad chicks pretending to fellate garden hoses and leaf blowers, and Fred Durst talking about fucking bitches, all while wearing a hoodie and a backwards red baseball hat. Then Lil Wayne comes out. Please keep in mind Fred Durst is a 42 year old man.
Photo by Annabel Kean For their latest single, New Zealand's The Beths have released "Mother, Pray for Me." This is a heartbreaking ballad consisting of Elizabeth Stokes' vocals and guitar with just the slightest hint of organ. It's a deeply personal song for Stokes, made obvious with how intimately the song comes across. It truly feels almost confessional, and it's quite simply beautiful. The Beths are most known for huge little indie rock gems perfect for bopping along to, but "Mother, Pray for Me" is quite the opposite. Stokes' vocals and lyrics are right up front on this one, and I can't imagine it any other way. Elizabeth Stokes says of her latest single: “I cried the whole time writing it. It's not really about my mother, it's about me — what I hope our relationship is, what I think it is, what it maybe actually is, and what I can or can't expect out of it. “My mother is a first gen Indonesian immigrant, and very Catholic....
