Topside "Solitaire" clocks in at about six and a half minutes of particularly doomy stoner metal, with a bit of a prog-rock influence a la Kyuss. ( Ken Rock, 2008)Įven heavier and louder - and sludgier, particularly in the sonically dicey format of a 7-inch at 33-1/3 rpm - is Wausau trio Romero's debut single. However much the sound is cleaned up it's still aggressive sludge the way it should be. It sounds like one of the additions is a bass player, but despite the extra players/noisemakers this single is sonically crisper than past efforts. Their album (and the "Big Mouth"/"Human BBQ" single pulled from it) featured a trio, but this 2008 Ken Rock release lists and pictures five members. That may or may not be the title of this three-track EP obfuscation seems to be a continuing sleeve theme for Hollywood, one of my favorite discoveries of the past year or so. Norton and King have been behind a ton of entertaining bands over the past decade-plus (and many 7-inches), and they're not slowing down Ramma Lamma already has another single just out on, 2011) This is straight-up driving rock 'n roll, sort of like Flamingo-era Flamin' Groovies with a bit more of a bubble-glam edge. Ramma Lamma also includes Norton's Plexi 3/Monitors bandmate Ryan King, and the EP includes a side of songs by each. While The Flips may be inactive, Wendy Norton has already resurfaced in both The Spectras and Ramma Lamma, which has a brand new four-track EP out. The Flips bring a '60s girl group vibe reminiscent of a poppier Luv'd Ones to their second release, out last August on Ramma Lamma EP First coming together several years back as an idea for a recording collaboration between Wendy Norton and Natalie C., the pair quickly recruited the other members for a working band. The Flips are a six-piece made up of Milwaukee garage scene all-stars, featuring members of Sticks 'n Stones, Plexi 3, The Sugar Stems, Suicide Chicken, The Nice Outfit and many other bands present and past. The Flips: I Just Don't Know Where I Stand EP Here's some I've encountered in the past few months since the last roundup. It seems like if I looked on the Internet every day, I could always find a new single of interest coming out somewhere that I hadn't heard about before.
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