Eddie Ugarte

3 weeks ago | ghettoblastermagazine.com | Eddie Ugarte

The NY-based Activity returns with a new album, A Thousand Years In Another Way (Western Vinyl) and it continues to do what it does best; grabbing ahold of melody, ripping it to shreds, repeating it over and over again, all the while dressing it with sultry vocal deliveries. It repeats, yes, it’s repetitive, yes, but it’s never overbearing.

1 month ago | ghettoblastermagazine.com | Eddie Ugarte

To say Ty Segall is a prolific artist would probably be an understatement. He’s just released his 16th or 17th long player, Possession (Drag City) – depending on who you ask, and that’s not counting any other releases with bands he’s a part of (Fuzz, Broken Bat, GØGGS, etc.) There’s just something about the man that makes me believe he might be a musical genius many don’t take the time to get to know. For this album though he enlisted past collaborator Matt Yoka.

1 month ago | ghettoblastermagazine.com | Eddie Ugarte

The unexpected happened. Again. I’ll just get right into it because there’s no other recourse here; No idea who Lou Tides is/was/here/now/then/later but it’s Teeny Lieberson (TEEN, Sharon Van Etten, touring musician with Sleater-Kinney), a well-rounded musician who somehow intrigues with her debut album as Lou Tides, Autostatic! (Switch Hit Records). I’d probably be the first one to note, there’s uncertainty on where to file this under because it’s cataclysmically all over the place.

1 month ago | ghettoblastermagazine.com | Eddie Ugarte

The band’s bio describes it as “A savage sound bath dripping with sardonicism: a blastbeat-centric hardcore punk assault channeling crust, thrash, and grind (un)sensibilities.” We’ve never believed any differently of the group itself, which has dropped a slew of releases to challenge the senses in its own manner. But I’m getting ahead of myself here because this isn’t just about Deaf Club but what it plays and pays tribute to, and that’s Debased, A Pixies Tribute (Sweet Cheetah Records).

1 month ago | ghettoblastermagazine.com | Eddie Ugarte

Knowing next to nothing regarding L.A.’s Coffin Prick, I do know that with Loose Enchantment (Temporal Drift) he’s defying being pigeonholed as to being one thing. Mainly driven by a wash of keyboards and synths, the album’s punk aesthetic is worn directly on proverbial sleeves.  The album is fun and while Loose Enchantment might be a loosely expressive release, we should take it seriously.