Here's a few EP reviews for you...
Sports Bar - Sports Bar Demo
Sports Bar are a Garage-Punk and Rock n' Fuckin' Roll band from Richmond, VA. This demo cassette is really fucking fun. Good party music: Booze. Girls. Drugs. The 22-minute cassette has 10-tracks. "Anisa, Nah She Don't Live Here No More" is far and away the hit on this EP. I fully expect it to be on all the mix-tapes this summer. "Camo Face" is an ode to hunting and is a perfect closing song. This band is awesome and I can't wait to see them live, they should be a lot of fun.
Sweet Dreams Records
Released: January, 2011
Similar: The Black Lips, King Kahn and The Shrines, The Sonics
Rating: 8.5
Dum Dum Girls - He Get's Me High EP
For my money I like the Dum Dum Girls so much better than Best Coast. Both are recent female-fronted bands playing fuzzed-out garage-pop. I just think that this band does it so much better, and I think that Best Coast are waaaaaay too overrated. The newest Sub Pop release from these girls is a four-song EP with three originals and a cover of the Smiths "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" (which is amazing and the DDGs manage to make the song non-mopey). The title track "He Get's Me High" is a dreamy swirling mix of the girls voices, guitars and melodies and I highly suggest checking it out. This band is seems to be moving towards more of a Dream-Pop sound and I really like it.
Sub Pop Records
Released: March 1st, 2011
Similar: Asobi Seksu, Best Coast, The Smiths
Rating: 8.0
Milk Music - Beyond Living EP
This band fucking rocks. They have a great fuzzed-out sound that reminds me a lot of early Dinosaur Jr and maybe a bit of The Wipers. Driving rhythms and epic courses. They're from Olympia, WA which comes through with their sound, as the use of the fuzzed out guitars has a bit of Mudhoney ring to it as well. The title track is fucking epic, but the whole EP is worth the listen. I want to hear more!
Self Released
January, 2011
Similar: Dinosaur Jr, The Wipers, Bloody Gears
Rating: 7.5
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