TV Girl
“Overboard” (Dirty Gold cover)
Last week I posted Dirty Gold’s summery Overboard. A month ago, they released a cover swap digital split 7” with fellow San Diego native TV Girl. I love TV Girl’s breakbeat version of Overboard.
So press play already.
***PREMIERE***
D/Wolves
“Tell Me Why”
I got a call a week or so ago from Producer/Engineer Mario Quintero over at Blackbox Recording in San Diego. He tells me he just finished an EP with a young band named D/Wolves and I should hear it. I was blown away. The melodies were so immediate. Sounded kinda like Smith Westerns meets early Weezer. D/Wovles pull of a really impressive mix of indie pop, grunge intensity, and experimentation. Turns out the young lead singer/guitarist is Joel Williams who not only plays in TV Girl, but is also the younger brother of Nathan Williams of Wavves. That’s probably not gonna hurt.
The EP is not available yet but you can check the more sprawling previous record Freak Of Nature at bandcamp.
Dudes
“Who’s That Lady?- (We’re All Anonymous)”
San Diego is pumping out the interesting projects these days and Dudes is no exception. “Who’s That Lady?” is trashy yet still rocks the slow jams groove. Is there a slowed down sample in there? Is that other clip from a video game? Hard to tell.
You can preview a pair of tracks from Dudes EP Narcissists Anonymous featuring Joel “Kynan” Williams and Hood Zion now, it drops July 1st via Grizzly.
****SUBMISSION****
Native Slacker
“Native Slacker”
What is going on in San Diego? Or what is going on with me liking everything I hear from there? Let’s make a list:
1. The weather is outstanding.
2. San Diego means whale’s vagina.
3. The Mission Cafe has awesome Huevos Rancheros Verde.
Also, the band Native Slacker is from there and if you like drone-y punk’d fuzzed out slackerable tunes, then you might dig this. You might even dig San Diego. Get it.
TV Girl
“Benny and the Jetts”
San Diego strikes again! I have been loving on TV Girl’s new Benny and The Jets EP.
While slicing up breakbeats over some classic soul and R&B isn’t new, Benny comes off pretty fresh, fun, and super listenable. You can snag the EP for free just in time for the weekend.
