Our ninth Sound Excited podcast brings us Ryan Benton from Wichita, Kansas. Ryan was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age three. While given a short life expectancy, he is now 27 and has benefitted greatly from adult stem cell therapy. Ryan’s inspiring story is accompanied by his new efforts to further fund stem cell research […]
A few sets I caught at SXSW 2013 only further validated Thee Oh Sees’ status as one of the most formidable live acts in the country. But equally impressive is their steady (read: pretty prolific) output of great albums. Following a long line of earlier releases, their 2011 double release of Castlemania & Carrion Crawler/The Dream, their 2012 LP Putrifiers II […]
Castle Face Records will release a Velvet Underground cover tribute album to celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Velvet Undeground & Nico. We’ve already heard White Fence’s take on “Run Run Run” and Ty Segall’s cover of “Femme Fatale“. But now Bay Area garage lords Thee Oh Sees’ version of “European Son”. You can download it […]
Raucous garage sorcerers Thee Oh Sees released another round-house kick of an album with Putrifiers II earlier this fall. Single “Lupine Dominus” now has a proper video. It features some strip club action. Well, maybe “action” isn’t the best choice of word there. Anyhow, have a watch.
Thee Oh Sees’ highly-anticipated follow-up to their bitchin’ 2011 effort The Carrion Crawler/The Dream is now up for streaming. Cruise on over to Stereogum to stream Putrifiers II in its entirety. And check out our photos of Thee Oh Sees live in Austin, Seattle and Outside Lands 2012.