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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Live Video : We Are Hex : Cutter/Giver

This past weekend at The Melody Inn, Roaring Colonel Records/MOKB band We Are Hex was filmed by the MonkeyEatsMonkey crew. These MEM kids are all over Indy these day, and are really putting together some great videos! MOKB is really stoked they are getting so active in the local music scene. Keep it up MEM!

We Are Hex's sophomore album, Hail The Goer, will be available this coming August 3rd.



MP3 : We Are Hex - We Are The Goer
MP3 : We Are Hex - Birthplace Of The Mystics
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

New from MOKB & Roaring Colonel Records - Burnt Ones : Black Teeth & Golden Tongues (RCR003)




























On August 10, 2010, My Old Kentucky Blog's recently launched label, Roaring Colonel Records, will release Black Teeth & Golden Tongues, the debut album from San Francisco-via-Indianapolis trio Burnt Ones. Hot on the heels of the All Night Long 7-inch (RCR001), Black Teeth & Golden Tongues is a self-produced, 11-song trip through wall of sound séances and blissed out rock 'n' roll, with doses of psych, sun, spit and girl group worship. Too boomy to be lo-fi and certainly not hi-fi, Burnt Ones want to go steady with your ears and leave your mind at home.

Burnt Ones fuzzed out rock 'n' roll is built on hazy melodies and sleazed-out electric rhythm. Their sound recalls Brian Wilson at his most Phil Spector obsessed, the warped pop ears of Joe Meek, sleazy T. Rex stomp and a little Spacemen 3 thrown in for good measure, while staying within throwing distance of like-minded groups such as Thee Oh Sees, Dum Dum Girls and Ty Segall.

Burnt Ones will be touring throughout the later half of 2010 and throughout 2011 in support of Black Teeth & Golden Tongues, with more 7-inches and limited releases due throughout the next year.

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Praise for the All Night Long 7inch:

"tough and on fire ... You will probably not be surprised to find out that it rings of salad days T. Rex, but with appropriate modern twists like lo-fidelity." - TheFader.com

"Top 10 Downloads: No one can ever replace the legend that was Marc Bolan, but this 'Metal Guru'-sounding number from the self-described "electric sleaze/bubblegum psych" trio comes pretty close. It will certainly make you want to listen to T. Rex all night long." - NME

"Their four publicly available songs switch between Glam, Surf, Garage, and Lo-Fi ... They fuse 50s pop melodies with glam-rock beats and The Jesus and Mary Chain walls of sound into a hugely enjoyable and catchy signal, it’s the type of music you need to listen to on vinyl and turned up 14, windows akimbo." - listenbeforeyoubuy.net

"Did they fire up T. Rex’s “Metal Guru” on a haunted karaoke machine and then sing a completely different melody over it? ...This track is awesome and they totally weren’t joking about loving T Rex." - You Ain't No Picasso

"Brilliant ... Buy this record. Smoke a bowl/Drink some bourbon/Whatever you do to chill. Put on your headphones. Crank the stereo up to 11. Lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling (or makeout on your vintage couch with a significant other). Listen to the record. Go back to step two and repeat forever." - Totally Crushed Out Mag

"Mix 50's rock and roll, 60's Phil Spector wall of sound, 70's psych and add some sleaze and you got Burnt Ones ... the kind of record that you put on when all your friends come over to get drunk. More hooks, less drone, it's good mix of "sha la la" pop and garage rock. It's rock and roll, before people forgot about the roll and started doing just rock." - killedredrocketrecords.com

Burnt Ones on Tour:
June 2nd - Fort Wayne, IN - The Pint & Slice
June 3rd - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class!
June 4th - Brooklyn, NY - Party Expo
June 6th - New York City, NY - Pianos
June 7th - Washington D.C. - DC9 w/ MillionYoung
June 18th - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
June 19th - Nashville, TN - Bettys w/ Heavy Cream
June 21st - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop w/ Vacation Club & The Brothers Gross
June 22nd - Rock Island, iL - Rock Island Brewing Company w/ Peter Wolf Crier
June 23rd - Daytrotter Session
June 23rd - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon w/ Leisure Birds, American Cream
June 24th - Chicago, IL - Let's Get Weird @ Evil Olive
June 25th - Lafayette, IN - 815 Union w/ Eric & the Happy Thoughts
June 26th - Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern
June 27th - Indianapolis, IN - The Vollrath - w/ Woven Bones & We Are Hex

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New from MOKB & Roaring Colonel Records : We Are Hex : Hail The Goer (RCR002)


(photo by : gregthemayor)

This August 3rd, Roaring Colonel Records (MyOldKentuckyBlog.com) will release We Are Hex's sophomore LP, Hail The Goer. The music of We Are Hex recalls classic Joy Division, the Cure, Gang of Four, PJ Harvey and the Jesus and Mary Chain, but combines those sounds with the modern ferocity of Nashville Pussy or Ponytail, and yet accomplishes all of that without losing the pop sensibilities of the 50s and 60s, or the urgency of classic punk.

We Are Hex came together in 2008 and moved into a foul Indianapolis neighborhood where they locked themselves away in their studio space, dubbed the Hex Haus. In the spring of 2009, the band released their self-recorded debut full-length, Gloom Bloom, to positive reviews. After a summer of touring, they returned to the Hex Haus to create a new, very different record.

Stripped of the auxiliary instruments and melodies that crowded arrangements on previous releases, the eight tracks on Hail the Goer are provided room to breathe. With delicate flute floating over powerful drums, or dry vocals thrown against a wall of noise, We Are Hex carefully select sonic elements that display their range, without sacrificing the dark, cohesiveness of the record.

We Are Hex will be touring in support of Hail the Goer throughout 2010 and regularly releasing experimental sessions, remixes, video, and new tracks at: hexhaus.blogspot.com and roaringcolonel.com.

Please check out the two album cuts below, and if you are interested in reviewing Hail The Goer, please send your request toroaringcolonel@gmail.com


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U.S. Physical / Digital release : August 3rd through Roaring Colonel Records
Indianpolis Release : July 24th at Radio Radio



"This band is fantabulous. The term “genre-bending” does not do them justice. Banshee-like wails erupt (without much-needed early warning system--budget cuts won’t allow it) from lead singer Jilly’s lips and rain sonic volcanic bombs down around your ears with most finding a resonating purchase in your crown region. Much later, these bombs will make beautiful front yards for people in Hawaii that do not know their illustrative career as enchantingly crooned Hex tunes. I can’t say that I’ve been this entranced with vocals from a female lead in quite some time; they just haven’t been hacking it lately. But thanks be to the gods of rock (the only kind worth believing anymore) for giving me something decent to listen to from a gutsy female lead. The music backing her is also very well done-some haunting, electronic-inspired beats backed by excellent reverberating guitar and some plinky-plinks make for a very rewarding listening experience."
-JP - http://www.slugmag.com

"We Are Hex sound like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, except if they were more into Jesus Lizard, Pop Group and Suicide than John Hughes movie soundtracks."
www.detour-mag.com

"I didn't know what to think when I first heard We Are Hex's debut Gloom Bloom. Sure, the obvious influences that the band cites themselves are there (Jesus And Mary Chain, Joy Division and The Cure), but they're almost just in the background. They mix the darker elements that bring them dangerously close to goth-rock with punk rock energy. "INDPLS", the second track, particularly brings Gang of Four to mind. Even somewhat slower still have a real intensity to them. The fact that this was recorded and released by the band, in the house where the band lives doesn't hurt. The Do-It-Yourself attitude combined with a much needed sense of urgency in the music make this one of the strongest debut albums released in a long time."
by: Andrew Ryan Fetter - Print review in Ghettoblaster issue #22

A few more Gloom Bloom reference and press links:
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