Until last month, Puerto Rican six-piece Davila 666 had been quiet since 2011. The riotous outfit had earned a reputation as one of the best live bands in the world, fusing stripped-down, hard-hitting punk with psych ambience and garage-rock melodies: each sweaty set was a nonstop high-energy barrage of beyond-catchy tunes, with every member of […]
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HoZac nation
A tale of four record labels: HoZac’s healthy catalog of rock, garage, and scuzz
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Three Beats: A live Empty Bottle compilation gets a proper release party
Corbett vs. Dempsey’s reissue label, a Kickstarter for a Yakuza doc, and a release party for a live Empty Bottle comp
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Festival: the 2012 HoZac Blackout
Bubblegum punks Redd Kross, psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, and more at HoZac Blackout 2012
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You Shoot: Davila 666, Smith Westerns, and Mother of Tears at the Empty Bottle
Garage rock from Chicago and Puerto Rico, Monday night at the Bottle
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A band you should hear: Philly’s Tough Shits
I was off the blog last week (and won’t have a column in the paper this week) because I’m using some vacation time during my band’s east-coast tour with Davila 666. We’re still out, but I’m back on the job and back on the blog. Last week I not only learned that Davila is one […]