The Catheters - Hoowwwlllling...It Grows and Grows

These guys were/are awesome. Straight outta one of the rock capitals of the world, Seattle, they really bring the dirty rock'n'roll tunes. Howling would be a great adjective for the vocals, I would say. The album title and artwork are a perfect match for the sound, this is probably their most cohesive garage punk though their album before this was definitely harder and edgier, this is more palatable. They don't really push the limits of the genre, they usually go for volume and riffs over melody or hooks but this is something for anyone who likes the sounds of yesteryear and the attitude of greats like MC5, Iggy and the Stooges or most bands out of Detroit around the same time. The obvious influences are there from grunge to proto-punk, meshed together for a good air guitar or roll down the windows and cruise record. It's a shame they broke up only 3 albums into their career but I hear some of the members formed a new band but have yet to find out what that is yet. Anyways, this is raunchy, blistering, rock'n'roll. The end.
For Fans Of: MC5, Mudhoney, Iggy & The Stooges, Young Heart Attack

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Boris - Smile

Oh yeahhhhh buddy, nothing else needs to be said. Rock'n'roll motherfuckers.

Smileeee

Link taken from http://soundweave.blogspot.com

Apes - Ghost Games

These guys have been around for a while. I saw them with Modey Lemon over 2 years ago and king of forgot about them except for the occasional play on my iPod. They are back with a new singer and better written songs than ever before. They start rocking on track one and never stop til the end. Less funny skit things than before but that just leaves more room for the music. A great combo of 60's/70's rock, noise and underground rock from the past 20 years.
For Fans Of: Death From Above, Modey Lemon, Liars, Deep Purple



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www.myspace.com/apes
www.theapes.com

Caltrop

I have to get this out there now because these boys have an LP coming soon. Doom/stoner/riffs at their best. Caltrop throws down with the best of them opening for the likes of Mastodon and Big Business. Just some local boys who know how to rock, really. Everything about this is awesome. Only 4 songs but all 4 are masterpieces.

For fans of: Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins.

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Some of the most rocking tracks of 2007

Just thought this would be a neat idea. Keeping it real with the rock. Spans a few genres but they all have one thing in common. Rock'n'roll.

1. Big Business - Hands Up (Sludggggyyyyy goodness.)
   
2. High On Fire - Turk (Best metal album of 07 in my opinion)
   
3. Part Chimp - New Cross (More sludge except from the UK this time)
   
4. Bloodhorse - Bloodhorse (Best EP of 07)
   
5. Boris - Pink (From Rock Dream) (We all know the song, this time it's just with more people!)
   
6. The Fucking Champs - A Forgotten Chapter In the History of Ideas (Loving the old school riffs)
   
7. Witchcraft - You Bury Your Head (We need more doom in our lives)
   
8. Burning Brides - Hang Love (Grunge at its best)
   
9. Year Long Disaster - Per Qualche Dollaro (A Kinks offspring makes one hell of a rock'n'roll record.)
   
10. Radio Moscow - Mistreating Queen (More bands should be influenced by Deep Purple and Cream)
    
11. Turbonegro - Do You Do You Dig Destruction (They're back and more rocking/crazier than ever)
    
12. Goon Moon - My Machine (Zach Hill owns this track of stoner rock)
    
13. Dinosaur Jr. - This Is All I Came To Do (Mascis still has it, solos are drool worthy.
    
14. Electric Six - Rip It (They do rip it)
    
15. Turbo Fruits - 20th I Was Blue (Blues Punk at it's fastest and punkiest)
    
16. The Hives - Tick Tick Boom (Couldn't help it, they make awesome singles)
    
17. King Khan & His Shrines - Land of the Freak (Little more garage, little less James Brown)
    
18. Heavy Trash - They Were Kings (Epitome of Jon Spencer)
    
19. Black Lips - O Katrina! (Another amazing single from this year. Catchy as fuck)
    

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C-Average - Second Reckoning

Some descriptions taken from allmusic.com:

Olympia, WA hard rock trio C Average was formed by singer/guitarist Jon Merithew, Melvins bassist Joe Preston and drummer Brad Balsley. Debuting in 1998 with a self-titled LP on Kill Rock Stars, the band nevertheless earned its greatest notoriety for regularly backing Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder during his infrequent solo gigs; replacing Preston with bassist Tim Brown, C Average issued their second album in 2000. Second Reckoning followed on Kill Rock Stars in early 2001.

For Fans Of: The Melvins, Black Sabbath, Big Business

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Zs - Arms

A mathy noise rock band, these guys are if Hella wanted to be a jazz band. With a sax throughout most of their songs, it's a lot jazzier than most noise bands. Extremely noodly, Mick Barr helped release their debut EP and with good reason because it sounds a lot like everything he's done. Fans of jazz, world music and noise will like this.

For Fans Of: Hella, Orthrelm, Ruins, Behold...The Arctopus
Standout Tracks: 1 (B Is For Burning), 3 (Nobody Wants To Be Had), 4 (Balk), 5 (I Can't Concentrate)

http://www.zzzsss.com/news.html
http://www.myspace.com/zstheband
http://www.planariainc.com/

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