super psyched.

just now coming down after soaking up 3 days of scuzzy bands at austin psych fest. black moth super rainbow, atlas sound, crystal stilts, crocodiles, a place to bury strangers, prefuse 73 - the amazing list just didn't stop & all put on stellar sets. however, there were 2 acts i was very interested in seeing & surprisingly, they ended up being the best ones.



Bass Drum Of Death - Spare Room

Bass Drum Of Death - Nerve Jamming

mississippi's bass drum of death was by far the best performance of the festival. if their debut album cover tells you anything it means they came to party. it's a thrashing good time of garage drenched tunes which when played live, easily surpasses their recordings. besides, anytime a hot model-type girl gets topless at one of your shows, you know you're doing something right.




Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best

Dirty Beaches - Sweet 17

canada's alex zhang hungtai, better known as dirty beaches is a psychobilly dreamboat. his debut album, badlands, sounds like what a modern day eddie cochran would put out if he holed up & listened to the black angels 24/7. with lines like "lord knows best that i don’t give a damn about anyone but you", it pulls on your heartstrings a bit. placed against a cool, grey, sunday afternoon his performance was a nice calm to a crazy weekend & might i add very, very sexy.