Get Psyched With A Goner Fest 10 "Prep" Mix!

  GONERFEST 10 MIXTAPE by GonerRecords 

Goner Fest 10 this weekend in Memphis Tennessee! 

Thursday, September 26th
Opening Ceremonies @ Goner Gazebo
Guitar Wolf (Tokyo, Japan)

Thursday Night @ The Hi-Tone 
Quintron & Miss Pussycat (New Orleans, LA) 

Ex-Cult (Memphis, TN)

Tyvek (Detroit, MI)

Octa#grape (San Diego, CA)

Catholic Spray (Paris, France)

Blind Shake (Minneapolis, MN)

Friday, September 27th 
Afternoon Show @ The Buccaneer

Gino & The Goons (St. Petersburg, FL)

The Hemingers (Coldwater, MI)

Martin Savage Gang (Sweden)

Jackpot (Kalamazoo, MI) 

Friday Night @ The Hi-Tone

Mudhoney (Seattle, WA)

Human Eye (Detroit, MI)

Head (Seattle, WA)

Cheap Time (Nashville, TN)
Viva L'American Death Ray (New York, NY)

True Sons Of Thunder (Memphis, TN)

Saturday, September 28th

Afternoon Show @ Murphy's (2 Stages!)
Wreckless Eric (UK/NJ)
Harlan T. Bobo (Memphis, TN / France)
Sugar Stems (Milwaukee, WI)
Buck Biloxi (New Orleans, LA)
Manateees (Memphis, TN)
Digital Leather (Omaha, NE)
Cuntz (Melbourne, Australia)
Spray Paint (Austin, TX)
Heavy Lids (New Orleans, LA)
Talbot Adams (Oxford, MS)
Cybelle Blood (Memphis, TN/Portland, OR/Richmond, VA)  

Saturday Night @ The Hi-Tone

Cosmic Psychos (Melbourne, Australia)
Destruction Unit (Tempe, AZ)
Wizzard Sleeve (Mobile, AL)
CC Riders (Memphis, TN)
Onyas (Melbourne, Australia)
Autodramatics (Iowa City, IA)

Sunday, September 29th
Closing Ceremonies @ Goner Gazebo 

Louis Bee King (New Orleans, LA)
Leo Welch (Bruce, MS)

Goner Fest 10 Linup Deets!

Thursday, September 26th
Opening Ceremonies @ Goner Gazebo
Guitar Wolf (Tokyo, Japan) 

Thursday Night @ The Hi-Tone
Quintron & Miss Pussycat (New Orleans, LA) 

Ex-Cult (Memphis, TN)

Tyvek (Detroit, MI)

Octa#grape (San Diego, CA)

Catholic Spray (Paris, France)

Blind Shake (Minneapolis, MN) 

Friday, September 27th
Afternoon Show @ The Buccaneer
Gino & The Goons (St. Petersburg, FL)

The Hemingers (Coldwater, MI)

Martin Savage Gang (Sweden)

Jackpot (Kalamazoo, MI) 

Friday Night @ The Hi-Tone
Mudhoney (Seattle, WA)

Human Eye (Detroit, MI)

Head (Seattle, WA)

Cheap Time (Nashville, TN)
Viva L'American Death Ray (New York, NY)

True Sons Of Thunder (Memphis, TN) 

Saturday, September 28th
Afternoon Show @ Murphy's (2 Stages!)
Wreckless Eric (UK/NJ)
Harlan T. Bobo (Memphis, TN / France)
Sugar Stems (Milwaukee, WI)
Buck Biloxi (New Orleans, LA)
Manateees (Memphis, TN)
Digital Leather (Omaha, NE)
Cuntz (Melbourne, Australia)
Spray Paint (Austin, TX)
Heavy Lids (New Orleans, LA)
Talbot Adams (Oxford, MS)
Cybelle Blood (Memphis, TN/Portland, OR/Richmond, VA) 

Saturday Night @ The Hi-Tone
Cosmic Psychos (Melbourne, Australia)
Destruction Unit (Tempe, AZ)
Wizzard Sleeve (Mobile, AL)
CC Riders (Memphis, TN)
Onyas (Melbourne, Australia)
Autodramatics (Iowa City, IA)

Sunday, September 29th
Closing Ceremonies @ Goner Gazebo 

Louis Bee King (New Orleans, LA)
Leo Welch (Bruce, MS)

TICKETS HERE!

Revolver Guide To SXSW 2012 - Friday March 16th.

MARCH 16TH
BARRERACUDAS  
Party - Slovenly Records 10th Anniversary Party @ The Liberty

CHEAP TIME  
Party - In The Red/LA Record/Blundertown Present @ Emo's East

COLEMAN, JOHN WESLEY  
Showcase - Goner Records @ Beerland, set time 10:00 PM

DEAR, MATTHEW  
Party - Quicky Tattoos & Piercings (DJ set)

DROP THE LIME  
Party -W Hotel

DUTCH UNCLES  
Party - Music for Listeners @ Flat Top Burger Shop, set time 7:00 PM
Showcase - PRS @ British Music Embassy

GANGLIANS  
Party @ The Studio by HGTV, set time 10:00 PM - 10:40 PM

HOWLIN RAIN  
In-store @ Waterloo, set time 4:00 PM

KEN MODE  
Showcase - BrooklynVegan/Power of the Riff/Trasher @ Scoot Inn, set time 9:20 PM - 9:45 PM

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS  
Party - In The Red/LA Record/Blundertown Present @ Emo's East  
Party - The 3rd Annual And So @ 29th St. Ballroom  

LOWER DENS  
Party - I Guess I'm Floating presents @ Hype Hotel, set time 12:00 AM - 12:40 AM
Party - MWTX 2012 @ 1100 Warehouse

OH SEES, THEE  
Party - In The Red/LA Record/Blundertown Present @ Emo's East
Party - The 3rd Annual And So @ 29 th St. Ballroom

PUFFY AREOLAS  
Party - Monofonus Press presents @ Trailer Space, set time 5:00 PM

PURLING HISS  
Showcase - Third Man Records @ The Stage On Sixth Patio, set time 8:05 PM - 8:25 PM

ROYAL BATHS  
Party - BODY||MIND - Redefine Magazine's Unofficial SXSW House Party @ House Of Commons
Party - WNYU presents Everyone Sux: The Party @ Baby Blue Studios, set time 3:50 PM

SPECTRALS  
Party - Music For Listeners @ Flat Top Burger Shop, set time 2:00 PM
Showcase - Strange Victory/Luaka Bop @ The Whiskey Room, set time 11:00 PM -11:40 PM

SPITS, THE  
Party - In The Red/LA Record/Blundertown Present @ Emo's East

STRANGE BOYS, THE  
Party - The 3rd Annual And So @ 29th St. Ballroom

TYCHO  
Showcase - S.O. Terik @ Clive Bar, set time 8:30 PM - 9:10 PM

WHITE FENCE  
Showcase - Goner Records @ Beerland, set time 9:15 PM

WHITE MYSTERY  
Party -Cherrywood Coffee House

YACHT  
Showcase - S.O. Terik @ Clive Bar, set time 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM

Friday At SXSW 2011

MARCH 18TH

APACHE

Burger Record House Show@ 3104 Birdwood St., set time 7:30 PM
       

BATHS
    Pitchfork Party @ East Side Drive In - stage #1, set time 2:45 PM   
Flowerbooking / A.V. Club Party @ Mohawk - outside, set time 5:00 PM       
Hype Machine Showcase @ Pure Volume House, set time 12:00 AM
       

BELLRAYS   
Blurt Magazine Party @ Gingerman Pub, set time 1:00 PM
Cheapo Records In-store, set time 6:00 PM
Knitting Factory Showcase @ Rusty Spurs, set time 11:50 PM
   

BLACK LIPS   
Dickies Sounds Showcase @ Lustre Pearl

HARLAN T. BOBO   

Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 9:45 PM

CHEAP TIME   

Trouble In Mind Day Show @ Shangri-La

CLOUDLAND CANYON   

Leafy Green/Thrill Jockey Showcase @ Emo's Jr., set time 11:00 PM
       

JOHN WESLEY COLEMAN  
Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 10:30 PM

DAVILA 666

SiiickXSW Party @ 1112 E. 6th St.

FRESH & ONLYS   

Dickies Sounds Showcase @ Lustre Pearl, set time 3:00 PM   
Mexican Summer/Gorilla vs. Bear Party @ Klub Krucial
  

GRAYCEON   
Giant Steps Productions' notSXSW Party @ Plush

HUMAN EYE   

Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 11:15 PM

KYLESA   

 Metalliance Tour Showcase @ Dirty Dog Bar, set time 9:40 PM
   

LIMES   
Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 9:00 PM
   

LITURGY   
Leafy Green/Thrill Jockey Showcase @ Emo’s Jr, set time 9:00 PM

LOWER DENS   

Other Music/Dig For Fire @ French Legation Museum, set time 2:00 PM   
Mexican Summer/Gorilla Vs. Bear Showcase @ Klub Krucial, set time 8:00 PM

THEE OH SEES   

Volar Records/I Hate Rock n Roll/The Colonel Party @ Trailer Space, set time 3:45 PM

OVERNIGHT LOWS   

Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 8:15 PM

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

 Billboard Bungalow Showcase @ Buffalo Billiards 

PAPERCUTS    

  Urban Outfitters in-store, set time 3:00 PM
Sub Pop/Hardly Art Showcase @ Red 7 - Patio, set time 10:30 PM
   

 QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT   
Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 1:00 AM

TY SEGALL

Goner Showcase @ Beerland, set time 12:00 PM

SHIT ROBOT   

Vice Lose Control SXSW Party

STARKEY   

Surefire Agency Showcase @ Barcelona, set time 1:00 AM

STRANGE BOYS

Volar Records/I Hate Rock n Roll/The Colonel Party @ Trailer Space, set time 6:00 PM

SUN ARAW
SXSW Party @ Ms. Beas
SXSW Party @ Barbarella

  

TIME NEW VIKING   
Urban Outfitters In-store, set time 5:00 PM
Merge Showcase @ The Parish, set time 7:30 PM

SHARON VAN ETTEN   

The A.V. Club Party @ Mohawk - outside, set time 4:00 PM

WEEDEATER   

Metalliance Tour Showcase @Dirty Dog Bar, set time 8:55 PM
  

WEEKEND   
Filter Party @ Cedar Street, set time 2:00 PM
Impose Mag Party @ Longbranch, set time 10:45 PM

DEVON WILLIAMS

 Burger Record House Show @ 3104 Birdwood St., set time 6:00 PM 

WOUNDED LION

SiiickXSW Party @ 1112 E. 6th   
Trouble In Mind Day Show @ Shangri-La

Blank Dogs & Cheap Time Singles Start Shipping On Monday!

Revolver sales rep - Psychedelic Dave

Two new In The Red singles start shipping next Monday (06/01/09). Blank Dogs Waiting & Cheap Time Woodland Drive / Penny and Jenny. Viva La Vinyl!

Threeimaginarygirls.com Reviews Jay Reatard's Seattle Show.

LIVE SHOW REVIEWS
Capitol Hill Block Party 2008: Jay Reatard @ Capitol Hill Block Party 2008
Original post

There have always been bands I haven’t given the time of day simply because of their monikers. Case in point: Jay Reatard.

I was unsurprised to be greeted with wild-haired, ironic flying-v toting post-punk rockers. But like mama always says, don’t judge a book by its Pitchfork cover story.

Though skeptical, I was pleased once I witnessed a band who could churn out songs so quick and so raw they were seconds away from tearing my face off. Unfortunately their high-energy antics brought out the mosher in some of the crowd, most likely those too drunk to realize that punk has been on its deathbed for quite some time.

Fortunately, in their tight jeans and golden slacks, Jay Reatard managed to rise above the punk rock grave, deconstruct the genre, throw in garage rock, slaughter that, and beat it into something compact and forceful. Though they may have felt like a gimmick at times, perhaps running on the dreaded 15-minute course, at least they’ve got great music and marvelous stage presence to show for it.

More Reatarded shows with the Cheap Time supporting:
7/29 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
7/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
7/31 San Diego, CA @Casbah
8/1 Mesa, AZ @ Hollywood Alley
8/3 Austin, TX @ Red 7
8/4 Dallas, TX @ ClubDada

8.1 Jay Reatard Review on Pitchfrok.

Jay Reatard:
Singles 06-07
[In the Red; 2008]
Rating: 8.1
Original Review

As far as singles compilations go, two years might seem like a pretty narrow window. Then again, just as the two- or three-minute songs from Jay Reatard feel epic, he's given his fans a near-career's worth of riches in that time. It's true that nearly one-third of these tracks are demos and alternate versions of songs from 2006's Blood Visions, but he hasn't rested on his laurels for one moment since then. This compilation is beyond helpful for collecting so many one-off singles, and actually makes for an excellent intro into the world of Reatard for the uninitiated.

Anyone who's caught Jay Lindsey and his band live over the past year or so has probably heard "Night of Broken Glass": It's a simple but effective juxtaposition that sums up Lindsey's reference points fairly well, from the Devo-brand jerkiness of the verse into one of his most breathless punk-rock choruses. (It speaks to the man's casual approach to history to have what sounds like an empathetic warning song from a guy whose last side project was named the Final Solutions.) Those only familiar with Blood Visions may be surprised by the other tracks from the Night of Broken Glass EP. "Another Person" has perky carnival keyboards, stiff new-wave affectations, and sophisticated self-harmonizing, while the foreboding lyrics in "All Over Again" are betrayed by a swinging and sweet backing track without a flying-V guitar in sight.

"I Know a Place" and its B-side, "Don't Let Him Come Back", are just as disarmingly gentle, but it further speaks to a songwriter steeped in punk traditions who's absorbed a lot more than his album covers might suggest-- not in the least bands like the Go-Betweens, who originally recorded the deep cut "Don't Let Him Come Back" in 1979, with Reatard following suit after Grant McLennan's had passed in 2006. It's a faithful, acoustically driven version marked by Reatard's hiss-soaked multi-tracked vocals, making his lonely yelp into a basement chorus line.

"Hammer I Miss You" is slow and loopy power-pop that struts rather than races, with a great faraway wail and a guitar part like a downhill snowball for the chorus. But between the staccato full stops of "All Wasted" and the screeching vocal of "It's So Useless", its B-sides might do the best job of reconciling his former, younger fury with his just-slightly slower punk-pop of late. "In the Dark" is one of Reatard's most explicit Wire nods, though it's mid-tempo beat is still infectiously urgent, the single for which also featured two sluggish lo-fi demos of what would be two Blood Visions stand outs, "Searching For You" and "Haunting You" (which would be renamed "Nightmares" and Fading All Away", respectively-- the promo we reviewed inverted the titles, but both demos are clearly named from key lyrics in each.) Here, they seem to sink underneath the melodrama of the broken relationship they detail; "Searching for You" holds up, as it's an uncharacteristically wistful song for Reatard, while "Haunting You" doesn't fare as well-- hearing a lyric like "I won't stop until you're dead" isn't quite the same without the clattering engine of the band behind it.

Those unexpected quirks are more evident on the "Blood Demos" 7" released on Stained Circles. The title track is just as biting as its album counterpart, but its chorus melody is more static and the transition between it and the verses much less smooth, while the juxtaposition of the sterile verses to the careening chorus of "Turning Blue" was sacrificed for a more manic and more streamlined approach on the record. That said, there's still something happening here; a sense of melody and purpose that still lifts them above the other exemplary singles from Blood Visions. Letting the seams show a bit with these demos not only reveals a bit about his process, but it illuminates the link between his earlier career and his recent breakthrough, while going a long way to prove that record was more than three or four chords and a fake accent.

Song for song, Blood Visions might still outclass this compilation (though this is certainly more diverse), but again, mind those dates at the top: In this short span of time Reatard cranked out more memorable songs then some acts do in their whole careers. If there's a creeping criticism to be had, it's that Jay Reatard solo songs always sound like Jay Reatard, be they slow or fast, quiet or loud, played on synths or guitars. It's a fine line between consistency and stasis that he's toeing, and something to bear in mind as he continues as he continues to record for Matador. For a songwriter hitting this kind of unstoppable stride over the past two years, however, it's a moot point. Whether you watch that DVD or not, it's an era worth celebrating.

- Jason Crock, July 3, 2008

Summer tour schedule including dates with Spoon, Cheap Time, Les Savy Fav, and Pitchfork Fest appearance.

07/14/08 @ Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA
07/15/08 @ Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, w/Spoon
07/16/08 @ Lupo’s Providence RI w/Spoon
07/19/08 @ Pitchfork Festival, Chicago, IL
07/21/08 @ Triple Rock Minneapolis MN w/Cheap Time
07/22/08 @ The Aquarium, Fargo, ND w/Cheap Time
07/25/08 @ Capitol Hill block Party, Seattle WA
07/26/08 @ Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC w/Les Savy Fav
07/27/08 @ Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR w/Cheap Time
07/29/08 @ Independent, San Francisco CA w/Cheap Time
07/30/08 @ Echo, Los Angeles, CA w/Cheap Time
07/31/08 @ Casbah, San Diego, CA w/Cheap Time
08/1/08 @ Hollywood Alley, Mesa, AZ w/Cheap Time
08/3/08 @ Red 7, Austin, TX, w/Cheap Time