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Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Trash Classic”

sfilzen — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:01:53 +0000

Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Trash Classic” 2025. Very limited edition “Killer Kiwi” splattered vinyl via Levitation. The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records. Hard rocking garage psych. FATWF’s latest, released just a few days ago, and their, like, 100th record — just kidding, but they have a big catalog of studio, live and other stuff so it’s hard to keep track. Trash Classic is wild and weird. Non-stop high energy, as always, but very angular, herky-jerky…the word “Devo” has popped into my head more than once. There was even a whisper or two of 70’s Rush/Floyd prog rock. And punk. And metal. Truly bizarre, and truly great. If there is a typical FATWF sound, that would be most reflected on the opener “Channel Rot” – buzzy garage guitars meets 60’s organ psych (of course that sound is woven through most of the record, too). “Fucksake” is great and has a 70’s metal/hard rock sound, a bit like Sabbath but trippier; “Gutter Priestess” also has a lot of rock elements, with a dash of Devo. We get more Devo-spiration but on heavy acid with “Economy” and “Total Reset.” “Out of the Flesh” goes trippy punk with a dancing chainsaw buzz. “Conducting Experiments” is a funky ass-shaker with some 70’s/80’s new wave bleep bloops (Devo but with more soul). And the title track “Trash Classic” is just bat shit crazy – epically lengthen, blending space/math/nerd rock, proggy space rock, punk, garage, psychedelia and the kitchen sink. The word “unhinged” appears in the Bandcamp/Levitation press release and that’s about as accurate as anything to sum up Trash Classic.

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Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Data Doom”

sfilzen — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:11:14 +0000

Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Data Doom” 2023. Limited edition colored vinyl, Dinked “Magma Opal” edition. The Reverberation Society/Greenway Records. Includes poster and bonus 7″ single flexi disc.

Last night we caught Frankie and the Witchfingers at the Miramar Theatre here in Milwaukee and it was a killer, ridiculously high energy sweatfest of searing psychedelic garage rock. They played a few songs from their latest release Data Doom including the blistering album opener “Empire,” the frenetically driving “Futurephobic,” “Mild Davis” and one of my top tracks from the LP “Electricide.” My other top picks from Data Doom are “Burn Me Down” and “Syster System.” Like their previous releases (and performances), their music is unwaveringly ass-shaking; Data Doom goes way darker, though, with under and overtones of doom + speed metal wrapped into trippy lightning speed swirls of sound.

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Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Monsters Eating People Eating”

sfilzen — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:13:41 +0000

Frankie and the Witch Fingers “Monsters Eating People Eating” 2020. Greenway Records. Psychedelic garage rock from Indiana via L.A. and holy shit! We caught Frankie and the Witch Fingers on Wednesday night at their sold-out show at Cactus Club and it was one of the wildest performances I’ve seen so far this year (and I’ve seen a lot!). They were non-stop: dynamic, electric, hypnotizing, sweat-drenched head-banging with barely time to breathe between songs. The packed-to-the rafters crowd was a sea of movement the whole show: shaking, dancing, head bopping (except for one woman right up at the stage who literally stood there the entire show with arms crossed, glaring and not moving – I just could not understand why she was there and having such a bad time).

They played several of my top tracks from Monsters Eating People Eating (though really the entire record is fantastic) including the loud-quiet-loud shredding, bass-grooving “Reaper,” the epically killer psychedelic rocker “Where’s Your Reality?” and the ass-shaking “Simulator.” The shredding and psychedelia was courtesy of Dylan Sizemore and Josh Menashe, the ass-shaking was courtesy of bassist Nikki Pickle (I finally realized why she looked so familiar – she’s in Death Valley Girls!) and new drummer Nick Aguilar who used to drum for Mike Watt.

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