hozac records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/hozac-records/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:36:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Brides “Suburban Vermin” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-brides-suburban-vermin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-brides-suburban-vermin Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:36:03 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=15943 The Brides "Suburban Vermin" 1996-98/2024. Hozac Records. Comp of the 90's era Chicago-area garage punks; their only previous releases are a couple of singles from the late 90's/early 2000's. We caught The Brides last month up in Green Bay at the GBUFO Invasion Fest. Because my recollection of the late 90's is fuzzy at best, [...]

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]]> The Brides “Suburban Vermin” 1996-98/2024. Hozac Records. Comp of the 90’s era Chicago-area garage punks; their only previous releases are a couple of singles from the late 90’s/early 2000’s. We caught The Brides last month up in Green Bay at the GBUFO Invasion Fest. Because my recollection of the late 90’s is fuzzy at best, I have no idea if we saw them play out back then. If we did it was probably because they were touring with/opening for some other 90’s garage punk band and made the 90 minute drive up the freeway to Milwaukee. I’m fairly certain they played some, if not most, of the songs on Suburban Vermin since their recording catalog is pretty small but what exists is pretty killer. My top tracks on Suburban Vermin include the two songs from their debut single (1997 on Rip Off Records) “Pushed Around” b/w “Get to You.” Another great track is “Waiting for You” which is the b-side to their 1999 single “Bad Attitude” (also on Rip Off Records) – a terrific garage punk anthem. Their cover of “Everybody Needs Somebody” is wild; it’s from a 1996 demo tape and sounds like what the (mythical Chicagoans) Blues Brothers would have done if they were punks. There are a couple of live songs on Suburban Vermin, recorded at Fireside Bowl (Chicago) and they’re raw, angry and fun: “Radio Suicide” and “I Juvenile.” I’m not sure if The Brides recent shows are an all-out reunion or a few one-offs but if they swing back through the area, I’ll definitely check them out again.

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]]> 15943 Green/Blue “Offering” https://vinylfromthevault.com/green-blue-offering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-blue-offering Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:04:18 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=15132 Green/Blue "Offering" 2022. Hozac Records. Jangling noise pop from the prolific Jim Blaha (The Blind Shake, Shadow in the Cracks, Jim and the French Vanilla). Offering is Green/Blue's second LP (their third, Paper Thin came out in June 2022, while their s/t debut came out in early 2020). Dense and rocking, Offering calls to mind a mix of early [...]

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]]> Green/Blue “Offering” 2022. Hozac Records. Jangling noise pop from the prolific Jim Blaha (The Blind Shake, Shadow in the Cracks, Jim and the French Vanilla). Offering is Green/Blue’s second LP (their third, Paper Thin came out in June 2022, while their s/t debut came out in early 2020). Dense and rocking, Offering calls to mind a mix of early 90’s Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, but with more of a pop sensibility, like you can actually dance to a lot of it. My top tracks include “Disregard,” “Same Waste of Time” (frantic, fun, heavily layered) and the title track “Offering” (even more frantic, slightly atonal giving it an exotic flavor). Green/Blue are from Minneapolis and Jim Blaha has played Milwaukee with some of his other projects in the past; hoping they’ll make their way east again soon.

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