lo-fi Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/lo-fi/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:39:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Gasoline “Fake to Fame” https://vinylfromthevault.com/gasoline-fake-to-fame-2001-estrus-records/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gasoline-fake-to-fame-2001-estrus-records Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:03:33 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/gasoline-fake-to-fame-2001-estrus-records/ Gasoline “Fake to Fame” 2001. Estrus Records. Limited edition green vinyl. Lo-fi sloppy garage rock revival from Japan. The Vault is currently in minor reorganization mode (to make way for more vinyl) so we’re going through the current Main Vault collection and pulling records that can be relegated to the Overflow Vault (=basement). In the process, [...]

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]]> Gasoline “Fake to Fame” 2001. Estrus Records. Limited edition green vinyl. Lo-fi sloppy garage rock revival from Japan. The Vault is currently in minor reorganization mode (to make way for more vinyl) so we’re going through the current Main Vault collection and pulling records that can be relegated to the Overflow Vault (=basement). In the process, we are discovering records forgotten about, like this one. I had no recollection of what it was but it definitely looked interesting and Estrus is usually a pretty reliable label. Good news – this is pretty great! Fake to Fame is 60′s inspired with a gritty punk attitude, though for the most part I can’t understand the vocals (several songs are in Japanese). No matter, I’ve always been more of a music person than a lyrics one anyway. Stand-out tracks: slinky grooving “Man’s Man’s Time,”  psychobilly instrumental “Don’t Turn Your Blade,” and blues-funky “You’ll Remember.” Less exciting: jazz-inspired noodley “Cool Kidding Part 1,″ its redux “Cool Kidding Part 2″ (a bonus track on the vinyl release) and the vaguely folky acoustic “Boogie Wrench” (actually I’m just more confused by that one). You can listen to the whole album here.

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]]> 11259 Oblivians “Soul Food” https://vinylfromthevault.com/oblivians-soul-food-1995-crypt-records-sleazy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oblivians-soul-food-1995-crypt-records-sleazy Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:46:21 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=2882 Oblivians “Soul Food” 1995. Crypt Records. Sleazy lo-fi garage punk-blues, Soul Food is the debut record from Memphis-based Oblivians. With Ramones-esque monikers (Eric Oblivian, Greg Oblivian and Jack Oblivian), the trio share guitar, drum and vocal responsibilities on the whip-fast 14 track “30-minute album of guitar chicken scratching with bent note solos, some church organ, spitting vocals, and [...]

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]]> Oblivians “Soul Food” 1995. Crypt Records. Sleazy lo-fi garage punk-blues, Soul Food is the debut record from Memphis-based Oblivians. With Ramones-esque monikers (Eric Oblivian, Greg Oblivian and Jack Oblivian), the trio share guitar, drum and vocal responsibilities on the whip-fast 14 track “30-minute album of guitar chicken scratching with bent note solos, some church organ, spitting vocals, and thud-and-crash drumming. The songs are delivered like a fire-and-brimstone preacher who dabbles as Mr. Hyde on weekends, full of spirit and depravity.” (Allmusic) They cover Lightnin’ Hopkins on “Vietnam War Blues” and deconstruct the hell out of Dave Clark Five’s “Any Way You Want It,” bring the scuzz to the surf party on “Never Change” and croon about the beauty of love on “And Then I Fucked Her.” (just kidding)

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