the ghost wolves Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/the-ghost-wolves/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:06:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Ghost Wolves “Never Die” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-ghost-wolves-never-die/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ghost-wolves-never-die Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:06:39 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=14828 The Ghost Wolves "Never Die" 2022. Limited edition signed copy with hand-written note included. The Ghost Wolves are a two-piece out of Texas: Carly (ethereal vocals, guitar, Eminence Speakers, Earthquaker Devices pedals) and Jonny ("whatever dirty old drums he can get his paws on") Wolf. Their music is buzzy, eclectic, experimental, a bit psychedelic and [...]

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]]> The Ghost Wolves “Never Die” 2022. Limited edition signed copy with hand-written note included. The Ghost Wolves are a two-piece out of Texas: Carly (ethereal vocals, guitar, Eminence Speakers, Earthquaker Devices pedals) and Jonny (“whatever dirty old drums he can get his paws on”) Wolf. Their music is buzzy, eclectic, experimental, a bit psychedelic and Americana gothic; their Bandcamp bio describes them as “The Cramps from the crypt met up with the Ramones and take all the cocaine Hasil Adkins left on the floor.” Their most recent release, Never Die, has the vibe of a Grimm fairy tale set in a dim Texas saloon filled with smoke and taxidermy. There’s some truly creepy tracks like “Never Die” and “Devil’s Vine” – Carly’s voice floats like a ghost over Nosferatu organ and their cover of Patti Smith‘s “Ghost Dance” is a perfect fit for the record. There’s also a couple of psychedelic garage rockers (and not surprisingly these are my favorite on the LP): “Wild One” and “Pieces of 8.”

 

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]]> 14828 Brother O’ Brother and The Ghost Wolves https://vinylfromthevault.com/brother-o-brother-and-the-ghost-wolves-split-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brother-o-brother-and-the-ghost-wolves-split-7 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:33:38 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3242 Brother O’ Brother and The Ghost Wolves, split 7″ on Fonoflo/Romanus Records. 2016. We saw both bands at last weekend Mile of Music in Appleton, WI and I wrote extensively about the Brother O’ Brother show earlier this week. We saw The Ghost Wolves perform on Friday evening at Mill Creek. A duo from Austin, [...]

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]]> Brother O’ Brother and The Ghost Wolves, split 7″ on Fonoflo/Romanus Records. 2016. We saw both bands at last weekend Mile of Music in Appleton, WI and I wrote extensively about the Brother O’ Brother show earlier this week. We saw The Ghost Wolves perform on Friday evening at Mill Creek. A duo from Austin, TX, Carley “Carazy” Wolf (guitar & vocals) and Jonathan “Little Hammer” Wolf (drums & vocals) play “a blend of punk rock, delta blues, garage, pop, noise, electro and death-western. Their live shows have been described by one fervent supporter as ‘The Cramps meeting up with The Ramones and taking all the cocaine Hasil Adkins left on the floor.’” They also cite Jon Spencer as an influence, as well as Joan Jett, Tom Waits, The Clash and R.L. Burnside, so that’s pretty damn cool.

Our 7″ is mislabelled (which didn’t take me long to figure out). Side A is supposed to be Brother O’ Brother’s “I Confess” and “I Got It,” both excellent bluesy garage rockers, but in reality the tracks playing are Ghost Wolves’ “Vroom Vroom” (not actually a song, just 2 or so seconds of an engine vroom-vrooming) and “I Got $.” “I Got $” is a slow-grooving, rough rocking burner that showcases Carley’s howling guitar and clear vocals and Jonathan’s power hits. I was unable to find a video for the track or any performances from Mile of Music, but here is a pretty great mini-film of their tour and performance in Japan 2014. Also if you go to their Facebook page and scroll to July 30th, you can see a hilarious video of Brother O’ Brother and The Ghost Wolves doing Pilates.

Runoff groove etchings:

Side A (or is it B?): “Mo Money”

Side B (or is it A?): “Mo Problems, Cream”

And here is a photo from the Mile of Music Facebook feed (taken by Graham Images and Photography) of Brother O’ Brother’s Chris Banta during the show we saw at Chadwick’s.

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