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Putrifiers II
''Putrifiers II'' is the thirteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees (and the seventh released under the full Thee Oh Sees name), released on September 11, 2012, on In The Red Records. Background John Dwyer's previous band Yikes recorded a song called "Putrifiers" for their 2006 album ''Secrets to Superflipping''. This song had also had an influence on the Thee Oh Sees' "Ghost In The Trees" from 2008's ''The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In''. Similar to ''Dog Poison'' and ''Castlemania'', recording was primarily undertaken by John Dwyer. Brigid Dawson was the only other member of the band to appear on the album. Dawson noted the album's expanded palette of sounds: " seems to me that ohn Dwyerreally got to stretch out his wings, be a bit of a composer with a wider and richer array of sounds to play around with." Guest musicians on the album included Heidi Alexander from The Sandwitches, who recorded additional vocals and trumpet, and Mikal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thee Oh Sees
Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (drums), Paul Quattrone (drums) and Tomas Dolas (keyboards). Osees sound incorporates a wide range of rock genres, including 1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock, punk rock, noise rock, art punk, and 1980s post-punk. Initially an outlet for Dwyer (Coachwhips, Pink and Brown and The Hospitals) to release experimental home recordings, Osees evolved into a full band, featuring Brigid Dawson (vocals, keyboard), Petey Dammit (bass, guitar), Mike Shoun (drums), and Lars Finberg (drums, guitar). Over the course of several releases and genre transitions, the band became noted for their prolific discography, energetic live shows, and whimsical visual aesthetic. The band has changed its lineup and name several times, having previously been known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garage Rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is characterized by basic chord (music), chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a distortion (music), fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family Garage (residential), garage, although many were professional. In the US and Canada, surf rock—and later the Beatles and other beat music, beat groups of the British Invasion—motivated thousands of young people to form bands between 1963 and 1968. Hundreds of acts produced regional hits, and some had national hits, usually played on AM radio stations. With the advent of psyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Woodhouse
Chris Woodhouse is an American recording engineer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his work with the San Francisco-based garage rock acts, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, The Intelligence, Sic Alps and Fuzz. Alongside his recording duties, Woodhouse is a former member of both The Intelligence and Mayyors, and often contributes musically to Thee Oh Sees. He was listed as a full contributing band member on the band's studio albums, ''Drop'' (2014) and '' Mutilator Defeated At Last'' (2015). Career Woodhouse's former "home base" studio was The Dock in Sacramento, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... Discography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodhouse, Chris Living people Record producers from California American audio engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital multimedia, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs, as well as play content with the use of dynamic, smart playlists. Options for sound optimizations exist, as well as ways to wirelessly share the iTunes library. Originally announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001, iTunes' original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a version of the program for Windows, it became a ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warm Slime
''Warm Slime'' is the tenth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on May 11, 2010. The album is the fourth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and is the band's tenth studio album, overall. Background The album's liner notes state that the album was "recorded live at 60 6th street in San Francisco in one day, one week after the gay pride parade 2009 on a tascam 388". 60 6th Street in San Francisco was, at the time, the location of Club Six, a hip hop club where John Dwyer worked. Dwyer described Club Six as "A big, airy room with a nice wooden stage, hardwood floors and really high ceilings. I gave them $500 to record in the room for 12 hours." The whole album was recorded "live" with no overdubs in an attempt to recreate the feeling of the band's live performances. Mike Donovan, the leader of Sic Alps, was the only guest musician on the album. Donovan was a past collaborator that had appeared on OCS' 2005 album ''3&4'', on which he provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikal Cronin
Michael "Mikal" Patrick Cronin (born 1985) is an American musician and songwriter. He has released four solo albums and several singles. Cronin was a member of the bands Okie Dokie, Epsilons, Party Fowl and Moonhearts, and is a regular and longtime member of Ty Segall's live band, contributing bass guitar, backing vocals and saxophone; he has also released an album and a single in collaboration with Segall. Cronin earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in music from California Institute of the Arts. Discography As a solo artist Studio albums *''Mikal Cronin'' – CD/LP (2011; Trouble in Mind) *'' MCII'' – CD/LP (2013; Merge Records) *''MCIII'' – CD/LP (2015; Merge Records) *''Seeker'' – CD/LP (2019; Merge Records) Singles/EPs *''Gone'' – 7" (2010; Goodbye Boozy Records) *''Tide'' – 7" (2011; Goner Records) *''Violitionist Acoustic Sessions'' 7" (2012: Turntable Kitchen) Collaborations With Ty Segall *''Pop Song'' – 7" (2009; Goodbye Boozy Records) *''Reverse Shark Attac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sandwitches
The Sandwitches are an American garage-folk band integral to the indie rock scene of San Francisco,. where they are based. Local musicians, such as The Fresh & Onlys, Sonny Smith, and Tim Cohen have had The Sandwitches’ vocals featured on their recordings and performances. Music The Sandwitches formed in 2008 while Heidi Alexander and Grace Cooper were singing backup vocals for San Francisco psych-rockers The Fresh & Onlys. Drummer, Roxy Brodeur (formerly of Pillars of Silence) joined shortly thereafter. As all three members take singing duties, the band is known for their use of harmonies to an eerily beautiful effect. In 2009 they released their first album ‘’How To Make Ambient Sadcake’’, released on San Francisco’s Turn Up Records. While touring their debut, Lance Kramer of the local band The Beat Cops took over drumming duties, and Brodeur took a year-long break from the band. Their follow-up, ''Mrs. Jones’ Cookies'', welcomed back Roxy and was released on Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Dawson
Brigid Dawson sang and played keyboard and tambourine for Thee Oh Sees. She is noted for her "whimsical" harmonies and is credited with helping front man John Dwyer write melodies. Reviewing a show they played in New York, Impose Magazine wrote, "Brigid Dawson's backing vocals are the band's silver lining". Soundscapes noted in an album review, "Once again, Dwyer’s secret weapon is Brigid Dawson, whose vocal interplay gives them a leg-up in the male-dominated garage rock scene." Her voice has been compared to Kim Deal and Exene Cervenka, among others. Brigid occasionally performed as "Mix Tapes" with Meric Long of The Dodos. She is a UK native by way of San Marin. Discography ;''with Thee Oh Sees'' *''The Cool Death of Island Raiders'' (2006) *''Sucks Blood'' (2007) *''The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In'' (2008) *''Help'' (2009) *''Dog Poison'' (2009) *''Warm Slime'' (2010) *''Castlemania'' (2011) *''Carrion Crawler/The Dream'' (2011) *'' Putrifiers II'' (2012) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dwyer (musician)
John Dwyer is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist and record label owner. He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the garage rock band Osees, with whom he has released 23 studio albums. In addition to his work with Osees, Dwyer records solo material under the name "Damaged Bug". From 2020-2021, Dwyer released several improvisation-based records with a rotating collective of different artists, including "Bent Arcana", "Witch Egg", "Endless Garbage", "Moon Drenched" and "Gong Splat". He is also a former member of the garage rock acts Coachwhips, Pink and Brown and The Hospitals. Dwyer is currently based in Los Angeles, California, although for much of his career he was based in San Francisco, California. Dwyer is originally from Providence, Rhode Island, where he first began playing. He has been in and fronted several underground American bands since 1997. In 2003, John Dwyer met Brian Lee Hughes while he was filming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlemania
''Castlemania'' is the eleventh studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, the fifth album released by the band under the name "Thee Oh Sees" and their eleventh overall. It was released on May 20, 2011, by In The Red Records. It was the first of two studio albums to be made by the band in 2011, the other being ''Carrion Crawler/The Dream'', which was released in November. It was recorded by a skeleton lineup of John Dwyer (musician), John Dwyer and Brigid Dawson along with some guest musicians. Production Like the band's past album ''Dog Poison'', and the later album ''Putrifiers II'', the album was created mostly by frontman John Dwyer (musician), John Dwyer. Brigid Dawson was the only other core member of the band to appear on the album. The liner notes (apparently written by Dwyer) state that it was "the last record worked on at 608 c haight street in san francisco (very near and dear to my heart and heavy in my memories) before control was assumed by rich assh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Poison
''Dog Poison'' is the ninth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (d ..., released in 2009 on Captured Tracks. It is the band's third release under the name Thee Oh Sees. Track listing Personnel All personnel credits adapted from the album's liner notes * John Dwyer - writer, performer * Paul Wackers - cover art * Eric Landmark - master References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dog Poison 2009 albums Oh Sees albums Captured Tracks albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In
''The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In'' is the seventh studio album by San Francisco-based rock band Thee Oh Sees. The album was the first to be released under the name "Thee Oh Sees", after the band had previously been known as "OCS", "The Ohsees", and "The Oh Sees". It is their seventh studio album overall. Background Their previous album, ''Sucks Blood'', already used the name "Thee Oh Sees" on the interior of both CD and vinyl releases, while the exterior continued to use the name "The OhSees". This album seems to get its title from ''The master's bedroom, it's worth spending a night there'', a 1920 painting by surrealist Max Ernst. Additionally, the phrase is a line in the Mekons song "Hostile Mascot," from their album ''Retreat From Memphis.'' This album marked the first appearance of Mike Shoun, the drummer that joined the band following the departure of previous drummer, Patrick Mullins. Shoun's arrival marked a change in the band's sound. John Dwyer noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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