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American garage rock band Osees have released twenty-eight studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, eight extended plays (EPs), thirteen singles, and thirteen music videos. Albums Studio albums Released as OCS *''1'' (2003) *'' 2'' (2004) *'' Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3'' (2005) *'' OCS 4: Get Stoved'' (2005) *''Memory of a Cut Off Head'' (2017) Released as The Oh Sees *''The Cool Death of Island Raiders'' (2006) *''Sucks Blood'' (2007) Released as Thee Oh Sees *''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) *''Floating Coffin'' (2013) *''Drop'' (2014) *'' Mutilator Defeated at Last'' (2015) *''A Weird Exits'' (2016) *''An Odd Entrances'' (2016) Released as Oh Sees * '' Orc'' (2017) * ''Smote Reverser'' (2018) * ''Face Stabber'' (2019) Released as Osees *''Protean Threat'' (2020) *'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osees
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 a ... [...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 provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protean Threat
''Protean Threat'' is the twenty-third studio album by American garage rock band Osees, released on September 18, 2020, on Castle Face Records. Following the band's previous album, double LP '' Face Stabber'', frontman John Dwyer has said that he intended for ''Protean Threat'' to be much like a punk album, shorter in length and composed primarily of short songs. It is the band's first full-length album to be released under the name Osees. Background and release In an apparent response to the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread cancellation of concerts, the band initially previewed the album in a rough form as a single take live rehearsal video that premiered on YouTube in March 2020, albeit with a different track order. Two tracks performed during the ''Protean Threat'' live rehearsal video but ultimately not included on the album were subsequently released elsewhere. “Dark Weald” came out as a limited edition lathe cut vinyl single on August 23, 2020, and was later release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face Stabber
''Face Stabber'' is the twenty-second studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 16, 2019 on Castle Face Records. The album expands on the progressive rock sound that the band explored on their two previous releases ''Orc'' and '' Smote Reverser''. Background The band described the album's sound as "Soundcloud hip-hop reversed, a far flung nemesis of contemporary country and flaccid algorithmic pop-barf". Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic. Oh Sees * John Dwyer – guitar, vocals, electronics, synthesizers, percussion, sax, samples, Mellotron, field recording *Tim Hellman – bass, percussion *Tomas Dolas – organ, synthesizers, Mellotron, percussion *Dan Rincon – drums, percussion *Paul Quattrone – drums, percussion Additional musicians *Brigid Dawson – additional vocals *Brad Caulkins – alto and tenor saxophone *Mario Ramirez, Enrique Tena Padilla, Eric Bauer – percussion Tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smote Reverser
''Smote Reverser'' is the twenty-first studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 17, 2018, on Castle Face Records. The album features keyboardist Tomas Dolas, who contributed to 2017's ''Memory of a Cut Off Head'', and subsequently joined the band as a full time member. Critical reception ''Smote Reverser'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 18 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 18 reviews. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic. Oh Sees *John Dwyer – effects, guitar, hand percussion, Mellotron, synthesizer, vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano *Tim Hellman – bass *Dan Rincon – drums *Paul Quattrone – drums, timbales Additional musicians *Brigid Dawson – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orc (album)
''Orc'' is the nineteenth studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 25, 2017, on Castle Face Records. It is the band's first studio album to be released under the name Oh Sees, after it was announced that they would be dropping ''Thee'' from their name. Co-produced by John Dwyer, Eric Bauer, Ty Segall and Enrique Tena, it is the band's first album to feature drummer Paul Quattrone, and is the first album in nine years to not feature recording engineer and regular collaborator Chris Woodhouse. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Orc'' received an average score of 79, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Among the critics providing praise for the album was Tim Sendra of AllMusic, who stated that "Orc is another classic Oh Sees album that shows no signs of wear and tear anyplace in the operation." Accolades Track listing Personnel Credits ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Odd Entrances
''An Odd Entrances'' is the eighteenth studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on 18 November 2016 by Castle Face Records. The album was recorded during the same sessions as the band's previous album, '' A Weird Exits'', released three months previously. The album is the band's last with the drummer Ryan Moutinho, who left the band two days before its release, and is also their last album released under the name Thee Oh Sees. Critical reception In a positive review for ''AllMusic'', Tim Sendra praised both the album and the band's overall 2016 output. Discussing the songs, "The Poem" and "At the End, On the Stairs", he wrote, "Both these songs, and the sonic experiments that surround them, boast of just how impressively good Dwyer and Thee Oh Sees were in 2016. Packed full of confident exploration, sonic wizardry, expert guitar manipulation, and tight songcraft, this album of "leftovers" is as good as most of their contemporaries' best work." Noting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Weird Exits
''A Weird Exits'' is the seventeenth studio album by American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on August 12, 2016, on Castle Face Records. It is the first studio album to feature drummers Ryan Moutinho and Dan Rincon, who joined the band in 2015 to tour in support of the band's previous album, '' Mutilator Defeated at Last''. ''A Weird Exits'' was the first of two studio albums released by Thee Oh Sees in 2016, with a companion album, entitled ''An Odd Entrances'', released on November 18, 2016. Background and recording During breaks from the band's extensive tour in support of '' Mutilator Defeated at Last'', the band would jam new song ideas at rehearsals, with vocalist and guitarist John Dwyer recording the ideas onto a cassette to listen to and choose his favourite ideas. The album and its companion, ''An Odd Entrances'', was mostly recorded as a live band with the band's regular engineer and collaborator Chris Woodhouse. Regarding the recording process drummer Ryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop (Thee Oh Sees Album)
''Drop'' is the fifteenth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 15, 2014 on Castle Face Records. Primarily a collaboration between core member John Dwyer and regular collaborator Chris Woodhouse, the album is the ninth to be released under the name, Thee Oh Sees. The album was released following initial plans for Thee Oh Sees to take "a well deserved break," and was recorded during a "transitional period" for the band. It did not feature contributions from then-band members Brigid Dawson (vocals, keyboard), Petey Dammit (bass, guitar) and Mike Shoun (drums), and, following the album's release, Dwyer reconfigured Thee Oh Sees line-up into a three piece featuring himself, bass guitarist Tim Hellman and drummer Nick Murray for ''Drop''s accompanying tour. Background In 2013, Thee Oh Sees released their fourteenth studio album, ''Floating Coffin'', to widespread critical acclaim and extensive touring. In December 2013, at a concert in San Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floating Coffin
''Floating Coffin'' is a studio album by the American garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, released on April 16, 2013, on Castle Face Records. The album is the band's eighth to be released under the name Thee Oh Sees, and their fourteenth studio album overall. It is the last studio album to feature bassist Petey Dammit! and drummer Mike Shoun. Background Frontman John Dwyer described the album as being "heavier" and "darker" than their previous efforts, and that " hesongs occur in the mindset of a world that's perpetually war-ridden". All members of the band were part of the recording process that took place in December 2012. The album was created as more of a group effort, John Dwyer stated, "Usually I bring in the ongsand everybody sort of forms around hem but this time a lot of this record was written together, as a band, which we haven't done ." Lars Finberg recorded secondary drums and guitar for the album, but due to engagements with The Intelligence in late 2012 and early 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
