Caddywhompus-EPs

I first got into New Orleans' Caddywhompus when they played at the Firehouse in Birmingham. I had some high school test the next day and Jonathan Crain told me to see them since I like cap'N jazz.  The guitarist played through basically a pile of amps, mostly practice amps fuzzed the fuck out. I bought EPs on cassette and that, along with 36 Chambers and For Cameron, was a fixture in my car's tape deck.

EPs is a collection of songs recorded whenever with titles referencing weed, sex, acid, and liquor.  Songwise, they sound almost like Cap'n Jazz with chiptunes. "Treats" starts off with an 8 bit-like intro and goes into what must be the band's manifesto, "Caddywhompus! We play for keeps." I can't help but yell that in my dorm room as I type it. "...But Not Before a Show"'s intro is truly a head-bobbing banger. Soundtrack of my summer last year. Soundtrack of your's this year. Do some research and see if they're coming to your town.
-Daniel

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The Cabs - Regenerative Landscape

The Cabs broke up two days after the first time I heard them. It's hard to not think life is a scam with a coincidence like that, considering The Cabs' 2013 release, Regenerative Landscape is a fantastic release. The Cabs were a Japanese math/emo band that had a sound similar to the emo sound coming out of England (i.e. Tubelord, This Town Needs Guns, Tangled Hair). It doesn't take long to be pulled in by Yoshikatsu Shutou's beautiful vocals despite the language barrier and the instrumentation and structures are never predictable, quite often frantic, and always awesome. Sometimes it's hard to tell that this music is only produced by a three-piece. This comes highly recommended from me, definitely check it out. Total bummer this is the first and last full length they'll ever release.

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