San Antonio s The Grasshopper Lies Heavy and Capra s singer drop noisy AF Jesus Lizard cover Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:23 PM click to enlarge Oscar Moreno James Woodard of the Grasshopper Lies Heavy coaxes gentle and soothing sounds from his Marshall stacks. Nineties noise rockers The Jesus Lizard left an indelible mark on creators of angular, ear-piercing rock across numerous subgenres. As evidence of the Chicago-based band s lasting influence, San Antonio avant-metal act The Grasshopper Lies Heavy last week dropped an absolutely scorching cover of the Lizard s Mouth Breather. For the recording, Grasshopper got an able assist from Crow Lotus, singer for Louisiana-based metallic hardcore a
Teen Fair The West Side Sound, which blended R&B and Latin influences, for example, was largely captured by Abie Epstein and his studio at 735 North General McMullen Dr. Epstein cut more than 900 45 rpm singles, many of which were recently reissued by Chicago’s influential Numero Group label. While he’s best remembered for his West Side soul releases, the studio owner also had an impact on the city’s garage scene, recording many of its best singles, including releases by the Mind’s Eye, the Argyles, and Robb London and the Rogues. Epstein was a force of nature on the city’s Hispanic West Side, but the focus of the garage rock scene lay primarily on the city’s largely Anglo Northern stretch. The undisputed impresario of that music scene was the visionary Sam Kinsey and his Teen Canteen. As a record shop owner, Kinsey had his ear to the ground. Although a few years older than his patrons, he was among the first people locally to recognize to recognize an explosi
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 11:25 AM click to enlarge https://www.facebook.com/grasshopperliesheavy/ If you re excited that San Antonio s the Grasshopper Lies Heavy just released new material, thank guitarist James Woodard s recent computer crash. Woodard managed to salvage recordings from the fried PC s drives, but the incident scared him into releasing the rescued songs via a series of limited edition cassettes, the first of which dropped for preorder Friday. The new release, available via Bandcamp, features a pair of 20-plus-minute tracks that veer into Tangerine Dream soundscape territory, steering clear of the skull-crushing heroics of the band s live shows. While the ride includes some heavier moments, it s largely introspective, melancholy and in line with