Wylde Ratttz

Wylde Ratttz were a veritable super group of alt-rock personalities assembled to basically be a stand in for The Stooges in Todd Haynes's kinda-sorta Bowie biopic "Velvet Goldmine" back in 1998.  The band consisted of original Stooge Ron Asheton, Mudhoney's Mark Arm, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, Mike Watt, Sean Lennon, and more.  The band's rendition of "TV Eye" made it into the movie and on the soundtrack, but evidently they recorded a whole lot more and have been releasing the sessions over the last few months.  The most recent is a blistering take on Stooges classic "Fun House."  Check it out below, and get it here.

Big Walnuts Yonder

I can tell we are officially entering springtime, and not just because it's getting a lot warmer around here, but rather because i can barely keep up with all of the amazing new music coming out over the next several weeks.  I've basically been blogging all morning, and could seriously keep going for the rest of the day.  But i am at work...so maybe not.  Anyway, new supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder, featuring members of Wilco, Deerhoof, and the legendary Mike Watt are releasing a self-titled LP in May on Sargent House.  Listen to the experimental, chaotic proto-punk of "Raise the Drawbridges?" below.

Psychic Temple

Long Beach jazz collective Psychic Temple covered Brian Eno's "Music for Airports 1/1" and turned it into this swirling, spacey dream.  It's amazing and as great a cover of Eno's work as you're ever likely to hear.  Oh, and Mike fucking Watt plays bass on the thing.  Listen below and get it here (vinyl is sold out though).