Osees

The ever prolific and ongoing John Dwyer project Osees (Thee Oh Sees, OCS, etc.) dropped a surprise new album on Friday with "Off Course."  Dig on the trippy album closer "The Brute on His Knees" below and grab the LP here.

Daily Jam - Rescue

You may know them as Thee Oh Sees, or The Ohsees, or Osees, and so on and so forth for all eternity.  But first, they were OCS, and they released some very cool, lo-fi, psych-folk for our listening pleasure.  Listen to an early track from the band, "Rescue," below, our Daily Jam.

Osees

It's Thursday, so here's some new music from Osees (or Thee Oh Sees or OCS or whatever other version they've gone by over the years).  Check out the noisy and frenetic "Fight Simulator" below and get the upcoming "Abomination Revealed at Last" LP here from the band.

OSEES

Not to be outdone by their Aussie brethren, John Dwyer's long-running band OSEES (of Thee Oh Sees, or OCS, etc.) just released their umpteenth new album with "SORCS 80."  This one leans pretty hard into garage punk, nervous and frenetic energy everywhere.  Check out "Cassius, Brutus & Judas" below and get the album here from the band.

Daily Jam - The Dream

It was probably sometime in the middle of seeing Thee Oh Sees perform live for the third time during 2011’s South By Southwest, that I decided that despite what record sales, or music awards, or surly, hyperbolic music writers would lead you to believe, rock n’ roll is alive and well and not going anywhere. I would go on to see the band play another four times that year (twice more at SXSW), and my opinion still has not wavered. Not even a smidge. And with every passing year, as I’m able to catch them again and again (they make it to Austin almost every year, God bless them), and with each prolific and subsequent release, they just keep proving me right every time. In my humble opinion, Thee Oh Sees are the best live act on the continent* with a wealth of material to draw from for every show, and yet they still manage to play my favorite song at all of them, the deliriously jumpy and frenetic “The Dream,” from 2011’s Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP**.

A pure burst of adrenaline and bouncy groove, “The Dream” plays like all of the best punk and garage rock you’ve ever heard or ever will hear. A toe-tapping, ass-shaking beat and a guitar riff that moves and bops and threatens to run off the reservation if not for the driving bass and organ effects that keep it in check, all the while main man John Dwyer’s chirpy, high-pitched scream and shout careen out like some kind of barked, hypnotic mantra. It’s amazing. And it certainly gets the hordes dancing and moving in the hot, crowded bars, clubs, and ballrooms whose stages are graced with the band’s presence.

Oh, and your kids will love it.

*I go back and forth between Thee Oh Sees and Fucked Up as to who is the best live band out there.

**The term EP should be used loosely here, as the album clocks in at 40 minutes.

OSEES

John Dwyer and Co. are back this month with a new OSEES album, this time around throwing some new wave and synth punk into the usual mix of garage rock and psychedelia on "Intercepted Message."  Get the album here and listen to the title track below.

Osees

Here's some new music from the ever prolific Osees...or Oh Sees...or Thee Oh Sees...or OCS...or whatever they might be calling themselves these days.  Recently John Dwyer and Co. have been noodling around with prog and interstellar jazz, but on the upcoming "A Foul Form," if the the lead off track "Funeral Solution" is any indication, is looking to be a raucous and guttural mix of punk, metal, and noise.  Check that track out below and get the album here from Castle Face in August.

Witch Egg

Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer has a new project coming out in January because of course he does.  The man does not rest.  The man does not stop.  It seems the project may or may not be called Witch Egg.  It's the name of the record at the very least and features Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas, and Greg Coates, and going by first taste "Greener Pools," it's a mix of psych, prog, and jazz.  Good stuff.  Listen below, pre-order the digital release here, and be on the lookout for some vinyl from Castle Face.

Oh Sees

Oh Sees just released a new record on Friday and they've already got a new EP of material slotted to rattle our brains in October.  Check out the ripping "Electric War" below and pre-order the "Metamorphosed" EP here.

Oh Sees

If i go more that a couple of months without hearing that there's new music on the way from Oh Sees, i start to worry.  Anyway, it's been a couple months, so here's some new music on the way from Oh Sees.  Check out the quick blast of psych punk with the punchy "Dreary Nonsense" below and pre-order the "Protean Threat" album here from the band, and then keep an eye on a physical release from Castle Face Records after that.

Brigid Dawson & The Mother's Network

Brigid Dawson is a member of Thee Oh Sees (or whatever incarnation of that name they're going by these days) and in May released her first solo effort with a project called Brigid Dawson and The Mother's Network.  The band makes tripped out psychedelia with flashes of folk, jazz, and krautrock.  Check out the very proggy video for "Is the Season for New Incarnations" below, download the "Ballet of Apes" album here and get the LP here from Castle Face.

Osees

OCS or Thee Oh Sees or Oh Sees, or now Osees, regardless of the moniker, John Dwyer's long running psych rock outfit is going to churn out something groove or rattle your ear drums.  The artist's latest release, the upcoming "Synth" 12" consists of a 40-minute instrumental synthesizer exploration divided into two parts, "Infinite Columns" and "Regards to the Monolith."  Check out the weirdness below and pre-order here.

Oh Sees

Let's see.  In the last few weeks, the prolific Ty Segall and King Gizzard have both announced new albums.  So if the trains are running on time, that means we should also be getting new music from Oh Sees...and we are.  The new double album "Face Stabber" is out in August on Castle Face.  Listen to the epic, 20+ minute "Henchlock" below and pre-order here.

OCS - Memory of a Cut Off Head

Remember last week Thee Oh Sees, now known as just Oh Sees, released their 19th album "Orc?"  Yeah.  It was pretty awesome.  Well, the band has already announced a follow up album...and another name change.  November's "Memory of a Cut Off Head" finds that band going back to the original moniker used on their first release, just plain old OCS.  The album also marks a whole slew of anniversaries, the band's 20th release, their 20th year, and John Dwyer's Castle Face Records' 100th release.  May the celebration boogie begin.  Listen to the title track below and be sure to get the record in November.

Oh Sees

John Dwyer and Co. have changed their name from Thee Oh Sees to just Oh Sees.  This isn't the first time the band's name has changed.  I remember way back when they were called OCS.  Anyway, it's going to the throw me off a little, but the ever prolific artist will be releasing his first album under the new moniker in August on Castle Face.  Listen to the frenetic "The Static God" below and be sure to snag the "Orc" LP when it's available.

Damaged Bug - Rubber Lips

Here's a new track from John Dwyer's Damaged Bug project, taken from the new LAMC split 7" series (the 17th one!).  Listen to the krauty, warbly, fractured psych of "Rubber Lips" below and get the record from Famous Class.  Black Pus appears on the B-side.

Thee Oh Sees - The Poem

I seem to be writing about new music from Thee Oh Sees all the damn time, the prolific nature of Dwyer and company keeping me up to my armpits in fantastic, psychedelic garage rock.  So far, 2016 has brought us a live album, a couple singles, the blistering "A Weird Exits" LP, and now the upcoming companion album "An Odd Entrances."  The first taste of the new record is the pretty, lullaby-feeling "The Poem," like walking through a garden in a sunny haze.  Listen below and grab the new album from Castle Face Records next month.

Thee Oh Sees

On Friday, we get a new album from garage rock stalwarts Thee Oh Sees.  The oddly titled "A Weird Exits" finds the band doing what they do so well, raucous garage jams with just the right amount of psychedelic flair.  Listen to the wonderfully dreamy "The Axis" below and get the record from Castle Face.

Thee Oh Sees - Live in San Francisco

Bay area garage rock band Thee Oh Sees are easily one of the best live touring bands in the country.  I've probably seen them a dozen times in the last five or six years, and i am blown away by their energy every single time.  So, it's pretty damn awesome that main man John Dwyer's Castle Face Records just released a live album of the band on the label's increasingly awesome "Live in San Francisco" series.  It does not disappoint.  Listen to "Web" below and get the record here.

Thee Oh Sees - Fortress

Hey, there's a new song out by Thee Oh Sees because of course there is.  There's always a new song out by Thee Oh Sees.  It's one of the grander things about life.  Anyway, listen to the charging, chugging "Fortress" below and look for the 7" in February on Castle Face.