Hard to believe it’s been five years since we lost one of the most entertaining and talented musicians of our time. Five years ago today, Jay Reatard was found dead in his Memphis home and the world lost the face of modern garage punk. Beginning with The...
Southern California’s The Dickies have been around since the year of punk, 1977, making them one of the first bands of the type to hit the west coast. They’ve kept a pretty active presence over the years, but after an outstanding set at Beach Goth III, and a couple...
We here at Cool-Tite thought we should help you out with some great, thoughtful gift ideas that will help keep any family member or friend cool and tite! +++ Burger Button Burger Records. Under $5 bones. +++ Ain’t no denying the magic that Fullerton’s...
Let’s face it, Black Friday is the worst. But not when there is special edition vinyl involved! Here are some #RSDBF releases that make it worth getting out of bed this Friday. Check out the whole list here. And support your local record stores! ...
Bratmobile is that band that was a band before they were REALLY a band. Huh? Back in Oregon ‘91, Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman were running a feminist zine called Girl Germs. Although they didn’t know how to play instruments, they began talking to...
SLEEP’s first new recordings in 20 years – the time since Dopesmoker was written – have begun to appear at record stores, and after checking it out, we can happily say they have not skipped a single bowl or even left the smoke cloud! As we could have...
