King Tuff...

...Was Dead is a masterpiece. and that's a fact:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5mJz6qkxzk

oh, this guy is great. he is also part of the doom/sludge band "witch" with J. Mascis if i'm not mistaken, and i enjoy the one album i have by them. that's all i've got.

Was just listening to him as we speak. Pretty solid songwriting and all. I like this better than J. Reatard (to pick one person he gets compared to). At times it's reminded me of Redd Kross, Apples In Stereo, BJM, and then about a thousand other bands along those lines, but always w/good quality control.

this album is a lot of fun. surprised with such a small response to it on this thread

did anyone like Happy Birthday? people around here liked Happy Birthday cuz that guy is from around here. Happy Birthday was king tuff, tune yards' sister, and chris weisman.

http://www.subpop.com/artists/happy_birthday

kyle/king was in local freakfolk group Feathers too:

http://www.gnomonsong.com/press/Feathers2.jpg

dude gets around.

i discovered this year that this guy is my cousin. Small world.

quiet thread, no surprise...

i fell hard for was dead and played near to death in the waning aughts, so much so that its pleasures eventually wore a little thin*. and treesh otm abt witch, esp the doomier first album, easily my favorite release of its type & era (thinking dead meadow, witchcraft, etc). the self-titled second KT album from a couple years back is right up there with the debut, though it doesn't seem to have attracted the same "instant classic" word of mouth among garage rock tastemakers. for whatever reason, and despite the fact that basically everything else kyle's done clicked with me instantly, i never got the hang of that birthday party album. production a little too sharp, tunes a little too flat, i dunno, something out of balance.

anyway, seems there's a new king tuff LP out in a couple months via sub pop. first single isn't grabbing me, but who knows, maybe i'll come around:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8plRAslJBLc#t=82

* come fair times or fowl, i will never not want to hear "sun medallion":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgVO4stIEgI

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/KT_Sun_Medallion_3_crop1sm_zps67974778.jpg

Love that new single! It reminds me of something but I can't figure out what it is. An ultra-sunny Blue Oyster Cult?

yeah, third spin (headphones!) and i'm sold. laptop speakers weren't doing me any favors. dunno what it evokes, i'm terrible at making those sorts of connections, but several elements jump out at me as either familiar or reminiscent: the intro jangle, the chorus and especially the heavy, shoegazy riff that crops up @ abt 2:20. midsection is the best part.

awesome single!
the man is a genius.

He sure is. You can chart trends in indie rock by looking at the music he's made over the past decade: freak folk in the early oughts in the midst of the Golden Apples boom? Check. "Stoner metal" in 2006? Check. "Garage-y pop punk" in this, the era of Segall, Wavves, etc? Check again. Is there a trip hop album he's made that I am unaware of?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnuRn8WnMs

abby banks in the video! love her. wish she still lived around here. i miss big kids too. best band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36hv6r0TYHk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T72RUV9iq-o

this song is glorious

I love King Tuff so much. He's built his own little world and it reminds me of maybe The Misfits or something, so in love with trash culture and how it's all tied in to hanging out with your friends and growing up and stuff. So much fun; so many tunes. He should be massive