Founded in 2002, Slovenly Recordings was a new direction for label veteran Pete "Stickerguy" Menchetti. Having just scrapped his 702 Records (Scared of Chaka / The Loudmouths) imprint, Pete was on a mission to release only the best in garage and punk shit.
You think about James Dean before you go to sleep, you look at his picture, I know because I do the same thing. I'm walking down the street of Gabino Barreda listening to Elvis. Since April 2016, Born to be Cheap organized wild parties, the first was very close to here, in a space above Numantina, a cantina in the San Rafael neighborhood. Denep Velasco/Denepa Panky & Matt Watson live among thousands of vinyls, they not only collect them, they spin them to exist. The name of their parties comes from a Divine song called that way. And yes, it seems that this pair was not born to do what others tell them, they have been 8 years of intense trash rock'n'roll, they play killer albums, never fillers, garage, punk, rockabilly, surf, blues Denepa is from Azcapotzalco and Matt from London, from a town called Epsom. They are a luxury, the music of their parties has elegance, style, also the beautiful and original turntables made by their ally Dr Tornas, a mysterious character who gives a turntable made by him on each anniversary of the Born to the winners of their traditional annual dance competition.
To celebrate their 8th anniversary they organized several dates with the legendary Swiss band The Monsters. The first was last Thursday the 25th at Gato Calavera, yesterday in Cuautitlán Izcalli at Sham Rock, today they are playing at a venue in the Guerrero neighborhood, tomorrow they will be in Tijuana at the Black Box, from there they will head to Reno, LA, Seattle , Oslo, Amsterdam, Berlin, Greece, Madrid, will not stop dynamiting ears, souls and minds until July 6, accompanies them on the tour playing records with Pete Slovenly who plans to take The Monsters to the We're Loud Fest in 2025 which will be in Kenya. Pete years ago took them on tour in Vietnam. It was difficult to recover after seeing them live at the Gato Calavera, it was brutal. Devastating & precise power, they opened with Search, in seconds the shirts, boots and glasses flew through the air while The Love I never had played, then came Blow Um Mau Mau, their damn rock and roll trash exploded in our faces and hearts , the frantic faces chanted until they almost fainted in the little hell of sweat and screams of wild rockers.
The songs advanced mercilessly and deadly, while Voodoo Love played I saw Brent Amaker smile, yes the famous country singer from the Seattle scene was next to me. Carrion Kids, present. Chav, a rocker, came from San Francisco to see them. Peppers, drummer of Shifters, took the playlist. Too much rock: El Muertho from Tijuana played yesterday at El Kentucky, a rebel space they set up in what was a KFC on Av. Juárez, it was the party of the unique HeYo radio station. There are not many spaces for REAL rock, that which does not whine, nor hypocritically champions anarchy and accepts change from officials. I know you cry when you remember that James Dean is dead. You spin your records thinking there is no tomorrow. Nights like cars at high speed. Please: forever: Stay sick.
MAGNETIX started in 1998 as a boy/girl duo - they released a handful of albums and a stack of 7inches, and toured the world for 22 years. And then it was over.
They return in 2024 powered by singer guitarist Looch Vibrato and accompanied by 3 high-flying musicians: Lo'Spider Swampland studio on bass, Marco Fatal on guitar, and Wlad from Destination Lonely on drums: MAGNETIX² NoFearClub
Catch them on tour in their home country France this spring!
The Goners are bringing ANGEL FACE over from Japan in September! Yes! Fink & company will hit Memphis for GonerFest Twenty-One: 26-29 September — dig this lineup and grab your tickets! We hope to see you there.
A NOTE ABOUT OUR WEBSITE: At the beginning of March, we were forced to migrate to a new server, and it didn’t exactly go smoothly – it took most of the month of March to regain website stability. Sorry if you had any issues with our site last month – all is now running as it should. Phew!
Straight outta WARSAW, Moron's Morons have landed in the U.S. to soil themselves all over stages from Atlanta to Nashville! Don't miss these nutballs, they brought their great show all the way over from Poland!
Highlight from a new interview with FINK of ANGEL FACE:
"SPB: Are you the sex symbol in the band and can we expect a Fink swimsuit calendar?
Fink: Yes, I am. Pete Slovenly is working on it should be out by summer."