Nearly a year ago, The Wind-Ups (Chico, California) played the Golden Bull in Oakland and according to the Bandcamp write-up, "faces were melted, ears were left ringing and legend was made."
I'm not sure why I resisted listening to this cassette-only release from Oakland label Dandy Boy Records, but I listened to this several times yesterday and woke up excited to listen to it again.
Yes, this sounds like The Ramones and early Replacements. But it really also recalls The Ponys and what Gentleman Jesse must sound like live.
The longest song here clocks in at 2:34 and is a cover of Medusa's Spell by an early 2000s Chico band The Electric Pie Band (whose lead singer Marty Parker was in an original Xmas punk band called The Yule Logs - thanks Jason from Viking Skate Country for that bit of ken).
The Wind-Ups have two LPs available from Mt. St. Mtn.
i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.