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Jay Cinema & Jedos

"Hell Of A Life"

Afrosounds

This dude has been one of my favorite independent rappers since his EP "Staring At The Sky", he's yet to disappoint. Since that debut he's released about ten EPs (by my unprofessional count) and was even featured on the Problemas song "The Unemployment Hotline" out via my own Buddyhead Records. I always just trip out how good his lyrics and how much I relate with em, like despite still being in his early twenties Jay Cinema is wise way beyond his years. The high point of this one is definitely "Fast Forward" for me. And honestly my only gripe with this five song release is the same complaint I have with every one of his releases, it's just not long enough. I am heavily anticipating a proper full length from this true original artist and know he's headed for great things.

Me and Axl give this a rating of GOOD:

Buy this directly from the artist - Jay Cinema's bandcamp.

#jay cinema #record review #hell of a life #buddyhead

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Gabriela Triste

“Frutsi!/Domingo” 7-inch

Normandie Records

Out via Los Angeles independent label you should know, Normandie Records. This slab of wax is Salvadoran artist Gabriela Triste’s vinyl debut and it's pretty damn good one at that. This is some very fucking exceptional indie latin pop, you’d be hard pressed to find better. Since i first heard this record I haven’t been able to get these songs out of my head and I’m ok with it. I find myself random singing "Labios rojos como frutsi de cereza" and I don't even speak Spanish... yet. Two certified and bonafide bangers on a beautiful lathe cut 7 inch that you should order from Normandie Records here.

Listen here:

Side A

Side B

Axl gives this record a KILLER rating:

#Gabriela Triste #record review #buddyhead #Frutsi!

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Greta Van Fleet

“Meeting the Master”

Republic

My brother in Christ, how is this even a real band? 

I knew the current state of corporate music was bad but I really can’t believe the bar has been lowered this far to where major labels now sign tribute bands. To be fair, I would say most tribute bands prolly run circles around these clowns because at least they 1) don’t take themselves serious 2) are campy and 3) usually look like they’re having fun. 

Normally I’m not one to advocate violence but I do think the surviving members of Rush & Led Zeppelin should team up, track these dudes down and dish out an unruly old school medieval ass-whooping for devaluing their brands and just embarrassing rock n’ roll in general. Yes, Buddyhead is pro-bullying under certain circumstances. Honestly all you need to do is a quick google image search to begin wondering if the music industry is just straight up punking us with this band and their renaissance faire costumes. 

This song sounds like the above mentioned bands if they hated weed, had no sense of humor and absolutely zero rizz or groove. It's just a very stiff and rigid affair around these parts. Greta Van Fleet is the only proof you need to figure out that today a band doesn’t necessarily good they just need to kind of sound like what you already are into so the algorithm can do it’s thing. The less unique the better in fact!

Corporate rock still fucking sucks!

Axl and I are not into this song or band and we give them a UNLISTENABLE rating:

#Greta Van Fleet #record review #Meeting the Master

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Carlton Melton

"Resemble Ensemble"

Agitated Records

Carlton Melton are amped up Northern California fourpiece who deal in the arts of krautrock fuelled mind-melting psychedelia. Warm ripping guitars as well as synthfunkpunk rhythms. These cats are definitely children of Spacemen 3 and Neu! All instrumental so there’s no singer to fuck up the vibes. The opening track is 11 minutes long and it just keeps on flowing from there. This is like their tenth album, not sure of the exact number, but some how every record gets better. This is a near perfect record, my only gripe is it ends.

Axl gives this album a PRETTY DOPE rating:

Order this LP here.

#Carlton Melton #agitated records #buddyhead #record reviews #Resemble Ensemble

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The Green Bananas

The Ape

Agitated Records

This slab of wax is an underground hit! A bonafide classic already. And I can confidently say that because it’s been road tested via my own all vinyl DJ sets. It's a rare night I don't play this now that it's in my collection, This primitive new dance craze comes direct from the zoo and is the side project of the Australian oddball punks STRAIGHT ARROWS, whom have some heaters themselves, are worth a listen and can also be found on Agitated Records. The flip side is instrumental. This shit is essential, order it now from right here cuz only 350 were pressed. Don't sleep!

Axl Rose gives this record a LEGENDARY rating:

#The Ape #Agitated Records #record review #The Green Bananas

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Metallica

"72 Seasons"

Blackened Records

This record sounds like Metallica let AI and Chat GPT write it. If autopilot had a sound. Bloated, uninspired and tired, just totally unnecessary.... or as Lar’s dad would say: I would delete that! For me it doesn't cut it.

Axl gives this record a TERRIBLE rating:

#metallica #72 Seasons #record review

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Benefits - "Nails" - record review

Benefits

“Nails”

Invada Records

Finally a band for the times! True underdog music that's based modern outsider agitator punk. I’ve been following these blokes for a bit now, ever since Steve Albini tweeted to check em out in fact, and I fucking love em! It’s been super cool to watch them do everything themselves - from recording and releasing singles to making their music videos and promoting their shows but I was pretty excited to hear what they would do with their first proper full length. And I gotta say, this debut album from Benefits (that’s out on Geoff Barrow of Portishead’s label) does not disappoint one bit! It’s heavy, loud, aggressive, angry, poetic, dissonant, raw, intelligent, exciting, political, and class concious. I see them get compared to Sleaford Mods a lot but in my opinion they run circles around that group. They don’t fit neatly in one genre as there’s elements of hardcore, punk and noise with trickles of trip hop and no wave. And at times it could even be labeled as performance art. Over the course of this record’s 35-minute runtime frontman Kingsley Hall sings, screams, spits and rants about the Empire, shit Britain, poverty, nationalism, steakheads, housing, racism, silver spoons, privelage, wars and apathy. We need more bands that don’t been the knee for the monarchy. This is your summer soundtrack to build your guillotine to.

Axl Rose gives this record a KILLER rating:

Order an LP direct from Benefit's bandcamp.

#buddyhead #record reviews #benefits #nails

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Return Of The Axl Rose Rating System

The Fantastical Return Of The W. Axl Rose Rating System For Record Reviews!

Due to an overwhelming popular demand Buddyhead is back reviewing records! And due to the fact that we’re a one-trick pony over here plus the number of new amazing Axl photos available on the internet, the infamous Axl Rose rating system is back as well! Buddyhead certainly couldn’t be any happier to have ol’ Billy Bruce Rose back on staff nuking all the posers out there as well as handing out congratulations when needed! This new rating system will be how Buddyhead will “grade” all of the future record reviews from now on so study the images and their descriptions below so that you know what the score is when you see an Axl icons on the reviews. So, without further ado, here are the new and improved “Axl Ratings” and how they break down…

Let’s fucking gooo!

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(Legendary)

This album is legendary! It’s pretty much perfect and prefect records remind Axl of that time when he was just vibing with a dolphin at the end of the “Estranged” music video, which was right after the dolphins swam down Sunset Blvd past The Rainbow and then he just jumped off an oil tanker to swim with em’. Good times! This record transports him back to when his music video budgets were like $4 million bucks and Converse was making him custom AXL shoes. In fact Axl likes this album so much he’s actually gonna put this one right up there next to his own masterpiece, “Appetite For Destruction”. Do you know where the fuck you are?!?!?!? You’re in jungle the chilling with dolphins baby! You’re gonna diiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!! Haha oh hell yeah!

2. (Killer)

In Axl’s opinion this album is pretty fucking killer! Kinda like how it’s pretty fucking killer that his boys Duff and Slash are finally back in the band again. Sure this could of and should of happened decades ago and now everyone’s gotta pretend to care about playing “Chinese Democracy” songs but it better than never at all. Listening to this record makes Axl forget all that tho and feel as if he’s back in his glory days between "Appetite" and "Lies", when all of his hair was actually his, Metallica fucking opened up for him and he could still pull off those killer loose mesh shirts, tight as fuck spandex bike shorts and catchers gear. Back when the worst thing people would ask was “Where’s Izzy?” Better times indeed my dudes.

3. (Pretty dope)

Axl is totally amped on this album cuz it’s giving off a vibe that reminds him of time he wore a purple sports coat to some dinner party didn’t really wanna attend and he ended up having a great time bombed out of his mind in the basement, holding a massive lobster and telling tour stories to bunch of eager normies. Sure Slash wasn’t there and neither was Duff, Izzy or Popcorn but he did have those squares on the edges of their seats. They were nestled firmly in the palm of his hand and just hanging on his every word. It was a really good party brother… Haha oh hell yeah!

4. (Good)

Axl thinks this record is pretty good and he enjoyed it kind of like how he enjoys riding his bicycle with cowboy boots. In Axl’s opinion this record definitely ain’t no Use Your Illusion II, but he would probably consider taking this band on tour and might even let them stay on the whole thing unless these dudes do something stupid… like try to make eye contact with him, try to talk to his psychic or try to prevent Axl from doing multiple wardrobe changes during his set. Axl’s party can not be stopped so don’t even try!

5. (Decent)

Axl said he was pleasantly surprised with this record and got caught off guard by how much he liked some of the tunes. They’re almost as good he looks holding this Mike McGill skateboard. And that's saying a lot! There are def some flaws on the album, so he's not sure how many repeat listens he'll give it, but he's optimistic that this band could put out good records in the future. Maybe one day they'll get to open for Guns N' Fuckin’ Roses and see Axl helicopter in.

6. (Mediocre)

This isn’t the worst album Axl’s ever heard but he knows the artist could do better and that makes him kinda mad. Honestly he’d rather be back bullying Tommy Hilfiger in the VIP area of a nightclub instead of having to listen to this slop. However, you’ll notice that hint of sadness on his face which indicates that deep down he knows this record is still better than “Chinese Democracy” not to mention his wack cover of The Rolling Stones “Sympathy For The Devil”. Reminds him of that time his actions made “yellow-jacketing” become a viral term and that shit bums him the fuck out.

7. (Bad)

Axl thought this record was BAD. He liked this crap about as much as he liked getting arrested by the pigs while they scuffed up his dripped out Versace Guns N’ Roses shirt. Axl’s not really looking to get in the ring with this band…. yet, but he’s definitely going to have his security remove them from the area if he ever sees them hanging around him. Axl liked shit about as much as he likes St. Louis or being called William Bruce Rose Jr.

8 . (Terrible)

This record is terrible, like when Axl was rocking cornrows, no eyebrows and baggy jerseys in the early 2000’s. Just an embarrassing experience for everyone involved. After checking this record out Axl threw a tantrum, smashed the hotel TV, called for his fuckin limo and took off, totally bummed that he wasted time on this bullshit. He's hoping whatever the limo's bar is stocked with will help him forget what he just heard cuz he ain't got nothing better to do, and he's bored. Axl doesn't ever wants to think about this record again! Kinda like he doesn't wanna think about how DJ Ashba was in the band for a minute or how while Buckethead was in the band he was allowed a "nunchuck-solo” or that reality show Gilby Clarke was on with Tommy Lee and Jason Newsted called Supernova.

9. (Unlistenable)

Axl thinks this record is a total piece of shit! This records makes him angry like when people think he looks like Rip Taylor or when they don’t know that Don’t Cry, November Rain and Estranged are a mother-fucking trilogy. This album is so unlistenable and it’s pissed off him so bad that he lowered his shoulder and he’s about to bull charge anyone responsible… this includes band members, producers, engineers, mixers, A&R dudes, PR, etc… GET IN THE RING MOTHERFUCKERS OR RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

#Axl rose rating system #record reviews #buddyhead record reviews #buddyhead #travis keller

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Problemas LP in Ameoba

Problemas “doomscrolling” LP is now available at Amoeba music in Hollywood. Also here’s the updated list of all the LA stores that carry it. For those not in LA you can order it direct from her online store. Haha oh hell yeah Buddyhead Records!

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Jackie Steasin memorial in STL

Sunday June 4th in St. Louis will be the celebraish de vida of our good homie Jackie Steasin who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident a couple months ago. Dude was one of my best friends and the drummer of two bands on Buddyhead, The Cauterizers and Problemas. We miss him so much. If you love Jackie and are in STL stop by for some laughs, tears, tunes and ice cold beers. I won’t be able to make this one but we will be announcing an LA event soon that’ll happen in mid July for everyone out here.

Miss ya bud. #StayLooseJackie

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Ten books that changed my brain.

I’ve been doing these ask me anything posts over on my Patreon and I was asked what I was reading currently but I figured I should do better than that. So here are ten books that rocked me, these are all must reads and total game changers. I’d like to keep adding to this list, submit any recommendations of other based books in the comments please!

Reading is cool! We should all read more.

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media by Michael Parenti

Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio

The Information Bomb by Paul Virilio

State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Against Empire by Michael Parenti

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Honorable mentions/ currently reading:

Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

Also a reminder that the discord has a book club / reading list thread. DM for the invite link if you’re not on it already.

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Appreciate y’all.

Haha oh hell yeah.

Love, BUDDYHEAD

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