The Hipshakes – “Stick Around” 7”
Fistful of Records, 2006
Acquired: Crossroads Music, Used, 2013
Price: $2
From the heart of the late 00s garage punk revival, comes
this British trio who specialize on a particularly ramshackle variety of the
genre. I vaguely remember this band’s full length—Shake Your Hips, 2007, Slovenly Records—from KJHK’s rotation.
Honestly, this is the sort of thing I’d love to hear on college radio. The
songs are short, fast, and loud and they play to my short attention span. There
is no wheel-reinventing going on here, just some dudes trying to record as loud
as humanly possible as if loud recording were a nod of respect to obvious
touchstones the Oblivions. The brisk title track is a catchy romp of overblown
guitars, a slightly out of synch rhythm section, and hysteric vocals packed
into a minute. Concentrated grungy goodness.
"Stick Around"
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