Latest Review: Magic Lantern - High Beams

Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]

Los Angeles meet San Diego’s OAKS

Fans of Melvins, Big Business, Tweak Bird, and…umm anything Toshi Kasai has been behind the board for, take heed to the San Diego group, OAKS, who feature Justin Olsen, formerly of Tight Bros From Way Back When (Jared from Big Business used to sing for Tight Bros…) and Marc Baylis and Gerard Lawther of the now defunct Long Island group Flocking Eduardo.

OAKS just posted 6 new songs for download (3 are streaming) from their recent recording session at West Beach Recorders with Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Big Business, Altamont, Tweak Bird) on their MySpace page.

I just downloaded all 6 tracks and I am really digging what these guys got going on and now wish I had made more of an effort to see them last Friday at the Tower Bar in San Diego when I was down that way for work.

Anyways, do yourself a favor and check OAKS out. If they are cool with me posting a track, I will, so check back here in a couple days…or just pony up the $5.94 for the six songs.

UPDATE: Justin in OAKS was very cool enough to let me post a track, so I will, and it is my favorite one on the ep. Also, I wanted to mention another band OAKS remind of; Red Fang from Portland, OR, if you don’t know who they are, check them out too.

Download “Dear Head” (mp3) from OAKS debut ep, Bravo!.

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