Ichi-Bons salute The Sonics & Mel Dorsey on new Ugly Pop seven-inch

Check out The Ichi-Bons' performances of "The Witch" and "Little Lil" along with the original versions below.  

Here's the scoop from Ugly Pop HQ...

Ugly Pop is very pleased to announce our second single from the finest group playing in Toronto today, the mighty Ichi-Bons! Tearing it up on two potent slabs of their patented Desperate Rock'n'Roll, Ichi-Bons are joined here by sax savage Spencer Evoy for maximum blaze. Topside's a delicious, delirious take on an obscure Mel Dorsey rocker from '59, while anybody with an ear for this music will recognize the flip's all-time Sonics scorcher. This is a one-time only pressing of 400. (UGLY POP UP085). 

You can get it directly from the Ichi-Bons at their show with The Deltas at Toronto's Legendary Horseshoe Tavern on Friday (May 22) or you can mail order a copy via Big Cartel right here. While you're there, grab a copy of Ichi-Bons guitarist Mamoru Banzai's new "Strollin' At Dawn" 3-song solo instrumental EP – which should appeal to fans of Link Wray – also on Ugly Pop available here. 

 

Get tickets for The Ichi-Bons' double-bill with The Deltas at the Horseshoe Friday (May 22) right here.

Happy Birthday Gerry Roslie of The Sonics!

Celebrating the 81st birthday of Sonics keyman Gerry Roslie – who wrote "The Witch" – with some performances & interviews. 

LINKS 

The Skinny The Sonics' Gerry Roslie interview 

Riff Magazine Reigniting The Sonics

Ace Records The Sonics' High Time 7x7-inch box out June 27

Remembering Stud Cole on his birthday

Remembering Buffalo-born Patrick Tirone aka Stud Cole with 2 songs cut in 1968 reissued by Norton on the Burn Baby Burn CD. 

Kaïa Kater & Abigail Lapell @ TD Music Hall, Wednesday

Banjo picker Kaïa Kater will be playing songs like "The Witch" from her new album Strange Medicine tonight with Abigail Lapell. 

Writes Kaïa...

"I wrote Strange Medicine in fits and starts between 2020 and 2022. I loved the idea of creating a world of instinctual, groovy songs with lyrics that told fantastical stories full of magical realism and cyclical language and fever dream sounds. My co-producer Joe Grass and I took our time with the production, following our ears as we went. And we certainly didn’t do it alone.

"A deep, deep thank you to the incredible orchestrators who helped bring the album to life Dominic Mekky & Franky Rousseau, the wonderful drummers on the album Phil Melanson and Robbie Kuster, the inimitable Rob moose on strings, and my friends and heroes Aoife O'Donovan Allison Russell and Taj Mahal. Big big thanks to the tireless engineers on this album Gautier Marinof and Fabrice Jean, thank you Ryan Freeland for the stunning mix and Richard Addison at TrilliumSound Mastering for the master. Thank you to Free Dirt Records & Service Co. and Acronym Records for believing in this record and helping to get it into the world. Thank you to Jamiyla Lowe for the perfect album art & Julia Kater for the album design 🖤

"Strange Medicine is yours now! May it be a refuge." 

XO – Kaïa

 

One For The Weekend: The Sonics

Here's a supernatural performance from The Sonics who are playing Lee's Palace with Catl on April 26.