Happy Birthday Kurt Bloch!

Raising a glass to Seattle legend Kurt Bloch (YFF, Fastbacks, etc) with a few interviews and clips you may have missed.

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Kurt Bloch Farewell Excitement LP

Young Fresh Fellows release live-in-the-studio album "Loft" on the down low

Young Fresh Fellows recorded a their new Loft album in a single day in Chicago last year which they're selling at shows. 

Here's the scoop from Kurt Bloch...

If any of y’all want a copy of this new Young Fresh Fellows LP, it’s all new songs, this version is a “live” from the studio LP without overdubs and anything extra; all recorded in one day in Chicago last year. It will be “officially” released later with a more traditional approach, and this version will NOT be traditionally released, LP-only, no digital version. ANYHOO, I’ve put some on Discogs for those savvy virtual crate-diggers, check it out here. Overseas shipping is nearly US$30. for ONE LP so might have to figure out another avenue. 

Young Fresh Fellows – Loft

Noon - 4 p.m.

A1 Harpoon In The Hay

A2 Destination

A3 Death Becomes Us

A4 Three Gasconading Saints

A5 Before The Deluge

4 - 8 p.m.

B1 I'm A Prison

B2 1987

B3 The Exit Music

B4 Killing Time In Union Square

B5 Whispering Hole

B6 Books Don't Burn Twice

40th Anniversary deluxe reissue of Young Fresh Fellows' 1984 debut on the way

Young Fresh Fellows' debut album, The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest, is getting remixed and they're going on tour!

Here's the scoop...

It’s 2024, the 40th anniversary of the YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS trendsetting debut -- the record that put soggy Seattle on the map! In celebration, the band will release a deluxe remixed Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest on Omnivore Records. 

John Perrin (of NRBQ!) has been handed the sticks by the now-retiring Tad, joining Scott, Jim and Kurt to play a handful of shows culminating at Wilco’s fabled Solid Sound Fest.  Don't be afraid.  LLYFF!!!

Young Fresh Fellows on tour

May 24 - SEATTLE  Tractor Tavern (w/ Tripwires)

May 25 - PORTLAND  Mississippi Studios. (w/ Reverse Cowgirl)

June 21 - MADISON  Kiki’s House Of Righteous Music

June 22 - CHICAGO  The Hideout. (w/ Aunt Kelly)

June 25 - CLEVELAND  Happy Dog (w/ Cheap Clone)

June 26 - PHILADELPHIA  Kung Fu Necktie  (w/ Bret Tobias Set)

June 27 - BROOKLYN  Union Pool

June 29  NORTH ADAMS MA  Solid Sound Fest

Happy Birthday Scott McCaughey!

Cheers to Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows, Baseball Project, Minus 5, Filthy Friends... and the OMHOF.

Remembering Jimmy Silva this Christmas

Check out "Christmas Is Holy" by Jimmy Silva's Goat 5. Jimmy passed away on December 23, 1994 at age 42. 

Watch the Young Fresh Fellows' creepy video for "Becky Doll"

"Becky Doll" feat. Coco Hames is off The Young Fresh Fellows' Toxic Youth album out now. Get it right here. 

 

Young Fresh Fellows return to The Egg for Toxic Youth LP

Scott McCauhey and crew went back to Conrado Uno's Egg Studios for their new Toxic Youth album out Record Store Day via Yep Roc. 

Here's the scoop...
The Young Fresh Fellows are back with an electric new toaster, Toxic Youth. Remember their 1989 anthem “Two Guitars Bass & Drums”? Well, nothing has changed, except everything.  Hopes have been dashed, but the men still love music. Subtitled Back To The Egg, the Fellows return to where it all began, with one last roundup at the infamous Egg Studios, Seattle WA, produced once again by Conrad Uno (who also struck gold with The Presidents Of The United States Of America).

When the Fellows heard that Uno was closing up his studio and retiring from the limelight, the band grabbed a last weekend to record a couple songs (they had THREE in various shape of decomposition). A couple days later there were 17 tracks, of which 12 were deemed PERFECT. “Gear Summer 2013” is Everything-Is-Falling-Apart-In-Three-Minutes, and was planned to be a smash summer single — in 2013 (amazingly, things have gotten worse).  The Buzzcocks and Rezillos concur. “Never Had It Bad” heralds the spring with blue jays and more sad punk-pop problem-solving, Ramones-style. And don’t miss the heart-rending saga of a rock and roll band(s) (#47 in a series) “Bleed Out”.

The fine folks at Yep Roc are pressing up 2000 copies of Toxic Youth on 'toxic green' vinyl for release on Record Store Day which is April 18th. Watch the Young Fresh Fellows preview a couple songs from the album following the video for "Never Had It Bad" below.

Happy Birthday Scott McCaughey!