Fans of the Growwing Pains’ ramshackle, rowdy garage-punk jams were introduced to the Detroit five-piece’s fondness for power pop melodies on 2013’s 17 Songs About the Same Girl, released on local imprint Urinal Cake Records. With a new 7″ out on San Diego-based Volar Records, the band deliver four sweetly packaged songs that listeners…
The best bands make hard work look easy, and nowhere is that more true than with Detroit garage-punk group Growwing Pains. Two years ago, the five-piece released their debut album 17 Songs About the Same Girl on local imprint Urinal Cake Records, a label known for its dedication to independent artists who largely appeal…
With the release of their debut full-length, 17 Songs About the Same Girl, last year, Growwing Pains established their staying power among the innumerable young punks in the city. The album was released by label Urinal Cake Records, home to such Detroit mainstays as Terrible Twos and Feelings, and the band toured around the…
Dead vegetation photographed in stark black and white provides the backdrop for Autumn Nicole Wetli’s newest video. Filmed over the course of a vacation in California, Wetli (who also performs in Rebel Kind) sings of heartbreak in her signature country-tinged drawl and kicks up some dirt in her abandoned lover’s face. “I Still…
Rebel Kind make hip-swaying tunes that are better suited for AM radio than laptop speakers. The group comprises three women who have had their fair share of musical success in Metro Detroit’s garage rock scene (Bad Indians, Tyvek, Swimsuit). Chief songwriter Autumn Wetli lays down thick sheets of guitar fuzz, crooning about her perpetual unluckiness…
Detroit’s garage super-label Urinal Cake Records has announced its second label showcase, Urinefested II, which will be hosted at PJ’s Lager House from June 19 through June 21. Urinal Cake Records will supply the infamous sounds of artists/groups, such as: Feelings, Terrible Twos, Growwing Pains, Smelly Tongues, and others. In addition to live…
In association with SXSW (South by Southwest) music festival in Austin, TX this week, artists signed to Detroit’s Urinal Cake Records will perform as part of Jack White’s Third Man Records SXSW party (March 13-15).The three-day TMR celebration surrounding SXSW will feature more than 20 live performances, a Third Man Records pop-up shop,…