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Liquor tricks
The Turpentine Brothers’ new disc; Seemless reschedule; plus quick news on the Dents, Helms, Clickers, and more
BY CHRIS RUCKER
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The Turpentine Brothers are two parts Kings of Nuthin’ (singer/guitarist Justin Hubbard and organist Zack Brines) and one part Mr. Airplane Man (drummer Tara McManus). They started as an outlet for Justin and Tara to play old-time country, but they’ve evolved into a boot-stomping, finger-pointing rock-and-roll band, and the four-song demo they sent over a while back reminded me of the Black Keys, only with more kick. Their debut, We Don’t Care About Your Good Times, has just come out on Alive/Bomp, which is also home to Kings of Nuthin’. "We’ve had this going on and off for a few years now," says Hubbard. "We added Zack on the organ and the band started to shape up, the music started falling into place. We recorded a record without any prospects of a label but just wanted to get something out, somehow. We sent a handful out and heard back within a few days from Alive/Bomp. Zack and I already knew the folks at the label, so it worked out really well." Alive/Bomp has been making comparisons between the Turpentines’ disc and the Oblivians’ gospel album, Plays 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron — a pretty high recommendation, at least for garage-punk fans, and an appropriate one, since Mr. Airplane Man have spent time in the studio with former Oblivians leader Greg Cartwright. "I see the band as some kind of Boston supergroup," says label manager Patrick Boissel. "The album gets better after a few drinks. It’s the perfect soundtrack for a dying party." For more on the Turpentines, visit www.bomprecords.com. The Seemless CD-release party mentioned in this space last week, which was to have taken place at the Paradise, has been moved to the Lucky Dog in Worcester on the same night, January 29. The Shadows Fall side project Transient have dropped off the bill and been replaced by New Bedford’s Beyond the Embrace; JetFuel and Septic Youth Command are still on. There’s finally a release date for the Perceptionists’ studio debut, Black Dialogue (Def Jux): the supergroup featuring Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, and DJ Fakts One drops March 23. The Dents — featuring former Real Kid Michelle Paulhus and the Downbeat 5’s Jen Rassler — have booked a two-night record-release party for February 4 and 5 at the Abbey Lounge for their debut album, Time for Biting (Abbey Lounge Records), which hits shelves on February 1. Helms are in the studio recording their next album for Kimchee Records with label co-owner Andy Hong. Night Rally are finishing up their three-song half of a split with Clickers that will be the inaugural release on Ben Sisto’s Honeypump Records — it’ll be issued as a 12-inch vinyl EP with a CD-R of the same tracks included free. Big Bear are in the middle of recording their debut album for Monitor Records (Les Savy Fav, Oxes) with producer Dave Auchenbach (Lightning Bolt, Black Dice) at Providence’s Machines with Magnets studio, the site of recordings by Daughters and Pink and Brown. The band will play Monitor’s South by Southwest showcase in March; look for the album in May. Chris Rucker is the host of New England Product, which airs Sundays from 9 to 10 p.m. on WFNX 101.7 FM.
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