I’ve absolutely loved everything I’ve heard from The Fresh & Onlys so far. I find their songwriting, punk acumen and even their demeanor onstage to be perfect for their time and place, their era of indie garage-rock.
How Tim Cohen (also of Black Fiction), bassist Shayde Sartin, Kyle Gibson, Wymond Miles and Heidi Alexander manage to [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Black Fiction’
October 13, 2009
The Fresh & Onlys – Bomb Wombs – Fuck It Tapes [Edition #72/200] (Tape Tradin’ #1)
October 7, 2009
Black Fiction – "Ghost Ride" – Howells Transmittor [Past Blast #10]
[Check out my Drowned In Sound review of Black Fiction's Ghost Ride HERE and check out a sample of one of the album's highlights, "I Spread the Disease," over there ---->.]
Memory burn happens all the time when you review music. You’ll be checking out a new band that’s hot and wet in all the right places [...]
September 25, 2009
Fresh & Onlys at Larimer Lounge in Denver, Colo., 9-22-2009 [Live Wire #13]
[Stay tuned for a review of Thee Oh Sees' performance tomorrow or maybe later tonight; haven't decided yet.]
If you’re looking for one band, just one, that personifies the latest wave of Punk, it’s Fresh & Onlys.
Their songs run an astonishing gamut between Factory Records/Joy Division/Blank Dogs (by extension) darkwave (“Invisible Forces”), roots punk and rock-a-billy [...]


