Jesse Vain and The Happy Hour Hoiliness Movement


Reposting my current favorite tracks from Portland and beyond.

Often sounding like a band possessed, Choctaw Wildfire is an intense, driving honky-tonk trio that consists of piano, upright bass, and drums. During a performance, they will rattle you to the core with a heartbreaking ballad and then unleash a New Orleans inspired boogie that leaves the listener longing for the days when juke joints ruled the American landscape. Their music is somehow familiar, yet can leave you feeling like an outsider who has just witnessed something very real, painfully beautiful, and ultimately redeeming. Regardless of how their music grabs you, a Choctaw Wildfire performance might be the most genuine thing you've heard in a very long time.

We're not the best, but we're pretty good.

A label. A store. A state of mind. 
Headquartered in Memphis, TN. Host of Gonerfest. Record store in Cooper Young carries vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, and more, specializing in garage rock, punk, indie rock, soul, jazz, blues and Memphis music. Home of Elvis Impersonator shrine. 

Label artists include: Jay Reatard, NOTS, Ex-Cult, Ty Segall, Guitar Wolf, King Khan & BBQ Show, Carbonas, Quintron, and Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and many more.

Battleme is the inner psyche of songwriter Matt Drenik.

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