Goner RecordsPRESENTS

GONERFEST 7
SEPTEMBER 23rd - 26, 2010
Memphis, TN

GONERFEST V BANDS
We strongly urge you to buy all these bands' releases to acquaint yourself with their songs prior to attending the festival. This will help with sing-a-long requests all weekend long.
Here's some short notes and links to introduce you to this years' bands.


    THURSDAY AFTERNOON    
King Louie One Man Band
  Our Gonerfest veteran returns from New Orleans to start up the whole shindig on Thursday at The Goner Store! Ex-Persuaders, Royal Pendletons, Exploding Hearts, 10-4 Backdoor, Bad Times and too many more bands to list...  
   
THURSDAY
   
Sic Alps
  San Francisco deconstructed pop / noise hybrid monster!  
Jack Oblivian &
The Tearjerkers
  Memphis' gut rocker w/ace backup band & real rock n roll songs... ex-Oblivians  
Crusaders Of Love
  French garage pop stompers' first US trip!  
Dan Melchior
  Moody brit now living in North Carolina ranges from psych pop to pointed folkish attacks.  
Thee Oh Sees
  Ex-Coachwhips John Dwyer expends to include violins and whatnaut to excellent effect.  
Limes
  Addictive, strange Memphis rolling flat tire guitar pop.  
   
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
   
Touch-Me-Nots
  Midwest couple relocated to Bay Area- play openhearted country-tinged pop.  
Eric & The Happy Thoughts
  Indiana trio playing perfect pop for now people. Ex-Romance Novels.  
Twinkle Van Winkle's Cougar Mountain
  Drummer Twinkle gets her chance to be frontwoman after backing up numerous bands including Jenny Jeans.
From Water Valley, MS.
 
Dead Trends
  Young up-and-coming Memphis gravel-throated punk with hooks.  
   
FRIDAY NIGHT
   
Jeff Evans & His Southern Aces
  Revered Memphis icon Jeff Evans (Gibson Bros, 68 Comeback, Jeff & Ross Show) backed by a new crop of Alabama studs.  
Msr Jeffrey Evans
Cheap Time
  Jeffrey Novak's no stranger to Gonerfest, or Memphis. Cheap Time's hooky glam pop is ready for the next level.  
Ooga Boogas
  Australian choppy garage punk with members of Eddy Current Suppression Ring & Onyas.  
Vivian Girls
  Heroes of NYC Loft-pop scene, causing a commotion with first 45s & lp. On In The Red Records.  
Black Time
  Dark UK crash & bash apocalyptic punkers finally make it to Gonerfest!  
Cola Freaks
  Energetic, extremely entertaining Danish KBD punkers on 2nd US tour.  
   
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
   
AV Murder
  Baseball Furies + Cococoma = chaotic maelstrom - look out!  
Eat Skull
  Distended hardcore + folk = Eat Skull!  
Psychedelic Horseshit
  Dense, messthetical noise pop. Part of the Ohio obtuse-wave ala TNV, bastard children of GBV!  
Earthmen & Strangers
  Ryan Wong (Tokyo Electron, Destruction Unit, Reatards) returns as Gonerfest vet with new sci fi desert punky pop.  

earthmen & strangers
Earthmen & Strangers myspace

Barbaras
  Memphis pop messiahs. Oops- I meant Memphis Pop mess. First 7" on Goner. Lp coming on In the Red.  
Wizzard Sleeve
  Alabamy bondage psycho thrillahs!  
Turpentine Brothers
  Refugees from Boston, Tara & Justin wander the globe, spewing brutal New Christs-like hearty punk all over the land.  
No Comply
  Memphis 80s skatecore. Ex-Deaththreat. Ex-Vegas Thunder. Featuring Pappy.  
Sector Zero
  Eric Oblivian, Zac Solution, Jay Reatard. They think urinals are great. Not the band The Urinals. Just urinals.  
Sector Zero
Oscars
  Memphis Fug-core veteran punks.  
Jay Reatard
  Memphis' forgotten son is now the much hyped Matador Emo-killer. Goner knew him way back when (when we were putting out his first 7" and lp, that's when.)  
   
SATURDAY NIGHT
   
Pierced Arrows   Fred & Toody Cole's new post-Dead Moon band- first album and 7" are smokin'! All the way from Clackamas, OR...  
Intelligence
  Brilliant Seattle apocalyptic bop wave pop.  
Mouserocket
  Oddball cello/guitar pop from Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines) & Robby Grant (Big Ass Truck, Vending Machine).  
TVK
  Aka the mighty TYVEK- inheritors of any sort of Pere Ubu avant-pop throne that might be lurking around...  
Static Static
  Ex-Detonations John Henry's steamroller Wipers at the end of the world punk.  
Box Elders
  Charming, disarming, alarmingly GREAT Omaha, NE pop upstarts. Redd Kross covering The Clean! The Clean covering Redd Kross? Ahh, you know...  
   
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
   
John Paul Keith
  Memphis' twang guitar king!  
Thomas Function   Alabama pop stars return for our closing ceremonies at the Goner Store!  
   
GONERFEST MC
   
Ross Johnson
  Ex Panther Burns rantologist will insure there is "Me" in MC. Oh, and he'll tell you about it. Goner Recording artist!  

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