The Enthusiasts

record review

2012-02-27T06:37:00.002-08:00

New 7" review from Ripple Effect

The Enthusiasts –Sinkin/Risin’ b/w Joanne

"Mutated garage fuzz with a mean and beefy bottom end. The Enthusiasts know how to bring the rock into the garage rock vein. Not content to settle on the fuzz and tin can vocals, the lads drop some big, near-stoner riffs, a nifty breakdown and a blur of a guitar solo into "Sinkin’/Risin’". "Joanne" follow suit with a tasty, psychedelic guitar/vocal intro.

Coming from a “small town north of NYC”, this is the Enthusiasts second 7” platter. Toss in a handcrafted, self-stapled sleeve and we got ourselves one tasty vinyl treat released on the band’s own Magic Sleeve Records. Recommended for fans of Baby Woodrose and Dolly Rocker Movement. "

record reviews

2012-02-01T06:26:00.001-08:00

two new reviews of the SINKIN/RISIN 7" surfaced today!

from ROCK STAR JOURNALIST:

"This release sounds like it was recovered from the vaults of some long-lost ’70s psych rock act. The recording, the playing - it all has that feel of a particular era, yet manages to sound of the time, rather than sounding as if it’s simply aping a style. These guys know what the hell they’re doing, and it makes you want to smoke a bale of weed, drink a few too many beers, and rock out in your basement with these guys playing over in the corner.

The title track does just what it says it will - it sinks down with fuzz and reverb, then surfaces, rising to the top with a powerful bit of guitar work that will pull you in over and over. The flipside, “Joanne,” is a little more mellow, but no less rockin’ and fuzzed-out. For what’s only the band’s second single (the first on their own Magic Sleeve Records), this is amazing. Really, it’s a great little blast of two songs no matter what, but this hair-shaking, air-guitaring workout of a single seems like the work of a much more established band. When the Enthusiasts drop a full-length, it’ll melt the needle of your turntable."
read full review...

from HEAVY PLANET:

"The Enthusiasts pack a punch of raw punk energy while embodying the soul of classic rock. While one may classify them as a 'garage rock' band, The Enthusiasts offer so much more substance. This New York trio seems to be the culmination of rock (...and roll) from the 50's through the 70's, right up to present day. This classic psych and blues sound is a welcome listen to my ears, giving a well needed rest from all of the heavy doom and sludge in recent memory. The Enthusiasts are one you will have to catch at a club or house show. Check out my favorite tune, Joanne, below, and if you're diggin' it head over to their bandcamp for a free download!"
read full review...

Thanks people!

Get your copy today at
http://magicsleeeverecords.blogspot.com/

record review

2012-01-26T07:20:00.000-08:00

ROCKTOBER MAGAZINE wrote a great (if short) review of the SINKIN/RISIN 7" to be published in print issue #50 (20th anniversary issue) -

"Not punk or rock n roll or garage or “rock-ish” – this is actual, bonafide ROCK music, not posing as harder or louder or eviler than it is, but just letting wailing, amazing guitar tones and (not to mention perfect singing and drumming) carry the load. The a-side made me blue cheerful!"

LINK

Thanks guys!

THE HQ

2012-01-12T14:16:00.001-08:00

A peek at the Magic Sleeeve Records HQ and the beautiful SINKIN/RISIN 7"s!

Grab yours while you still can, order here or at our Magic Sleeeve Records blog...
http://magicsleeeverecords.blogspot.com/

LULUS FRIDAY 12.2

2011-11-23T13:16:00.000-08:00

LOOK INTO THE MAGIC MIRROR

2011-11-14T23:30:00.000-08:00

Magic SlEEEve Records presents: THE ENTHUSIASTS 'SINKIN/RISIN' 7"

2011-10-30T11:17:00.000-07:00

We are highly enthusiastic to announce that our newest release, the 'SINKIN/RISIN' 7", is now available to pre-order!

LIVE VIDEO: 'DONT CUT THAT LIGHT (LEMME SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO)'

2011-10-08T00:59:00.000-07:00

This video was shot at Fireproof by our buddy Bobby Boulders. With the projection playing behind us it'll be hard for ya to look away...

LIVE @ BROOKLYN FIREPROOF 9.4.11

!!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

NEWS, NEWS, NEWS

2011-10-03T11:20:00.001-07:00

Hey folks...we have some shit a-stirrin' that were gonna let you in on...

First, the NOISES FROM THE HIDEOUT compilation from GRGPNK RECORDS is now available. Its a scorcher. Buy it here...
AMAZON
ITUNES

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That's not all. We are glad to announce that 'SWEET CYANIDE' will be included in the upcoming volume of the NO WAY OUT compilation series by DEAD BY MONO RECORDS. The label described the first volume as "20 Finest Far-Out Unknown Garage Punk Blues Surf Pop Beat Gems From ‘Round the World!” . sounds about right...

full tracklist for NO WAY OUT, VOL. 2, coming out WINTER 2011.

01. THE TERRORSAURS - Monkey Tremolo (UK)

02. BEAT RATS - No Good at Love (USA)

03. BRAIN EATERS - Dixie Rose Lee (France)

04. LAS VINYLATORS - Adicta (Mexico)

05. CHUCK VIOLENCE & His One Man Band - Just Because of You (Brazil)

06. VOUDUO - Blood Breast and Beast (USA)

07. GIOBIA - Old Jim (Italy)

08. THE MEATBALLS - What is Wrong With You (Israel)

09. THE CREEPING IVIES - Shake It Up (UK)

10. THE ENTHUSIASTS - Sweet Cyanide (USA)

11. THE BLUE GIANT ZETA PUPPIES - The Light Of The Moon (UK)

12. TONGUE TIED TWIN - Getting Laid (Switzerland)

13. THE OUT KEY HOLE - Rusty Knives (Italy)

14. THE BRIMSTONES - Damaging My Calm (USA)

15. THE COGS - Cheap Night Out (Italy)

16. DYNAMITE PUSSY CLUB - Testify (UK)

17. DEVILISH PIRANHAS - Yeah Yeah Yeah (France)

18. THEE EVILTONES - Eyes (UK)

19. LOS ESPELUZZNANTES - La Fosa (Spain)

20. JJ & THE REAL JERKS - Hooky (USA)

Listen to 'SWEET CYANIDE' here:
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://theenthusiasts.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-cyanide-3"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Sweet Cyanide by The Enthusiasts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Check out the first volume of NO WAY OUT at the DEAD BY MONO website.

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Last but not least, be on the lookout for the new SINKIN/RISIN 7" coming out on our brand new label, MAGIC SLEEEVE RECORDS...stream both tracks HERE

9.10.11 STONYBROOK U WHISKEY HOUSE RECAP

2011-09-12T18:50:00.001-07:00

Here are some sweet pics of saturday's whiskey house party at Stonybrook U! Long island treated us well, we had a blast !!!

9/4 @ BK FIREPROOF w/ JADEWALKERS, PARTY PIGS, IMPROBABLES, JIGGLERS

2011-09-01T06:58:00.000-07:00

SAT 8.27: OOPS BABY PARTY WITH TWO TEARS, SHARK? STRANGE RIVALS+MORE

2011-08-25T22:05:00.000-07:00

Come party with us at Don Pedro's this Saturday afternoon - we'll be at the Oops Baby Records all day end-of-summer bash. The label will be celebrating the release of their new cassette mixtape and a shitload of cool bands are playing.

We go on at around 4 PM. It will be awesome sharing the stage with Two Tears again. Also playing: Shark?, Life Size Maps, Strange Rivals, Easter Vomit, Habibis, and Dino's Boys....

RSVP HERE

***DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE,
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED TO OCTOBER 7.***

'IN THE CITY' ON NOISES FROM THE HIDEOUT COMP

2011-07-29T06:49:00.001-07:00

We are proud to announce that 'In the City', a track from our first 7", was selected to be on the Noises From The Hideout compilation on GRGPNK Records. This beast of a comp is the 6th volume of The Best of The Garagepunk Hideout series, and according to the label head Jeff Kopp, "this one may be the best yet!!"

All 22 tunes will be released on iTunes, eMusic, Napster and Amazon on September 19th, 2011.

Mark yer calendars.

'SHATTERED CONCEPTIONS' LIVE AT DON PEDROS

2011-07-20T23:56:00.000-07:00

Big thanks to our pal Dan for filming this.

7.8.11 DON PEDROS: W/ TWO TEARS AND SKIP JENSEN

2011-07-08T06:44:00.000-07:00

We're psyched to be sharing the stage with Montreal's finest tonight at Don Pedro's. Yep, the scuzzy blues stompin' genius SKIP JENSEN. Also playin' is one of our favorite NYC bands : TWO TEARS. TWO TEARS has a new 7" on KIND TURKEY RECORDS, GO BUY IT AND SUPPORT HER AND THE LABEL.

7.2.11 CAKE SHOP

2011-06-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

RSVP HERE

2011-06-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

6.18.2011: TONIGHT AT THE SUFFOLK!

2011-06-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

Come out tonight and see us play for free at The Suffolk w/ CAPTAIN SKYHAWK, THE RAVERS and INVISIBLE HAND! The show is at 107 Suffolk Street at 10 PM.

RSVP HERE

6.11.11: BANDS! BBQ! BABES! BROOKLYN?!

2011-06-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

Rock n roll and barbeque smoke will be wafting through the air in Brooklyn tomorrow night. We are throwin it down outside Brooklyn Fireproof with the infectious party punk duo THE HUSSY. The hotdogs and hot licks commence at 10 PM. If you hate fun, pray for rain!

6/2 @ DON PEDRO'S

2011-06-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow night The Enthusiasts are hitting Brooklyn and playing DON PEDRO'S with our new friends CAPTAIN SKYHAWK. Unfortunately our DC bros MAYBE BABY can't make it out - but trust us, it'll still make for a night not soon forgotten! We go on at around 11 PM. Get off your couches tonight and come see an awesome live show at Don Pedro's.

RSVP : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oh-No-and-the-Tiger-Pit/57613507520#!/event.php?eid=105396839550085

!!!!!

2011-05-29T23:10:00.000-07:00

RETURN TO WESTCHESTER

2011-05-27T16:15:00.001-07:00

On SATURDAY MAY 28TH well be playing a 10 BAND SHOWCASE in the middle of town at the ACC. It'll be our first local show in a couple years. It's been way too long since we played with hometown heroes NO ONE AND THE SOMEBODIES and MAMOJAM. Those guys are absolutely awesome... there's a ton more bands playing too. Organized by the invincible GI DAVE. this is probably the coolest thing to happen in town in the last 5 years.

RSVP fuckers.. http://www.facebook.com/EnthusiastsNY#!/event.php?eid=147572011980053

ARLENES GROCERY TONIGHT

2011-05-26T13:11:00.000-07:00

KENNYS CASTAWAYS TONIGHT

2011-05-20T15:43:00.000-07:00

PITS AND POISONED APPLES

2011-05-19T21:30:00.001-07:00

We had a great time playing a live set on WHLC's 'Pits and Poisoned Apples' show. We played, 6 or 7 songs and met some real cool people that worked over there at the Lehman College Radio Station.

We will post some of the recordings from the show, as soon as we get them!

The place was really nice and cramped..also hot as fuck..but it made the music that much dirtier.

We met some guys from the group ZEBRA SET. They are an instrumental hip hop group, and fuckin rip. Check them out here: http://zebraset.bandcamp.com/

To hear past and future Pits and Poisoned Apples Radio show's go to : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pits-and-poisoned-apples

WE GRIND OUR OWN BEEF

2011-05-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

Got slider's at this place called Mark in St. Marks. Fuckin' awesome burgers. Apparently they grind their own beef...sounds good to us.

TONIGHT @ THE SUFFOLK - FREE!

2011-05-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

May 13th at 10pm, The Enthusiasts and The Beat Rats...who are fuckin awesome, will be playing a free show at The Suffolk on 107 Suffolk Street NYC. Hope to see you all there!

More info here : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153208164746237

My Little Darlin' Radio Hour!!

2011-05-01T01:25:00.000-07:00

My Little Darlin' Radio Hour!, will be featuring "I Know What You're Doin" on their radio show tomorrow night, on May 1st! The show starts at 8 and is on every sunday, playing the best in garage rock from all over the country.

Listen Here :
http://www.errorfm.com/

Archives of all the shows:
http://midwesternskirt.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc

More Info Here:
http://www.facebook.com/mldrh

Tune in at 8, to hear our track and many more awesome songs. If you miss the show, check out the archive link for 5/1!

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'

2011-04-26T18:20:00.000-07:00

We got in the studio in March and recorded a few of our newer songs...here's one of em:

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' by The Enthusiasts

You can also find this track and others on the MUSIC page...

DC RECAP

2011-04-24T13:15:00.000-07:00

Our weekend at DC started with a hellish eight hour ride courtesy of intense rain and rubberneckers, thankfully we had a couple of 40’s and a seemingly never ending well of stories to drown out the red tail lights. Between bouts of drinking we managed to actually venture out into the city, whether it was busking in the national mall or taking a surreal trip to the Lincoln memorial at four in the morning with a couple of “DC natives.” A personal thanks to everybody who came out to the show, took vid/pics, and supported the band, I would also like to personally thank Adderall for keeping us up for our show after an impromptu binge the day before. Lastly, a shout out to GWU and the city of DC for putting up with our bullshit and a big FUCK YOU to the kids who threatened to call campus security on Saturday morning, live a little. Anybody who missed our show it won’t be long until you see The Enthusiasts back in DC, we hope to see you then.

G Is An Angel.

(pics courtesy of Ashley Reese)

Will Vahey: Never the same without him. No one quite knows how to party like that fuckin' guy...

Lincoln Memorial..at 4.Am ( best time to go see it)

WE WILL PLAY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2011-04-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

BEST ALBUMM EVER???

2011-04-11T20:25:00.000-07:00

Definitely a possibility..

DEMOS!!

2011-04-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

here are some demos...recorded 1 hot august day in G's basement...

basement demos by The Enthusiasts

DEATH BY ENTHUSIASTS

2011-04-05T19:33:00.000-07:00

cool shot of us playing at DEATH BY AUDIO, our favorite brooklyn venue.

DOWNLOADS!

2011-04-03T09:41:00.000-07:00

If you wanna download our single, go to the releases page and In The City and My Two Worlds are available for download.

MARCH 15 @ DEATH BY AUDIO

2011-03-08T11:42:00.000-08:00

I KNOW WHAT YOURE DOIN - LIVE @ PAULIES IN NY 1/7/11

2011-02-10T12:16:00.000-08:00

2011-01-27T00:16:00.001-08:00

IN THE CITY 7" [INFIRMARY PHONOGRAPHIC] - SOLD OUT ..