If you’ve been wondering what beat boxing soul machine Jamie Lidell has been up to, it turns out he’s been teaming up with psychedelic, acid rock revivalist Ludwig Persik. Ludwig’s self-titled debut EP trips through Iggy Pop and Lou Reed’s New York, filled with the secret, late-night adventures you’ve always imagined happening across the Bowery in the ’70s. And Ludwig should know, having grown up on the LES himself, this legacy permeates his slight frame. It’s spirit is channeled through all five of these tunes.

From the welcome open of the Beatlesque ‘Forward Motion,’ to the Bowie-indebted ‘On The Town,’ there’s a kind of staggering drunkenness to Ludwig’s adventures through his city. Like he’s already seen a lot of life, but can’t quit now and let sleep get in the way of more story-making.

He may be rambling along throughout these jams, but ‘Hallway Light’ is arguably the album’s most immediate destination. Looped in with a creepy, digitally distorted video, one wonders if Ludwig might be a half-cyborg invention beneath all the angst and alienation.

It’s a fascinating debut dealing with old styles, struggling to come to terms with new relationships, and trying to make sense of unfamiliar surroundings. The further along he goes, the more he leaves that past behind. As Ludwig explains in raucous album closer ‘Son,’ “I don’t want to come home… I’ll die if I have to.” See him when he plays Mercury Lounge Oct 9. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

In a very short time, St. Joseph brothers Radkey has taken the Kansas City area by storm, and beyond. They recently wrapped up a headlining show in Lawrence, just finished a music video in Brooklyn, and played the Afro-Punk Festival. A third of the band’s success is due to Solomon Radke, who pummels the drums with purpose and can show up any veteran drummer. Find out a little more about one of the youngest, most talented drummers on the scene right here!

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Squirting little doses of filth on a dirty canvas, the mOrgans are out to prove that obscene marries many colours beyond the obscure, violent ends of the rock spectrum. There’s glamorous, there’s good old swinging rock&roll, there’s a stubborn blues, and it’s by playfully pasting their phallic rock songs over enticing loops and pleasing patterns that the trio manage to turn ‘Kentucky Fried Semen‘ or the ‘Texas Hot Link’ into friendly hooks you’ll get the hang of in no time. That thing the Cramps did so well, topped wth a coat of ridiculous. Hailing from Brooklyn, The mOrgans are that new little pill to get the blood pumping across the scene; and if you like what you hear, you can go get nasty with them next Saturday, October 13th at King Killer Studios for an intimate ‘Enter the mOrgans’ EP release party – check their Facebook page for more details.