{"id":593,"date":"2009-09-21T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2009-09-21T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T04:07:29","slug":"new-rob-robbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"New Rob Robbies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nuts & Balls<\/em> 10″
\nMind of a Child Records, 1994<\/p>\n

While you’ll find no shortage of bands doing collegiate, guitar-driven pop punk, only the smallest of a percentage are truly worth your time. It’s difficult to identify and quantify what makes some so much better than others. All use the same tools and conventions, but for whatever reason, some simply don’t make an impression while others can’t be heard enough. This Chicago-by-way-of-Bowling Green, OH group is one of those rare bands that got it right as evidenced by this stellar 10″ from Ohio’s tiny Mind of A Child label. Their loosely sketched, midwestern kegger approach to crafting catchy garage pop sounds something like Archers of Loaf<\/strong> doing a set of cover songs pulled from Crypt Records\u2019 Back from the Grave<\/em> compilations, captured in the grooves of the\u00a0Meat Puppets<\/strong>\u2019 early records. They’ve been compared to H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/strong> as well, and that fits too, if you can imagine the H\u00fcskers flying some fIREHOSE<\/strong> flannel in a basement show in some midwestern college town student ghetto. They followed this release with an album on Mind of A Child in 1996 and their sophomore album on Colorado’s Owned and Operated label in 1999. Also included with this post is another hard to find track: their side of a split 7″ with Chicago’s Vambo Marble Eye<\/strong> from 1994 on the Off White record label. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

DOWNLOAD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Rob Robbies – Nuts & Balls<\/em> 10″<\/a> (30mb zip)
\n New Rob Robbies – “Pig Day”<\/a> from split 7″ with Vambo Marble Eye
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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