PHIL THOMAS KATT - "COMPETITION"

Since 1996, PHIL THOMAS KATT (alongside co-host Tommy Robinetti) has been the face of THE UNCHARTED ZONE, the extraordinary Gulf Coast public access music program with a growing cult following thanks to the weird and wonderful videos Katt has produced for MARK GORMLEY and many others from Pensacola, FL and beyond.

Over the past 25 years or so, Katt himself has been assembling a catalogue of off-kilter pop music that fans of home recording favorites R. STEVIE MOORE and ARIEL PINK will surely flip for. The [insert adjective here] Phil Thomas Katt has a brand new album DECLAWED available for purchase HERE now, and we're excited to present one of its standout tracks "COMPETITION," streaming below:

As a bonus, scope this classic video for "THOSE NITES," from Katt's excellent 1993 album CURIOUS:

BOY + FLIGHT + GRAY THINGS @ CATS PURRING DUDE RANCH 9/9/11

We're psyched to welcome Austin, TX glam-psych group BOY to the Cats Purring Dude Ranch on Friday 9/9/11. Many of you will remember brothers Josh and Jakob Clark from their much loved band LIVING BETTER ELECTRICALLY, who terrorized Jackson, MS for years and hugely influenced all the Cats Purring bands. Their new project BOY is getting tons of love in Austin, and we're thrilled to present their first show back in Mississippi.

In addition, Oxford, MS trash-pop idols FLIGHT will debut a new live line-up, and hallucinogenic one-man-band GRAY THINGS will open the evening. The party is BYOB, and we'll be charging $5 at the door. Bands start at 9pm. As always, drinking & driving is not allowed at our parties! Call a taxi if you're tipsy.

MP3:

FLIGHT - "REAL ESTATE"

GRAY THINGS - "CLASS"

MICHAEL BIBLE - "SIMPLE MACHINES"

MICHAEL BIBLE has a new book out called SIMPLE MACHINES, available now via Publishing Genius's new imprint AWESOME MACHINE. In addition to Bible's delightful sentences, the 64 page book features drawings from Lauren Bender, Sommer Browning, Zach Dodson, Craig Griffin, Dina Kelberman, Tao Lin, Ian White, and John Dermot Woods. Buy it HERE or locally at SQUARE BOOKS.

DEAD GAZE - "IT'S NOT REAL"

Excellent Brooklyn, NY label GROUP TIGHTENER just announced they're putting out an E.P. from Oxford, MS's DEAD GAZE, and they've shared "IT'S NOT REAL," a stunning new track from the release. The 10" will be pressed on translucent orange vinyl in a highly limited run of 500 copies! You can pre-order HERE and stream the next level tune below.

DENT MAY - "WEDDING DAY"

Gorilla Vs Bear just premiered "WEDDING DAY," from DENT MAY's forthcoming 7" on PAW TRACKS. Here's the back cover, which features art by WILL BRYANT and a photo taken at Talladega Superspeedway by Cole Furlow (of DEAD GAZE). The "FUN"/"WEDDING DAY" vinyl (limited to 700 copies on clear wax) officially drops September 13th. Pre-order from Insound HERE, or purchase from iTunes HERE.

GRAY THINGS - "CLASS"

"CLASS" is the latest single from GRAY THINGS, the project of Dude Ranch resident and Dent May collaborator THOMAS COOPER. "CLASS" finds GRAY THINGS moving away from the darker paranoid sound heard on last year's split with DEAD GAZE and toward a warmer, kaleidoscopic, electronic psych-pop sound. The track was recorded with production help from Dent May at his HITS INC studio at the Dude Ranch.

MP3:

GRAY THINGS - "CLASS"

Previously:

MP3:

GRAY THINGS - "FORTUNE TELLER"

ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS + FLOWER ORGY + DENT MAY & FRIENDS @ CATS PURRING DUDE RANCH 8/15/11

[UPDATE: DENT MAY & FRIENDS have joined the lineup at the last minute. Don't miss this party!]

Two excellent psychedelic NYC bands invade the CATS PURRING DUDE RANCH this Monday 8/15/11! Many of you know ALEX BLEEKER as bassist for one of our favorite groups REAL ESTATE, but this time he's bringing his own band, the rock n roll shredheads ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS. Also joining the party will be the aptly named FLOWER ORGY, who, according to FIRE TALK, "makes the kind of laid back jams your mom might have smoked a joint to."

Doors open at 8pm, with bands playing at 9pm. Cover is $5. Alcohol will NOT be provided, so BYOB. Taxi info will be available, so DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE. See y'all Monday.

MP3:

ALEX BLEEKER & THE FREAKS - "PRISONER"

FLOWER ORGY - "BLACK WIZARD"

DEAD GAZE + JOHN BARRETT + DENT MAY (DJ SET) @ PROUD LARRY'S 8/12/11

We're excited to announce a last minute FREE SHOW this Friday 8/12/11 at PROUD LARRY'S. Oxford, MS synth-grunge psych-pop explorers DEAD GAZE will perform, and BASS DRUM OF DEATH's guru-in-chief JOHN BARRETT will play a rare solo set. Local dad-pop deconstructionist DENT MAY will be DJing heady party jams all night. Come celebrate the last weeks of summer with the Cats Purring family! Doors are at 9pm, and the fun starts at 10pm. FREE.

MP3:

DEAD GAZE - "TAKE ME HOME OR I DIE ALONE"

BASS DRUM OF DEATH - "CELEBRATE SUMMER" (T. REX COVER)

BASS DRUM OF DEATH just shared this seasonally appropriate T. REX cover on their blog. Straight from the horse's mouth:

"so i did a t rex cover a while ago. it's called "celebrate summer", the a-side to the last single marc bolan recorded before his death. make a pool call and get tan while u can, summer's almost over."

MP3:

BASS DRUM OF DEATH - "CELEBRATE SUMMER" (T. REX COVER)

WOODS + WHITE FENCE + VOYAGEURS @ CATS PURRING DUDE RANCH 8/7/11

It's been a while since our last house show at the CATS PURRING DUDE RANCH, and we've put together a summer slammer you can't miss this Sunday 8/7/11.

Brooklyn, NY's WOODS (founders of the legendary WOODSIST label) will bring the sound Pitchfork calls "a distinctive blend of spooky campfire folk, lo-fi rock, homemade tape collages, and other noisy interludes, all anchored by deceptively sturdy melodies."

Openers WHITE FENCE (Los Angeles/San Francisco, CA) play a delightfully warped brand of lysergic 60s psych-pop. Altered Zones describes their brilliant album IS GROWING FAITH as "absolute ramshackle-scatterbrain-chaos, revealing an equal affinity for the acid-soaked psychedelia of Syd-era Floyd and the noise-caked post-punk of The Fall."

[UPDATE: VOYAGEURS (Fayetteville, AR) have joined the bill at the last minute!]

CATS PURRING DJs will be spinning party jams all night. Doors open at 8pm, and bands start at 9pm sharp. Cover charge is $7. BYOB, but absolutely no drinking & driving is tolerated at the Dude Ranch. Taxi info will be on hand. See y'all Sunday.

Woods - "Pushing Onlys"

White Fence - "Get That Heart"