Damaged Bug Stories

Album Reviews | March 2017 Releases

By: Alex WoodGrandaddy- Last Place [3/3]Jason Lytles Grandaddy returned for Last Place, the bands first studio album in more than a decade. The record remains within the boundaries previously established on the bands older work, with layers of keyboards, swirling effects and a keen sense of melody. Lytles lyrics are quirky throughout, but more personal...

Album Reviews | June 2015 Releases

Damaged Bug-Cold Hot Plumbs[6/2]Thee Oh Sees John Dwyer is the brains behind Damaged Bug, the side-project focusing on synthesizers and keyboards but drenched in the psychedelic style that fans would expect of the prolific songwriter. The tracks are strangely catchy, packed with an endless variety of sounds and noises over loose, live drumbeats and...

Stream Damaged Bug's "Cold Hot Plumbs," New Album From Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer

John Dwyer, the always-productive frontman of Thee Oh Sees, seems to never stop creating music.Thee Oh Sees released the excellent Mutilator Defeated At Last earlier this month, and now Dwyers psychedelic side-project Damaged Bug is releasing Cold Hot Plumbs on June 1.The album is packed with strange psychedelic tunes, prominently featuring synthesizers and ethereal...