Premiere: “Tight Fit” – Bat & The Bears

Content with identifying as perhaps the strangest-mistake currently signed to Gypsy Farm,  the experimental-act known as "Bat And The Bears" celebrates it's first official year of existence having released an EP [Wool Wearing Wolf] last July and being referred to as "Gothic-Karaoke". Following a live performance last Saturday night in Athens, GA the project released …

Exclusive interview with Uncle Goo

Fresh off his debut [Country Strange Vol. 1] earlier this year, Uncle Goo is once again grinding out another batch of his famous country + western tunes.  His latest single "This Heat" is due out August 13th on Gypsy Farm Records. Uncle Goo took a few moments away from his recent recording session at Gypsy …

PREMIERE: “Trembling Rose” by The Haunted Head

"Conway Twitty came to me in a dream about 15 years ago and gave me this song" is how Pendleton, South Carolina's Brant Duncan puts it, referring to his most recent recording at GF studio. Brant first caught the attention of GFR with his previous band The Elegance (2008) before joining Carolina punk rockers Pine Tar Rage who had recently signed to Gypsy Farm Records. "Trembling Rose" is Duncan's first new material in years under the pseudonym "The Haunted Head" and we hear a familiar voice that any fan of The Elegance will find fits right in woven between blankets of Supro-FUZZ with piano and drums accompaniment. 

Stream: Country Strange – Vol 1

Debuting high on the parkertown yodel-charts this morning comes "Country Strange Vol. 1" featuring a modest collection of original country songs pinned by long-running Gypsy Farm associate Uncle Goo a.k.a Garrett Chase Carpenter.  We first got a taste of this sweet medicine back in the ladder part of 2018 with the release of two singles "I'm Tired" b/w "Mallory".

Stream : The Ice Creams EP

The Ice Creams were formed as a recording project some ten years ago in November of 2008 as the "long forgotten bastard side-child" of Athens garage group The Humms and self proclaimed "Scooby Punk-rockers" are ecstatic to finally announce the first release since their limited edition single via Gumball Machine Records. The long awaited extended player …

Pine Tar Rage releases new track “46”

Ed Campbell (Episode 42 of the Ratio Podcast) is perhaps most known throughout the Southern region for his high octane bluegrass group 'The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show' which recently celebrated over 30 years together.  Speaking from his porch with cigar in hand Campbell reiterates that  he’s “a rocker at heart” and that Pine Tar …

The Drovers play Spittoono Fest

GF corespondents tell us they had a great time this past weekend at the 38th annual Spittoono music festival in Central, SC.  The free event lasted all weekend and benefited several local charity organizations. The whole shebang was kicked off by local upstate legends known as The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show and their original …

Carolina punk band “The Squirts” to reunite for second time

The late 90's presented a special time for the punk rock music scene in Clemson, SC.  For the few acts that enjoyed some acclaim and notoriety there were countless never heard-much less-heard of and the Squirts are no exception. After touring Roanoke, VA to Athens, GA on their 1997 cassette release "Crossing The Haw" the …

F.N.C.F to release EP on GFR

Comprised with members of Carolina's "Kill Geddy Lee" the now defunct F.N.C.F (an abbreviation for Friday Night Cat Fights) were a post-90's alternative rock group that resided in the upstate somewhere between Anderson and Belton, South Carolina. Beginning in July of 2015, the band tracked several songs at Gypsy Farm studio with anticipation of self-releasing …