John Dwyer

5 BRAND NEW ALBUMS To Razzle-Dazzle Your Ears

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23 March 2026

Band: LADYTRON
Who: British electro pop act, still with three of their
original members, since 1999, with a hiatus now
and then.

ALBUM: PARADISES

UNCUT Magazine (British music monthly): “Momentum sags somewhat over its lengthy duration, but it also unquestionably features some of their finest, and funkiest, work to date.”

TUTV: Vintage electro pop bliss, the Ladytron way. Sticky, soothing New Order– and Pet Shop Boys-like melodies are nested within waves of scintillating synth radiance, while silvery vocals add tranquillising vibes. EBM for daydreamers.

KEY TRACKS: In Believe In You / Kingdom Undersea / A Death In London /
Caught In The Blink Of An Eye / Metaphysica and Solid Light

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Instagram – Bandcamp – All Albums

Artist: KYE ALFRED HILLIG
Who: Singer-songwriter from
Tacoma, Washington.

Album: THE ALL-NIGHT COSTUME COMPANY
His 9th. Order info here.

Press info: “It’s a record born from necessity rather than momentum, written during
a period when Hillig had nearly walked away from music altogether, and found himself worse for it. What emerged instead is his most vital and clear-eyed work to date, an
album shaped by collapse, community, and the unglamorous work of staying alive.”

TUTV: KAH’s warm and enthralling Americana voice injects his mixed-emotions songs with a puissant Tom Petty swagger, a rock-solid John Mellencamp zip, and, at times, a Billy Bragg tenacity.

Hillig‘s versatile songwriting skills shine throughout this highly appealing
and enrapturing record. I’ll have it on my earphones for a long time.

KEY TRACKS: The Horrible Truth / Divorce Of Course Of Course / Jules Can You See Me? / Something Is Different / Our Remaining Pig / We Were Right (‘Til We Were Wrong)

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Band: CHALK
Who: Earthshaking electro junks from Belfast, Ireland.

Album: CRYSTALPUNK
Their debut, following 3 EPs
over the past 4 years.

NME: “A knockout collection of arresting dance-punk. Ultimately, for all the personal meaning poured into ‘Crystalpunk’, it’s an album about unity. The unity in the oppositional soundscapes Chalk pull together, and the connection that’s possible once your individuality becomes a badge of pride. Because in ‘Crystalpunk’, there is something to believe in.”

TUTV: Decibel alarm! Chalk bombard your eardrums with a flaming flurry of disco-punk torpedoes. A sonic storm of nuclear projectiles put the flexibility of the Richter scale to the test. Think Depeche Mode on a ton of steroids. Let’s all run downtown, to the nightclub, and get the unifying party that those Irishmen are aiming at started.

KEY TRACKS: Tongue / One-Nine-Eigth-Zero / Skem / I.D.C

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Instagram – CRYSTALPUNK On Spotify

Band: JACOB THE HORSE
Who: Raucous and sharp-tongued
punk indies from Los Angeles.

Album: AT LEAST IT’S ALMOST OVER
Their 2nd one.

Press info: “Jacob the Horse take on the rise of modern fascism, dealing with anxiety, and rallying cries for anarchy and Satan on new. It hits that nostalgic sweet spot of classic punk with elements of grunge, while bringing in tight, modern, folk-punk lyrical content that speaks to the time we’re living in now. It sparks equal parts anger and depression, while making sure we’re all having a great time listening.”

TUTV: Holy smoke! An unstoppable tidal wave of riot-riff-gun punk-rockers attack your stereo, ears and eventually your whole shaking body with a vehement Green Day urgency and targeted Bad Religion discharge. Double middle-finger for all political tyrants.

They’re busy destroying our planet. Let’s chase these scumbags out of here, so all their corrupt BS blows over. While doing so At Least It’s Almost Over will be your call-to-arms soundtrack. Attack. Now.

KEY TRACKS: Bad New Religion / 666 Chicks / The Black Hand / Totally Depressed / Closer

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Spotify –Instagram – Website

Artist: DAMAGED BUG
Who: Solo project of Osees‘
24/7 riff-maniac John Dwyer.

Album: ZUZAX
His 5th as DB.

Dwyer: “I feel like it’s every artist’s calling to construct personal messages cloaked
in moments of escapism. It’s a bit of a joyous/sad record dealing with hope and
forgiveness, two things which I hope end up more in my life.”

TUTV: With Damaged Bug, Dwyer demonstrated/demonstrates that he’s way
more than a guitar freak. So, yes, less hyperkinetic electricity, more funky/punky
grooves, spiced with beat-rich percussion, subtle synth textures, and even a sax on the alluring meditation Over-Exposed.

Btw, Dwyer picked these 11 songs from a total of 40 he has written between tours. So, we can expect more bugs in the near future. Does this guy-in-shorts ever sleep?

KEY TRACKS: End Of The War / Hoak / Junk Food / Over-Exposed / Tented Lights


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Instagram – ZUZAX On Spotify

Riff Maniac JOHN DWYER And His Band OSEES Drop New Tempestuous Single ‘CASSIUS, BRUTUS & JUDAS’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

9 June 2024


Promo pic

Californian riff maniac JOHN DWYER and his gang OSEES canned their
umpteenth album, and baptized it SORCS 80. It’ll land on August 9.
More info here.

Dwyer “This album was a self imposed ambitious project for us. Something
to kick in the creative flow. The last few years, having been a challenging time
in general, felt like a good time for a pivot. The last two albums were so guitar
and keyboard centric, I wanted a weird and fun set of parameters for us to
work with.”

First single, called CASSIUS, BRUTUS & JUDAS, is a rapid garage-punk
projectile with guitars, drums and a saxophone going after each other.
Tempestuous battle.

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OSEES: Instagram

JOHN DWYER Probably Is The Hardest Working Man In Showbizz – Tomorrow New OSEES Album , Today Live In Full

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17 August 2023


Album artwork

JOHN DWYER is probably the hardest-working man in showbizz, next
to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard as the hardest-working band in
showbizz.

Tomorrow the riff-manic and OSEES, one of his outfits,
unleash their umpteenth LP, titled Intercepted Message.

But, promo-wise, he decided – clever move- to play the 37-minute record live
in full at The Best Show With Tom Scharpling yesterday. The performance was
recorded at the Forever Dog studio in North Hollywood, California and it’s now
shared to see and hear.

The high-powered rock energy is off the charts.
And, importantly, the sound/footage is HQ.

OSEES: Instagram

Waking Up With… JOHN DWYER And OSEES And A New Riff Monster (What Else)

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Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant

20 May 2023

24/7 riff maniac JOHN DWYER and OSEES, one of his many musical outfits,
unleash a new longplayer, titled Intercepted Message in August.

More details to follow.

Dwyer has this to say about the new LP.

“A pop record for tired times.
Sugared with bits of shatterproof glass to put more crack in your strap.
At long last, Verse / chorus
A weathered thesaurus
This is Osees bookend sound
Early grade garage pop meets proto-synth punk suicide-repellant
Have a whack at the grass or listen while flat on your ass
Heaps of electronic whirling accelerants to gum up your cheapskate broadband

Social media toilet scrapers unite!
Allow your 24 hour news cycle eyes to squint
at this smiling abattoir doorman
You can find your place here at long last
All are welcome
From the get go to the finale ….
A distant crackling transmission of 80s
synth last-dance-of-the-night
tune for your lost loves

Suffering from Politic amnesia?
Bored of AI-generated pop slop?
Then this one is for you, our friends

Wasteland wanderer, stick around.

Love y’all

For fans of Teutonic synth punk and
Thee Oh Sees (who the fuck are they?)

– John Dwyer”

The first single, the title track, is a riff monster (what else) but
not only with deranged guitars but some schizo synths too.

Here’s the funny video with Dwyer as a TV news anchor.

OSEES: Bandcamp – Tour Dates

Kamikaze Garage Fury With JOHN DWYER And OSEES – New Longplayer ‘PROTEAN THREAT’ Out Today

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18 September 2020

Band: OSEES – one of the many monikers
for John Dwyer’s fanatic eruptions
Album: Protean Threat
Released: 18 September 2020

Info: WITNESS THE EVER-CHANGING, EVER-MUTATING THREAT THAT IS REALITY / PERCEPTION IS UNDER DURESS / SENSIBILITY IS BENDING EVERYDAY UNDER THE BARRAGE OF NONSENSE / WE MUST MAKE NOTE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE BECOME / LOOK INTO THE MIRROR OF THE PLANET-KILLERS / GENEROSITY IS YOUR AEGIS AGAINST GREED / PSYCHIC CANNIBALS INFILTRATE AND CONTAMINATE ONCE FAMILIAR AND SEEMINGLY SECURE TERRITORIES EMPATHY IS YOUR ARMOR TO DEFLECT APATHY / LOVE IS YOUR CLUB TO ABATE HATE / THE FOG IS LIFTING AND HUMANS ARE OPENING THEIR EYES / THIS RECORDING IS AT THE APOGEE OF SCUZZ / PUNK ANTHEM AMULETS FOR YOUR EARS AND HEART / A BATTERY FOR YOUR CORE / BE STRONG / BE HUMAN / BE LOVE – Castle Face Records

Louder Than War says: “Album 23 for California psych-garage mastermind John Dwyer sees his band twisting evermore, dropping all articles and coming back together as Osees… It’s a perfect distillation of the trajectory that Dwyer and his cohorts have taken over the course of their so-far 23 album run. It sounds nothing like they have ever done, yet, at the same time, like something that only they could do. It’s those oxymoronical twists and turns that make Osees a delight to hear from every time as they power through their blend of scuzzy garage psych-punk and throw everything possible at you, just to keep you on your toes.” Full review here.

John Dwyer: “I don’t know what hard times is but you can’t take yourself too seriously
I suppose, we certainly don’t. The world is serious enough to be in the depths all the time,
so it’s good to have a sense of humor. The other option seems to be misery.”

Key tracks: All

Here comes the
kamikaze garage fury…

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OSEES: Facebook

(Still from Walrus TV Interview)

John Dwyer Dynamite – OSEES Drop Stunner ‘SCRAMBLE SUIT II’

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New sonic impulses…

JOHN DWYER, the man who breathes, eats, drinks and dreams
music will test our speakers with new album Protean Threat in
September. I have no idea whatsoever how many records he made
the past 10 years and how many monikers he used. I’m sure he
doesn’t know either.

After lead single Dreary Nonsense and If I Had Way he unleashed
a third stunner, simply titled SCRAMBLE SUIT II. I wonder who’s singing
but it’s definitely not Dwyer as he’s to busy producing dynamite riffs.

Bang bang…

Rumbling, Rambling and Rattling – ‘IF I HAD MY WAY’ By DWYER And OSEES

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New sonic impulses…

JOHN DWYER is one of the hardest working men in rock, 365 days a year,
24 hours a day. He’s a hyper-productive chameleon. I have no clue how many
albums he made in the past ten years. Nothing can stop the tireless centipede.

A new album with OSEES, titled Protean Threat is planned to be out in September.
More details here. After lead single ‘Dreary Nonsense‘ we get another taster. Dwyer
says about the new cut: “Looking at all the extraordinary death in the world now you
have to wonder, have you lived your best life? It’s never too late to start.”

IF I HAD MY WAY sounds like if Dwyer joined forces with equally hard-working
label mates King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard for a buzzing 60s prog rock stroke.
Rumbling, rambling and rattling.

‘I’m a bit high, I’m a bit low’

Let’s roll…

Here’s the previous, first single…

Chameleon JOHN DWYER Hits Again – This Time With OH SEES And Punk Flash ‘DREARY NONSENSE’

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New sonic impulses…

Oh Sees, O C S, Thee Oh Sees, Coachwips, Pink And Brown, The Oh Sees, Osees Damaged Bug . The projects by hyperkinetic punk, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist and record label owner JOHN DWYER seem endless. He’s a hyper-productive chameleon. And I have no clue how many albums he made in the past ten years. Nothing can stop the inflammable centipede.

Anyway this time he picked OH SEES as moniker. An album called Protean Threat is planned for September. Lead-single DREARY NONSENSE is a buzzing missile. A 1.34 minute injection of adrenalin.

Oh hear here…

OH SEES: Facebook