King Louie Bankston

King Louie Bankston, RIP

Louisiana garage punk artist King Louie played in The Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts, Missing Monuments, made the Bad Times album with Jay Reatard & Eric Oblivian, and more.

A Giant Dog on Merge Records, playing Good Vibrations Fest II w/ the Mummies, King Louie, The Zeroes & many more

In case you missed it, Merge Records announced this exciting news in October: We are excited to welcome Austin’s A Giant Dog to Merge Records! The band recently recorded their third album with prolific producer Mike McCarthy and will release it in early 2016.

King Louie's Missing Monuments going on tour, playing Crown Tap Room on Friday

Missing Monuments’ Garage rock mainstay King Louie Bankston and his Missing Monuments are set to embark on a Midwest tour later this week…

listen to a new Mannequin Men track (MP3 premiere)

DOWNLOAD: Mannequin Men – “Van” (MP3) Chicago garage rock outfit Mannequin Men welcomed their fourth (and first self-titled) LP in the beginning of November via Addenda Records…

Uncle Bad Touch celebrates new LP tonight w/ Missing Monuments (whose tour dates we now know in full)

It’s here! Uncle Bad Touch. The self-titled debut. We love this album! And to celebrate, we’ve got a great line-up for the album release show at Death By Audio in Brooklyn on 11/29…

King Louie's Missing Monuments play NYC tonight w/ Night Birds ++++ Omegas, Boston Strangler & Mauser add show

DOWNLOAD: King Louie’s Missing Monuments – The Girl of the Nite (MP3) King Louie Bankston (born Louis Paul Bankston) is a prolific garage punk musician from Harahan, Louisiana…