Hell City Kings Make it Even More Obvious That You are Sitting Around Not Doing Jack

There are those days when you feel like you’ve been pretty productive: cleaned your room, knocked out the groceries, paid some bills and even got your oil changed and worked on your Peter, Bjorn and John vs. Jay Z remix. And then you hear what the Hell City Kings have in their queue and realize that you haven’t quite done squat. Yes, the Turbonegro-covering men of Texan denim have a full spring of releases and other plans that put your to-do list quite to shame. Due out next week is a split 7” with Houston punks I Am Wolf (available for sale Tuesday on their MySpace page). In March, Cutthroat Records will issue their Southern Belles 7” and then, after some time recording, they’ll be putting out a CD of 6 studio tracks and 5 or so live ones.

When asked about why they were taking some time off from playing live, guitarist Bill Fool responded that they have been playing the same stuff for quite a while, and with the impending SXSW musical anti-dearth it seemed like a good opportunity to take some time off and work on new material. But your reprieve won’t last long: Fool states that the gang will be back on the stage in late March or April. If you don’t feel like waiting till then, check them out tonight at Rudyard’s with Whorehound and Austin’s Broken Teeth. Rippage.