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Cheap Time
2008-05-26 07:03:00 A highly recommended band for any one into garage, powerpop, indie... doesnt matter really, just listen to it.Upon first listen to Cheap Time ’s self-titled debut on In the Red, one could be forgiven for thinking it nothing more than a good, albeit fairly ordinary garage punk record. It’s young, loud and snotty; it’s hook-filled and succinct. You get the idea. Don’t be hasty though: not only does Cheap Time pay dividends in terms of basic enjoyment with each listen, main man Jeff Novak’s skills as a songwriter and his obvious love of underground punk shine through as well.Employing a stripped-down lineup and working within the inherently limited genre that is garage punk, Novak is still able to come up with a markedly diverse and varied set. The songs on Cheap Time run between just over a minute to just under two and a half, with finale “Trip to the Zoo” coming in at a baroque three-minutes plus. Yet everything from power pop and twee to art rock and glam can be heard (...
...is back
2008-05-22 20:31:00 Well after a short break from this we're finally back with some goodies. Here you all go some Jay Reatard stuff! Enjoy. PS Don't forget to leave your comments :) Hammer I Miss You 7'' I Know A Place 7''Jay Reatard & Boston Chinks - Split 7'' Night Of Broken Glass 12'' See Saw 7'' Jay Reatard EPs More About: Back
Busy Signals
2008-04-16 07:04:00 Ive been pretty busy lately so havent had to much time for the blog. School lets out soon so expect a lot more in about a month or so. Well Ill leave you guys with this for now.This Chicago-based quintet clearly believes in the notion that "old punk is best punk," and for a bunch of young whippersnappers, they roar through a set of tunes in the 1977 manner with as much snot, firepower, and élan as you could hope for. The Busy Signals are a long, long way from reinventing the wheel on their self-titled debut, but they know how rock & roll works and lay it out with skill and confidence. Lead singer Analucia (no last names for this bunch) shows a healthy portion of Chrissie Hynde-style attitude and equally impressive vocal chops, while Kevin and Eric both deliver top-shelf guitar firepower without getting in one another's path. The rhythm section keeps things fast and lean (the album zips by in less than 24 minutes) and drives these tunes like the proverbial Airmobile; "Matter of...
Earthshakers, Yeah!
2008-04-03 04:55:00 Ever tire of listening to your roommates or neighbors playing crappy indie punk and classic rock junk, well I got the perfect record for you and them........If ever there was an album that ought to have "Light Fuse, Run Away" printed on the label, it's We Told You Not to Cross Us, the debut long-player from Columbia, MO's the Revelators. A power trio with better things to do than look for a bass player, hard-wailing vocalist Jeremiah, guitar mangler Schooley, and drum punisher Mark come roaring out of the box with "Ain't Got a Thing," a raging slice of blues-punk that sounds like an unholy cross between Howlin' Wolf and Black Flag, and the album never lets up for the next half hour. If the band occasionally downshifts into lower gear, it's usually a matter of going from 110 mph to 95 (like on the swaggering "Just Fine" or the ill-tempered "Ain't That Hatin' You Baby"), and on the album's one bona fide slow song, "Hillbilly Wolf," the boys show that they can reign themselves ... More About: Yeah
The End And Everything After
2008-03-22 19:31:00 More pop inspired selections this time 'round:"Johnny Foreigner hails from Birmingham, England, where the trio first honed its blend of noisy co-ed vocals and rambunctious, syncopated chord structures in 2005. The following year saw the release of the band's first single, "Sometimes, In The Bullring"/"Camp Kelly Calm," which sold out in two months and received airplay from BBC Radio, London Live, and XFM. Johnny Foreigner had garnered enough attention by 2007 to ink a contract with Best Before Records, and bandmates Alexei, Junior, and Kelly retired to London to record the Arcs Across the City EP. A full-length album was recorded in New York later that year, with the 7" single "Our Bipolar Friends" being issued in March 2008 to drum up support for the record's upcoming release." -AMGGrabbed this off a friend from the UK, it probably would have been a long time since I would recognize them myself, or maybe having heard the single first, have been completely turned off. "Our Bipola...
"...sounds like 2008"
2008-03-15 21:34:00 Hey guys, I haven't posted anything in a while, too busy sorting through the crap-pile of 2008 music releases thus far (although R.E.M. did leak today)...but after listening to Midnight Boom, new album from The Kills for maybe the one hundred and twenty first time, and reading a recent interview with the band in Nylon magazine, I can say I still have faith in 2008.Let me just say that this is the first album I have ever listened to from the Kills, but I am DYING to hear more. To brief the interview and to explain why this band that started out with major White Stripes comparisons to producing something like this-- Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart travelled to Mexico and everywhere else under the sun to collect thoughts for lyrics, each coming up with their own ideas: Jamie's riddled with hip-hop beats and Alison working with an acoustic guitar and four track. The mash-up is fantastic, and a lot of the tracks still maintain a pretty original rock sound, an album that "...sounds like... More About: Sounds
Party Time Machine
2008-03-15 01:05:00 I completly missed out on this record in 2007, I hadn't even heard of the Coconut Coolouts until a few weeks ago when I heard their song on the garagepunk podcast, Killed by Porn. I'd definitely put this up there with the best of '07.Couldn't find a review that best suited them. So don't let the comparison to The B-52s fool you, these guys rock.Blasting out party punk with dancey elements is always a difficult trick. Do it right, and you’ve got the best garage band ever (at least that’s what your friends will say). Do it wrong, and the album is straight to the closeout bin. Basically, you’re either somewhere in the vein of the Cramps or B-52s , or you’re the Vines. Coconut Coolouts seem to worship at the feet of Fred Schneider and Lux Interior. The guitar awesomness and title of “32 Wives” seems to cast a glance the way of “52 Girls,” while “(Please Don’t Break Me Out Of) Party Jail” and it’s “I never thought that I’d have fun behind bars” intro is... More About: Machine , Time , Time Machine
Disco Always Sucked
2008-03-02 06:48:00 One of the best Pennsylvania garage bands, in fact one of the best ever. Formed in McKeesport, PA, a small town near Pittsburgh, the Swamp Rats released a handful of garage rock singles in 1966-1967 that got some local airplay and sales, but never broke out into national visibility. At their most scorching, those singles were in some ways a little ahead of their time, linking the fury of mid-'60s garage rock with the heavier, fuzzier, more over the top and crazed pre-metal rock of late-'60s bands like the MC5 and the Stooges. Their attack was dense and almost bludgeoning, paced by some particularly bulging-eyed, throat-rending scream-singing, usually with Bob Hocko on lead vocals. Although they were skilled at imbuing garage band standards like "Louie Louie" and "Hey Joe" with individual stamps, a big part of their failure to make a larger impact was likely their shortage of original material, with covers comprising most of the songs they recorded. At least most of those covers we... More About: Disco
Mercy Beat
2008-02-16 19:28:00 One of the oddest records to emerge from the early 80s American DIY musical phenomenon has got to be the 7" single by Omaha, Nebraska's Better Beat les. Their bizarre versions of "Penny Lane" and "I'm Down" seem to have come crawling out of the Twilight Zone of recorded music's endless possibilities during the golden age of home recording.With one of the most myopic band 'visions' ever done without a joke at the center of it, The Better Beatles had the balls to disassemble the lofty songwriting of the seemingly untouchable Beatles, albeit in one of the most atonal and melodically regressive ways conceivable, not counting the Residents. Aside from the genuinely disinterested female vocal delivery and almost No-Wave deadpan lyrics recited over the mind-numbing non-Beatles synthesizer and drum backtrack, their music is an entirely different beast that's destined to either immediately draw you in, or alienate you altogether. Personally, I've never been a huge fan of the 'Fab Four... More About: Mercy
Fire In The Western World
2008-02-14 22:09:00 No intro or info needed.... The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded More About: World , Fire , Western
Evolver
2008-01-29 23:24:00 Though there already IS a double-vinyl comp on the Australian Corduroy label, released three years ago, in an attempt to keep up with the times (which The Thanes ARE capable of, as proven with last years "Downbeat & folked up album) a shiny little, CD retrospective was tooooooo long overdue! Now this is an essential purchase, either if you?re among the ones, who got cought up in the band's web of fuzz'n'jangle after the mentioned latest release, or if you're a long time fan, longing for a portable, pocket-sized thing, that you can easily carry on your Thanesounds-spreading mission. Anyway, if you're a fan of any of the musical aspects of the mid sixties, there's no way you won't find something for you here. If it's melodic beat pop that you're after, try the jangly Farfi-sized moods of "Before I go", "Wonder if …", inspired by wonder Who, "Gone away girl","Days go slowly by", "Girls" or "Please don't go", where I'm not really sure if it's just the title that it has...
Resurrection
2008-01-18 17:40:00 Undusting some bones; While Aerovons have a great Brit psych pop sound comparable to The Beatles, Definition will transition you into a folk pop sound, then alas, Satya Sai Maitreya Kali with some low psych that also leans toward folk.enjoyAerovons- Resurrection [Import] w. UK Bonus trackshttp://sharebee.com/cdbdac0aChrysal is- Definition http://sharebee.com/b1238ad5Satya Sai Maitreya Kali- Apache - Soundtrack from Yosemite, dedicated to Jimi Hendrix + Incahttp://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=UZWFI YK6 More About: Rect
Run Wolf Run
2008-01-11 17:30:00 First post of 2008. What better way to start of the year than with Guitar Wolf ?Well here you go, in what could be their best release to date. Their 1994 studio debut, Run Wolf Run.Guitar Wolf - Run Wolf Run
Alright, This TIme Just The Girls
2007-12-29 18:04:00 These two volumes of Alright , This Time Just The Girls brings together about 70 different female fronted bands spanning all of Sympathy's repitoire. You get a real mix from these compilations. Everything from pop-punk to garage rock, from folk to grunge its all here. Like with most compilations you will find tracks youll find yourself constantly skipping over, but theres enough good stuff to make you forget the rest. Some amazing bands can be found here such as The Detriot Cobras, 5.6.7.8's, The Pebbles, The Come Ons, Thee Headcoatees, Mr Airplane Man, Holly Golightly, April March and so on. Not just for the girls.VOLUME 1Disc 1:1. The Muffs - I Don't Like You2. Banana Erectors - Fed Up With Highschool Days3. The Grown Ups - Nick And Nick4. The Detroit Cobras - I'll Keep Holding On5. Candypants - Dishy6. The Friggs - Shake7. Supersnazz - Baby Love8. The Chubbies - When I Was Your Girlfriend9. Sacred Miracle Cave - The Ghost Of Elizabeth Shaw10. The Barbarellas - Happy Days11. Lu... More About: The Girl
Acid Eater
2007-12-22 09:47:00 Acid Eater - Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D. [Time Bomb 2007]"Imagine the heaviest, most fuzzed out garage rock you've ever heard, now take that and run it through a handful of distortion pedals, a bank of Acid Mothers worthy FX, blast it through a wall of busted old Vox amps, wrap the whole thing in feedback and reverb, and suddenly you're in some alien alternate future where the world is populated exclusively by Japanese noiserock beatniks, who are constantly blasting fuzzed out walls of overblown sixties sounds from their low flying spacecraft... Imagine if Merzbow remixed your favorite Fuzztones record, or the Stooges released records on PSF and were augmented by some insane drug addled organist with WAY too many amps. Serpentine blues rock riffs, all tangled up with thick warbling organs, the vocals a snarling distorted howl, buried in the mix, and all dubbed out, the drums a crumbling, percussive pound, somehow as in the red as the rest of the instruments, every cymbal crash swa... More About: Acid
Wyld Sydes Vol. 1
2007-12-21 01:16:00 1. The Conductors - She Said So2. The Affluents - Tom's Song3. The Kyks - Where Are You4. The In-sex - Girls5. The Krum - LSD6. The Nomadds - Don't Cheat On me7. The Riptodes - Stay With me8. 7 Sons - If Shes Not Your Kind9. The Interns - And I'm Glad10. Stan Donn - Deep In Your Heart11. The Kinetics - Your'e Gonna Miss Me12. The Jesters - If You Love Her So13. Fabian - About This Thing Called Love14. The Cloudwalkers - You Never Told Me So15. Chips & Co - Marbletown16. The Batmen w/The Phantom Band - Linda17. The Coachmen - To Many Reasons18. The Blox - The Way I'm Gonna Be19. Movement Lefy - Silently20. The No-Mads - Liverpool Lover21. Fred Gartner & The Farraris - A Good Girl Is A Pretty Girl22. Frisco Mint - Which End Is Up23. The Eggheads - (Why Don't You Stop) Fooling Around24. The Dawn 5 - A Necessary Evil25. The Beagles - Humpty Dumpty Wyld Sydes Volume 1
Wyld Sydes Vol. 2
2007-12-20 01:50:00 1. Half-Pint & The Fifths - Loving On Borrowed Time2. The Chateaus - Count On me3. Homer - I Never Cared For You4. The Jagged Edge - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down5. The Tempests - Looking Out The Window6. Veil - Something;s Wrong7. The Baskerville Hounds - Can't Take It8. The Noblemen - Satisfied9. Little Boy Sad - The Tidal Waves10. Tino & The Revolons - I'm Comming Home11. The Ceeds - Too Many People12. The Barons - Tomorrow Never Ends13. The Flys - Reality Composition No.114. The Invictas - Do It15. The Kinetics - Bus Stop16. The Tribu-Terry's - Leavin' To Stay17. The What-Nots - Look Down18. The Young Lions - We Better Get Along19. The Nomadds - There Is No More20. The Sultan 5 - With You21. The Exchequers - Is There Some Girl22. The Kan-Dells - I've Met Death23. The Wayward 5 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Lovin24. The Contells - Doesn't Matter At All25. The Good Feelings - I'm CapturedWyld Sydes Volume 2
Wyld Sydes Vol. 3
2007-12-18 23:57:00 1. The Kinetics - Feeling From My Heart2. The Jesters - Don't Try To Crawl Back3. Gentleman Jim & The Horsemen4. The Four Generations - I'm Not Comming Back5. The Flares - I Found Out6. The Invaders - Why I'm Not The One7. The Apostles - While I'm Away8. The Menaces - Till I Met You9. The Niteriders - Whatever's Right10. The Outerlimits - Begin Your Crying11. Colony - Things On My Mind12. The Missing Links - They Say You Lie13. Donnie - Your No Good14. The Grand Prees - No Time To Lose15. The Daytrippers - You Cheated16. Aggregation - Candle Stick Stomp17. The Esquires - She's My Woman18. The Serfmen - A Man Can't Live Without Love19. The Young Executives - Come On In Baby20. Shandells Inc. - Say What I Mean21. The Velours - She's My Girl22. The Teddy Boys - It's You23. The Leather Payges - The News Is Out24. Gaunga Dins - Rebbecca Rodife25. Jerry Raye - I CryWyld Sydes Volume 3
Wyld Sydes Vol. 4
2007-12-17 23:32:00 1. The Poverty V - Cry Cry Cry2. The Riptides - She Set Me Free3. The Sas-Shades - Walk In Loneliness4. Does It Really Matter - Today5. Five More - She Cares6. The Advantes - Done It Again7. Razors Edge - Get Yourself Together8. Randy & The Holidays - Living Doll9. The Long Island Sounds - Lucky Guys10. The Ultimates - Little Girl11. Tony & The Bandits (Oh No) I Can't Lose12. The Savages - The Best Thing You Ever Had13. Randy & The Rainbows - Forget Her Tomorrow14. The Shy Guys - Lay It On The Line15. Sound of The 7th Son - I Told A Lie16. The Royalites - Dance Time17. The Mystery Group - High Society18. The Kinetics - Little Girl19. Ronnie King & The Passions - Girl Break Away20. Sue Patrick & The Nomads - You Found A New Love21. The Kinetics - Put Your Lovin' On me22. Tony & The Vizitors - Saturday's Son23. The Rainmakers - My Home Town Girl24. The Untouchables - Don't Go I'm Beggin'25. The Rustics - Look At meWyld Sydes Volume 4
Wyld Sydes Vol. 5
2007-12-17 00:47:00 1. Mike & The Dimensions - Why2. The Minitmen - Rollin' In Money3. Nova Local - Other Girls4. The Rouges - Anything You Say5. Jimmy Gilbert - Believe What I Say6. The Cannons - Days Go By7. The Daze Ends - What Can I Do8. The Spectres - I Cried9. The Newberry IV - That's Wht Im A Rolling Stone10. The Nomads - Time Remains11. Research 1-6-12 - I Don't Walk There No More12. The Brotherly Lovers - Was A Lie13. Head & The Hares - One Against The World14. Leo & The Prophets - Parking Meter15. The Lazy Eggs - I'm A Clown16. The Nite Walkers - Sticks & Stones17. The Villagers - You Can't Stay18. The Misty Blues - I Feel No Pain19. The Classmen - Any Old Time20. The Kan Dells - That's All I Want21. The Classics - I Don't Wanna Be Around22. The Fogcutters - Castin' My Spell23. The Fugitives - What Made You Blue24. The Wild Things - I'll Taste Your Lips25. The Jesters IV - Bye Bye Bye (So Long)Wyld Sydes Volume 5
Hey Crawdaddy
2007-12-10 20:19:00 well Im back, dont really have any best of 2007 albums to post (they have pretty much been addressed already, so I leave you with this...In a time of trendy discotheques, bombastic arena rock, and sonic punk barbarisms, the Crawdaddys were truly a peculiarity of the late '70s. The Southern California four-piece rhythm & blues combo, led by two gifted songwriter/guitarists, Steve Potterf and Ron Silva, who began in the similar garage band the Hitmakers, shrugged off all present scenes and regressed to the past, to a Mersey-era Beatles style. Influenced by '50s R&B masters like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the Crawdaddys jump-started their own California garage rock scene, which spread widely in the early '80s as more illustrious groups like New York's Chesterfield Kings and London's Barracudas also hiked their guitars up to chest level. -amgThe Crawdaddys - Crawdaddy Express
mamananananana.. more
2007-12-06 16:15:00 more Modey Lemon? here, take it:[Mute records cover]vs. [Birdman records cover]I think it's an upgrade.http://www.mediafire.com/?3rwcxjj ltgf++++++Here's some forgotten sixties garage/psych you didn't even know you missed:1 The Sound Sandwich - Apothecary Dream 2 The Second Helping - Let Me In3 The Leathercoated Minds - Psychotic Reaction4 The Wailers - I Don't Want To Follow You5 Gypsy Trips - Ain't It Hard6 The Second Helping - Hard Times7 The Leathercoated Minds - Eight Miles High8 The Second Helping - On Friday9 The Sound Sandwich - Tow Away10 The Shindogs - Who Do You Think You Are11 The Second Helping - Floating Downstream On An Inflatable Rubber Raft12 The Sound Sandwich - Zig Zag News13 The Leathercoated Minds - Non-Stop14 Sunday Servants - I'm Puttin' You On15 Sunday Servants - Who Do You Love16 Roger Tillison - Nobody's Loverhttp://www.mediafire.com/?eimymc93wt zbands soon to become you're own personal 'classics' in no time
The Essential:
2007-12-04 14:32:00 Radio Birdman (1974-1978)There really isn't any more to say, is there? More About: The Essential , Essential
Rewind 1
2007-12-03 15:00:00 Some favorites of this past year, before the year-end lists are oh-so-carefully calculated in your mind, check out what you may have missed (or are already weighing in!):The Low Budgets- Leave Us A Loanhttp://www.mediafire.com/?bzyqmz6nvf2 Philadelphia natives, The Low Budgets, are goofy as hell (if you've seen the short film starring them you know what I mean), and they don't give a shit... actually that can really just be attributed to coming from Philadelphia, haha. Led by the lead singer of The Dead Milkmen, the band churns out quirked punk rock anthems that remain catchy regardless of the crazy lyrics. It's a treat.Marnie Stern- In Advance of the Broken Armhttp://www.mediafire.com/?d0bzwugj5jgT his album got really blogged-out, but I am mentioning it yet again because it really is that awesome. If you can't get behind any other track on the album, "Every Single Line Means Something" probably stands out for me as a top ten single for the year, most definitely. Clearly influenc... More About: Rewind
Big Bang
2007-12-03 14:18:00 first post of december! wooooModey LemonI was reminded of this Pittsburgh band while listening to the Lord Grunge (of Grand Buffet) podcast I got off of itunes (if you're a fan of the amazing rock rap band by the name of Grand Buffet, the podcast is called "The Grungeman Speaketh" and the podcast are dated for like... 2005 or something, they're enjoyable). Modey Blues are probably the best rock band to come out of Pittsburgh, and even I would say "best anything" originally, but I'm earning a mild respect for Pittsburgh everyday when I listen to acts like Grand Buffet or Modey Lemon. Along with being a personal favorite of mine, they're also probably the most successful alternative band from Pittsburgh and have been developing a following quickly, having toured with Dinosaur Jr. in 2002 on their reunion tour. I don't have much recent knowledge of this band, but having the opportunity to listen to them for practically all of yesterday (might repeat this behavior today), I remembe... More About: Bang , Big Bang
Los Shaker Por Favor!!!
2007-11-06 20:14:00 Lately I'be been listening to these guys a lot.From Uruguay 60s beat band Los Shakers whom many of you probably already know so this is for all that dont. Often cited as the Latin Version of The Beatles (but I would rather listen to Los Shakers than The Beatles anyday.1965 DebutLos Shakers - Los Shakers1968Los Shakers - La Conferencia Secreta del Toto's BarGreatest HitsLos Shakers - Por Favor Does anyone have Shakers For You???
The SUPER POST is not yet ready for THE SUPER BLOG, so let's clap along, no
2007-10-26 16:45:00 My formal introduction will have to wait, for all my uploads are not quite ready yet :(this band is really really awesome though!!!THE DYNAMITE BROTHERS- CLAP ALONG WITH THE DYNAMITE BROTHERSKinda wish I was talking about these dynamite brothers:but i somehow doubt the soundtrack to this movie is as awesome as the debut, and so far, the only release, by the rock/soul/blues/funk group The Dynamite Brothers:Track listing1. Bus Stop2. I Can't Win Pt. 23. My Lover4. Sleepwalkin' Again5. Tellin' Stories6. Sunday 12am7. One Way Blues8. Raw Dawggin' Again9. Judgement Day10. Pins In My Doll11. No You Didn't12. Crazy13. Sack O' Lockshttp://www.mediafire.com/?713dle34z9 dNow, the influences listed on their myspace, are pretty dead on; and I find myself finding this more and more odd how essential myspace has been to the music world because without this myspace, this tiny page of information found through google search [google=internet god], a random, bumbling stranger would have no look ... More About: Post , Blog , Super , Ready , The Super
Girls With Guitars
2007-10-25 20:39:00 You can never go wrong with girls or guitars. Find them together in this comp.Girls With Guitars
Rock+Stegosaurus+Tokyo= Godzilla?
More articles from this author:2007-10-25 19:08:00 hey, it's someone newww.I'm gonna be posting alongside Jon, and I know he's got the garagepunkrock thing going on, which I am also all about, but my goal here will be to overlap him in a way, because there are not many reccomendations I can make in that genre that Jon would not already have covered well. I promise everything I like is enjoyable (feel free to add me). I'll try to use mediafire everytime, but I run into uploading problems with them a lot. So begins the dawn of THE SUPER BLOG, and although we're not going to overtake and destroy Tokyo , we're still going to have quite a bit of fun while... drinking tea? surfing the interweb? listening to music on 'the iPod'? meh, do whatever. My goal will always be to post something you most likely have not heard yet. fair enough?I know I started out this post with the exicitement and possibility of some great J-rock artists-- but i did not intend to globe-trot quite that far. Instead, here are three great European artists, all ... More About: Rock , Godzilla , Tego 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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