Grown Up All Wrong

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 22

2012-01-17T06:26:00.000-08:00

The Bonzo Dog Band – We Are Normal
Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band – Yellow Brick Road
The Monkees – All Of Your Toys
The Grateful Dead – Can’t Come Down
The Velvet Underground – Run Run Run
The Deviants – Billy The Monster
Alexander “Skip” Spence – Little Hands
The Small Faces – Afterglow (Of Your Love)
Pink Floyd – Free Four
The Groundhogs – Split–Part One
The Lemon Pipers – Through With You
The Move – I Can Hear The Grass Grow
SRC – Daystar
Ipsissimus – Hold On
The Bubble Puppy – Hot Smoke & Sassafras
The Mothers Of Invention – Call Any Vegetable/Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin/Soft-Sell Conclusion
Gong – Magik Brother
Love – The Red Telephone

For fans of freak out!

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 21

2011-12-19T11:48:00.000-08:00

Test Dept. - Kick To Kill (Beating A Retreat, 1984)
This Heat - Twilight Furniture (This Heat, 1979)
The Flying Lizards - Hands 2 Take (Fourth Wall, 1981)
The The - Black and White (4AD Records 7", 1981)
Suicide - I Remember (Live at CBGB's, 1978)
Tasaday - Presenza Impossibile (L'Animale Profondo, 1986)
Psychic TV - Starlit Mire (Allegory & Self, 1988)
Swans - Like A Drug (Sha La La La) (Children of God, 1987)
Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Be Your Slave (Live at Shinkeishitsu Na Niwatori, 1981)
Butthole Surfers - To Parter (Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12'' EP, 1985)
Lemon Kittens - Paper-thin Religion (Spoonfed And Writhing, 1979)
Chrome - Isolation (Red Exposure, 1980)
SPK - Metal Field (Auto Da Fe, 1983)
Circle X - Current (Prehistory, 1984)
The Pop Group - Snowgirl (Y, 1979)
The Raincoats - You're A Million (The Raincoats, 1979)

Stabbing Suspense! Shear Shock!

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 20

2011-12-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

Cheech & Chong • Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip
Pink Fairies • Right On, Fight On
The New Order • Rock 'n' Roll Soldier
Hawkwind • Urban Guerilla
Wicked Lady • I’m a Freak
Orang-Utan • Chocolate Piano
Flower Travellin’ Band • 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kingdom Come • Space Plucks Dem Bones
Sam Gopal • Grass
The Pretty Things • Defecting Grey
The Bevis Frond • Medieval Sienese Acid Blues
Monster Magnet • Nod Scene
Pentagram • 20 Buck Spin
Funkadelic • Super Stupid
Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band • Zig Zag Wanderer
Phil Phillips • The Evil Dope

You're world's about to explode

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 19

2011-11-28T11:08:00.001-08:00

Warsaw • No Love Lost
Josef K • Radio Drill Time
Section 25 • After Image
Big in Japan • Suicide A Go Go
Crispy Ambulance • Deaf
Second Layer • Courts or War
The Diagram Brothers • Bricks
Blue Orchids • The House That Faded Out
The Passions • I Radiate
Sad Lovers and Giants • Colourless Dream
Royal Family and the Poor • Dominion
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark • Messages
Cabaret Voltaire • Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
Minny Pops • Time
The Comsat Angels • Independence Day
The Names • Calcutta
The Durutti Column • Lips That Would Kiss
Dalek I Love You • Heat
Maximum Joy • In The Air
A Certain Ratio • Do the Du
Fire Engines • Candyskin
The Monochrome Set • The Etcetera Stroll

post-punk/pre-junk

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 18

2011-11-15T09:44:00.001-08:00

Melvins • I’m Dry
Boris with Michio Kurihara • Starship Narrator
Lee Renaldo • New Groove Loop
High on Fire • 10,000 Years
Tetsuo • Heschbag
Dinosaur jr • Bulbs of Passion (John Peel session)
Lemon Kittens • Chalet D'Amour
Elliot Sharp/Carbon • Pnambic
Pterodactyl • Safe Like a Train
US Maple • Letter to ZZ Top
Xtatika • Immolation
The Dead C • Truth
End Result • Slash
The Pop Group • Trap
Boredoms • Bore Now Bore
Hair Police • untitled [track 3 from ‘Drawn Dead’]
Flipper • Life

This should sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 17

2011-11-02T12:35:00.001-07:00

David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (Space Oddity, 1969)
High Tide - Futilist's Lament (Sea Shanties, 1969)
Mighty Baby - House Without Windows (Mighty Baby, 1969)
Edgar Broughton Band - Chilly Morning Mama (Inside Out, 1972)
Amon Düül II - Green Bubble Raincoated Man (Wolf City, 1973)
Clark Hutchinson - The Summer Seems Longer (Blues, 1968)
Family - Wheels (A Song For Me, 1970)
Tractor - Little Girl In Yellow (Tractor, 1972)
Hawkwind - Brainbox Pollution (Doremi Fasol Latido, 1972)
Andromeda - Turn to Dust (Andromeda, 1969)
Elias Hulk - We Can Fly (Unchained, 1970)
Pink Fairies - Uncle Harry's Last Freakout (Never Never Land, 1971)

Pull up a grassy spot in the park, light a spliff and contemplate the universe while digging the ragged and naive sounds of the free festival scene.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 16

2011-10-27T05:28:00.001-07:00

New York Dolls - Courageous Cat Theme
Lost Kids - Født Som Nul (Born To Lose)
Zhang Xiao Feng - I Should Have Known Better
Dennis Coffey - Get Back
Tiny Tim - Nowhere Man
The Kinks - She’ Got Everything
The Roughnecks - You're Drivin' Me Insane
Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
The Banana Splits - I'm Gonna Find a Cave
The Runaways - Is It Day or Night?
The Troggs - Our Love Will Still Be There
Caetano Veloso - Annunciaçao
Four Jacks and a Jill - Master Jack
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve - Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Neil Diamond - Solitary Man
Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Silver Moon
Serge Gainsbourg with Brigitte Bardot - Comic Strip
The Creation - Biff! Bang! Pow!
The Delmonas - Hello, I Love You
Bob Lenarde with Willie Joe and his Unitar - Cherokee Dance
Terry Manning - Trashy Dog
Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction Of Your Mind
Stalk-Forrest Group - Arthur Comics
The Archies - Inside Out, Upside Down
The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down
The Chicago Loop - This Must Be The Place
George Harrison - Dehra Dun
The Dirtbombs - No Expectations

This very special episode is dedicated to Eric Schmuckler

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 15

2011-10-10T14:19:00.001-07:00

Wipers – Youth Of America
Black Flag – Rise Above
Mission Of Burma – That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
Bad Brains – Big Takeover
Flipper – Get Away
Sonic Youth – World Looks Red
Butthole Surfers – Cowboy Bob
Half Japanese – Firecracker Firecracker
Meat Puppets – Split Myself In Two
Big Boys – Baby Let’s Play God
Naked Raygun – I Don’t Know
The Replacements – Color Me Impressed
Killdozer – King of Sex
Minutemen – Toadies
Camper Van Beethoven – Sometimes
Beat Happening – Foggy Eyes
Scratch Acid – Greatest Gift
Big Black – Big Money
Hüsker Dü – The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
Dinosaur jr. – In A Jar
Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
Pussy Galore – Sweet Little Hi-Fi
The Flaming Lips – Drug Machine
Fugazi – Song #1
Nirvana – Sliver
Sebadoh – Gimme Indie Rock

Twenty years of punk? There must've been ten years when there wasn't anything going on, right? There were a few years at the start, and now. What happened in between?

Mick Jones of the Clash in Musician, 1995

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 14

2011-10-10T14:18:00.001-07:00

Sex Pistols – Satellite (Suburban Kid)
Undertones – True Confessions
The Nips – King Of The Bop
Blondie – X Offender
Television Personalities – Part Time Punks
Sham 69 – (There’s Gonna Be A ) Borstal Breakout
The Damned – Stretcher Case Baby
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – (I Belong To The) Blank Generation
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives
The Stranglers – Choosey Suzy
The Dictators – Master Race Rock
X-Ray Spex – I Am A Poseur
Buzzcocks – Boredom
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer
The Saints – (I’m) Stranded
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Generation X – Wild Youth
The Clash – 1977
Johnny Moped – Incendiary Device
The Slits – Typical Girls
Alternative TV – Love Lies Limp
Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
Heartbreakers – Born To Lose
The Jam – In The City
The Fall – Bingo Masters Breakout
Subway Sect – Ambition
Wire – Dot Dash
The Adverts – One Chord Wonders

Why would anyone want to listen to music that makes you hate when you can listen to music that makes you love? - Dr. R. Quincey, ME

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 13

2011-10-10T09:40:00.000-07:00

The Jaguars - Dancing Lonely Night
The Spiders - Upside Down
The Cupids - Heaven
The Terrys - Stop Dance
The Beavers - Why Baby Why
Reiko Mari - Kiss K-I-Double-S
The Carnabeats - Chu! Chu! Chu!
The Golden Cups - Hiwa Mata-Noboru
Runa Tamaki - Down Ginza
The Playboy - Shevidevi De Yuko
The Blue Comets - Psychedelic Man
The J Girls - The World Of Yellow
The Youngers - Hanashitakunai
The Out Cast - Everything’s Alright
Katsuko Kanai - Summer Love
The D'Swooners - Please Please Trina
The Bunnys - Taiyo No Hana
Mieko Hirota - Koi No Angel Baby
The Savage - Space Express
Kaoru Hibiki - The Star It Is Distant Month
The Swing West - Kokoro No Tokimeki (Ajoen Ajoen)
The Tempters - Himitsu No Aikotoba
Ayumi Ishida - The Sun Cries
The Mops - Haiku
The Blue Jeans - One More Please

Groovy Group Sounds

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 12

2011-09-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

The Flying Luttenbachers - The Fishook And The Eyeball (Retrospektiw IV, 2002)
Black Swan Network - The Late Music II (Serotonin Ronin, 1998)
The Incredible String Band - Born in your Town (The Chelsea Sessions 1967, 1997)
Yuzo Iwata - [untitled (side A track 6)] (Drowning In The Sky, 1999)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The City (Strangelands, 1969)
F/i - Zombie Theme 2 (Why Not Now?... Alan!, 1987)
Monoshock - Astral Plane (Take Me Away) (Walk To The Fire, 1996)
Daisuck & Prostitute - Storm in a Test Tube (Dance to Death, 1981)
Furze - A Life About My Sabbath (UTD, 2007)
Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson - Soul and Universe (Daily Dance, 1972)
Goblin - Sighs (Suspiria OST, 1972)
Bruce Loose - Waking to Sleep ('What's Your Name' 7", 1983)
Ignatz - The Radiant Sheen (Ignatz, 2006)
The Door & The Window - Red Sash (Dr. Egg: Live Recordings 1983-1987, 2003)
Loosers - Daeh Sti No Cigol ('Logic In Your Head' 10", 2007)

End of times are here

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 11

2011-09-24T23:52:00.001-07:00

The Birthday Party - Release The Bats
The Cure - The Hanging Garden
Flesh for Lulu - Subterraneans
The Rose of Avalanche - Too Many Castles in the Sky
The Cult - Resurrection Joe
Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig
Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Test Dept - Pulsations
Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore The Machine
Killing Joke - Wardance
X-mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus
Joy Division - She’s Lost Control
The Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
The March Violets - Snakedance
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Spellbound
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 10

2011-06-22T11:54:00.001-07:00

The Missing Links - Wild About You
The Remains - You Got A Hard Time Comin’
The Troggs - 66-5-4-3-2-1
The Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action
The Pretty Things - Can’t Stand The Pain
Alice Cooper - Caught In A Dream
Ramones – 53rd & 3rd
The Monkees - Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
The Chosen Few - Let Me Down Easy
David Johansen - You Fool You
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)
The Purple Hearts - I’m Gonna Try
Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Danger
Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien - Two Headed Dog
Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys - You Stole My Love
The Seeds - No Escape
The Rolling Stones - Empty Heart
Heartbreakers - Can't Keep My Eyes On You
The Animals - I'm Going To Change The World
Masters Apprentices - War or The Hands Of Time
The Ventures - Stop Action
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
The Cramps - Voodoo Idol
MC5 - I Just Don’t Know
The Sonics - He’s Waitin’
The Easybeats - Who’ll Be The One
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
The Dictators - Young, Fast and Scientific

Another volume in no need of refurbishing. I think the theme here had something to do with artists/songs that influenced or were covered by Australian punk bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 9

2011-06-22T11:52:00.001-07:00

Amon Düül II - Wie der Wind am Ende Einer Strasse (Wolf City, 1973)
The Move - The Last Thing On My Mind (Shazam, 1970)
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus (Axe Victim, 1974)
Hawkwind - Fable of a Failed Race (Extended Version) (Quark, Strangeness And Charm, 1977)
Edgar Broughton Band - There's No Vibrations But Wait! (Sing Brother Sing, 1970)
White Witch - You're The One (White Witch, 1972)
Ava Cherry and the Astronettes - I Am Divine (People from Bad Homes, 1995)
Sparks - Fletcher Honorama (Sparks, 1971)
Debris - Leisurely Waiting (Static Disposal, 1976)
Doctors of Madness - Out (Figments of Emancipation, 1976)
Brian Eno & The Winkies - The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (John Peel Session, 1974)
Sadistic Mika Band - Arienu Republic (Sadistic Mika Band, 1974)
Nick Gilder - Runaways in the Night (You Know Who You Are, 1977)
Piper - Telephone Relation (Piper, 1976)
Ace Frehley - Snowblind (Ace Frehley, 1978)
Sweet - Yesterday's Rain (Give Us A Wink, 1976)
Ultravox - When You Walk Through Me (Systems of Romance, 1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - The Sphinx in the Face (The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, 1977)

Man, it sucked being the only kid in my grade school into these bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 8

2011-06-22T11:46:00.000-07:00

"Frankenstein" mix project from the old Art of the Mix days (ca. 2005). Gave it a recent spin and didn't see any reason to change my picks for the following catagories:
A song from the last record you bought
Midnight Evils - Beat You Down
A blues: not necessarily a blues record but a song that is labelled (something) blues
Chiefs - Blues
A song that gets you going in the morning
The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone
A song that you think is romantic
Vom - I’m In Love With Your Mom
One of the earliest records that you can remember listening to
The Banana Splits - I’m Gonna Find A Cave
A song that you discovered from a film
The Plugz - Hombre Secreto
A song from your favourite band / artist
The Rolling Stones - It’s Not Easy
A song from an artist band that you otherwise don’t like, but like this one
Skrewdriver - You’re So Dumb
A Lullaby
Sleep - Jerusalem (excerpt)
A song that makes you laugh / you find funny
T. Valentine - Hello Lucille, Are You A Lesbian?
A really good cover version
Superchunk - I’ll Be Your Sister
A song that reminds you of school days
The Runaways - School Days
A song from an artist that you are embarrassed to admit you like
g.g. allin - Drink, Fight & Fuck
Whatever it is, it’s got to be funky
Bad Brains - The Big Take Over
A song for those quiet rainy days
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Free Up The Prisoners
A song that no matter when you hear it makes you ‘Feelgood’
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right
A song with the word ‘Look’ in the title
The Bonzo Dog Band - Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming
From a member of the ‘Dead Rockers Society’
The Exploding Hearts - Boulevard Trash
Your favourite Elvis song
El Vez - Maria’s The Name
Wildcard(s)
New York Dolls - Frankenstein
Screaming Lord Sutch - She’s Falling In Love With The Monster
Electric Frankenstein - Annie’s Grave

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 7

2011-05-24T06:18:00.001-07:00

Reading Rainbow - White Noise
Nobunny - Live It Up
The Busy Signals - Do What You Want
TV Ghost - Sleep Composite
Nervous Eaters - Loretta
The Ponys - How Does It Taste?
Black Lips - Dirty Hands
Idle Times - I'm Gone
Oblivians - No Time
The Paybacks - Just You Wait
Eric & the Happy Thoughts - Back of the Line
Mickey - She's So Crazy
Testors - Together
Outer Minds - Ordinary
Timmy's Organism - Give It to Me Babe
The People's Temple - Keeper (of Souls)
Dead Moon - Fire In The Western World
Puffy Areolas - Deathcraze
Tyrades - I Am Homicide
The Real Losers - Whatcha Know About Me
Baseball Furies - Desperate Pleasures
CoCoComa - (Tryin' To) Read My Mind
The Brides - Get To You
Pagans - Street Where Nobody Lives
The Spits - Dumb
The Dirtbombs - Fox Box
Tutu & The Pirates - I Wanna Be A Janitor
The Reatards - You Got So Much Soul
K-Holes - Short Zippers
Tav Falco's Panther Burns - Dateless Night
Heavy Times - Ice Age
Clone Defects - Shapes of Venus
M.O.T.O. - The Chicks Can Tell

Past and present luminaries from the HoZac Blackout Fest.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 6

2011-05-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

Hüsker Dü - Statues
Strike Under - Elephant's Graveyard
Yard Trauma - Eyes
The Trend - Band Aid
Cinecyde - Don't Come Crying To Me
The Maids - Back To Bataan
Ghost Dance - Shrunken Heads
Bad Brains - At The Atlantis
Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Ki Wo Tu Ke Ro
Really Red - Suburban Disease
The Viletones - Rebel
Rock Bottom & The Spys - Death Trap
Dieter Meier - Cry For Fame
Vast Majority - I Wanna Be A Number
X-X - You're Full Of Shit
Child Molesters - Hillside Strangler
Kriminella Gitarrer - Vardad Kladsel
The Necessaries - You Can Borrow My Car
Non Compos Mentis - Ultimate Orgasm
The Freeze - I Hate Tourists
The Absentees - Tryin' To Mess With Me
Black Market Baby - Amarica's Youth
The Eat - Communist Radio
Psycho Surgeons - Horizontal Action
Active Dog - Rat Race
The Users - Sick Of You
The Suicide Commandos - You Can't
Nervous Eaters - Just Head
The Flesh Eaters - Pony Dress
Gasoline - Killer Man
Ice 9 - Out Out Out
The Dils - You're Not Blank
The Normals - Almost Ready
Desperate Bicycles - Sarcasm

you're just a statue or are you a victim?

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 5

2011-02-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

Kanjincho - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys (Seichô Takeuchi-Bushi, 1967)
Me, You, One Means I Love You - Bob Pinado and His Soul Creators (Ghana Soundz: Funk And Fusion From 70's Ghana - Vol. 2, 2004)
Pop, Popcorn Children - Eldridge Holmes (What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves: 1967-1977, 2006)
Day and Night - The Drag Set (Perfumed Garden - Vol. 2, 1983)
Choque Que Queima - Luizinho e seus Dinamites (Selvagens: Brazilian 60's Punk Artyfacts - Vol. 1, 2009)
Pleasent Valley Wednesday - The Len Bright Combo (It's Combo Time, 1986)
Freedom Street - Ken Boothe (Tighten Up - Vol. 3, 1970)
Open Up Baby - George "Wild Child" Butler (Open Up Baby, 1966)
This Gun Don't Care (Who It Shoots) - Wanda Jackson (Country Fuzz Spectacular, 2007)
Whom I'm Gonna Talk To - Pop Music Team (Society is a Shit, 1969)
Follow The Leader - The Saints (Out in the Jungle..., 1982)
So Is The Sun - The World Column (The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter … Ever!, 2001)
Sheldon Church Yard - Larry Jon Wilson (Country Got Soul - Vol. 1, 2004)
Baby, Can I Wear Your Clothes - The Spike Drivers (Spike Drivers: 1965 - 1968, 2002)
Uruma Island - The Hoptones (Ryukyu Rare Groove: Shimauta Pops in 60's-70's, 2006)
Lasting Forever - Gruppo Sportivo (10 Mistakes, 1977)
French Connection - Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters (Lee Perry & Friends: 1968-1979, 2002)
Another Place - Champion Doug Veitch (Peel Session, 04-09-1984)
Only You Know - Dion (Born To Be With You, 1975)
The Old Curiosity Shop - The Direct Hits (Blow Up, 1984)
C'est La Mode - Annie Philippe ('C'est La Mode' 7", 1966)
Break Away - The Next Exit (My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults, 2005)
Tantalize - Nick Gilder (You Know Who You Are, 1977)
Let Me Know - Blue (Blue, 1973)

think pink

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 4

2011-01-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

I Travel - Simple Minds (Empires and Dance, 1980)
Gentleman Take Polaroids - Japan (Gentleman Take Polaroids, 1980)
Touch - Lori & The Chameleons (Zoo Records 7", 1979)
Framework - Berlin Blondes (Berlin Blondes, 1980)
VCL XI - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Organisation, 1980)
Frightened In France - Kissing the Pink (Naked, 1983)
Shadazz - Suicide (Suicide, 1980)
Pretty Day - Mary Möör (AAAA Records 7", 1982)
Empire State Human - The Human League (Reproduction, 1979)
Trapped - Dalek I Love You (Compass Kum'pas, 1980)
Seconds Too Late - Cabaret Voltaire (Rough Trade 7", 1980)
The Girl With the Patent Leather Face - Soft Cell (Some Bizzare Album, 1981)
Burning Car - John Foxx (Metamatic, 1980)
Swing-Shift - Nash the Slash (Cut-Throat Records 7", 1980)
Fragment - Phew (Phew, 1980)
Keys of Life - Klaus Nomi (Klaus Nomi, 1981)
United - Throbbing Gristle (Industrial Records 7", 1978)
Coitus Interuptus - Fad Gadget (Fireside Favourites, 1980)
Holland Tunnel Drive - impLOG ('Holland Tunnel Drive' 12" EP, 1980)

Future Now

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 3

2011-01-10T08:50:00.001-08:00

The Flamin’ Groovies – You Tore Me Down (1974)
Poppees – Love Of The Loved (1975)
Snatch – IRT (1977)
DMZ – Busy Man (1977)
Iggy & the Stooges – I Got A Right (1977)
Zeros – Don’t Push Me Around (1977)
Weirdos – Life Of Crime (1977)
Shoes – Okay (1977)
20/20 – Giving It All (1978)
Stiv Bators – The Last Year (1979)
Paul Collins – Walking Out Of Love (1979)
Nikki & the Corvettes – Just What I Need (1980)
The Last – She Don’t Know Why I’m Here (1980)
Crawdaddys - I Can Never Tell (1980)
Lipstick Killers – Hindu Gods Of Love (1980)
Romantics – Running Away (1980)
The Modern Lovers – She Cracked (1981)
Vertebrats – Left In The Dark (1981)
Barracudas – Surfers Are Back (1982)
Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away (1982)
Miracle Workers – Already Gone (1985)
Pandoras – Hot Generation (1985)
Tell-Tale Hearts – Just A Matter Of Time (1986)
Spacemen 3 – Honey (1989)
Green Pajamas – Walking In The Rain (1990)
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Evergreen (1993)

Who Put the Bomp?

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 2

2010-12-18T11:43:00.000-08:00

Alice Cooper - Lay Down And Die Goodbye (Easy Action, 1969)
Jeff Simmons - I'm In the Music Business (Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, 1969)
Magma - Ki Ïahl Ö Lïahk (1001° Centigrades, 1971)
GTO's - The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes (Permanent Damage, 1969)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Pachuco Cadaver (Trout Mask Replica, 1970)
Plastic People Of The Universe - Zácpa (Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned, 1975)
Judy Henske/Jerry Yester - Raider (Farewell Aldebaran, 1969)
Wild Man Fischer - Merry-Go-Round (An Evening With Wild Man Fischer, 1968)
Mothers Of Invention - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (Weasels Ripped My Flesh, 1970)
Tim Buckley - I Must Have Been Blind (Blue Afternoon, 1969)
Xhol Caravan - Pop Games (Electrip, 1969)
Tim Dawe - Didn't We Love (Penrod, 1969)
Lord Buckley - Governor Slugwell (A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat, 1970)
Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp (Hot Rats, 1969)

Happy 70th Birthday Frank!

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 1

2010-11-21T06:49:00.000-08:00

Ann Margret - Thirteen Men (Let Me Entertain You, 1961)
Radio Stars - Dirty Pictures (Somewhere There's A Place For Us, 1978)
The Kinights Bridge - Make Me Some Love (Texas Flashback, Vol. 2, 1968)
Fingerprints - (Now I Want To Be A) Space Girl (Fingerprints EP, 1978)
The Shag - Stop And Listen (Trash Box, 1967)
Ray Dorset - I Need It (Cold Blue Excursion, 1972)
Nobunny - Give It To Me (HoZac Records 7", 2008)
Los Reactors - Laboratory Baby (Cynykyl Records 7", 1981)
Psycotic Pineapple - I Want Her So Bad (Where's The Party?, 1980)
The Headstones - When You're Down (Waterfront Records 7", 1986)
El Opio - Una Bruja En El Cuzco (Back To Perú, 1972)
Bo Diddley - Bo Meets the Monster (Rare & Well Done, 1958)
The Skins - LSD (Too Much Monkey Business, Vol. 4, 1966)
She - Like a Snake (She Wants A Piece of You, 1966)
Elvis Presley - Adam & Evil (Spinout OST, 1966)
The Starlites - I Can't See You (Psychedelic Disaster Whirl, Vol. 1, 1966)
New Salem Witch Hunters - New Curves In School (Hot Sauce & Happenings, 1996)
The Hall Monitors - Girls (Girls EP, 2007)
Zolar X - Jet Star 19 (Timeless, 1982)
Ike & Tina Turner - Contact High (Come Together, 1970)
The Game - It's Shocking What They Call Me (The Perfumed Garden, Vol. 1, 1967)
Link Wray - Hidden Charms (Rumble: Best of Link Wray, 1966)
Yochanan - Rocket Ship Rock (Rocket Ship Rock, 1958)
The Blue Rondos - Baby I Go For You (Joe Meek's Groups, 1964)
Fireworks - She's a Tornado (In the Red 7", 1993)
The Flower Children - Mini-Skirt Blues (High in the Mid Sixties, Vol. 3, 1968)
The Stooges - Ann (The Stooges, 1969)
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Margaret (Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter, 2001)
The Ponys - I Wanna Fuck You (Another Wound EP, 2005)
The Fuzztones - Thirteen Women (Live in Europe, 1987)

Rip it up and start again

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 0

2010-11-21T06:46:00.000-08:00

The Clash - (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Blondie - Dreaming
The Only Ones - Another Planet, Another Girl
Iggy Pop - Bored
The Boomtown Rats - Someone’s Looking at You
The Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
Graham Parker & the Rumor - Stupefaction
Cheap Trick - Lookout
Ramones - Don’t Come Close
Talking Heads - Artists Only
The B-52’s - Give Me Back My Man
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea
The Specials - Little Bitch
Lene Lovich - Angels
XTC - Instant Tunes
Devo - Gates of Steel
The Rolling Stones - Shattered
The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
Joe Jackson - Pretty Girls
The Psychedelic Furs - Pulse
The Pretenders - The Wait
Buzzcocks - I Believe

Super Special Secret Origin

Secret Twins (version)

2010-01-27T11:30:00.001-08:00

Not my typical earfulla noise, but I thought I'd share anyways.
01 The Mad Professor - Ragga Doll [Macro Dub Infection, vol. 1, 1995]
02 Om - Gebel Barkal [Sub Pop 7", 2008]
03 Stephen O'Malley & Z'ev - 6m 7s from 36s from 6m 53s - 7m 27s (34 track submix) [Magistral, 2007]
04 Venetian Snares - Electric Funeral [Sabbath Dubs, 2007]
05 Melvins - Snow Rem Rem Ibvz (remixed by Merzbow) [Chicken Switch, 2009]
06 DJ BC (Philip Glass vs. Lyrics Born) - Leila Dies, Lyrics Born [Glassbreaks, 2005]
07 The Emperor Machine - Expanding in Reproduction [“Expanding in Reproduction” 12”, 2003]
08 Pram - Last Astronaut [Telemetric Melodies, 1999]
09 Indian Jewelry - Dirty Hands [Invasive Exotics, 2006]
10 Spires That In The Sunset Rise - Red Fall [Curse The Traced Bird, 2008]
11 6majik9 - Sacramental Illness [This Shit Is Fucked Up, 2008]
12 LSD March - Bud of Flesh [Suddenly, Like Flames, 2004]
13 Ignatz - The Dream [Ignatz II, 2007]
14 Sonic Youth - Rats (acoustic) [Sensational Fix 7”, 2009]

Pass No Past (Japanese Post-Punk)

2009-09-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

Until recently, Japan’s 80’s underground scene was a big black hole in my quest to unearth every fucked-up noise ever spewed from the Far-East. I'd previously thought they were late entries to the punk scene, but thanks to the wonder of the internets, I’ve discovered that there were in fact plenty smoking ’77 era punk bands (check out the live footage from the psycho sci-fi flick Burst City) as well as angular post-punk on par with New York No-Wave. In fact, members of Friction pop up in that legendary scene's story, doing time in Teenage Jesus and the Contortions before returning home to cook up their own brand of six stringed havoc. I picked this up knowing only the Friction tracks, but was blissfully blown away by the rest of it. Did some digging to find some live Tsunematsu Masatoshi as well as his incredible first single. I also can’t believe that I missed this Gunjogacrayon EP until now. Recommendations on further listening would be most welcome.

1-1 Friction - Crazy Dream
1-2 Friction - Kagayaki
1-3 Friction - Big-S
1-4 Friction - Pistol
1-5 Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Grinning In Your Face
1-6 Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Gears
1-7 Tsunematsu Masatoshi - E.D.P.S.
1-8 Tsunematsu Masatoshi - にがした・はじまり
1-9 Tsunematsu Masatoshi - E.D.P.S. (Industrial Version)
2-1 Phew with Ryuichi Sakamoto - 終曲
2-2 Phew with Ryuichi Sakamoto - うらはら
2-3 Boys Boys- Monkey Monkey
2-4 Boys Boys- Control Tower
2-5 Totsuzen Danball - ホワイト・マン
2-6 Totsuzen Danball - 変なパーマネント
2-7 Totsuzen Danball - 感覚が記号なら
2-8 Totsuzen Danball - 思惟の提案
2-9 Totsuzen Danball - 走れ
2-10 Totsuzen Danball - 理想的な幼稚園
2-11 Totsuzen Danball - 走り幅とび
2-12 Gunjogacrayon - ムキ
2-13 Gunjogacrayon - L

Pass No Past

Need more convincing? Check out some live Friction.

Eno Rarities

2008-12-04T09:57:00.001-08:00

Ian Cognito’s recent posting of the sole recorded output of 70’s weirdo supergroup 801 reminded me of just how good Brian Eno once rocked. Here’s another footnote in Eno history, his collaboration with The Winkies. In 1974, between Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and Another Green World, Eno attempted an actual tour using glam/pub rockers The Winkies as his backing band. This disastrously ended after four gigs with Eno being rushed to the Hospital with a collapsed lung. The recordings from this period include a John Peel session featuring more rocking takes of ‘The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch’ and ‘I’ll Come Running’ (here titled ‘Totaled’) plus ‘Baby’s on Fire’ and a version of ‘Fever’. Additionally, there’s the ‘Seven Deadly Finns’ 7”, a perverse number about some Finnish men traveling to France to fulfill their unique sexual fantasies. The flip, ‘Later On’, is an edit of the two tracks from Eno’s collaboration with Robert Fripp, No Pussyfooting. In keeping with the theme, I’ve also included ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ and ‘King’s Lead Hat’ singles.

Hollins and Starr - Sidewalks Talking (US psych/folk 1970)

2008-12-04T09:02:00.001-08:00

*Request for repost*
Here’s a quick one mostly due to the fact that I can’t really find much information on the duo of Chuck Hollins and Dave Starr. Chicago folk label Ovation put out their sole LP in 1970 and it’s an eccentric blend of lite-psych folk with occasional left-field outbursts. A Nick Drake gloominess prevails throughout but some cuts, like the title track, have a real groove that reminds me of downer hip-hop act Basehead’s first CD. Makes sense then that DJ Shadow used a loop from 'Twin City Prayer' for his epic track, 'What Does Your Soul Look Like'.

For your listening pleasure, choose between the side one/side two transfer (recommended for the full experience as the tunes tend to flow into each other) or edited into individual tracks for today's short attention span ipod listening youth.

Best of 2008

2008-11-29T21:46:00.001-08:00

Hello! What’s this? It’s the most ear-expanding sounds from 2008.

01 Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars • Guitar Trio Pt. 1, Minneapolis
from Guitar Trio Is My Life!
02 Keiji Haino and Tatsuya Yoshida • Zhuddiposshk
from Uhrfasudhasdd
03 No-Neck Blues Band • Again
from Clomeim
04 Paavoharju • Tyttö Tanssii
from Laulu Laakson Kukista
05 Hush Arbors • The Light
from Hush Arbors
06 Fanal • Ich Kenne Sie Nicht
from Fanal II
07 Indian Jewelry • Cutthroat
from We Are The Wild Beast
08 Rainbow Arabia • See No Hear No
from The Basta EP
09 Matthew Baldwin • Winter
from Paths of Ignition
10 Sic Alps • Everywhere, There
from U.S. EZ
11 Boris • Next Saturn
from Smile (Japanese version)
12 Plastic Crimewave Sound • Shockwave Rider
from Plastic Crimewave Sound
13 Gunslingers • Gigolo Albinos
from No More Invention
14 Bardo Pond • Slip Away
from Batholith
15 Earth • Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)
from The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
16 Fursaxa • Leaves of Bryony
from Kobold Moon

D'oh! Number seven was supposed to be something offa Free Gold! Oh well, I dug 'em both and at least this one was reissued in 2008.

Harem Scarem - Dogman EP

2008-10-25T10:18:00.001-07:00

Killer 1984 blooze-rock from Australia's Harem Scarem.

Robyn Hitchcock - K Records 7"

2008-09-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

1995 single finds a post-Egyptians Robyn alone on Calvin's porch with his guitar and occasional harmonica.

Special Pillow - Tomorrow Night b/w Paranormal

2008-09-23T19:44:00.000-07:00

1995 single from this Hoboken all-star psych-pop combo. The band's still going and have a website and a recent CD to prove it.

René Halkett & David Jay - Armour b/w Nothing

2008-09-23T19:26:00.000-07:00

Truly creepy 1981 collaboration of Bauhaus bassist David J and artist/poet Rene Halkett of the original Weimar Bauhaus school of art and design.

Fruitcake - The Garden of Earthly Delights b/w Stan

2008-09-20T17:05:00.001-07:00

Sub-garage mindblower on the b-side.

Crush - Squeaky b/w Taller Than Jesus

2008-09-20T16:57:00.001-07:00

1989 single featuring Bob Weston of Volcano Suns, June of 44, Shellac, Mission of Burma fame.

The Sweet Things - Teen Guitars EP

2008-08-18T06:42:00.001-07:00

Sure, the Velvets inspired a ton of bands. How many bands can claim they were influenced by The Beachnuts though? Probably just this one.

To Preserve Disorder - Chicago Punk & New Wave 1978 - 1984

2008-08-17T15:24:00.001-07:00

"Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all - the policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder."
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley defending police misconduct during the 1968 Democratic Convention riots.

The Cunts - Chemicals In The Mail The Luchs Brothers - Kill Me I'm Rotten The Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place Skafish - Disgracing The Family Name Immune System - Ambivalence and Spark Plugs Special Affects - Innocence The Exit - Out In The Street Meaty Buys - New Freedumb Epicycle - You're Not Gonna Get It Dadaistics - Paranoia Perception Wazmo Nariz - Checking Out The Checkout Girl Bohemia - American Life The Imports - Side One (Visions of Reality) Strike Under - Sunday Night Disorientation DV8 - Guns on the Right Subverts - Can’t Control Myself Effigies - Haunted Town Bonemen of Barumba - Government Money Da - Dark Rooms Big Black - Steelworker URBN DK - Future Primitive Silver Abuse - Cuban Homo Farm Toothpaste - Spy Guy Naked Raygun - Swingo Articles of Faith - What We Want Is Free Negative Element - Police Beat (On Me) Rights of the Accused - Hypocrite Urge Overkill - Lympdiccus Seismic Waves - Lip Synch To The Go-Go's Savage Beliefs - Shake Your Neighbor's Hand

Allen Ginsberg with The Gluons - Birdbrain

2008-08-16T08:46:00.001-07:00

Released a year before appearing on The Clash’s "Ghetto Defendant”. Allen Ginsberg’s first shot at punk credibility, recording his poem "Birdbrain" with the Denver band, The Gluons. Terrible punk-by-numbers B-side.

Birdbrain

Johnny and the Jumper Cables - Kielbasa!

2008-08-16T08:34:00.001-07:00

From the band's MySpace page:

Known as the proud proponents of what local scribe Brett Milano once dubbed “proto-garage-metal,” Johnny and the Jumper Cables were part of the 1980s Boston club scene, direct descendents of bands like the Nervous Eaters, Real Kids, and Neighborhoods.

Started in 1982 as a recording project by guitarist and band roadie Johnny Black and the legendary Kenne Highland of Afrika Korps and Gizmos fame, the band was joined in the Radiobeat studios in Kenmore Square by Swinger’s Resort/Outlets drummer Tom Bull and bassists Lee Harrington (Peytons/Neighborhoods) and Jonathan Paley (Paley Brothers/Nervous Eaters) for sessions that produced “Not Your Kind,” “I Get Nervous,” “Landmine,” and “Death Squad of the Mind.”

An invitation in September of 1984 to play a garage rock show at the now-defunct Jumpin’ Jack Flash club in the Fenway had Johnny, Tom, and Kenne looking for a bass player for live shows. Carl Biancucci of the Classic Ruins signed on, cementing the band’s permanent line-up. The Cables went on to record a series of 45s and compilation album tracks for the Stanton Park, Dionysius, and Modern Method labels in the US and Dog Meat in Australia.

The band garnered a reputation for loud, raucous live shows aided and abetted by the on and offstage consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. Kenne Highland appeared onstage in a kilt that often ended up at his feet, went through a Jackie Gleason phase where he wore vintage suits and opened the show with a hearty “And away we go!,” and once decided to honor headliner Disneyland After Dark by showing up in drag. The band’s AC/DC-inspired “Kielbasa” was usually performed with Highland wielding a real sausage that was then tossed into the crowd, who, in true punk spirit, tore it to pieces, leaving the club floor and stage littered with smashed chunks of meat.

A typical Cables set included original local radio hits such as “Total Depravity,” “Kielbasa,” “Hail Mary,” and “Georgia Skinheads Must Die,” along with an eclectic list of covers by the Dead Boys, Jimmy Reed, New York Dolls, Flamin’ Groovies, John Lee Hooker, Blue Oyster Cult, Iggy and the Stooges, Roky Erickson, Mott the Hoople, and a demented version of “Misty Mountain Hop.”

The band performed as recently as 2004, although Kenne Highland, once a staple of the local rock scene, has now apparently forsaken rock and roll for gospel music and has not appeared onstage since.

Kielbasa!

Japrocksampler - The Soundtrack

2007-11-24T08:15:00.000-08:00

CD1

CD1
01 - The Jacks • Marianne (Vacant World, 1968)
02 - Love Live Life + One • Shadows of the Mind (Love Will Make A Better You, 1970)
03 - Masayuki Takayanagi and Kaoru Abe with New Direction • untitled [excerpt from side one] (Kaitaiteki Kokan, 1970)
04 - Flower Travellin' Band • Satori, part II (Satori, 1971)
05 - Speed, Glue & Shinki • Run and Hide (Speed, Glue & Shinki, 1971)
06 - Masahiko Satoh with Soundbreakers • untitled [excerpt from side one] (Amalgamations, 1971)
07 - Blues Creation • Sorrow (Demon & Eleven Children, 1971)
08 - Datetenryu • Harugeshiki (Unto, 1971)
09 - Lost Aaraaff • Hell of Screams (Genya Concert, 1971)
10 - People • Shomyo, part I (Ceremony: Buddha Meet Rock, 1971)
CD2
01 - Taj Mahal Travellers • untitled [excerpt from track 2] (July 15,1972, 1972)
02 - Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffaloes • Pigmy (Uganda, 1972)
03 - J.A. Seazer • Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (Kokkyou Junreika, 1973)
04 - Acid Seven Group • untitled [track 6] (Oz Days Live, 1973)
05 - Yonin Bayashi • Omatsuri (Isshoku Sokuhatsu, 1974)
06 - Karuna Khyal • untitled [excerpt from side one] (Alomoni 1985, 1974)
07 - Geinoh Yamashirogumi • Osorezan [excerpt] (Osorezan, 1974)
08 - Magical Power Mako • Jump (Jump, 1977)
09 - Les Rallizes Denudes • Enter the Mirror (’77 Live, 1991)
10 - Far East Family Band • Timeless Phase (Tenkujin, 1977)

Curious heads can be filled with more here.

Secret Mural of Chicago Music

2007-10-22T17:52:00.001-07:00

Damaged psychedelic guru Steve Krakow/Plastic Crimewave has painted a Chicago music themed mural in the doorway just west of Reckless Records in Wicker Park featuring...

Sun Ra

Rick Nielsen & ?

Roger McGuinn & H.P. Lovecraft

Muddy Waters

Friend and Lover & Curtis Mayfield

Human Switchboard (US post-punk/garage, 1981)

2007-09-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

From the top of my reissue wish list. This is Human Switchboard's sole LP (not counting a live one and a ROIR cassette) plus a collection of 7” and compilation tracks of variable sound quality.

Human Switchboard - Who's Landing In My Hanger?

Plush - Fed (US lost ork-pop masterpiece 2004)

2007-08-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

Chicagoan Liam Hayes has been performing as Plush since the early 90’s, beginning in 1994 with the near-perfect single ‘Three-Quarters Blind Eyes” b/w “Found a Little Baby”. Four years later a full-length consisting mostly of piano ballads, More You Becomes You, was released. For the follow-up, Fed, Liam went over the top, running up a huge studio bill with massive arrangements and LA session players. Unfortunately, this pushed the cost for the release rights far too high for any US independent label to pick up making it one of the great lost albums of our time. Fed was eventually released only in Japan on the After Hours label and may currently be out of print. Hayes still hopes to see Fed released in the US one day. Meanwhile, Drag City released the cassette demos in 2004 as Underfed, an interesting contrast to the original album that stands up pretty well on it’s own in some spots.

Fans of Burt Bacharach or Jimmy Webb should not pass this one up.

Plush - Fed

Exuma (US voodoo/psych/folk/soul 1970 - 1972)

2007-08-21T16:41:00.000-07:00

It’s extremely difficult to describe the sound of Exuma. This article from Perfect Sound Forever explains it all far better than I could. After reading it check out his first four albums here.

Exuma (part one)
Exuma (part two)

Forever Amber - The Love Cycle (UK Psych-Pop, 1969)

2007-01-09T16:43:00.000-08:00

Forever Amber must have worn out the grooves on their copy of the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle. Their rare 1969 LP, The Love Cycle, emulated the late-period Zombies rather well with its classically influenced melodies and careful harmonies. A very derivative album, but a good one, bound to please listeners who regretted the Zombies' split after Odessey and Oracle. The Zombies aren't the easiest group to clone, but Forever Amber do a good job with their deft melodies and harmonies, as well as the classically patterned keyboard arrangements. "Bits of Your Life," had it gained wide distribution, had obvious hit potential, and rates as the best Zombies imitation ever (admittedly not a wide field). It was reissued on CD in the 1990s, although the re-releases are themselves hard to find in the US. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Forever Amber - The Love Cycle

Jandek For Dummies

2007-01-09T16:05:00.000-08:00

Jandek is the kinda artist that's more heard about than actually heard from. I won’t waste your time going into his already well known tale, though like other obscuro acts like Joe Meeks or The Shaggs I gotta admit that his music sure ain’t as interesting without first knowing the back story on it. This here is a fan compiled (I think?) greatest hits collection that’s a great introduction to Jandek and might even be all you’ll ever need from him.

Jandek For Dummies

Mady Gula BLUE HEAVEN - 0 (Japanese girl group in space 1995)

2006-10-17T16:20:00.000-07:00

This will be a quick one ‘cause I really don’t know anything about this band other than former Acid Mothers Temple synth player Cotton Casino is listed as a member. According to the label’s website this was their second release and the limited pressing of 1,000 is way sold out.

Mady Gula BLUE HEAVEN

Kendra Smith - The Guild of Temporal Adventurers (US psych 1992)

2006-10-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

Throughout the 1980’s Kendra Smith was involved with some of the best contemporary psychedelic music to emerge from the west coast. Following stints playing bass and occasionally singing on the best works by the Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade she formed Opal with guitarist Dave Roback. After the far-out Happy Nightmare Baby and the excellent Early Recordings collection she made her solo debut in 1992 with this Eastern influenced psych/folk EP. A full-length, Five Ways of Disappearing, came out in 1995 and was disappointing only in comparison to the tripped-out sounds presented here.

Guild of Temporal Adventurers

Kaneko Jutok - Endless Ruins (Japanese psych/noise 2001)

2006-09-27T16:25:00.000-07:00

Kaneko Jutok is probably the least well known of Japan’s black clad and shade wearing guitar gods. His main band, Kosokuya, is one of the more NY No Wave influenced bands in contemporary Asian psych coming off like a Lydia Lunch fronted Black Sabbath. For this 2001 solo outing Kaneko appears alone with his instrument on four cuts of raw crash and burn guitar torture and howling vocals. The two other cuts add Takuya Nishimura (Che-SHIZU) on bass, and Koji Shimura (White Heaven, Mainliner) on drums for further explorations into dark heaviness.

Kaneko Jutok - Endless Ruins

Tar Babies - No Contest/Honey Bubble (US 80's underground)

2006-09-22T17:34:00.000-07:00

During the 80's I was a huge fan of the ugly atonal sounds coming out of the Midwest. The one band I could never quite wrap my ears around was Madison, Wisconsin’s Tar Babies. I’m certainI caught them live a few times, but have no recollection. I own some of their records mainly because I heard a song that I dug, would play only that track after bringing the LP home, then file it away forever after using the tune on a mixtape. Always up for reassessing the past, I snatched up their second and third SST releases when I spotted them last week in my local used CD store's cheapo bin and have been digging them since.

By the late eighties most of my fave bands were dropping the three-chord polkas and dipping into interesting sonic-hybrid experimentations. Though I haven't listened to it in nearly twenty years, I recall the Tar Babies' first SST release, Fried Milk, as still retaining the velocity of their skate punk origins while adding some slap bass and scratch guitar. Sorta where the Minutemen were heading on their last album. No Contest and Honey Bubble slow things down a bit, occasionally veering towards a Red Hot Chili Peppers white boy funk sound, but never in a sucky way (if that’s possible). There’s also some fantastic pre-post-rock like the instrumental Wisdom Drill. In fact, drummer Dan Bitney would later help refine this sound as a member of Tortoise and Isotope 217.

The band's website says that there was one more LP after this (which I’ve never heard) and that some members still play Madison as the Bar Tabbies. Pre-SST Tar Babies releases can be found on Lexicon Devil Records, a cool label outta Australia that has inexplicably been reissuing the best 80's underground sounds from America's Dairyland.

Tar Babies - No Contest/Honey Bubble

Les Rallizes Denudes

2006-09-18T17:30:00.000-07:00

Les Rallizes Denudes was the vehicle for guiterrorist Mizutani Takashi’s psychotic feedback drenched overdrive from 1969 – 1996. Tales of intense light shows, association with radical politics and one member’s involvement in an airline hijacking surround them. Existing in the shadows of the Japanese psych scene and releasing no official recordings have turned them into mysterious legends. All of this also makes them a sonic freak’s wet dream and their music seems to only be found now amongst file-swappers and bloggers. I’ve seen the excellent Heavier Than a Death in the Family and the recent reissue of ’77 Live make appearances on other sites, but never this 7” given away with Etc. magazine in 1996. Fallin’ In Love is one of Mizutani’s more restrained moments (and that’s not saying much, actually) with a gorgeous drone that stops me dead whenever I hear it. The flip, Now Eternally sounds like it's edited from a larger piece. More typical of the Denudes sound, it starts out in the red and pretty much stays there as the rhythm section lays down a heavy krautrock groove for Mizutani to blast his trademark shards over, then it's all over too soon.

http://rapidshare.de/files/33622772/les_rallizes_denudes.zip.html

Zal Yanovsky

2006-09-16T09:12:00.000-07:00

Without guitarist Zal Yanovsky The Lovin’ Spoonful woulda been just another boring folky 60’s pop band only recalled through boomer marketed Time-Life compilations. Unfortunately, that seems to be how the Spoonful are remembered today anyways. That’s too bad ‘cause I love Zally’s melodically spacey twang. After splitting from the Spoonful and being deported to Canada following a well documented pot bust Zally recorded his only solo LP, Alive and Well In Argentina (And Loving Every Minute of It). The trademark guitar sound is there, but goofy covers and too much stoner silliness kinda kills it for me. The best cuts are the instrumentals, especially the closer L.T. Schtinckhausen.

It’s no surprise then that my favorite showcase for Zally’s playing is the soundtrack to What’s Up Tiger Lily?, a comedic English language dub of a Japanese spy movie that was sort of Woody Allen’s directorial debut. It was entirely AIP’s idea to have the Spoonful provide the music and to pad the film out with an appearance edited into it. Woody Allen was so outraged by the studio’s decision that he threatened to sue. Fortunately, the flick was a hit and Woody backed off, but not without vowing to use the same crappy jazz score in every one of his subsequent films.

Zally & the Spoonful

Does the world need another music blog?

2006-09-14T15:38:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe, but even after my daily rundown of favorite music sharing sites there’s still some stuff that I think should be out there. I’ll probably be leaning towards obscure psych, proto-punk and 80’s US underground. Mostly the kinda stuff I’d spin while entertaining a room fulla fellow record-geeks. If you like what you hear please join the party by dropping a comment.

coming soon!

2006-09-13T18:12:00.000-07:00