8.31.2007

Rock Animals

saw these girls up on a bunch of sites but didnt see this album up. enjoy

Shonen Knife - Rock Animals

8.23.2007

BFTG8!

The final BFTG volume.
Vol. 8


1. Groop - Alright!
2. The Benders - Can't Tame Me
3. Adrian Lloyd - Lorna
4. The Niteriders - With Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends
5. The Chancellors - On Tour
6. The Pseudos - A Long Way To Nowhere
7. The Bojax - Go Ahead And Go
8. The Wyld - Goin' Places
9. Elite U.F.O - Now Who's Good Enough
10. Painted Ship - And She Said Yes
11. Merlynn Tree - Look In Your Mirror
12. Dave Myers & The Disciples - C'mon Love
13. Pulsating Heartbeats - Talkin' About You
14. The Cindells - Don't Bring Me Down
15. James T & The Workers - That Is All
16. Outspoken Blues - Not Right Now
17. Painted Ship - I Told Those Little White Lies
18. Piece Kor - All I Want Is My Baby

Back From The Grave Vol. 8 (1)

1. The Cavedwellers - Run Around
2. The Village Outcast - The Girl I Used To Love
3. New Fugitives - That's Queer
4. The Dave Starky Five - Hey Everybody
5. The Tikis - We're On The Move
6. The Amberjacks - Hey Eriq!
7. The Nightcrawlers - Want Me
8. The Dagenites - I Don't Want To Try It Again
9. The Dogs - Don't Try And Help Me
10. The Dry Grins - She's A Drag
11. New Fugitives - She's My Baby
12. Merlynn Tree - How To Win Friends
13. Just Too Much - She Gives Me Time
14. Satan's Chyldren - Don't Go
15. The Ascendors - I Won't Be Home
16. The Ravenz - Just Like I Want Her
17. The Dark Horsemen - You Lied
18. Sonics Inc. - Diddy Wah Diddy

Back From The Grave Vol. 8 (2)

8.22.2007

BFTG7

the 1st of the 2 double LP volumes
vol. 7


1. The Syndicate - The Egyptian Thing
2. The Tombstones - I Want You
3. The Moguls - Another Day
4. The Puddin' Heads - Now You Say We're Through
5. Jim Whelan & The Beau Havens - Elizabeth
6. The Worlocks - I Love You
7. The Hush Puppies - Look For Another Love
8. The Bugs - Slide
9. The Gentrys - Wild
10. The Syndicate - My Baby's Barefoot
11. The Bends - It's All The Same To You
12. The Hush Puppies - Hey Stop Messin' Around
13. The Cliques - So Hard
14. The Heathens - The Other Way Around
15. Beep Beep & The Road Runners - True Love Knows
16. The Snails - Snails Love Theme

Back From The Grave Vol. 7 (1)

1. The Mustangs - That's For Sure
2. The Tyme - Land Of 1000 Dances
3. The Noblemen - Short Time
4. The Invasion - Do You Like What You See
5. The Travel Agency - Jailbait
6. The Ron-De-Voos - The Maid
7. It's Us - Don't Wan't Your Lovin'
8. The Moguls - Ski Bum
9. The Spiders - Don't Blow Your Mind
10. The Grifs - Keep Dreamin'
11. The Spiders - Don't Blow Your Mind
12. The Retreds - Black Mona Lisa
13. Mike's Messengers - Gone And Left Me
14. The Mystic 5 - Are Your For Real, Girl
15. The Cavaliers - 7 Days Of Crying
16. The Hides - Don't Be Difficult
17. Ty Wagner - Slander

Back From The Grave Vol. 7 (2)

8.21.2007

BFTG5

Vol. 5


1. The Humans - Warning
2. The Warlords - Real Fine Lady
3. The Vestells - Illusions
4. The Illusions - City Of People
5. The Jaguars - It's Gonna Be Alright
6. The Few - Escape
7. The Tikis - Show Your Love
8. The Keggs - To Find Out
9. The Jesters of Newport - Stormy
10. The Henchmen - Livin'
11. The Tigermen - Close That Door
12. The Aztex - The Little Streets In This Town
13. The Hatfields - The Kid From Cincy
14. The Nobles - Something Else
15. The Centrees - She's Good For Me
16. The Rising Tides - Take The World As It Comes

Back From The Grave Vol.5

8.20.2007

BFTG3

vol.3


1. The Chentelles - Be My Queen
2. Little Willie & The Adolescents - Get Out Of My Life
3. Ken & The Fourth Dimension - See If I Care
4. Me & Them Guys - I Loved Her So
5. The Interns - I've Got Something To Say
6. The Intruders Five - Ain't Commin' Back
7. The Monacles - I Can't Win
8. The Lil' Boys Blue - I'm Not There
9. Jerry & The Others - Don't Cry To Me
10. The Fugitives - You Can't Blame That On Me
11. The Raunch Hands - Tiger Guitars
12. Willie The Wild One - Willie The Wild One
13. Murphy & The Mob - Born Loser
14. The Mods - You Got Another Thing Commin'
15. Sir Winston & The Commons
16. The Royal Flairs - Suicide
17.The Montells - You Can't Make Me

Back From The Grave Vol. 3

8.19.2007

BFTG1

Vol. 1


1. The One Way Streets - We All Love Peanut Butter
2. The Alarm Clocks - Yeah
3. The Alarm Clocks - No Reason To Complain
4. The Fabs - That's The Bag I'm In
5. The Jujus - Do You Understand Me
6. The Malibus - Cry
7. The Legends - I'll Come Again
8. The Bel-Aires - Ya Ha Be Be
9. Larry & The Blue Notes - Night Of The Phantom
10. The Rats - Rat's Revenge pt. 1
11. The Rats - Rat's Revenge pt. 2
12. The One Way Streets - Jack The Ripper
13. The Swamp Rats - Psycho
14. The Cords - Ghost Power
15. The Elite - My Confusion
16. Unknown - The Witch

Back From The Grave Vol. 1

8.18.2007

BFTG2

Vol. 2


1. The Lyrics - They Can't Hurt Me
2. The Canadian Rogues - Keep In Touch
3. The Unrelated Segments - Cry Cry Cry.
4. The Outsiders - She's Comming On Stronger
5. Roy Junior - Victim Of Circumstances
6. The Mods - Satisfaction
7. The Hatfields - Yes I Do
8. Reasons Why - All I Really Need Is Love
9. The Outsiders - Summertimes Blues
10. The Banshees - They Prefer Blondes
11. The Triumphs - Surfside Date
12. Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors - Scream
13. The Novas - The Crusher
14. The Mystics - Snoopy
15. The Brigands - (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man
16. The Children of Darkness - She's Mine

Back From The Grave Vol. 2

8.17.2007

BFTG4

vol 4 has some of the best tracks in the entire series. but its pointless to compare this compilation series its just too good.


1. The Tramrons - Wild Man
2. The Cyclones - She's No Good
3. The Fabs - Dinah Wants Religion
4. Red Beard & The Pirates - Go On, Leave
5. The Hallmarks - I Know Why
6. The Sonics - Santa Claus
7. Rocky & The Riddlers - Flash & Crash
8. Tonto & The Renegades - Little Boy Blue
9. The Bottomless Pit - 13 Stories High
10. The Aztex - I Said Move
11. The Nomads - Be Nice
12. Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance
13. The Sloths - Makin' Love
14. The Wyld - Fly By Nighter
15. The Vectors - What In The World
16. The Huns - Shakedown
17. Larry & The Blue Notes - Night Of The Sadist

Back From The Grave Vol. 4

8.16.2007

BFTG6

My favorite volume from the greatest 60s garage compilation series.


1. The Shames - My World Is Upside Down
2. Long John & The Silvermen - Heart Filled With Love
3. The Keggs - Girl
4. The Beaux Jens -She Was Mine
5. The Shames - Special Ones
6. The Savoys - Can It Be
7. The Ascots - So Good
8. The Barracudas - Baby Get Lost
9. The Golden Catalinas - Varsity Club Song
10. Billy & The Kids - Say You Love Me
11. The Shandels - Carolina
12. The Shandels - Mary Mary
13. The Abandoned - Come On Mary
14. The Treytones - Nonymous
15. The Bryds - Your Lies
16. The Werps - Love's A Fire
17. The Trojans of Evol - Through The Night

Back From The Grave Vol. 6

8.13.2007

New Bomb Turks

Most garagepunk fans have heard of these guys. But for those that havent heres and introduction to their music...

Destroy-Oh-Boy! is the kind of full-on flamethrower album that could make the most jaded cynic believe once again in the curative powers of punk rock. On this set, the New Bomb Turks combine 1950s and 1960s roots rock at it's rawest, '70s punk at it's snottiest, and '80s hardcore at it's most intense. Then they filter out what's lame, put the good stuff together, and send it down the track at 150 miles per hour. The results are wild, frantic, and thoroughly enjoyable; Jim Weber's fuzzy guitar communicates nearly as much through the power of downstroke as Johnny Ramone himself, bassist Matt Reber, and drummer Bill Randt push the horsepower into the red with a fury that is a wonder to behold, and Eric Davidson proves he's one of the great frontmen of 90s punk: smart, funny, wise-ass when he wants to be, and possessing a genuine sense of purpose. From the moment they crash into "Born Toulouse-Lautrec," the New Bomb Turks grab your ears and won't let go, and you won't mind a bit. Points added for a great garage-style cover of Wire's "Mr. Suit."-amg

The New Bomb Turks - Destroy-Oh-Boy!

The New Bomb Turks' debut album, Destroy-Oh-Boy!, made clear they were the Midwest's great new hope for old-school punk rock, and on their follow-up, Information Highway Revisited, they didn't change their tune much — they just got better at it. Recorded on a lavish four-day schedule, Information Highway Revisited sounds marginally more polished than Destroy-Oh-Boy!, but it's more a matter of cleaner engineering than any attempt to impose a slick production on this band; the higher-quality audio allows one to hear more of the band's nooks and crannies, and it turns out they're worth hearing, especially in Jim Weber's guitar and Eric Davidson's vocals. The songs show the Turks can pack a lot of variety into their supercharged three-chord ravers, with undercurrents of Rolling Stones-style R&B and Sonics-esque garage thunder lurking clearly beneath the surface.-amg

The New Bomb Turks - Information Highway Revisted

8.12.2007

In Mass Mind

I recommend this album to any music fan those who like garage, soul, indie, punk, funk, gospel you name it this band will appeal to everyone. Check out other albums by them, they are such an amazing band. The music speaks for itself there was no review out there that came close to describing their music.

The Make-Up - In Mass Mind

8.10.2007

Dead Milkmen

From Philadelphia, PA 80s punk band The Dead Milkmen.

It may not be deathless, but 1984's Big Lizard in My Backyard is that rarest of beasts a collection of rock & roll silliness that outlives one playing. That mid-'80s favorite "Bitchin' Camaro" already demonstrated that ability plenty of times over. Portraying two guys yammering about Doors cover bands and "going down to the shore" before finally getting to the main point — the way-cool car of the title — it somehow finds the lost gap between pseudo-jazz grooves and punky snottiness. As left field a fluke hit single as it gets, its mix of bad taste, rock-star mockery and stoner humor still works well. As a whole, the album shows that the Milkmen know their rock & roll history, whether tackling serious issues with sarcasm or just aiming for straight-up silliness - amg

The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard

A step up from the good but not great Eat Your Paisley (2nd album), Bucky Fellini begins with a parody of the bandmember introductions from Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" and raises another fun and funny stink. The most entertaining and ridiculous thing the band ever did takes deserved center stage — "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)." Consisting of drum machine fills, intentionally basic basslines and Rodney Anonymous' instantly recognizable sneer, it's a hilarious, all-too-knowing rip on '80s new wave / dance culture. With lines like "Oh, baby, look at you, don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux" and "'I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party/Blow it out your hair, dude, cuz you work at Hardee's!" it's hilarity personified (and bizarrely enough won them an appearance on an MTV dance show, where they encouraged a bout of stage diving). Nothing equals that song's sublime satire, but the Milkmen still stir things up with a touch more fire and sass than before. - amg

The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini

Singer guitarist Joe Jack Talcum now plays with The Low Budgets, check them out if you're ever in the city or if they play in your town.

8.09.2007

Cross Road Blues

If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way a Charlie Parker does over jazz or a Hank Williams does over country, it's Robert Johnson, certainly the most celebrated figure in the history of the blues. Of course, his legend is immensely fortified by the fact that Johnson also left behind a small legacy of recordings that are considered the emotional apex of the music itself.-amg

Robert Johnson - The Complete Collection

Preachin' The Blues

Son House's place, not only in the history of Delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with his playing partners Charley Patton and Willie Brown. Few listening experiences in the blues are as intense as hearing one of Son House's original 1930s recordings for the Paramount label. Entombed in a hailstorm of surface noise and scratches, one can still be awestruck by the emotional fervor House puts into his singing and slide playing.-amg

Martin Scorese Presents the Blues: Son House

8.07.2007

Tube City!

Tube City!: The Best of The Trashmen adds their Garrett singles to their lone 1964 album Surfin' Bird. That classic single is here in all of its raw, unfettered glory, and while it does tend to overshadow the rest of the Trashmen's output, the collection shows that their other work was also strong. Their covers of "Miserlou," "It's So Easy," and "Money (That's What I Want)" reflect the band's roots, and aren't overly respectful of the original versions, while "My Woodie" and "Kuk" are respectable surf-pop songs. The Trashmen's instrumentals also fare well, particularly "Tube City" itself , the flamenco-surf of "Malaguena," and "Bird Dance," a silly, tiki-bird infested bid to follow up the success of "Surfin' Bird." "Bird Dance Beat" follows suit, but songs like "Bad News," "Whoa! Dad," and "Real Live Doll" have as much energy, but a little more originality. While it's not as complete as the four-disc box Bird Call!: The Twin City Stomp of the Trashmen, Tube City!: The Best of The Trashmen is still the definitive look at the first part of their career. - amg


The Trashmen - Tube City!: The Best of The Trashmen

8.06.2007

Neighborhoods

From Boston one of my favorite power pop groups, The Neighborhoods. These guys shared the stage with The Speedies, The Busy Signals, and The Baby Shakes at Radio Heartbeats Power Pop Fest back in March. But the show sold out before I bought my ticket :(.. Well Im looking forward to going to the next years fest

The Neighborhoods - The High Hard One

8.04.2007

Girlsville

The first Headcoatees LP and in my opinion their best.

Thee Headcoatees - Girlsville

8.03.2007

The Hardest Walk

Though it doesnt compare to their great first album, The Hardest Walk is still worth a listen.

Soledad Brothers - The Hardest Walk

8.02.2007

Songs The Lord Taught Us

Conjuring a fiendish witches' brew of primal rockabilly, grease-stained '60s garage rock, vintage monster movies, perverse and glistening sex, and the detritus and effluvia of 50 years of American pop culture, the Cramps are a truly American creation much in the manner of the Cadillac, the White Castle hamburger, the Fender Stratocaster, and Jayne Mansfield.-AMG

The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

8.01.2007

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Garage/punk/grunge call it what you want...

"Mudhoney were truly the band that made the '90s grunge rock movement possible. Mudhoney were the first real success story for Sub Pop Records; their indie-scene success laid the groundwork for the movement that would (briefly) make Seattle, WA, the new capital of the rock & roll universe; and they took the sweat-soaked and beer-fueled mixture of heavy metal muscle, punk attitude, and garage rock primitivism that would become known as "grunge"-AMG

Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles