The End And Everything After

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." -AMG

Grabbed 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 Bipolar Friends" which is not on this ep, and which has also since been dulled down a bit and not nearly as great sounding as the original track i linked (wma format, fyi). Hopefully they don't continue to decline, because they energy of this band is fantastic, and if they do, let this post hold posterity (haha). "Our Bipolar Friends" sounds like BARR joined Matt and Kim, without the sillyness. Expect rhythm and speed.



Johnny Foreigner- Arcs Across The City EP


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The Ordinary Boys- Maybe Someday CD Single

I found this while cleaning out my iTunes, and felt I needed to accompany the post. I remember buying this as a used CD at Tower Records I believe, sometime before their shut down. Also from England, The Ordinary boys debuted with this single, kinda post-punk, bit more pop. I sort of have this knack for picking out random CDs and enjoying them a whole lot... but that's another story. The Ordinary Boys apparently peaked in 2004, and no one knows what's happened since.

"...sounds like 2008"

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 2008" says Mosshart. My favorite track is probably "Tape Song", I hope everyone loves this as much as I do.



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Party Time Machine

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 pure camp that either Fred or Lux would die for.

We’re doing all right with Party Time Machine, which is (as the title suggests) a party time record. When you throw your party, putting on a record such as this is priority one after stocking the tiki bar and getting the torches lit. It’s disposable, but worth listening to while you get hammered on rum drinks and witty banter. Big dumb fun with ’60s organ doesn’t come around all that often in a categorically cool fashion, so it’s nice to hear a record that - while not exactly plumbing the depths of the human psyche - manages to be more than just three chords and a scream.(Rock Star Journalist)

The Coconut Coolouts - Party Time Machine

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Disco Always Sucked

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 were hardly run of the mill in either selection or execution, particularly an overhaul of "Psycho" that might have been even more intense than the Sonics' original, though they did occasionally tone down for quieter stuff, as on their version of the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere." - (AMG)

The Swamps Rats - Disco Still Sucks

Mercy Beat

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 Beatles. 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' any more than the casual song here or there that hasn't been played to death on classic rock radio, but the Better Beatles' take on the formula works surprisingly well, and still seems interesting even twenty seven years after its ungodly conception. For a band that only really existed for about 12 weeks, the future of the Better Beatles wasn't really expected to be long or even slightly bright, and with a limited amount of potential song material, it all culminated like a quick blast of good times with no real careerist-type expectations to get in the way of the fun. The music itself rubs up against the obnoxiously circus-soaked sound of Geza X, combined with subdued minimal noises from a more sedated Atari 2600 video game selection. The extra session tracks like "Hello Goodbye" are so deranged and head-turning, that it's unmistakably unique, and most definitely worth your time to check out. (Todd Killings - Victim of Time)

The Better Beatles - Mercy Beat

Fire In The Western World

No intro or info needed....
The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded

Evolver

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 in common with The Eyes tune. Similar description goes to the equally jangly, but slightly folkier sounds of the-hit-that-could've-been "World of stone", "Lost and found or "Hey girl (Look what you've done)", there's also some Diddley-ridden pop of "I?ll rest", thrown in for the good measure and even some pure back-to-basics 'Stoned r'n'b of "She's a robber". Another one of The Thanes usual sides is the snotty Dutch-inspired freakbeat, like heard in "Antenna susprise", "Static", "Lazy bones", "That's the story of our life" or one of the highlights, "It can never be".
A perfect way to "evolve your CD collection with the Rev-Ola-utionary release by Scotland's No.2 band. - Popism

Make that Scotland's number 1 band. I was fortunate enough to see them at last years Cavestomp and they really blew me away.

The Thanes - Evolver P1 P2

Resurrection

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.

enjoy



Aerovons- Resurrection [Import] w. UK Bonus tracks

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Chrysalis- Definition

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Satya Sai Maitreya Kali- Apache - Soundtrack from Yosemite, dedicated to Jimi Hendrix + Inca

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Run Wolf Run

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

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 1
Disc 1:
1. The Muffs - I Don't Like You
2. Banana Erectors - Fed Up With Highschool Days
3. The Grown Ups - Nick And Nick
4. The Detroit Cobras - I'll Keep Holding On
5. Candypants - Dishy
6. The Friggs - Shake
7. Supersnazz - Baby Love
8. The Chubbies - When I Was Your Girlfriend
9. Sacred Miracle Cave - The Ghost Of Elizabeth Shaw
10. The Barbarellas - Happy Days
11. Lunachicks - Shit Finger Dick
12. The Eyeliners - Six Years
13. Lo-Hi - Put A Sock In It
14. Holly Golightly - Anyway You Like It
15. April March - Cet Air-La
16. Buck - My Fascination
17. Hole - Retard Girl
18. The Bags - Survive
19. Starpower - I'm Sorry
20. The Revillos -Your Baby's Gone
21. April March/Makers - Sad Little Bug
22. The Neptunas - Davy Jones Liquor Locker
23. The Red Aunts - Terri Man
24. Calamity Jane - My Spit
DISC1

Disc 2:
1. The Shitbirds - I Want You
2. The 5.6.7.8's - Bomb The Twist
3. Trinket - Happy Right This Second
4. Fur - I'm Not Coming
5. Thee Headcoatees - Ca Plane Pour Moi
6. The Haves - Coal Black
7. The Trip - Help Me
8. Inger Lorre/Motel Shootout - Burn
9. The Geraldine Fibbers - Toybox
10. Phenobarbidols - Theresa
11. Third Grade Teacher - Fear Of A Boy
12. Free Kitten - Oh Bondage Up Yours
13. The Stool Pigeons - I'm Into Something Good
14. April March/Los Cincos - Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind
15. The Cougars - Brain Cactus
16. The Honeymoon Killers - Mad Woman Blues
17. Electrocutes - Eggnog
18. Dark Carnival - Heaven Can Wait
19. Little Porkchop - Mean, Mean Man
20. The Pebbles - Sitting By A Window
21. Earl Lee Grace - Together
22. Pussy Crush - Burn Your World Down
23. Candy 500 - Keep It In The Hole
24. Satan's Cheerleaders - I've Got Levitation
DISC2

The follow up release is in my opinion superior to that of Vol. 1.

VOLUME 2
1. Downbeat 5 - Radiates That Charm
2. The Stuck Ups - Anywhere But Here
3. Tina & The Total Babes - Tongue Tied
4. A-Lines - Four
5. The Fondas - Yeah Baby
6. The Beards - My Pillow
7. Kirby Grips - Washing Machine
8. Tuuli - Tough Guys
9. Lisa Marr Experiment - Little Red Bird
10. The Detriot Cobras - Bye Bye Baby
11. The Bristols - The Way I Feel About You
12. Candy Pants - Nerdy Pants
13. Mr. Airplane Man - Lonesome Road
14. Matson Jones - A Little Bit of Arson
15. The Excessories - See Me In
16. The Chubbies - didjahhavtasaythat?
17. Miss Daringer - Corpus Christi
18. Wanda Jackson - It Happens Every Time
19. Christa DeErynn - Sweet Lies
20. Ko & The Knockouts - Go-Getter
21. Scarling - City Noise
22. The Banana Erectors - You Got That Uh UH
23. The 5.6.7.8's - It's Rainy
24. The Come Ons - Dollar In My Pocket
25. Holly Golightly - Won't Go Out
26. The Muffs - Everywhere I Go
27. Helen Love - Debbie Loves Joey
28. Real Minx - Heather Hotwheelz
29. Ludella Black - I've Just Seen A Face
30. Supersnazz - Our Favorite Feeling
Alright, This Time Just The Girls Vol. 2

Happy New Year everyone!

Acid Eater

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 swallowing up all the other sounds, but it's the riffs, and the organ, and Masonna's wild eyed vocalizing that keep this blacklight space garage party going. Not to mention the killer hooks... Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D. perfectly captures how intense and freaked out it must be to experience this sound live, super distorted, feedback everywhere, the instruments in your face, the speakers threatening to blow, sweat, blood, spit, a swirling chaotic musical melee, heavy, distorted, fuzzy and funky, wild and woolly, spaced out and gloriously gloriously noisy."

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Wyld Sydes Vol. 1

1. The Conductors - She Said So
2. The Affluents - Tom's Song
3. The Kyks - Where Are You
4. The In-sex - Girls
5. The Krum - LSD
6. The Nomadds - Don't Cheat On me
7. The Riptodes - Stay With me
8. 7 Sons - If Shes Not Your Kind
9. The Interns - And I'm Glad
10. Stan Donn - Deep In Your Heart
11. The Kinetics - Your'e Gonna Miss Me
12. The Jesters - If You Love Her So
13. Fabian - About This Thing Called Love
14. The Cloudwalkers - You Never Told Me So
15. Chips & Co - Marbletown
16. The Batmen w/The Phantom Band - Linda
17. The Coachmen - To Many Reasons
18. The Blox - The Way I'm Gonna Be
19. Movement Lefy - Silently
20. The No-Mads - Liverpool Lover
21. Fred Gartner & The Farraris - A Good Girl Is A Pretty Girl
22. Frisco Mint - Which End Is Up
23. The Eggheads - (Why Don't You Stop) Fooling Around
24. The Dawn 5 - A Necessary Evil
25. The Beagles - Humpty Dumpty

Wyld Sydes Volume 1

Wyld Sydes Vol. 2

1. Half-Pint & The Fifths - Loving On Borrowed Time
2. The Chateaus - Count On me
3. Homer - I Never Cared For You
4. The Jagged Edge - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
5. The Tempests - Looking Out The Window
6. Veil - Something;s Wrong
7. The Baskerville Hounds - Can't Take It
8. The Noblemen - Satisfied
9. Little Boy Sad - The Tidal Waves
10. Tino & The Revolons - I'm Comming Home
11. The Ceeds - Too Many People
12. The Barons - Tomorrow Never Ends
13. The Flys - Reality Composition No.1
14. The Invictas - Do It
15. The Kinetics - Bus Stop
16. The Tribu-Terry's - Leavin' To Stay
17. The What-Nots - Look Down
18. The Young Lions - We Better Get Along
19. The Nomadds - There Is No More
20. The Sultan 5 - With You
21. The Exchequers - Is There Some Girl
22. The Kan-Dells - I've Met Death
23. The Wayward 5 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Lovin
24. The Contells - Doesn't Matter At All
25. The Good Feelings - I'm Captured

Wyld Sydes Volume 2

Wyld Sydes Vol. 3

1. The Kinetics - Feeling From My Heart
2. The Jesters - Don't Try To Crawl Back
3. Gentleman Jim & The Horsemen
4. The Four Generations - I'm Not Comming Back
5. The Flares - I Found Out
6. The Invaders - Why I'm Not The One
7. The Apostles - While I'm Away
8. The Menaces - Till I Met You
9. The Niteriders - Whatever's Right
10. The Outerlimits - Begin Your Crying
11. Colony - Things On My Mind
12. The Missing Links - They Say You Lie
13. Donnie - Your No Good
14. The Grand Prees - No Time To Lose
15. The Daytrippers - You Cheated
16. Aggregation - Candle Stick Stomp
17. The Esquires - She's My Woman
18. The Serfmen - A Man Can't Live Without Love
19. The Young Executives - Come On In Baby
20. Shandells Inc. - Say What I Mean
21. The Velours - She's My Girl
22. The Teddy Boys - It's You
23. The Leather Payges - The News Is Out
24. Gaunga Dins - Rebbecca Rodife
25. Jerry Raye - I Cry

Wyld Sydes Volume 3