This month sees the release of “Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987”, a double-LP compilation on Brooklyn indie label Captured Tracks. A limited to 1000 copies colored-vinyl early issue of the set was released a few weeks ago…
“You know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood type.” – Phyllis Diller… Artacus Eaght “Mission Impossible” LP (Blood & Glory, US, 1985)
Early on in the first chapter of the 2014 book NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 by Tony Rettman there’s a quote from Reagan Youth guitarist “Paul Cripple” that reads: When I hear the term “mainstream punk” these days, I have…
“You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.” -Sammy Davis Jr…. The Lames “Cloth Jacket City ’74-’75” one-sided LP (Negative Records, US, 1993(?))
I was having lunch with my dad yesterday and he asked me, “Hey, I saw some famous professional skateboarder passed away the other day? Did you know who he was?” He was referring to Keith Hufnagel, pro skateboarder and founder…
Minimum Table Stacks Presents: Dollar Bin Dandies™ featuring: Mudhead “The Jumbo Sound Of Mudhead” 7″ (self-released, US, 1988)
Dollar Bin Dandies are great for stocking up on in case you need a last minute gift or the loan shark you owe money to happens to love obscure pre-1999 independent rock music so I advise you make a little…
“If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It’s the ultimate hustle.” – Marlon Brando… The August Sons “I Am Not A Vampyre” 12″ EP (Eyes In the Woods Records, US, 1989)
Context is a funny thing. I cook food for a living in a “research & development” capacity and one of my biggest pet peeves is when I’m working on something and I’m looking for honest feedback and I hand something…
“Life itself is the proper binge” – Julia Child… The Black Sun Ensemble – s/t LP (Pyknotic Records, US, 1985)
Here’s another record I’ve been revisiting a lot lately that falls into the “I’m not going to do this any justice in trying to describe what it sounds like but I’m going to try anyway” department: The Black Sun Ensemble’s…
“We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.” – Wolfman Jack… Capers “Dregs” LP (Förlag För Fri Musik, Sweden, 2018)
I don’t know what took me so long to finally get around to listening to the MERZCAST (now Noisextra) the “noise” podcast hosted by Greh Holger of Chondritic Sound and Tara Connelly and Mike Connelly (Clay Rendering, Hair Police, marriage,…
“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.” – Jean Cocteau… Gil Mellé “The Andromeda Strain” (Original Electronic Soundtrack, Kapp Records, US, 1971)
According to my Instagram feed yesterday, Saturday August, 29, 2020, was the 13th annual “Record Store Day”. Originally scheduled for a date in April 2020, the “holiday” was first postponed until June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being…
“I don’t watch the news. I don’t read the papers. I’m not really in touch with society. I was born. I’m here, but I don’t believe any of it.” – Jim Shepard
A few posts back when I reminisced about my first encounter with Pussy Galore and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion I ended up with the longest post I’ve ever written. I probably spent more time editing and going back to…
“What I want is a good, strong monarchy with a tasteful and decent king.” – Ignatius J. Reilly… V/A – “East of Croydon” LP (Nothing Shaking Records, UK, 1981)
The thing about music (and most art for that matter) is that if you try to define something by coming up with a label for it, there’s a good chance you’ll end up spending more time thinking and talking about…