Merry Christmas

Nirvana sing we "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" for RuPaul.

Joe Strummer, 10 Years Gone Today

Joe Strummer, born John Graham Mellor. August 21, 1952-December 22, 2002 R.I.P.

The Ramones on the Tomorrow Show

The Clash Christmas Dinner Dance, 1979

Just Another Rock N' Roll Christmas Playlist

THIS IS A ROCK N ROLL CHRISTMAS  

1. Joey Ramone- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
2. Slade- Merry XMas Everybody
3. The Kinks- Father Christmas
4. T. Rex- Christmast Bop
5. Yoko Ono- Listen, The Snow is Falling
6. Big Star- Jesus Christ
7. The Jacobites- Teenage Christmas
8. Daniel Johnston- Rock Around The Christmas Tree 
9. Shonen Knife- Space Christmas
10. Sonic Youth- Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
11. Pixies- Winterlong
12. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Birthday
13. Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls- Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)
14. The Long Blondes- Christmas is Cancelled
15. The Celebate Rifles- Merry Xmas Blues
16. The Dickies- Silent Night
17. Pointed Sticks- Power Pop Santa
18. The Damned- There Ain't No Sanity Clause
19. Fear- Fuck Christmas
20. The Yobs- Run Rudolph Run
21. Reigning Sound- If Christmas Can't Bring You Home
22. Black Lips- Christmas In Baghdad
23. The Sonics- Don't Believe In Christmas
24. The Youngsters- Christmas In Jail
25. The Frogs- Here Comes Santa's Pussy
26. Yo La Tengo- It's Christmas Time
27. Dolly Mixture- Winter Seems Fine
28. Cocteau Twins- Winter Wonderland
29. Orange Juice- Holiday Hymn
30. Aztec Camera- Walk Out To Winter
31. The Walkmen- Christmas Party
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- All I Want For Christmas
33. Sparks- Thank God It's Not Christmas
34. Iggy Pop- White Christmas
35. Klaus Nomi- Silent Night

GET IT HERE

Happy 69th Birthday, Keith Richards

the man who should've probably died 40 years ago turned 69 today.

a collection of rare tracks from one of my favorite bands: The Warlocks

of the glut of psych-rock influenced bands from the last decade, The Warlocks are easily my favorite. the first time i ever saw them was at SXSW 2002 during a day party at Emo's. my band had just finished playing the outside stage and there was this caterwaul of noise coming from indoors. i walked in to see this band melting off the faces of the crowd with their 2 drummer, 4 guitar, feedback drenched rock n roll attack. sure they were just ripping off The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 by way of 90s British shoegaze bands....but that's like my favorite kind of thing to rip off.

i'm currently listening to this compilation of unreleased demos, covers, b sides, and stuff that never made it on their records called Enter At Your Own Skull. you can get it on their bandcamp. check it out.

MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2012 (that i've heard)

it's the end of the year...so that means time to make useless lists of your favorite crap from 2012 to share with the world so they can be torn apart and mocked.

I don't even pretend to follow new music anymore. It isn't because I don't think people aren't still making music worth paying attention to or I am stuck in my ways or any of that other shit....ok maybe it's some of that, but honestly it's just that i have become really fucking lazy in my old age. also trying to decipher what the average record review is actually saying about the record it is reviewing is like trying to explicate a poem and i just have no time for that....BUT through the power of osmosis and from the recommendations of trusted allies I occasionally stumble upon new music that i enjoy.

Here are MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2012 in no particular order.

Every goddamned album Ty Segall put out this year. 

Ty Segall and White Fence- Hair

Ty Segall Band- Slaughterhouse

Ty Segall- Twins.

Ty Segall is one prolific motherfucker. Dude puts out a new album like every couple of months.  i am convinced that it is because he believes the world actually IS ending in 2012 and he wants to make sure every kickass song he ever wrote gets heard before an asteroid smashes into the planet and robs of the chance of hearing anymore quality jams from the bastard son of Nirvana's Bleach and Marc Bolan's psychedelic glam stomp. Ty Segall is running this psychedelic garage rock shit right now and i am good with that. if the world doesn't end i hope he's got another half dozen more records in 2013.

Slug Guts- Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat 

Slug Guts are an Australian band carrying on the proud traditions of their grandfathers The Birthday Party and Pussy Galore with an unholy amount of post-punk noise and deathrock rattle. i always just assume the Mad Max movies are documentaries of everyday Australian life…it’s the only way to explain why they do fucked up rock n roll better than everyone else.

The Walkmen- Heaven

my relationship with the Walkmen is turning into a sort of old married couple. the passion of the Bows & Arrow days might be gone and we don't fight and cry much anymore...but i know i can still count on them in the end. they are dependable as fuck. no bullshit. just great songs that you can lay around in bed and listen to. they put out an album, i buy it, i enjoy it, they put out another one and so on and so forth until the end of time.

Vincas- Blood Bleeds 

Athens, GA's best band put out probably my most listened to album of year. a gumbo mix of The Scientists' swamp rock boogie, Suicide's drone, and Scratch Acid's weirdness. rock music the way it should be. Dirty, Sleazy, and Noisy as fuck.

The Men- Open Your Heart 

the most straight up ROCK record of 2012 is all fucking balls and no fucking bullshit.

Maserati- VII

the post-rock scene doesn't have to be all emotional Explosions In the Sky Friday Night Ligths episodes... it can also be a dance-y instrumental space rock party that doubles as a soundtrack for Blade Runner 2: Blade Runnerest.

Crocodiles- Endless Flowers

Crocodiles are still pretty much a Jesus and Mary Chain cover band...but it's not like i am complaining. originality is fucking overrated. i love this glossy overblown shoegazey noise pop shit. this was my Summer soundtrack.

Wild Nothing- Nocturne

DIIV- Oshin 

my need for 4AD-ish shoegazey dreampop was fulfilled in 2012.

State Champion- Deep Shit 

this album actually came out at the end of 2011...but fuck it! i didn't hear it until 2012 and so i am gonna put it my list anyways. This is pure hillbilly garage rock n roll that's drunk as hell and has a lot of shit it wants to get off it's chest. these are some Kentucky boys that just wanna play you some sad ole' country songs but they can't help it if their amps are stuck on Dinosaur Jr. it reminds me of a time when Americana didn't automatically equal boring as fuck indie rock with some slide guitar added in for effect. if you are a fan of Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Steve Earle, The Replacements, and good honest American Rock n Roll then this is a record for you.

Sic Alps- Sic Alps 

White Fence- Family Perfume vol 1&2

the best psychedelic garage rock records that Ty Segall didn't make. good job dudes, i love Syd Barrett and the Olivia Tremor Control too.

Pop. 1280- The Horror

goth, No Wave, noise rock, 3 guys 1 hammer, film noir, PiL records, and songs about dogs.

Moon Duo- Circles

droney psych and krautrock influenced shit that sounds like Spacemen 3 covering a Silver Apples record.

Spiritualized- Sweet Heart Sweet Light

i like Spiritualized, so as long as J. Spaceman can not die of cancer or drug addiction he is always gonna get a spot on a year end list.

Terry Malts Killing Time

kick ass catchy ass fuck power pop with the fuzz pedal cranked in the red. 

Ex-Cult- Ex-Cult

Psychedelic garage rock with a healthy mix of Wire's Pink Flag

Cold Showers Love and Regret
a gloomy post punk record that sounds like it was made by  kids who are just now discovering music by The Sound & The Chameleons or who think it's been enough years since Interpol was relevant that now was as good a time as any to steal their schtick. but as i say around here all the time, originality is overrated....which is good cuz ain't nothing original about this album. that's just fine with me, Cold Showers understand how to write a catchy gothy little pop song. check it out if you are into that sorta thing.

Sex Church Somnambulist 7 inch
another band mining the 80s post-punk era for inspiration. droney/noisey garage rock trying it's hardest to sound like Swell Maps and The Wipers. killer. one of my favorite discoveries of the year.

TEEN In Limbo
produced by former Spacemen 3 member Sonic Boom (aka Peter Kember), which makes a lot of sense because this sounds like a Spectrum album with a member of the Shangri-La's singing over it. In Limbo is an interesting combination of new wave keyboards, atmospheric dreampop, and the 60s girl group sound. it's just a wonderful mix of styles and influences i can get behind. other than having a band and record name combo that would probably get you some sketchy ass google search results, this is an excellent album.

overall 2012 was a pretty good year for new shit, beat the hell out of 2011.

Kiss Me Like You Mean It (28 love song playlist)

Kiss Me Like You Mean It

1. David Lynch- Ghost Of Love
2. Spacemen 3- Just To See You Smile
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain- About You
4. Primal Scream- Love You
5. The Field Mice- If You Need Someone
6. Mazzy Star- Be My Angel
7. The Sonics- Since I Fell For You
8. The Rolling Stones- Tell Me
9. The Brian Jonestown Massacre- I Love You
10. Jeffrey Lee Pierce- From Temptation To You
11. Rowland S. Howard- She Cried
12. My Bloody Valentine- Cigarette In Your Bed
13. The Radio Dept.- All About Our Love
14. The Wake- On Our Honeymoon
15. The Chameleons- Love Is
16. Killing Joke- Love Like Blood
17. Skywave- All I Had
18. Bow Wow Wow- Fools Rush In
19. Unrest- I Do Believe You Are Blushing
20. The Go Betweens- Obsession With You
21. The Dolly Mixture- Will He Kiss Me Tonight
22. Television Personalities- That's What Love Is
23. Nikki Sudden- Wedding Dress
24. Roy Orbison- This Kind Of Love
25. Suicide- Sweetheart
26. Spectrum- True Love Will Find You In The End
27. Yoko Ono- Nobody Sees Me Like You Do
28. John Lennon- Be My Baby

28 songs for lovers. 

no matter what happens today, Eric B. will ALWAYS be President.

get out and vote, you fuckers.

Halloween 2012 Playlist

Rock N' Roll Halloween Massacre!!!

1. Laika & The Cosmonauts- Psycko 
2. The Misfits- Ghouls Night Out
3. The Cramps- I Was A Teenage Werewolf
4. Nick Cave & The Cavemen- I Put A Spell On You
5. Siouxsie & The Banshees- Halloween
6. The Gruesomes- Jack The Ripper
7. The Meteors- My Daddy Was A Vampire
8. Round Robin- I'm The Wolfman
9. Kip Tyler- She's My Witch
10. X- The Hungry Wolf
11. Dead Moon- Walking On My Grave
12. Minuteman- Voodoo Slaves
13. Beasts Of Bourbon- Psycho
14. Jackie Morningstar- Rockin' in the Graveyard
15. Roy Buchanan- Haunted House
16. Jonathan Richman- Vampire Girl
17. New York Dolls- Frankenstein
18. The King Khan & BBQ Show- Zombies
19. The Fleshtones- I Was A Teenage Zombie
20. The Stems- She's A Monster
21. The Fuzztones- She's Wicked
22. Ramones- Pet Sematary
23. Dead Kennedys- Halloween
24. The Damned- Dead Beat Dance
25. The Birthday Party- Release The Bats
26. Bauhaus- Bela Lugosi's Dead
27. 45 Grave- Evil
28. Samhain- To Walk The Night
29. X Men- Do The Ghost
30. Violent Femmes- Werewolf
31. Concrete Blonde- Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
32. Dream Syndicate- Halloween
33. Roky Erickson & The Aliens- I Walked With A Zombie

a rebooted version of the Halloween mix i posted last year plus/minus some songs. 

get it.

ART SCHOOL DROPOUTS (a post-punk playlist)

ART SCHOOL DROPOUTS (a post-punk playlist)

1. Joy Division- Ice Age
2. Killing Joke- Pssyche
3. The Birthday Party- Waving My Arms
4. The Fall- It’s The New Thing!
5. Pere Ubu- On The Surface
6. Swell Maps- Helicopter Spies
7. Magazine- Touch and Go
8. The Au Pairs- You
9. A Certain Ratio- Faceless
10. APB- Shoot You Down
11. Josef K- Fun N Frenzy
12. Yeah Yeah Noh- Prick Up Your Ears
13. The Homosexuals- Hearts In Exile
14. The Names- Calcutta
15. The Wake- The Drill
16. The Fire Engines- Hungry Beat
17. Section 25- Dirty Disco
18. Jane & Jeff Hudson- Abadan
19. Suicide- Shadazz
20. Big Black- Dead Billy
21. Chrome- TV As Eyes
22. 39 Clocks- DNS
23. Metal Urbain- Ghetto
24. Cabaret Voltaire- No Escape
25. The Pop Group- We Are All Prostitutes
26. James Chance & The Contortions- Designed To Kill
27. ESG- My Love For You
28. Gang Of Four- We Live As We Dream, Alone
29. Wire- Ahead
30. Public Image Ltd.- The Order Of Death

get it

Beware Them Blood Sucking Rock N' Roll Mutants! (vol. 99)

BEWARE Them Blood Sucking Rock N' Roll Mutants! (vol. 99)

1. Slug Guts- Howlin'
2. The Birthday Party- Swampland
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Taste the Floor
4. The Gun Club- Bad Indian
5. The Cramps- Drug Train
6. Country Teasers- Anytime Cowboy
7. Inca Babies- Plenty More Mutants
8. The Scientists- Set It On Fire
9. X (Australia)- Goin' Crazy
10. Vincas- Deadache
11. The Revelators- Hillbilly Wolf
12. The Honeymoon Killers- Trampled Under Foot
13. Royal Trux- I'm Ready
14. The Dwarves- I Wanna Kill Your Boyfriend
15. Tav Falco & Panther Burns- I'm On This Rocket
16. The Black Lips- Buried Alive
17. The Mummies- Stronger Than Dirt
18. Crime- Crime Wave
19. The Pagans- Nowhere To Run
20. Chrome Cranks- Dark Room
21. The Jesus Lizard- Seasick
22. The U Men- They
23. Rapeman- Radar Love Lizard
24. Pussy Galore- Kill Yourself
25. Cheater Slicks- Destroy You
26. Dead Moon- Black September
27. Mudhoney- Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More
28. Boss Hog- Fix Me
29. The Drones- She Had An Abortion That She Made Me Pay For
30. Kim Salmon & The Surrealists- Devil In Disguise
31. Beasts Of Bourbon- Lonesome Bones
32. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- I'm Gonna Kill That Woman

get it here.

Slug Guts Are My Favorite New Band. They Should Be Yours Too.

I've been listening to Slug Guts constantly the past few weeks. Playin' In Time With The Deadbeat might just be my favorite album of 2012. 

Slug Guts are an Australian band carrying on the proud traditions of their grandfathers The Birthday Party and Pussy Galore with an unholy amount of post-punk noise and deathrock rattle. i always just assume the Mad Max movies are documentaries of everyday Australian life…it’s the only way to explain why they do fucked up rock n roll better than everyone else.

like Slug Guts' previous records Deadbeat mines the same Australian post-punk and American noise rock territority. fuck originality...that shit doesn't help anyone....i want a goddamn homage to all my favorite records and if you want/need that too then this record has got all the goddamned sleazy art damaged worshipping rock n roll that your lil' ole' heart can handle. ain’t nothin’ original about Slug Guts. they steal from the best. The Birthday Party, Beasts Of Bourbon, Scratch Acid, The Gun Club, Christian Death, and about every other band obsessed with apocalyptic sleaze that you wanna namecheck. this is good shit. that’s all you need to know.

this is the perfect soundtrack for burying someone in a shallow grave or just sittin' around in a leather jacket tryin' to look cool. plus they do a killer cover of Public Image Ltd's "Order Of Death". 

you'd do worse than finding this record and giving it a few spins. highly recommended.

Psychedelic Weapons Of Love

Psychedelic Weapons Of Love

1. The Rolling Stones- Out Of Time
2. Brian Jonestown Massacre- This Is Why You Love Me
3. T. Rex- Mystic Lady
4. Sic Alps- Baby's In A Coma
5. The Seeds- Try To Understand
6. The Index- Fire Eyes
7. Donnie & Joe Emerson- Baby
8. Spacemen 3- Feel So Good
9. My Bloody Valentine- Good For You
10. Ty Segall- Sad Fuzz
11. The Warlocks- Song For Nico
12. Simply Saucer- Bullet Proof Nothing
13. The Lilys- Will My Lord Be Gardening
14. The Rogues- You Better Look Now
15. The 13th Floor Elevators- I Tried To Tell You
16. Los Saicos- Lonely Star
17. Skip Spence- All My Life (I Love You)
18. The Godz- Radar Eyes
19. Syd Barrett- Here I Go
20. Dead Ghosts- I Want Your Love
21. Royal Trux- Junkie Nurse
22. Sonic Youth- Shadow Of A Doubt
23. Galaxie 500- Strange
24. Loop- To Real To Feel
25. Singapore Sling- Summer Garden
26. Spectrum- How To Satisfy Me
27. Suicide- Dream Baby Dream (demo)
28. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Cut Dead
29. Skywave- Got That Feeling
30. Os Mutantes- Baby
31. Black Time- I'm Gonna Haunt You When I'm Gone
32. The Velvet Underground- Ride Into The Sun

get it

negative pleasure radio 081612

negative pleasure radio 081612

LET'S RUMBLE!

LET'S RUMBLE (music for juvenile delinquents)

1. The Crystals- He's A Rebel
2. Eddie Cochran- Somethin' Else
3. Charlie Feathers- Can't Hardly Stand It
4. Bunker Hill- The Girl Can't Dance
5. The Phantom- Love Me
6. Bloodshot Bill- Crazy 'Bout The Girl
7. Kip Tyler- Rumble Rock
8. Bill Allen & The Back Beats- Please Give Me Something
9. Jack Scott- Way I Walk
10. Dwight Pullen- Sunglasses After Dark
11. Black Lips- I've Got A Knife
12. Ramones- Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (demo)
13. BBQ- Shake Real Low
14. The Rats- Teenagers
15. Pussy Galore- Get Out
16. The Mummies- Skinny Minnie
17. Reatards- Teenage Hate
18. Hasil Adkins- Shake With Me
19. Jerry Warren- Rompin'
20. Roy Orbison- Go! Go! Go!
21. Johnny Cash- Born To Lose
22. Link Wray- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
23. The Gories- Give Me Love
24. The Sonics- Dirty Old Man
25. The Chiffons- I Have A Boyfriend
26. Hank Mizell- Jungle Rock
27. Don & Dewey- Justine
28. Oblivians- Anyway You Want It
29. Teengenerate- Shake, Rattle, & Roll
30. Ronnie Allen- Juvenile Delinquent
31. New York Dolls- Showdown
32. The Shangri Las- Out In The Streets
33. Del Shannon- Runaway
34. The Cramps- Lonesome Town

dig it, cats

Girls Got Rhythm

Girls Got Rhythm (female fronted punk & post punk playlist)

1. The Avengers- I Believe In Me
2. Destroy All Monsters- You're Gonna Die
3. X Ray Spex- I Am A Poseur
4. Siouxise & The Banshees- Jigsaw Feeling
5. Judy Nylon- Jailhouse Rock
6. Bush Tetras- Cowboys In Africa
7. Au Pairs- We're So Cool
8. Delta 5- Now That You've Gone
9. Girls At Our Best- Warm Girls
10. Pylon- Cool
11. Suburban Lawns- Janitor
12. The Pretenders- Precious
13. Patti Smith Band- Ask the Angels
14. The Maps- I'm Talking To You
15. The Bags- Survive
16. 45 Grave- Evil
17. The Plasmatics- Butcher Baby
18. X- I'm Coming Over
19. The Mo Dettes- White Mice
20. Bow Wow Wow- c30 c60 c90 Go
21. ESG- You're No Good
22. Shonen Knife- A Day of the Factory
23. Essential Logic- Aerosol Burns
24. Lora Logic- Brute Fury
25. Young Marble Giants- Brand New Life
26. Liliput- Die Matrosen
27. The Raincoats- No Side To Fall In
28. Lizzy Mercier Descloux- Wawa
29. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks- Orphans
30. Sonic Youth- Making The Nature Scene
31. The Slits- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
32. Blondie- Out In The Streets

get it.

My Little Underground (80s UK indie pop playlist)

My Little Underground 

1. The Jesus and Mary Chain- My Little Underground
2. Primal Scream- Velocity Girl
3. Shop Assistants- All Day Long
4. The Pastels- Million Tears
5. The Vaselines- Teenage Superstars
6. Dolly Mixture- Dream Come True
7. Orange Juice- Falling and Laughing
8. Josef K- Heaven Sent
9. The Fire Engines- Candyskin
10. Girls At Our Best- Getting Nowhere Fast
11. Television Personalities- This Angry Silence
12. Marine Girls- A Place In The Sun
13. Felt- Rain Of Crystal Spires
14. The Weather Prophets- Almost Prayed
15. The Sea Urchins- Pristine Christine
16. BMX Bandits- Top Shop Girl
17. The Jasmine Minks- What's Gone Wrong
18. Meat Whiplash- Don't Slip Up
19. The Primitives- Stop Killing Me
20. My Bloody Valentine- Kiss The Eclipse
21. The Jazz Butcher- She's On Drugs
22. The Razorcuts- Sorry To Embarrass You
23. The Blue Orchids- Low Profile
24. The Hit Parade- You Didn't Love Me Then
25. Close Lobsters- Just Too Bloody Stupid
26. Aztec Camera- Oblivious
27. The Housemartins- Happy Hour
28. James- Hymn From A Village
29. The Smiths- You've Got Everything Now
30. The Wedding Present- I'm Not Always So Stupid

late 70s-80s UK indie, c86, noise pop playlist.

get this twee ass motherfucker.

Kill A Punk For Rock N Roll

KILL A PUNK FOR ROCK N' ROLL

1. Gary Glitter- Hello, Hello I'm Back Again!
2. The Dead Boys- All This and More
3. The Heartbreakers- Let Go
4. The Replacements- I'm In Trouble
5. The Dirtbombs- I'll Be In Trouble
6. The Reatards- Listen To My Heart
7. Death- Rock N Roll Victim
8. Harlem- I'm On Drugs
9. The Stooges- Real Cool Time
10. The Cramps- TV Set (demo)
11. Crime- Baby, You're So Repulsive
12. X (Australia)- Halfway Around The World
13. The Immortal Lee County Killers- Let's Get Killed
14. Vincas- Dead and Alone
15. Ty Segall- Happy Creeps
16. The Dwarves- In and Out
17. The Black Lips- Ain't Comin' Back
18. Mudhoney- Suck You Dry
19. Cheater Slicks- Please Give Me Something
20. Thee Headcoats- I'm Hurting
21. Royal Trux- The Flag
22. Dead Moon- DOA
23. The Hard Ons- Bye Bye Girl
24. The Saints- Memories Are Made Of This
25. The Scientists- Teenage Dreamer
26. The Reigning Sound- She's Bored With You
27. BBQ- C'Mon and Love Me
28. The Gruesomes- Out Of My Mind
29. The Mummies- She Lied
30. Flat Duo Jets- Please, Please Baby
31. The Drags- Teenage Invasion
32. Demon's Claws- Laser Beams
33. Mind Spiders- World's Destroyed
34. Roman Polanski's Baby- Summer Daze
35. Turf War- Where I Belong

get it

full Nirvana concert, Atlanta 1990

I SHOT RONALD REAGAN (80s hardcore playlist)

I Shot Ronald Reagan 

1. The Teen Idles- Get Up and Go
2. Black Flag- Black Coffee
3. The Adolescents- Who Is Who?
4. Negative Approach- Nothing
5. Void- Dehumanized
6. Fang- The Money Will Roll Right In
7. Big Boys- No Love
8. The Dicks- Kill From The Heart
9. Pagans- Real World
10. The Fartz- Idiots Rule
11. Bad Brains- Supertouch
12. Meat Puppets- In A Car
13. Redd Kross- Kill Someone You Hate
14. Millions of Dead Cops- John Wayne Was A Nazi
15. Angry Samoans- I'm A Pig
16. The Misfits- Braineaters
17. The Frantix- My Dad's A Fuckin' Alcoholic
18. Flipper- Living For The Depression
19. T.S.O.L.- Code Blue
20. DYS- Wolfpack
21. Negative Trend- Meathouse
22. No Alternative- Johnny Got His Gun
23. The Ex- Weapons For el Salvador
24. Naked Raygun- Potential Rapist
25. The Crucifucks- You Give Me The Creeps
26. The Mad- I Hate Music
27. The Effigies- Body Bag
28. Die Kreuzen- I'm Tired
29. Beastie Boys- Egg Raid On Mojo
30. Reagan Youth- Degenerated
31. Government Issue- Teenager In A Box
32. Saccharine Trust- We Don't Need Freedom
33. Husker Du- Do You Remember?
34. Minor Threat- Good Guys Don't Wear White
35. Circle Jerks- I Wanna Destroy You

go forth and thrash

some old tapes

10 years gone, Dee Dee Ramone

10 years ago today, my favorite Ramone passed away. RIP Dee Dee.

SCREAM & SHOUT! (60s garage playlist)

SCREAM & SHOUT! 

1. MC5- I Cant Only Give You Everything
2. The Swamp Rats- Hey Freak
3. The Outsiders- Summertime Blues
4. The Sonics- Boss Hoss
5. The Keggs- To Find Out
6. The One Way Streets- Jack The Ripper
7. The Lollipop Shoppe- You Must Be A Witch
8. The Tamrons- Wild Man
9. Los Saicos- Demolicion 
10. The Litter- Action Woman
11. The Pretty Things- Midnight To Six Man
12. The Movements- Tell Her
13. The Spiders- Go Go
14. The Monks- Boys Are Boys
15. The Squires- Going All The Way
16. The Pleasure Seekers- What A Way To Die
17. The King Beez- I Gotta Move
18. The Choir- It's Cold Outside
19. Les Boots- Le Ciel
20. The Calico Wall- I'm A Living Sickness
21. The Seeds- Evil Hoodoo 
22. The Traits- High On A Cloud
23. The Primitives- The Ostrich
24. The Trashmen- Surfin' Bird (demo)
25. The Teddy Boys- Jezebel
26. Irma Thomas- Breakaway
27. The Count Five- Pretty Big Mouth
28. The Yardbirds- Evil Hearted You
29. Screaming Lord Sutch- Don't You Just Know It
30. The Dogs- Don't Try To Help Me
31. The Travel Agency- Jailbait
32. Bunker Hill- Friday Night Dance Party
33. Brave New World- Train Kept A Rollin'

get it

Album You Don't Own, But Should: Verbena's Into The Pink

Into The Pink is one of the great records of the the 90s that noone heard when it was released. Verbena were billed as the Southern Rock Nirvana which is a fair comparison (especially considering Dave Grohl produced this record). i always thought they sounded like what it would be if the Pixies tried to rewrite Sticky Fingers. all gnarled deep fried and dirty with guitars cranked way the fuck up and some nice boy/girl harmonies on top. Verbena were a band that i was fucking obsessed with and noone else i knew gave a fucking shit about them. it was the late 90s. all my friends were listening to Converge or the Promise Ring. nobody was interested in Alabama kids trying to keep the ghost of rock n roll alive. a couple of years later every fucking band around with a THE at the beginning of their name was playing garage rock but by then Verbena had morphed into something far more boring and then broke up now the singer does some solo thing called AA Bondy...which i've never bothered checking out. still they left behind two great albums: Into The Pink and Souls For Sale. and if you don't own em then you should get around to fixing that.