Eric Friedl behind the counter at Goner Records
In 1993, Eric Friedl (of The Oblivians) put out Japanese garage crusaders and part-time zombie hunters Guitar Wolf’s first US release, Wolf Rock!, and thus, Goner Records was born. From humble beginnings, Eric and co-owner Zac Ives have taken the Memphis imprint from label to store and now one of the most well known DIY punk fests in the world: Gonerfest, a four day marathon of the biggest up-and-coming acts you don’t know yet but that you’ll be hearing about soon. Tickets are on sale now, and a full line-up can be seen here.
One of the great straight-up, proto-punk, Velvets-workshipping songs of all time. If you’ve never heard it, posting it for you has already made my day.
I am somewhat proud to say that this became one of my favorite songs when it was in heavy rotation on KFJC back in 1981, and I once owned the 45 before selling it on eBay in a fit of money-grubbing pique. Had no idea a video for THE MO-DETTES’ “White Mice” existed before this year, though. Some outstanding “new wave” moves here for lovers of “modern music”.
From a post on thrift store Christian album covers on Voices of East Anglia blog.
JOYRIDE, or shall I say, “JOYRIDE!”, are a San Francisco triad of punkers who’ve captured my ears and stolen my proverbial heart w/ their split LP with another band (whom we’ve not yet heard) called BITPART. Lead singer Jenna transcends a somewhat generic fast-tempo’ed pop/HC approach with a sweet set of pipes, reminding me of The Gits, an act whom I saw a few times opening for other bands in the early 90s and who stood tall solely on the strength of their female singer’s voice and personality.
Joyride! are much, much better than the Gits, to be sure, and I’d recommend their half of the split to anyone with ten seconds to get the free download going. Unlike the Faith side of Faith/Void, you don’t even need to pay cash money for the bad stuff in order to own the good.
Listen, I’m no charity case, but if anyone knows how I can get my mitts on a digital track called “The Running Kind” by a 90s UK act called SALLY SKULL, I’d reciprocate with something cool in your inbox too. Apparently comes from a 1997 7"EP called “Fractious”, and it is one of the most boss, low-fidelity girl-group screamers I’ve ever heard.
THEE OH SEES seem to have one fantastic song on every new release, and it’s usually the one exposed to blogs before the record comes out. Here’s this year’s – and as always, it’ll be the standard-setter for the remainder of the record, virtually all of which will inevitably fall short while remaining solid. Still one of the most consistent live bands going, and their evolution, though slow, continues to move into weird, noisy, throwback and melodic/harmonic places I cotton to.
I’ve put together another digital mix tape for you over on 8Tracks. This one’s a collection of some of the more bruising 1960s garage-based punk rock, and I’m calling it STONEAGE TESTOSTERONE. 17 tracks, some taken from old bootleg vinyl comps in my collection, others from “Back From The Grave” CDs. All immensely killer, with a complete and utter dearth of filler.
Track list:
Listen in your car, if you’ve got one of those newfangled hookups, with the free 8Tracks app for iOS or Android as well. Along with Spotify, Soundcloud and Bandcamper, it’s a primary mechanism for how I explore new music in 2012.
AGONY SHORTHAND 