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THE ATTENTION! SCALP 186 These five hipsters learned their lessons in bluesy licks, soulful shouts and pumping rhythms frighteningly well. So watch out for the heatwave that is called THE ATTENTION! rolling over your town. Make sure to put on your finest pair of dancing shoes and celebrate! Just a handful of bands like THE JAYBIRDS, THE WHAT...FOR! and THE MOVING SOUNDS were able to capture the spirit of the distinctive r'n'b sound as precise as THE ATTENTION! YOU WILL SHOUT AND SHIMMY!!! Tracklist Side 1 1. Ace Face Side 2 1. High Time Baby |
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BIG BOBBY & THE NIGHTCAPS LP "Big Bobby rocks & his nightcaps roll" SCALP 118 After the success of their two monster 45s on the US label BLACK LUNG and their EP on the "Mighty Apple", the crusaders of rawk and roll mayhem are now going to conquer the whole planet with their longawaited debut-album "Big Bobby rocks & his nightcaps roll". Hailing from Norfolk,Virginia, the band that features ex members of the M-80īS and the CANDY SNATCHERS, recorded 15 brandnew tracks for this album, which can be described best as a wild rockinī rollercoaster ride through the garages of the last four decades. Influenced by the rockīnīroll invasion of the Fifties, the teen-punk spirit of the Sixties and the aggression of the punk-rock of the Seventies, Bobby and his drunken bunch will kick ass and certainly take no prisoners. Just imagine Jerry Lee Lewis and Jeff Conollyīs DMZ would jam with with the CYNICS and got even joined by the SWINGINīNECKBREAKERS and you know you can expect the hell of a smokinī slabīoīwax. |
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BIG BOBBY & THE NIGHTCAPS "Not the same" 7" SCAP 048 | |
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BOBBYTEENS LP "Cruisin' For A Bruisin'" SCALP 154 THE BOBBYTEENS are a trademark of high quality rock´n´roll. Obsessed by the glam and glitter of the seventies, the total “over the top” pop of this decade and of course the beginning of punk, these two ex-TRASHWOMEN, one ex-SPASTICS and one former MUMMY create something not so new but definitely spectacular for your listening pleasure. Those californian trash rawk superstars deliver 13 blasts of sticky sweet ooey gooey bad girl bubblegum power-pop garage rock n roll slop that will have you tippin´ yer glass and shakin´ yer ass. Imagine NIKKI & THE CORVETTES would jam with the RUNAWAYS and you know what we´re talking about. They could easily made it on the foldout of every teenybopper magazine in 1976. Throwing punk and glitter in one bin, the BOBBYTEENS play a really important part in the new generation of glamorous rock´n´roll. Mixed by SUPERTEEM mastermind Darrin R. Artwork by Johnny Bartlett. |
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THE BOOZE SCALP 188 Known as much around town for their sharp fashion sense as for their well-crafted, mod-informed r'n'b and merseybeat, we thought that it's about time to spread the word all over the globe - THE BOOZE certainly stand out !!! Formed in 2006, the band has already released three incredible albums, "Easybeats in modern time'', ''Straight, No Chaser" and ''Rebirth of the Cool'' and for this new longplayer we have chosen our favourites tunes from all three of them to give you an idea how truely brilliant this band really is. The band offers heartbroken lyrics set to upbeat music, with drummer Shane Human peppering the songs with lively handclaps or a tambourine for percussive decoration. Their songs are catchy as hell and full of smooth guitar tones and pretty "oo-wah" harmonies. Chad Tolliver's scratchy, vocals slightly modernize the tone, but the melodic riffs from guitarists Brian Roberts and Randy Michael bring it straight back to the '60s. Picture yourself at Pandora's Box seeing the CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND fronted by Mr. Wilson Pickett, or being at The Marquee Club in the early sixties listening to the STONES and Bo Diddley and that's what you get with THE BOOZE! 1.Come on Let the good times roll |
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THE DEE RANGERS "Blue Swedes" LP/CD So, if you dig bands like THE CREEPS, THE MAGGOTS, THE SONICS or THE STROLLERS, well this platter is a must for yer stereo! Don't miss out your new favourite rock'n'roll band - DEE RANGERS!!! Tracklist Side 1 Side 2 |
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THE
DEE RANGERS LP/CD "Five Spanish Minutes" SCALP/SCACD 163
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THE ELEMENT 79 7" "My love" SCAP 039 These days you have to look hard for a real garage outfit, who captures the true teen-punk spirit of the sixties, without offering us a bunch of recordings, which were made with a mic sticking in somebodys ass.This here is the real thing! Three mad caveteens from Colorado play the most primitive garage-punk youīve heard in quite some time. Four teenage anthems in the tradition of bands like the ALARM CLOCKS, CRIMSON SHADOWS or GRAVEDIGGER V. Sadly the band has split up a few years ago, but look out for singer Michael Dabollīs new outfit, the DOWN-N-OUTS, which has just started where the ELEMENT 79 stopped. |
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THEE FINE LINES "Set you straight" - LP Straight outta Springfield, Missouri USA (yep, that’s right, Springfield Missouri!) it's THEE FINE LINES!! Playing their first show on Halloween of 2001, the ripple effect left modsters across the country wondering just what just blew their pants off! They sharpened their teeth on Billy Childish concoctions, and formed something phenomenal… Their songs are a perfect mix of love-turned-sour lyrics and "I-gotta-do-the-Pony!" beats… so whether you just broke up with that good-for-nothin ex of yours, or your friends came over for a dance party, THEE FINE LINES will indeed satisfy! 2004 saw the release of the widely popular Self-Titled full length out on Licorice Tree Records, hitting top ten lists across the globe, and deemed "Record of the Year" on Billy Kelly's Teenage Wasteland radio show on WFMU outta New Yawk. The year 2005 brought another astonishing release, the "Looking Everywhere" 7" 4 song ep. Quickly becoming your favorite rock and roll band of all time, Thee Fine Lines will seek you out in your home town, drag you into the street and beat you silly with some of the best 3 chord rave ups you ever wanted to hear. In the great year of 2006 Thee Fine Lines were featured at the Primitive 3 festival in Rotterdam Holland with other noteworthy bands such as The Cynics and Thee Mighty Caesars! This little trip over the pond also included a show at the infamous Dirty Water club in London, England! THEE FINE LINES are now ready to offer the world some more of their wild garage/beat-punk mayhem with their brandnew album "Set you straight". Tracklist: I Don't (Justin Kearbey/Jason Kearbey) Corinne (Justin Kearbey)
Thee Fine Lines-related websites: http://www.screamingapple.de |
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THE
FLASHCUBES LP ”Brilliant!” SCALP 152 Just imagine:
a dynamic rock´n´roll band, combining the most captivating
elements of the mid-60´s British Invasion and the late 70´s
new wave, occupying a really cool DMZ between the WHO,
the HOLLIES, the ROMANTICS
and the RAMONES, playing live shows
that convince you that you´ve witnessed the most exciting
rockin´pop combo on the whole friggin´planet, and making
records that fully cature the giddy thrill of those live shows.
Now imagine that all started 25 years ago, and you never even heard
of the band responsible - until now. |
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GILJOTEENS: Without you EP 7" (SCAP 066) Sweden is not just the Mekka of heavy-rock, the high standard of garage-bands coming from there has a long and impressive tradition too. Just think of bands like the NOMADS, WLYDE MAMMOTHS, PSYHOTIC YOUTH, CRIMSON SHADOWS or STOMACH MOUTHS and you know which importance this country had and still has for the international garage-scene. Jens Lindberg is somewhat like the swedish godfather of this kinda music and it was him too who brought four bored teenagers on the right musical path. He brainwashed them by playing all those sixties teen-punk one-hit wonders to them, pumped heavy doses of ELECTRICPRUNES and 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS to their minds and made them hopelessly devoted to this glorious decade of rockīnīroll. Thatīs how the GILJOTEENS were born. Starting out as a true bunch caveteens playing primitive 6tīsgarage-punk, they soon developed their very own sound combining folk, beat and rīnīb influences in their music too. So if you like bands like the STROLLERS and the CHESTERFIELD KINGS (and who doesnīt like them), this oneīs for you. |
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THE KNEEJERK REACTIONS "The Electrifying Sounds Of ..." LP/CD Introducing England’s newest, soon to be legendary rhythm, beat & garage combo and their astonishing debut album release. Super rough, tough, raw & wild freaked out blastin’ mid 60s style RnB all the way! The album features 12 original compositions from the fair hand of band leader Sir Bald Diddley (Guitar/Vocals). Joining Sir Bald (aka Hipbone Slim) is the one and only Bruce ‘Bash’ Brand on drums. Bruce has walloped skins for many lauded beat, rhythm n punk combos (Milkshakes, Headcoats, Holly Golightly, Masonics, etc.) and even played with Link Wray, The Pretty Things and The Downliners Sect! Gez Gerrard plays bass guitar, blows blues harmonica and adds backing/harmony vocals. Nass Bouzida (Big Boss Man, The Bongolian) guests on organ. The band is inspired by, amongst others,…Pretty Things, Kinks, Downliners Sect, Them, Birds, Stones, Yardbirds, Sorrows, Small Faces, Outsiders, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Link Wray, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Sonics, Wailers, Larry & the Bluenotes and the Remains. Recorded entirely in glorious mono at London’s vintage Gizzard Studios by ex Toe Rag engineer, Ed Deegan, ‘The Electrifying Sounds Of...’ is arguably the best British beat album since the original invasion days!!! Loaded with grab-your-throat guitar riffs, snarling vocals, wailing harp, and much maraca shaking, the album is proper raw-as-you-like freakbeat, fresh as a 1965 Shel Talmy produced single. Tracklist: Side A 1. Self Destruct 2:46 min
Side B 1. Fell For You 2:42 min |
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LES TERRIBLES SCALP 185/SCACD 185 A Top 10 forever-must have this one is. What more can we tell you?
1. Everything's all right |
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LOCAL
BOYS "Whattheclockman" LP, SCALP 162 Sweden is pretty much welknown for being the homebase of some of the most important rock'n'roll, garage and pop bands Europe has to offer these days. Newest example for this fact are the LOCAL BOYS. These five youngsters are giving the wrinkly face of pop music a well deserved lifting. They celebrate power-pop with lots of energy and their songs got that punch you will never forget. Combining the self-ironic pop-attitude of the CEASARS with ingenius songwriting qualities of the YUM YUMS and the big production & highly infectious guitar work of BRAINPOOL, the LOCAL BOYS are going to be the saviours of today's power-pop. Influenced by bands like the KINKS and the RAMONES, late 70's punk and the brit-pop explosion of the early 90's, they have recorded a bunch of songs that will certainly reach the whole body, from heart and soul to hips and feet. Their debut-album "Whattheclockman" is produced by Björn Olsson, who used to be one of the songwriters in THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES and good god, that guy made one hell of a great job bringing the dynamic pop sound of the LOCAL BOYS to life. 13 incredible power-pop pearls, full
of wonderful harmonies, crunchy guitars, irresistible melodies and
driving beats found their way on this album, which should be played
on the radio all day and all night long, especially in times where
good pop music got it's chance again to become (fairly) big. |
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MALLRATS:
Fall in love all over again with LP/CD (SCALP/CD 146) The MALLRATS are a hook laden power-pop trio from Sacramento, California. The band formed in late 2000 with Adam Miller on bass, Ted Angel on guitar, vocals and Mickie Rat on drums. Seventeen year old boywonder, Steele Strella later replaced Mickie solidifying the bands sound. Armed with Rickenbacker guitars and Vox amps, the MALLRATS play infectious power-pop influenced by the JAM, the BUZZCOCKS, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Mr.T.EXPERIENCE and of course, the DECIBELS. They have already gained a loyal following in their hometown of Sacramento, which is now extending to the Bay Area and the rest of California and they will certainly conquer Europe with the release of their debut-album too. They have also found success on the internet, recently ranking in the top ten in the power-pop charts on mp3.com This past winter the MALLRATS went into the studio with the amazing Bart Thurber (ODD NUMBERS, WORKIN´STIFFS, HI-FIVES) and cameout with this full length's worth of super cool sounding, catchy as hell tunes,affectionately called "Fall in love all over again with" Youth, energy and the ability to write great songs makes them one of the brightest new stars in power-pop heaven. Listen and fallin love all over again with the MALLRATS. http://www.themallrats.com |
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MARK & THE SPIES In times where the packaging, the number of different color pressings, the most limited circulation and the crapiest sound seems to be more important than the ability to write a great, simple and dead catchy tune, MARK & THE SPIES enter the scene to prove all you self-appointed rock’n’roll experts wrong, with their awesome blend of pure crystalline 60’s pop and classic garage-beat. MARK & THE SPIES, these new sixties beat hitmakers, hailing from a damned little village called Veenendaal in the Netherlands. They started out as a rock’n’roll trio, only having a few vocal songs, but mostly instrumental Link Wray kinda stuff. After some gigs they broke up, reunited and broke up again. After that Mark (bass/vocals) and Arjan (guitar/vocals) started writing songs of their own. They found themselves a new drummer (Gerrit), a keyboard/saxophone player (Jelle) and things got finally pushed in the right direction. At the beginning of 2007 their first official release saw the light of day, a 7” EP on the Spanish label Butterfly Records and people all around the globe immediately started to rave about it. “Their tunes will stick in your brain...FOREVER!!!” – Lutz, Soundflat Mailorder “Doing a pure '60's pop punk confection through a Vox Tonebender so perfect that Barry Tashian would be proud (and pissed)...” – Cavestomp “These guys are great!” – Wort 89.9 FM USA Because of their enthusiasm, energetic live performances and irresistible charms, these four guys are becoming more and more popular. They’ve already shared bills with some legendary names such as The MONSTERS and The FUZZTONES. Plans are being made to play in Spain, Germany and the USA. Their debut album contains 10 original songs and one José Feliciano cover called ‘If I Really Bug You’. It was recorded by ‘the legendary king of vintage recording’ EJ Kloosterboer at the Atomic Sound Farm Studio. Their main influences are The BEATLES, The REMAINS, Motown, Simon & Garfunkel, Link Wray, The MOTIONS, Thee CYBERMEN and the ZOMBIES, so you can imagine that most of their songs are filled with great melodies, heavenly harmonies and up-tempo beats. Parents, keep your daughters at home and close all windows, ‘cause here are the incredible MARK & THE SPIES!! “This four-piece band plays nederbeat the way it was meant to be played: full of melody and up-tempo” - 3voor12 VPRO “Amazing 60's influenced guitar pop!!!” - Lost In Tyme Fanzine “Don't stop ..... ever.” - Pete Scoundrel from Thee Cybermen Tracklist: 1.Try As I Might - (Arjan Spies) 7.Misery - (Arjan Spies) |
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MARK & THE SPIES SCALP 183/SCACD 183 Yessiree boys and girls! It’s here! The long awaited second album by Mark & the Spies! After the release of the first album (simply entitled ‘Mark & the Spies’) in 2007, the Dutch release of their single ‘But I Do’ and a year and a half filled with lots of gigging and touring, their keyboard/saxophone player Jelle decided to leave the band. By that time almost 50% of ‘Give Me A Look’ had already been recorded. For some time it was uncertain if the album would ever get finished at all. After a few months of ‘taking it easy’, inspiration and drive came back again. Parents, keep your daughters at home and close all windows, ‘cause here are the incredible MARK & THE SPIES!!
side one
side two 1. Give me a look
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THE MCRACKINS LP "Comicbooks & bubblegum" SCALP 123 Hatching onto the international punk scene in January 1995 with their brilliant debut album "What came first", those two crazy canadian eggheads and chicken known as THE MCRACKINS have amazed and astounded wide-eyed onlookers with their human feats and accomplishments.Thus,establishing themselves as one of the best and most prolific power-pop/ pop-punk bands of the 90īs. Having released over 200 songs on over 30 different labels and extensively touring Europe,the USA and Canada, THE MCRACKINS will not and cannot be stopped in the quest for world domination. Starting 1999 off with a bang,THE MCRACKINS are teaming up once again with Germanyīs SCREAMING APPLE RECORDS for their first studio album release in nearly two years,entitled "Comicbooks & bubblegum". The album features 15 new slabs of grade-A bubblepunk served up the way only THE MCRACKINS can. Itīs a remarkable collection of irresistible toons with the trademark melodies, great lyrics and hooks galore that have made the band a favorite among power-pop/punk fans the world over.This record will eggcite MCRACKINS fans and win over the non-believers once and for all. |
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THE
MEDIA WHORES CD "Master of pop hits" SCACD 145 The
Media Whores are a powerpop band that likes to rock. Comprising
the pop elements of
The Who, Elvis Costello, and The Clash, together
with the rock elements of The Beat and
The Plimsouls, this group aspires
to the lofty Cheap Trick brand
of high energy Pop... and damn
the torpedoes! No wimpy shoe-gazer stuff here... this band ROCKS!
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THE MIDWAYS "Manners, Manners" LP/CD Sit up straight and look at me when I'm talkin' to you cause you're about to learn a hard lesson in etiquette from THE MIDWAYS: ladies and gents, may we present 13 raw tracks of pure 60’s garage-punk mayhem on "Manners, Manners", an album that'll send you back to charm class for carpet training! These Canucky no-goodniks busted out in 2003 with the CD "Pay More And Get A Good Seat", followed soon afterwards by a split 7" with their Ottawa cronies The Glads. The cancer spread like a sorority-house rumour through the international garagenoscenti grapevine (with the help of fanzines and limited CD comps), and now Screaming Apple unleashes the MIDWAYS' first vinyl LP (and CD) masterstroke just when the world could use a good lesson-via-asswhup to keep decorum levels up to snuff. Though hardly prolific, these "gringos del norte" know when to talk and when to keep their yaps shut, preferring to save their best punches for the solar plexus (or lower) and give you more sonic whallop for your record-buying pesos. As always, this platter's unashamed to flaunt the group's influences (the SONICS, all the "Back From The Grave" one-hit wonders and the CHESTERFIELD KINGS), and attitude, with the rip/snarl of "No Thanks For Nothing" and "She Gives It Up" (previewed on the "Riot On Soundflat Strip" comp), the finger-poppin' yelp of "Born Full Grown" and "Stuck In My Head", and the slow crash and burn of tracks like "Red Boots" and "She Loves Me". True to form, the Midways have larded their second payload of frantic originals with a pair of seemly covers, pure Sixties fuzz-crud staples "A Girl Like You" and "E.S.P." If these don't show you how to respect your betters and behave in decent company, then nothing can! So after a long wait, now's your chance to hear the latest Midways discuss in its gloriously complete fullness. Get ready for some of the wyldest organ driven, fuzz-drenched beat-punk to come out of Canada ever since those glory days of the incredible GRUESOMES. A true hip-shakin' sixties garage au go-go masterpiece! Wig it and dig it, kids! Tracklist: Side 1 Side 2 Find out more at: |
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MISS CHAIN & THE BROKEN HEELS SCALP 187/SCACD 187 Together they deliver their unique mixture of rawdy pop, sixties beat and eighties dreams. It ain't no party, it ain't no disco, it ain't no fooling around, just charming songs appealing to your heart, soul, feet and skin! "On a bittersweet ride, it's like climbing sunshine pop mountains and falling down into groovy bubblegum worlds ! Walking on garage punk streets, stomping our feet while dancing to our fav hits ! The KINKS and the BYRDS warm our heart, Phil Seymour and Dwight Twilley gave us the start, SHIVVERS and FLAMIN' GROOVIES made our teenage years, BIG STAR and RASPEBERRIES gave us smiling tears. We grew up with the Nuggets and 60ies Girl group sound, screaming "hold tight" and "I get around" ! Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, oh BADFINGERS's Baby Blue, all we wanna say : BAY CITY ROLLERS we love you !!!!!!! We sing about holding hands and love for eachother, summertime fun and mellow ballads, underneath a nostalgic vein you will feel but each track will blow your mind for real !! up and down, inside out, come on dance, twist and shout!" 1. Mary Anne |
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THE
NEDERBIETELS 7" The Nederbietels hail from world’s largest portal town: Rotterdam, Holland. They are fine purveyors of raw European beat music and that garagey Nederbiet from Holland.The four Nederbietels are veteran teenagers who have been around in vintage rock’n’roll for two decades. The Herring Fab Four is made up out of (ex-)members of The Perverts, The Apemen and The Ragtime Wranglers. They dress in white provo-style, very hip but certainly not hippie. The sound of The Nederbietels is enriched with the vocal harmonies of The Everly Brothers, the crudeness of Q65 and The Outsiders, the skill of The Easybeats, the humour of The Beatles and the demented authentic wildman stage behaviour of The Who. The Nederbietels can easily compete with the five top beat bands since the day Brian Jones died, as you can hear on their three releases, the 45RPM 7” four song EP Can't You See on their own Klootzak Records, their 7” single Kejje Nagaan on Tear It Up Records and their brand new single released on Screaming Apple Records by their neighbours from the East featuring On My Mind b/w Where To Run. The two new tracks have been recorded in the North Spanish vintage recording studio Circo Perrotti. Where To Run is a killer Nederbiet classic, originally performed by The Haigs. On My Mind is the very first finished song that was written by Dave don Porro since the demise of his former group The Perverts. This 45 is an absolute winner! The Nederbietels have turned into a highly
gathered top combo in the transworld sixties garage-beat scene.
Their performances at worldwide renowned clubs andfestivals like
Crossfire! London, Beat Fever - Verona, Margate Modweekender and
Primitive! - Rotterdam have fuelled that reputation. The Nederbietels
appeared on major Dutch television and were broadcasted live on
Spanish National Radio. The handsome foursome can be seen on the
famous Euro Ye-Ye Festival this summer in the north of Spain sharing
the bill with the legendary Yardbirds! CONTACT THE NEDERBIETELS : |
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NEWTOWN
ANIMALS: Is your radio active? LP (SCALP141) |
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NUGGETS LP "Crystalline creations and pop sensations" SCALP 131 At last hereīs the longawaited lifesign of those norwegian power-popīnīrollers who got famous under the name, THE BASEMENT BRATS. Well, to be precise it just 50% of the BRATS plus two youngsters from Halden City, where norwegian rockīnīroll history was written a few years ago with the release of two classic albums, "Tales from the basement" and "Bratbeat". The NUGGETS continue exactly where the BRATS stopped. Concentrating on writing super catchy, but highly energetic pop-tunes with a sharp punk edge and the spirit of the sixties hanging all over it, this fourpiece has taken the only logical development a band coming from the classic "Bratbeat" school could go to record such a brilliant album like "Crystalline creations and pop sensations".This album should attract all sorts of people, from the sixties-freaks to the punk-rocker and of course all the power-poppers worldwide.Itīs not lame pop-music, itīs not hard-hittinīpunk, itīs not authentic sixties stuff, itīs just a little piece of all the essential ingrediences of rockīnīroll mixed together to a refreshing and super delicious cocktail of swinginīgood-time music for all you real gourmets out there. |
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THE PERSIAN RUGS 7" "St.Peters Infirmary/What's a girl supposed to do?" |
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THE PHANTOM JETS "The Phantom Jet Set" LP Lookout! Flying atcha in their patented Rev-O-Phonic sound, it’s the Phantom Jets! This phearsome phoursome has been serving up searing-hot, flame-broiled slabs of prime-cut garage-punk grunt all around Northern California for nearly two years now! But who are they you ask? Hailing from Sacramento, California's own 'River City', this capitol group is one capital group! These Golden State go-getters have but a single goal: to get toes tappin’ and mitts clappin’ to their fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched tunes. And you'll know the Phantom Jet sound when you hear it: take minor-key 60’s garage punk, mix with a healthy dose of hip-shakin’ teen-beat, and serve with a steaming side order of brat-punk attitude! You want more? You got it! Add a dash of spy-tinged sleekness, a dollop of spooky combo organ vibe, cook in a fiery cauldron of pure rock n’ roll fury and there you have it: the primitive garage-beat stew from whence the Phantom Jets emerged! These wyld kids will rock your socks and blow your tops! In the last year alone they have released two successful self-produced EP's and a rockin', boppin' 7” single featuring mixes of three ground pounding PJ stompers, all in futuristic MONAURAL sound! But the list of accomplishments doesn't stop there. Not only did they headline the inaugural Sacramento Horror Film Festival in 2007, they also became the first band to play California’s legendary Thunderhill Raceway...and believe us, the sound of race engines PALED next to the rockin' power of the Phantom Jets! But don't just take it from your friendly neighborhood record label, Sacramento’s infamous 'Unknown Critic' described the Phantom Jets as "...crazy rockin’ classic 60's garage pop with a side of surf punk. Dick Dale meets The Sonics, not a bad combination. These guys are fun, exciting, energetic and talented. So hold on tight because they will indeed deliver the goods. Do yourself a huge favor if you haven't done so already: check out The Phantom Jets!” We couldn't agree more! The Phantom Jets! They're togged to the bricks and lookin’ fer kicks as they continue to spread their brand of wyld rock'n'roll around the Golden State. The 'Jets are: Phantom No. 1 – Ted ‘Howlin Mad’ Murdock! Lead guitars and vocals. His licks cut harder than a Ginsu knife! Phantom No. 2 – John ‘The Punisher’ Guinan on bass! He’s got more grooves than a stack of 45’s! Phantom No. 3 – Sarah ‘The Ice Queen’ Hudson on organ! The fetching femme fatale of the Farfisa! Phantom No. 4 – Frank ‘The Belgian Brute’ Temmerman on the drums! Someone call the fuzz, there’s a beating going on behind those tubs! Yes, they'll shred like Krueger and howl like cougars, so get on board and come fly with thee wyldest outfit this side of the American River. The Phantom Jets: moving at the speed of sound…destination: EXCITEMENT!
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THE POWER-CHORDS "... think I'm gonna" LP "If you stretch your memory far enough, you can probably remember a time when "pop" was still a three-letter word. Before TRL and Ryan Seacrest and teen actresses-turned-singers, pop was actually a legitimate art form. For the members of Chula Vista, California, band The Power-Chords, it still is. And if it isn't, that's your problem. These guys take pride in stuffing 10 pounds of melodies into a 5-pound bag. In fact, from the sound of their debut single, "Unattached Strings" (out November 7 on Mean Buzz Records), these guys eat, sleep and breathe pop hooks. "We don't like to stray too far from the rock and roll pop song format because it's a common language, although we try to twist it a bit by throwing in a weird chord here or there", says singer/guitarist Jon Hammer. "But let’s face it, the kids today need some energy, the kind of energy that was being exerted in the late ’70s, as exemplified by bands like the Clash and the Ramones, punk bands that started playing fast. The Buzzcocks are revolutionary for essentially making 'pop-punk' long before it was a generic term for modern commercial-radio punk music." It’s simple and smart, rebellious while proudly adhering to traditional form. The name "The Power-Chords" couldn't be more, or less, ironic. In the band's short career, The Power-Chords have already raised eyebrows up and down the west coast. The boys have been nominated for a San Diego music awards in each of their three years together. But as their music suggests, winning accolades is hardly the goal for The Power-Chords. "For me, playing shows to people exited for our music is the highlight", says bassist Craig Barclift. "It’s a great feeling to see someone going crazy for the music that you’re playing." As The Power-Chords prove on their debut release, there is hope indeed. 12 simply amazing power-pop-punk pearls speak for themself. "... think I'm a gonna" is a true must have for all friends of euphoric, two minutes pop anthems and fans of bands like THE BUZZCOCKS, UNDERTONES and ADVERTS. Tracklist: Side 1 1.Dummy |
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THE PRANKS "Modern communication" CD Where Grunge was born at the beginning of the 90's, a new band gets ready to establish modern power-pop now. Seattle, home of such illustrious acts like MUDHONEY, NIRVANA, SOUNDGARDEN and PEARL JAM is now primarily the homebase of the BOSS MARTIANS, which brings us straight to the PRANKS, whose debut-album is supposed to be praised here, simply because the creative force behind the band is no other than Erik Foster, the "little" brother of BOSS MARTIANS mastermind Evan Foster, who by the way is as well responsible for the superb production of the album. The PRANKS belong to the very few exceptional acts these days, who have really understand how to use the "golden key" of power-pop to open the right door. The perfect mixture of classic late 70's power-pop made popular by bands like the PLIMSOULS, NERVES & PAUL COLLINS’ BEAT and the untamed pop-punk of the same decade, brought to us by, for example the BUZZCOCKS and the POINTED STICKS, paired with the breathtaking energy, which characterised MR.T.EXPERIENCE and the early GREEN DAY in the 90's, led them straight to "gate one" and the involved first prize. "Modern Communication" lives from the enormous drive all the songs own, from a production which perfectly fits to the sound of the band, from the loud, buzzing guitars and most of all from their ability to write great, dead catchy tunes. Just listen to the album opener, "Your world falls down around you", 120 seconds of pure pop heaven, without drowning in stereotypes and sounding too sweet and you will understand what we are talking about. Who’s able to clothe a pop-tune in a tight punk-rock suit surely deserves an award. And this should definitely happen to these popmeisters, called the PRANKS, cuz what we got here is a power-pop band that like to rock. The "Yummy" for the best modern power-pop band goes to ... THE PRANKS. Time to take a bow!!! A vinyl version of the album will be available on Screaming Apple Records later this fall. Tracklist: 1.Your world falls down around you |
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THE PRIMORDIALS "Fourteen prime numbers" LP Primal sounds abound as Screaming Apple introduces the first-ever LP of THE PRIMORDIALS, a tight-trousered foursome from the caverns of Canada. 'Fourteen Prime Numbers' beats on the freak with an extra-large baker's dozen of British, Continental, Colonial and Antipodal big-beat shouters, tearing a new one out of songs by the RATTLES, the SORROWS, the ATTRACTIONS, Tony Barber, the ECCENTRICS, and even the KRAVIN' A's. Recording in glorious Living Mono, Ryan, Dave, Shawn and Robbie pound out a tribute to some of the finest unsung heroes of the mid-sixties, giving you an excuse to dust off your winklepickers and give your mojo a workout! This wax platter comes packed with crunchy guitars, seventh chords in the wrong place, two-fingered solos, and helium huffin' harmonies guaranteed to satisfy the most discerning Beatkeller-dweller. Swingin' 60's mod-beat hasn't sounded this soulful since those glory days of bands like the ACTION, the ARTWOODS or the V.I.P.'s. Start your next wild dance craze NOW with fourteen instant floorfillers by the fabulous PRIMORDIALS. You read it, now GET it! Tracklist: SIDE 1 SIDE 2 |
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THE
REAL BAD NEWS Black & White & Red All Over LP (SCALP 157) Here´s the latest and greatest thing to come out of Sacramento since I don´t know what. It´s this mystery band called THE REAL BAD NEWS with their debut album "Black & White & Red All Over". This act, which reminds us so much of the legendary UNTAMED YOUTH, can really lay down the 60´s frat thing with a lot of feeling and guts. They were discovered by Deke Dickerson while they opened for him in California´s capital city. Give a listen - it´s straight forward rock´n´roll with a decided bent toward the pre-BEATLES sixties (justdig all that glorious organ and tenor saophone). And man, they even have their own theme song. Not much is known about the band, but if you listen to the brilliant vocals, you seem to hear Deke Dickerson singing. Hmm, is there maybe even a closer contact between him and the band, than we all thought?! Who know´s. Fact is, that the album got engineered and produced by Deke Dickerson and that he´s written the liner notes too, so let´s listen to what he´s saying about them. " In the last couple of years, "garage rock" has made the headline with such acts as the WHITE STROKES. I haven´t really taken a fancy to any of these bands, personally. To me, they just don´t have any HEART or any SOUL. I had just about given up on this "garage rock" phenomenon until that fateful night at Old Ironsides in Sacramento, California, when a band called THE REAL BAD NEWS open up for me. These guys were awesome! They were a real garage band, but they weren´t a cookie-cutter-cover band like those 80´s Vox Wig TM bands. They wrote great original songs, like "We´re the Bad News", "Don´t get me wrong" and "Cast the fist stone". And when they did do a cover, they would take a great song like Ray Charles´ "Leave my woman alone" and turn it into a raving garage classic. The even took Faron Young´s country classic "Hello walls" and made it into a RIVIERAS-style organ frat pounder! These guys are geniuses! I decided to take this group of miscreants into the studio, to claim their own slice of the"garage rock" pie. If those guys don´t hit it big, I´ll eat my hat! They have all the necessary ingredients - Nate Forrets´s excellent singing, Henry Dantill´s blazing guitar work, Leo Sutter´s harmonies and solid rhythm guitar and of course the secret weapon, the "cuteness factor" of Billy "the Kid" Lakeson that is sure to make these guys the next HANSON. I´m telling you, these guys cannot miss! Any band who writes a song about Krispy Kreme donuts are kings in my book. I hope that you feel the same way." So you can clearly see, Deke Dickerson is mad about these guys, and I´m sure if he would not have been in the UNTAMED YOUTH, he would try to join them. A true trademark of quality this certainly is! |
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September, the 29st, 2006 |
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THE RIPPERS
Please get ready for the wyldest r´n´b band on this
planet. THE RIPPERS are from Sardinia and follow a long tradition
of italian garage outfits in the past 15 years. Totally devoted
to all the "no-hit wonders" from the sixties, they play
an insane mixture of primitive garage-punk and ravin' rhythm'n'blues.
Their main influence is the pure beat mayhem of bands like the PRETTY
THINGS, DOWNLINER SECT, Q
65 and the MISSING LINKS and
you can easily compare them to all those great eighties garage combos
like the CRAWDADDYS, TELL
TALE HEARTS and WYLDE MAMMOTHS.
After havin' released just one incredibly raw and puristic 7",
labels from allover the world tried to sign them to record their
debut album, but we here at the Screaming Apple headquarters are
the lucky ones who made it in the end. The LP was sold out in a
few months, so we decided to re-release the album this timeon CD
and we have even included their first 3 now out of print 7"
EPs as a bonusfor everyone out there who has just discovered the
greatness of this band. A total of 25 songs for your listening pleasure.
The RIPPERS don't want to create something
new, they just wanna live out their passion for the sixties and
the music of this decade. A bunch of caveteens is |
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THE
RIVIERA PLAYBOYS LP/CD "Ambassadors of rock'n'roll" SCALP/SCACD 160 It's
time to introduce you to the new ambassadors of rock'n'roll and
believe us, we're talking about the real thing! Here comes this
band that has captured the musical phenomenon which came creeping
out of millions of garages from the late 50's to the mid 60's and
carries it forward into today's dreary world of lame mainstream
rock and inedible lo-fi bullshit. Calling Rochester, New York their
home, THE RIVIERA PLAYBOYS represent
the epitome of a new breed of 60's garage rock'n'roll combos. The
band that includes ex members of THE
CHESTERFIELD KINGS, THE PROJECTILES,
THE INSIDERS and SUSAN
& THE SURFTONES delivers
timeless music that has a powerfully menacing quality, and is best
described in their own words as "raw, electrified r'n'r!".
Driven by fuzz & reverb drenched guitars and wailin' organ sounds,
all their songs got this distinctive primal approach, but the music
still has this veritable melodic content and amazing vocal harmonies.
They guide us through their wonderful own little musical world,
a place where you can still find those primitive garage-punk rituals
done by prehistoric cavemen banging big rocks together, a place
where people still wiggle to the classic sixties beat, a place where
the beauty of twangin' folk sounds is still respected, a place where
people don´t have to be ashamed to be devoted to traditional
r'n'r. If you can't get enough of all the "pebbles" and
"nuggets" from the roaring 60's and you adore the early
CHESTERFIELD KINGS and
the MAHARAJAS,
you certainly don't wanna live without this masterpiece of the "ambassadors
of rock'n'roll", the mighty RIVIERA
PLAYBOYS! |
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THE SCREAMINī FURYS 7" "Cominīaround" SCAP 049 Are you prepaired for some real rockīnīroll riot from Portland,Oregon? We really hope so, cuz the SCREAMIN`FURYS will teach you how to sweat! Their debut 45 on the way cool ESTRUS RECORDS is definitely one of the best garage-punk releases in 1997. Very much influenced by bands like the REAL KIDS, TEENGENERATE and the MONO MEN, the FURYS will soon become one of the most important bands of this genre. Trust us, these guys a a real sensation! |
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SHEETAH ET LES WEISSMÜLLER SCALP 184/SCACD 184 ¡ Hola Yé-Yeah ! The 5 french psychedelic mod garage punkers SHEETAH ET LES WEISSMÜLLER launch their first album at the world’s stunned face. Sounding like a mix of Ronnie Bird, the SEEDS and the REMAINS they proudly present 11 original compositions and a powerful version of My Little Red Book. Sheetah et les Weissmuller started their career in 1962 and toured intensively until 1966 when they accidentally swallowed a magic potion that made them travel through time. Landing in september 2001 they kept on playing the music that made them famous many years ago and toured Europe with youngster bands like the FUZZTONES, the BELLRAYS, the PLAYBOYS, the CRYPTONES, CURLEE WURLEE, the MAGNETIX, LES TERRIBLES and many others. Dance to the anthems of a lucky new degenerated generation of fuzz maniac vixens and dandy cavemen! Sung in French and recorded in Spain on analogic equipement (Estudios Circo Perrotti, Gijon) for best results, this mind-blowing and regressive album will sure make you sweat and get wet on the dance-floor. French beat at it's best! Buy it and come to the show!
tracklist side one 1. Pire que le silence
side two 1. Mets des badges http://www.myspace.com/sheetahetlesweissmuller
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SIN CITY SIX 7" "Tonite,tonite/Tell it" SCAP 062 Out of the ashes of the legendary spanish punk-rock combo the PLEASURE FUCKERS comes this incredible new rockīnīroll sensation called the SIN CITY SIX. Fronted by Lee Robinson (ex FORTUNATE SONS/A-10), the band delivers some of the hottest ass-kickinīrockīnīroll action ever to come out of Europe. Combining the energy of the DEVIL DOGS with the big fat wall of sound of the DICTATORS, this spanish band can easily become the "Next big thing" and kicks all those scandinavian rīnīr wannabees from their self-made thrones. So get ready for six minutes of straight in yer face punkīnīroll mayhem! |
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SMUGGLERS LP "Mutinity In Stereo" SCALP 155 Welcome
to the wild world of the Smugglers. Whether it be playing smoky
clubs around the world, releasing countless slabs of hot wax on
only the finest international indie labels, or churning out hilarity
in their infamous on-line tour diaries, the Smugglers have but one
goal: TO ENTERTAIN. From Vancouver, BC Canada, The Smugglers are
one of the longest lasting, most energized and entertaining bands
to ever burst from their beloved frozen north. Forming back in 1988,
Canada’s greatest ambassadors of rock ‘n’roll
music weren’t supposed to make it out of their parents’
basement, let alone into the twenty first century, but here they
are, ready to rock and never stop. From their ugly beginnings in church basements, malls and warehouses opening for heroes like the Gruesomes and NoMeansNo, the band slowly grew up to weld their influences of great punk and rock’n’roll into a wildly energetic show all their own. The Smugglers took their sweat, suits and boots on the road and, a decade and a half later, continue to tour to every pocket of North America, as well as sojourns into the uncharted wilds of Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond. The Smugglers live show is a legendary tour de force of energy and charisma, involving wild antics and audience participation with such now-beloved stunts as the dance contest (complete with a trophy to the winner - over 500 given out in more than twenty different countries), kissing contests, and Smugglers "dream dates". Over their adventurous career, The Smugglers have bounced from label to label, always independent, including Vancouver’s Nardwuar Records, Seattle’s PopLlama Products, and Vancouver’s Mint Records. From Mint, the Smugglers have licensed records around the world to such labels as Berkeley, California’s Lookout Records, Tokyo’s 1+2 Records, Australia’s Corduroy Records and Spain’s Imposible Records. All tolled, the Smugglers have amassed a mighty eight full length albums and several singles, EPs and compilation tracks worth of loud and snotty vinyl and CDs. The Smugglers have always been lucky enough to work with great producers including Conrad Uno ("At Marineland" 1991, "Atlanta Whiskey Flats" 1992, "In The Hall Of Fame" 1993, "Wet Pants Club" 1994), Mass Giorgini ("Selling The Sizzle" 1996) and Kurt Bloch ("Buddy Holly Convention" 1997, "Growing Up Smuggler" 1998, "Rosie" 2000). “Mutiny In Stereo”, The Smugglers latest record, is self-produced and is their best yet! It´s the return of ambassadors of love, the uncrowned canadian party kings and one of the very best live bands on this planet. Hallelujah! Good time music for the whole family. Enjoy! |
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SLUMBERJACK: Nitro ground shaker LP
(SCALP 134) |
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THE INCREDIBLE STAGGERS VS. WILD EVEL & THE TRASHBONES 7" SCAP 077 Monster time!!! THE STAGGERS are the wyldest garage-punk outfit Europe has to offer these days. Those madmen from Austria deliver an awesome version of "Little Latin Lupe Lu" that will make you jump & shout. Insane vocals of Wild Evel, one of thee most enthusiastic frontmen you can find in todays' beatcombos. Killer guitars & rhythm section combined with the swirling Farfisa organ sound produced by always charming Lightning Iris, this is teen-beat at it's best!!! On the flip Wild Evel presents his newest creation, WILD EVEL AND THE TRASHBONES!!!! And what else can you expect than totally freaked-out teen garage punk at it's loudest! Deep in the tradition of the US punk of the sixties and 80's swedish garage (sounding a lot like THE STOMACH MOUTHS) they turn Art Guy's 60's punk classic "Where you gonna go?" into a real thunderstorm of fuzz. THIS IS THE SHIT!!!! Be fast my fuzzfriend, this platter is limited and will sell like hot-cakes!! |
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SUZY & LOS QUATTRO "Stick with it" LP "Ever wondered what The Dictators crossed with The Records with Brenda Lee singing might sound like? Well, you stopped by the right place. These guys ain't dealing in nostalgia. This album features future classics that could actually please all of the people all of the time". This above is an excerpt from the liner notes on Suzy & Los Quattro's new album, "Stick With It" (WPR/Screaming Apple 2008), penned by Lindsay Hutton, founder of the legendary magazine The Next Big Thing and collaborator in MOJO or SOUNDS. And watch out for the ending, Henry Rollins, easily the best proof of a new level of versatility the band has reached. A fully a capella track done exclusively with Suzy and B.B. Quattro's vocals and dedicated to the tough and muscled DC singer. This album consolidates all the things that Suzy & Los Quattro promised on their first album, "Ready To Go!" (2004), which got rave reviews and was licensed in Germany and Japan. During 2005 they embarked on their 2 week Japanese "Lipstick To Japan Tour", which confirmed their "pop idol" status in the land of rising sun, selling out two nights in Tokyo and receiving an almost beatlesque warm welcome. You can see it for yourself on their Lipstick To Japan video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygzxCQHViU This tour was followed by a compilation of all their singles, "The Singles" (2006), a record that kept them on the road again, playing two times at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool, where John Otway from the BBC included their show on his top 10 of the festival (out of 150 bands on the bill!). Tracklist: A SIDE 1.- CRAZY ON THE PHONE B SIDE 1.- BECAUSE OF YOU |
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THE
THANES CD "Downbeat & folked up" SCACD 147
We here at the S.A. headquarters are so damned proud to present
the brandnew album of the scotish beat legends the THANES,
we can´t hardly find the right words for it. |
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THURSTON HOWLERS: Lodge Party LP (SCALP
142) |
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TV IDOLS: 17, desperate and all messed up LP (SCALP 135) Do you remember the PHANTOM RATS? These guys have put out some of the most impressive punkīnīroll platters of the nineties and together with bands like TEENGENERATE & the 5,6,7,8īS they were responsible for the beginning of the japanese rockīnīroll invasion in America and Europe. Unfortunately they broke up in 1997, but singer, songwriter and guitar player Kazand drummer Tetsu couldnīt do without playing and formed this new and even stronger outfit called the TV IDOLS. 17, desperate and all messed up is their debut albumand itīs the hell of a record. While the PHAMTOM RATS had a strongrockīnīroll influence, the TV IDOLS are more fixed on late 7tīs, earlyeighties US punk, like the DEAD BOYS and the early REPLACEMENTS. Great songs, catchy hooks, a hard edged guitar sound and a real driving rhythmsection, that describes the TV IDOLS sound best. 12 powerful and energetic punk-rock anthems including covers of the DEAD BOYS and the RICH KIDS make thisrecord one of the punkinī highlights of the new millennium. |
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THE TWISTAROOS SCALP 189
1. Do the Twistaroo Side Two 1. Everybody Say Hey! |
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THE WILDEBEESTS: "Annie get your gnu," LP (SCALP 167) Look out, here come those Wildebeests
again with a whole new bunch of tunes to make you the listener perk
up and take heed. Whether it be 'rivvum and bloos', 'tank pok',
'instro-mental larkabout', or 'skewed sick-stays styled beat-noise',
these Lairds can KO with the best of them, fuck it, let's make with
the fact that The Wildebeests, the band that features (ex)-members
of the MILKSHAKES,
KAISERS
and THANES,
can knock any and all others off the blocks anyday, anywhere, and
at anytime. Iggy Drab |
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THE WONTONS 7" "Karaoke night" SCAP 058 Dressed in ever-fashionable kung-fu uniforms, the Wontons are a rockin' power trio composed of Sifu Dean (guitar/vox), Sifu Randy (bass/vox), and Sifu Matt (drums/vox). They describe their sound as "All-You-Can-Eat Rock 'n' Roll", a buffet of fifties rock and seventies punk, served with a Chinese twist! Dean used to play in the 1-4-5s, a garage rock combo that released numerous records, and Matt is also the driving force behind Houston's Junior Varsity. The Wontons have a 4-city Japanese tour planned in June, and a U.S. tour to follow later this year. They have put together four of their most deadly, action-packed trash-rock anthems for their Screaming Apple debut, and we guarantee that you'll be hooked onto their M.S.G.-flavored tunes after just one listen! |
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THE WOODY PEAKERS "Beat solution" CD (only!!!) If you just dip deep enough into the grotto of 80’s garage-punk you’ll still find some incredible treasures of this genre which certainly need to get introduced to all you garage heads around the globe. One of these “lost jewels” are the WOODY PEAKERS from Pordenone, Italy. The band that included members of RUNNING STREAM started in 1986 playing wild ravin’ fuzzed-out beat-punk with moody garage vibe to it and released a split 45 with a Ska-band named MAD JOKE the same year. Particularly well-known they got for their stylish look. Their mop tops and chelsea boots scared all their neighbours. After a few line-up changes they found a constant formation which played from autumn '87 until spring/summer '92. In these years the WOODY PEAKERS were: Vetriolo (drums+vocals), Gegè (guitar+vocals), Spazzola (bass+vocals) and Ugly (organ+maraccas). 1988 they decided to record their first LP which was recorded predominantly in their rehearsal-space, a mouldy garage in the hometown Pordenone on a 4 track portable tape-machine. It was the perfect place for a garage band to record and the band loved the result. The sound was 100% authentic! The album was full of crude’n’primitive teen-punk from the 60’s, but also offered some of the most amazing moody garage-howlers you can think of. The LP was released the same year on Vinyl Salvage Records based in Udine, as some kinda promotion for the collectors 2nd hand record shop they had just opened. 1989 garage music got “officially” buried by trendy music companies and even more trendy media people, but the WOODY PEAKERS couldn’t care less and a few months later, early 1990 they released a 4 track EP (with circulation of 500 copies) on their own Peak Records label. They band continued playing for another year or so, but in 1992 they decided to split up. Sixteen years later Screaming Apple thought that it was about time to re-release the whole musical legacy of the band (their one and only album and their 45) for the first time on CD and even include 5! bonus tracks, which have never been put out before on one compilation. “Beat solution” is a real classic of the late 80’s garage-punk mayhem. It offers 21 tracks of pure organ-drenched, fuzz-loaded teen-beat insanity that could’ve been easily recorded in 1966!!! Besides their stunning originals they’ve recorded a bunch of real wylde covers, such as “Writing on the wall”, “Ricordarmi”, ”Blackout of Gretely” and “It’s a crying shame” to name but a few. So if you still go mad when you fave DJ plays the LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES, the ALARM CLOCKS, the UNRELATED SEGMENTS, the SICK ROSE, the CHESTERFIELD KINGS and the MIRACLE WORKERS, you absolutely need this album! Totally limited to 500 copies only! Get it, before it’s gone … FOREVER!!! Tracklist: 1.It's a crying shame |
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THE YUM YUMS "Whatever rhymes with baby" LP Let's consider the three minute pop-song for a second or two: so simple in it's construction, so inscrutable in it's perfection, so many who have tried and failed! A pretty good description that is, but what more can we say about Europe's absolutely best power-pop band? One of The YUM YUMS strongest points have proved to be their ultra catchy mid-tempos (remember their massive hit "Be With Me") and on this new album "Sugar Rush" and "If I Ever See you Again" will get your toes tapping on the floor and most likely, a big smile on your face. The production of this record has been fully analogic, resulting in a crispy and crunchy sound that we fans appreciate after the rather "polite" production of their last album "Blame It On The Boogie". Tina Lucchesi (The Bobbyteens) contributes on "Rock And Roll Tonight" and the new line-up features an amazing Egil Stemkens (Popgun) on bass -with some of the most original and creative bass lines ever recorded on a punkpop album- and the definitive inclusion of Norwegian female pop idol Vibeke Saugestad on keyboards, backing vocals and percussion. What we get here is REAL POWER-POP, with the word power written in capital letters. Putting together the essential ingrediences of the music of the RAMONES, the PLIMSOULS and OHIO EXPRESS, the 6t's and the 7t's, bubblegum and punk, pop and rock'n'roll, they deliver their very own YUMMY sound.
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