Here is a new mix for you kids....

So...I ripped a bunch of my vinyl to make a mix for you. There was really no theme or criteria that I was using and instead went for a random cross section of styles. Some of the songs here are old classics and some of them are from new bands whose records I have recently picked up... I am including a link to a zip file for you to download the awesomeness contained therein. Enjoy!

Track listing and commentary coming soon.....I have to teach 11th graders some History right now!!woo!!

1. Bone Awl-Show me (Meaningless Learning Mess Lp)
Here is a cool record that I just picked up and absolutely love it. Black Metal played by non-Norwegians!! This stuff is memorable because it is recorded so raw that it sounds like a demo recording. The garagey quality to it is what rules the most about it. Oh yea, the vocals sound like Ulver’s natten madrigal Lp.

2. Daily Void-In the Year Zero
Holy fuck this new band kills me with their noise/punk attack. If this is the state of punk in 2008 then I feel pretty good about things…Good punk should be way underground, ugly and threaten your sensibilities. Great shit from Chicago’s ex Functional Blackout people.

3. Easy Action-Worse for you (Friends of Rock n Roll)
Negative Approach were classic for their nihilistic aggression and unfettered hatred for the world….well, Easy Action is ex NA singer John Brannon’s newest band and this shit is fucking intense. Cross NA with a Stooges/MC5 vibe and you‘ll have an idea about what this monster sounds like. Desperate and violent…

4. His Electro Blue Voice-Das ep
Cool Italian noisy rock that has me interested.. Joy Division meets noise rock with agitated broken English vocals. Limited edition 7” that you should track down immediately.

5. Lost Sounds- Head of the Tyrant (Future Touch Lp)
Jay Reatard and Alicja Trout create an amazing song here. Totally fierce and frantic cold wave punk…This band is missed.

6. Replacements-Kids don’t follow (Stink ep)
Totally classic Minneapolis punk trash put out by these drunks.. Anthemic, fast and driving punk with killer bass lines that are better than your bands!

7. Changes-Bleeding (Fire of Life Lp)
Authentic Neofolk from 1969. These Satanists were part of the late 60’s Process church scene and were the first folk band to incorporate satanic elements into their music. Scary stuff….the sound of true believers…

8. Damned-New Rose (Damned Damned Damned Lp)
1977 British punk that is better than virtually any of their contemporaries….This song is literally one of the top ten best songs ever written….

9. Drunks with Guns- I got the gun (S/t Lp)
These fucking lunatics hail from St. Louis and they play noisy punk that is anti-social and has no socially redeeming qualities…A must own record…This shit is damaged…..”fucked up on beer and drugs!” yes, yes, yes.


10. The Fall-City Hobgoblins RoughTrade ep
Great Manchester style punk that manages do be somewhat arty, but still rough edged and catchy. I finally got this gem after years of wanting it.

11. Firehose-Brave Captain (SST Lp)
Ex Minuteman Watt’s first outfit after D. Boon’s death. Quirky up-tempo shit that makes me think of Natas’s skate scene in Streets on Fire. I love this song.

12. Leonard Cohen- Dress Rehearsal Rag (Songs of Love and Hate Lp)
Forget Lou Reed. Leonard Cohen is the man. No rock biz schmaltz here, just real emotion. I just picked a copy of this up and have been listening to it non stop.

13. INFEST-Pickled, Sicko
Infest is the band that makes you want to throw bricks at people…

14. Outburst-No Choice Miles to Go ep
Criminally underrated NYHC from 1988 that flies under the radar. Hard and uncompromising shit that somehow avoids being thuggish.

15. Personality Crisis- Case History (Rat Music for Rat People comp)
Canadian hardcore punk with weirdo vocals that hits the right spot. Mitch Funk was the singer’s name and he had a funny handlebar mustache.

16. Testors-Let’s get Zooed out
Awesome 1977 NYC punk from Sonny Vincent. More like Dolls/Johnny Thunder’s style punk than hardcore. I love the garage recording style and trashy aesthetic.

17. Thrones-Silvery Colorado (Day late Dollar short)
Joe Preston’s solo weirdo shit. Some of the tracks on this are thick and sludgy, but this one sticks out because it sounds like a fucked up noisy Twin Peaks nightmare sequence.
18. Wipers-When it’s over (Youth of America Lp)
The Wipers are a classic Portland outfit that puts elements of surf, psych and punk into a fucked up and brooding mess. This song makes me feel fucked up.


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