Single's Night

SINGLE"S NIGHT MIX

Nan is out soul dancing with Chard tonight and I am left alone with the collection...what to do? Make a crucial mix for my people. Here are twenty songs for you to enjoy. -Joe



1. Cult of Youth- Eye to Eye
Incredible nihilistic pagan neofolk from these New Yorkers..
Somber and atomospheric...the sound of the post industrial malaise?
Limited to 325 copies on THICK ass white vinyl.

2.Black Flag- Life of Pain

Here is the legendary and rare alternate version of Life of Pain pressed on the limited Licorice Pizza giveaway single. This was given at the LP record store as a promo for the upcoming Damaged Lp...Legend has it that many copies of this were thrown away in the trash after the promotion was over. Who knows how many of the original 1000 exist. Either way, this alternate version is sick and you will love it.

3.Armitage Shanks- One chord Wonders
These Medway drunks bring you a great Adverts cover that is booze soaked and highly enjoyable. Raj and I went to check these blokes out last year and they were fucking shit hot...this band is the real deal.

4. Jacuzzi Boys- Age of the Giant Jellyfish

Killer modern psych that is on the darker side of things....kind of the counter point to the more blissed out Gris Gris. Brooding and drenched in reverb. New shit from Florida that is recommended.

5. Meat Puppets- Dolphin Field

So...you think you know about the Meat Puppets? Country fried acid rock, right? Wrong. This is full tilt thrash that is so wild and frantic that it teeters on the edge of falling apart at any minute. This is where they began musically and it (and the first album) are my favorite material of theirs. Sure they got mellow and weird, but fuck it this stands on it's own. great, great, great.

6.EC8OR-We are pissed
Berlin based electro/techno/punk/core stuff on the Digital Hardcore imprint. I am very into this, it is intense and has a different bag of influences that makes it interesting to me. Gina from EC8OR is one half of Cobra Killer which features another of my favorites: Annika Trost.

7.Templars-Night of the Seagulls

Cult NYC oi. If you know me, then you know that the historical Templars are an area of great interest to me as well as Oi! music. Combine the two together and you have the perfect band and record. Night of the seagulls refers to a legend where the murdered Templars return from the dead with their eyes burned out as the living dead to kill villagers as revenge for their ancestors betrayal of the TEmplars. Anyway, awesome band that will be here in Boston in June. I'll be there.

8.Monster X-Nailed to the X

Holy shit! Mid nineties straight edge grindcore mangling classic straight edge songs. MX's "To the Positive Youth" ep has them tackling these posi core tunes. Here we have Bold's Nailed to the X being reworked and you know what? I almost like it better. You?

9. Real Losers- Let's go totally nutzoid

These Brits do the cave-stomp-garage-punk-bash thing very well. I love the trashiness that these three louts kick up. Primitive rock sounds so good sometimes...on Wrench records also out of the UK.

10. Knugen Faller-Inte som ni

Swedish punk with amazing female vocals that jump off the record and take hold of you immediately. This might be my favorite new band/single of recent years. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I like this and why it rules so much...please listen to this and seek it out before you can't anymore. Pressed in limited quantity on Wasted Sounds/Ny Vag records.

11. Daily Void-Haa Ha Haa

Another entry from this new Chicago band...Super apocalyptic punk that is noisy and jagged. Perhaps the best punk band in America now? 100 pressed on white vinyl on the Florida's Dying label.

12.Neon Hearts-Venus Eccentric

As I type this I realize that I chose quite a few British bands this time around...oh well it was semi random. This diy 1977 release is one of the the top 10 punk songs ever made, period. Argue with me if you can... hyper rare and worth it! essential listening for all punks and likers of good music.

13.Undead- Social Reason

Fuck you, it isn't a single. It is a primo cut off of the NY Thrash Comp from 1981. I wanted to hear this and here it is. This song is a prime example of the best Ny had to offer in the early eighties. Bobby Steele's band after his "exit" from the Misfits. Did you know that for a minute this band was considered a bigger band than the Misfits at the time? It's the truth. Killer core.

14. Bold Ones-Open your mouth

A new acquisition that I'm listening to for the first time right now...hmm I like it ok, but I'm not floored. I'm going to listen to it again..what do you think? Let me know. Limited edition of 500 on Horizontal Action rex.

15. Black Market Baby- Youth Crimes

Great classic DC punk that straddles the line between brit influenced anthemic punk and the burgeoning hardcore sound the gelled in 1981. Released in 81 on the great Limp records. This band is so classic...I love the chorus in this song so much...Heavy, melodic and punchy punk that is all rough and tumble..no filler here. I also recommend their excellent Senseless Offereings Lp on Fountain of Youth records if you dig this.

16. Plexi 3- We know better

Nan and I saw them at the Abbey Lounge last year and like what we saw. This is their new single and I just listened to it. I really like this uptempo number. Sort of poppy, sort of punky, but not lousy pop-punk at all. Maybe a hint of wave here too...More cool shit from Chi-town (must be in the water out there)Limited to 500 on HoZac rex again.

17. Youth Korps-Break Loose, Disappear

Not alot of pure thrashing' core in this installment...so I thought you'd like this. YK is from New London Ct,but recorded this unheralded classic ep at Boston's legendary Radiobeat studio in pre-gentrified Kenmore square. All the classic beantown core' came from this studio....This is ultra fast, distorted thrash hardcore and it smokes...why don'y you own this? Like SSD, Neos, Deep Wound, Siege, et. al? This belongs in that pantheon of classic slabs. Oh yea, two quick songs here..

18. Clone Defects- Shapes of venus

Clear vinyl on In the Red label. Swaggering trash from these Detroit folks. They sure sound fucked up here....I like it.

19. Lurkers- Love Story

Last entry in this mix. Great Ramonesy influenced punk from 1977 Britain. Great shit seel out "Aint got a clue" single and Fullham Fallout Lp also. Great buzzing downstrummed chords bashed out here...Can't beat authentic punk from the first generation....incidentally, this is the first release on the legendary Beggars Banquet label.

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