How about a Romanian Bear Dance?

Radio What Wave Playlist April 2nd 2015

1. NY Dolls.....7 Day Weekend....from the Norton CD, A Hard Day's Night, 1973 Studio demos.

2. The Mongrels....All Systems Go...from their 5/2/13 Radio WW Session. The Mongrels will be playing this sunday at the APK for the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party. The show starts at 3PM.

3. The Mongrels...Do It...as above.

4. Fireball Grant.... York Hotel...from a live to air 10/31/2013 on Radio WW. Fireball will be opening sundays show at the APK. He goes on at 3PM so drop by for the carnage!!

5. Intrusions....Picture Void...from their brand new demo. Aylmer Ontario hardcore.

6. Forgotten Rebels....Did You Miss Me..from a live show at The Cedar Lounge 3/13/1982. Big Thanx to Reg Quinton for supplying this and the next track.

7. Forgotten Rebels....No Beatles Reunion...as above. Forgotten Rebels play at Call The Office on saturday night.

8. Forgotten Rebels....New Wave Girl...from their very first cassette....and things went weird part way through this as background noises suddenly took over and the cassette started  cutting out.

9. Marvelous Beauhunks...Fantasy Merry-Go-Round...from their Do Not Resuscitate CD.

10. Excelsior....Pornos....from their recent Punk Floyd 7" EP on It's Trash Records.

11. Noble Savages....Boy No More....from their recent demo and may be on a 7" on Transistor 66 Records outta Winnipeg.

12. Bum....Weekend....from a 7"  record on Au Go Go records. From Victoria BC, record released in Australia and a cover of The Dictators song from NYC.

13. Lionel Lodge....Smile...from The Agitator CD. We had Lionel and band live onair a few weeks back for a live to air.

14. Eugene Ripper....End Of The Highway...from his brand new CD, Fast Folk Underground 4.0

15. The Fleshtones....The Dreg...from the Roman Gods LP. The Fleshtones play in Hamilton at This Ain't Hollywood next thursday. We're hoping to have Peter Zaremba on a phoner prior to the show.

16. The Fleshtones...Tearing Me Apart...from the Hitsburg Revisited CD. A cover of a Teenage Head song.

17. Teenage Head....Dance With Your Doll...from the Dave Rave Anthology Volume 1. We've got Dave Rave scheduled to come on live to air on April 16th.

18. The Shakers.... Out The Door...from the Dave Rave Anthology Volume 1.  The Shakers have a reunion show scheduled for July in Hamilton.

19. The 905s.....What Are We Receiving....from the brand new Shake Down CD that had it's world radio premier right here.

20. The 905s...Action Kicks... as above.

21. The 905s.... Hamilton Head... as above. This was the song that turned me on to The 905s when i heard the original version several years back.

22. The Noble Krell...Beware The Noble Krell....from a 7" on Hidden Volume Records.

23. FP Tranquilizer....East....from his self titled split CD with Microdot.

24.  Suspect Parts....Change Your Mind...from a 7" on No Front Teeth Records.

Thanx for the phone calls, emails, messages and Heys!! Back again next week with more noise to annoy!!

Here's a link to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist March 26 2015

1. Lost Patrol....Long Long Night....from the Tell No Lies cassette 1990. Windsor Ontario combo who played many many times here in London back in that era! This particular cassette was mainly recorded at Dan Brodbeck's home studio. Dan has since gone on to win a Juno Award. Lost Patrol have re-united a couple of times over the years.

2. F.P. Tranzuilizer....Crispy Big Ones...from a split CD w/Microdot. FPT is the solo project of Bill Northcott, who also appears on Microdot as guitarist. Winnipeg.

3. Microdot....You Got Me In A Bind....as above. Microdot also features Jen Alexander on drums.

4. The Angry Dragons...Love You Tonite...from their only CD. This  features Bill on drums, Jen on guitar as well as vocalist/guitarist Joanne Rodriguez. Winnipeg garagepunk.

5. American Flamewhip... Show Me...from their Fingertight CD. This features Joanne on guitar and vocal. These few bands show how incestuous the Winnipeg music scene is.

6. Roger Zuraw....Public Transit Worker Blues....from Whose Blues Is It Anyway CD. Toronto outsider blues.

7. Fireball Grant...Perfect Score...from a live to air on Radio WW from 10/31/13. Fireball will be playing our next Rock'n'Roll Rent Party happening on sunday April 5th.

8. Pacanomad....Heaven Can Wait....from their Restless CD. Local combo who played a past Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.

9. Hiroshima Hearts...14 Floors....from a recent demo. Another local combo who will be playing a future Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.

10. The Chickens....25 Years....from the Prepare To Plug In CD.  This band evolved out of UIC, which just happens to be the next song....

11. UIC....Green Lady...from the Wiseman Sessions. Limited edition CD from about 1989 that we're still trying to get released on vinyl.

12. Legend Killers....You'll Get Yours...from the Better Than Hammerin' EP from 1989.

13. Castor Troys....Wolves Below....from the Come Hell Or High Water CD and features former Londoner Chris Ledroit on guitar.

14. PF Commando....Rough Sound....7" on Ugly Pop Records. We had Simon Harvey from Ugly Pop Records as a phone in guest last week and this is one of his many releases.

15. Hurricane And Able...Such A Star...from their newest download, The Thin End Of The Wedge.

16. Katrina And The Waves....She Loves To Groove...from The Original Recordings 1983-1984 on Bongobeat Records. Katrina will be playing at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton on Saturday night.

17. Katrina And The Waves....Walking On Sunshine....as above and the song everyone knows.

18. The Sadies...Lay Down Your Arms...from The Stories Often Told CD from 2002. The Sadies are in town tonight at Call The Office.

19. The Sadies...Why Would Anyone Live Here...from the Favourite Colours CD and features Robyn Hitchcock on vocals.

20. Andre Williams and The Sadies....Psycho...from the Red Dirt CD on Bloodshot Records.

21. Andre Williams and The Sadies....Surfin' To Country Hell....from the Hot As Hell semi-official bootleg LP recorded somewhere in Europe.

22. Andre Williams and The Sadies....Alleluia.... as above.

23. Andre Williams and The Sadies....Proud Mary.....as above and  we faded this one out as it was the end of the show.

Big thanx for all the phone calls, emails, messages and HEY's at the London Record Show last weekend. Back next week for more noise to annoy!!

You can catch the archived show at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

NICE!

http://www.avclub.com/article/where-start-primal-sound-garage-rock-216756

Onion AV Club, apparently inspired by the Sonics, has published a "Where to start" for Garage Rock -- going back to the SOnics and Standells and all the way up to The Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees and a lot of cool bands from the decades in between.

It's pretty basic and most of us probably already know most the stuff here. And there are a couple of factual errors. (The Standells' home town wasn't really Boston)

But it's pretty cool. And if just one new fan finds The Gories or The Crams from this, it's all worth it,

Right on.  

No worries, John. Records will be on their way to you soon!

Simon , I admit , I overreacted , and I apologize for that. The first time I tried to order the album , I was not able to access the information by enterring the US as country for delivery . I don't know what happened , but ,  I should not have taken this as an indication that your label wasn't talking orders from The US. I spoke out of turn , but I was not trying to start any rumors against Ugly Pop Records. 

I tried a second time , and it looks like the order went through , fine , though there did'nt seem to be any way to make a print copy of a receipt . As long as the order went through , that's fine.

Again , I meant no slur on your professional reputation , and I hope to order from you again in the near future.                                         John Battles.

John Battles said:

TYLER , IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING , WHERE DID YOU FIND THE REAL KIDS' ALBUM ? I CONTACTED THE LABEL , AND THEY SAID THEY WERE'NT TAKING U.S. ORDERS. ZIMBABWE , BELARUS ,MICRONESIA , YOU NAME IT , BUT NOT THE U.S.      ONE STORE IN CHICAGO WAS TRYING TO ORDER IT , TO NO AVAIL .

Have a good week , everyone. John.

Simon from Ugly Pop here. I have no idea whatsoever what this is supposed to mean. Most of our business is to the US and there is absolutely no reason that I would tell anyone that I wasn't taking American orders. Simple as that. Same goes with the 'Chicago store".  Would be very curious to see this alleged communication.

John Battles said:

TYLER , IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING , WHERE DID YOU FIND THE REAL KIDS' ALBUM ? I CONTACTED THE LABEL , AND THEY SAID THEY WERE'NT TAKING U.S. ORDERS. ZIMBABWE , BELARUS ,MICRONESIA , YOU NAME IT , BUT NOT THE U.S.      ONE STORE IN CHICAGO WAS TRYING TO ORDER IT , TO NO AVAIL .

Have a good week , everyone. John.

Simon from Ugly Pop here. I have no idea whatsoever what this is supposed to mean. Most of our business is to the US and there is absolutely no reason that I would tell anyone that I wasn't taking American orders. Simple as that. Same goes with the 'Chicago store".  Would be very curious to see this alleged communication.

thanks , Tyler....The US LABEL , Ace of Hearts , which Kopper referred me to , seems the way to go.......at least , for me. 

MIGHT i RECOMMEND tHE Velvet Illusion reissue LP? Northwest naive , but gutsy sounding ,Psych /Garage , with swirling organ and occasional outbreaks of insane fuzz guitar and bass....Their singer , Steve Weed , was widely believed to be the same Steve Weed who was Patti Hearst's Boyfriend ,  at the time of her abduction by The SLA .TURNS OUT , IT WAS ANOTHER STEVE WEED. Despite the name , he took an unfashionable anti - drug stance.  GOOD RECORD , COOL PUNK ROCK SILKSCREEN GRAPHICS.

ALSO ,LIGHT IN the Attics' Roky Erickson reissues , of his first , indispensible , "Five Symbols" aka "TEO" , better known as"Roky Erickson and The Aliens", AND HIS TWO 80's releases on Pink Dust "Don't Slander Me" (An outstanding studio effort , featuring members of SVT , Flamin' Groovies , Jefferson Airplane , and The Aliens.), and "Gremlins Have Pictures", an extraordinarily varied collection of the man's work ca. 1975 - 80. It's probably best known for the use of "I am" IN THE MOVIE , "DRUGSTORE COWBOY"and a totally unrehearsed live version of The Velvets' "Heroin" with The Explosives. "Boys , we're gonna do Heroin tonight...." HUH ?!! "i think it's in "E''.

John Battles said:

TYLER , IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING , WHERE DID YOU FIND THE REAL KIDS' ALBUM ? I CONTACTED THE LABEL , AND THEY SAID THEY WERE'NT TAKING U.S. ORDERS. ZIMBABWE , BELARUS ,MICRONESIA , YOU NAME IT , BUT NOT THE U.S.      ONE STORE IN CHICAGO WAS TRYING TO ORDER IT , TO NO AVAIL .

Have a good week , everyone. John.

The LP was released on Ugly Pop (Canada). Not sure why they weren't taking US orders though. That seems weird

Ugly Pop also just re-released Teengenerate - Live At Shelter. They put out a lot of killer Canada punk reissues too, and there's more coming this year. 

http://uglypop.bigcartel.com/

swt said:

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is releasing a new album Tuesday!!!

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/21/393627275/we-wanted-to-entertain-jon-spencer-on-25-years-in-new-york

 

And I've got tickets to see them in Washington DC in a couple of weeks

Yeah, they're on tour this spring/summer, too. Coming to St. Louis, even! Can't wait.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is releasing a new album Tuesday!!!

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/21/393627275/we-wanted-to-entertain-jon-spencer-on-25-years-in-new-york

And I've got tickets to see them in Washington DC in a couple of weeks

OK , thanks. I dunno why the Canadian company was being so obstinate. I mean , we're still friends , right?

the Real Kids can't fail. I saw them with a pickup drummer they'd met that day , and they were STILL great! !

John, did you check with Ace of Hearts? They licensed the LP to Ugly Pop in Toronto. Both the CD and LP are available from Ace of Hearts, too. Details on the Ace of Hearts Records website: www.aceofheartsrecords.com

TYLER , IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING , WHERE DID YOU FIND THE REAL KIDS' ALBUM ? I CONTACTED THE LABEL , AND THEY SAID THEY WERE'NT TAKING U.S. ORDERS. ZIMBABWE , BELARUS ,MICRONESIA , YOU NAME IT , BUT NOT THE U.S.      ONE STORE IN CHICAGO WAS TRYING TO ORDER IT , TO NO AVAIL .

Have a good week , everyone. John.

The Real Kids album was great, as was Mothers Children- Lemons

Other 2014 favourites were:

Buck Biloxi and the Fucks - Culture Demanufacturer

Golden Pelicans- ST

Muffs- Whoop Dee Doo

Obn IIIs- Third Time To Harm

Gino and the Goons - Shake It

Hector's Pets- Pet-O-Feelia (this might be my favourite over the entire year.)

Playlist 03-28-15

Magnapop - Here It Comes
April March - Chick Habit
Mission of Burma - Peking Spring
Lemon Drops - I Live In The Springtime
Penetrators - Teenage Lifestyle
Thee Jezabelles - Black Book
JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll
Vegas 6 - Dead Man's Shoes
Briefs - Silver Bullet
New Bomb Turks - (The Cure For) The Common Cold Shoulder
Adrenalin O.D. - Suburbia
Bad Religion - Change of Ideas
Sweet Baby - She's From Salinas
Dead Boys - All the Way Down (Poison Lady)
Captain Bedderz - I Caught You On Film (In Barcelona)
New Math - Invocation
Setting Son - Winter Turned To Spring
Colleen Green - Grind My Teeth
Ex-Cult - Clinical Study
Summer Cannibals - All It Takes
Screaming Females - Burning Car
Bleed - Urban Decay
Boys - The First Time
Chelsea - No Escape
Fall - Last Orders
Galileo 7 - One Lie At A Time
Saffron Sect - A Pinch of Chalk
Magic Shoppe - Something's Wrong
St. Phillip's Escalator - Elevation
Hoodoo Gurus - Death Ship
Charms - Gimme Your Love
Screaming Trees - Ocean of Confusion
Sugar - Needle Hits E
Ace - Industrial Slit
Improbables - Bad Vibrations
Harmonica Lewinski - Titty City
Nomads - Better Off Dead
Downbeat 5 - My Way
Thee Mighty Caesars - Searching High and Low
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

Live from Studio X the Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday March 28th from 1:00-3:00PM EST. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or steaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

The Real Kids LP is a classic!!!

We've recently released a couple of excellent LPs that will be of interest to garage and punk collectors everywhere. Here are details of how you can get them; please ignore bizarre rumours about Ugly Pop not selling to Americans...these are completely, 100% without basis in reality.

Also in stock: killer 45s from the likes of MASTERS APPRENTICES, THE IN-SECT, A PASSING FANCY, BENT WIND, HACKAMORE BRICK, NORTHWEST COMPANY and many more, all 100% authorised, quality pressings!

www.uglypop.bigcartel.com

I've been a little delayed in posting my playlists.  So here are the last 3 episodes of the Revolution Rock podcast.

March 21, 2015:

1. The Slit Plasters - The Dung Fly
2. Moon Duo - Zero
3. Vietcong - Continental Shelf
4. BA Johnston - What A Wonderful Mediocre Day
5. Wavves - King Of The Beach
6. Dave Arcari - Devil's Left Hand
7. The Locusts Have No King - Last Night In My Favourite Bar
8. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
9. Junior Parker - Mystery Train
10. Harmonica Frank - Rocking Chair Daddy
11. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
12. Daniel Romano - Helen’s Restaurant
14. The Hives - Blood Red Moon
15. Joel Plaskett - Broken Heart Songs
16. James O-L & The Villains - Cross Country Canada
17. Chris Crossroads - Lost In The 13th Dimension
18. Sly & The Family Stone - Time
19. Randy Newman - God's Song
20. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
21. Unrelated Segments - Cry Cry Cry
22. Pow Wows - You Haven’t Got Me Yet
23. Teenanger - Singles Don’t $ell
24. Ramblin' Ambassadors - Lungbucket
25. Nirvana - Hairspray Queen
26. Pluto - Million And Two
27. The Lurkers - Hey You

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150321-1900-t1426960800.mp3

Check out my blog post for this episode on the song, movie and book mystery train here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/03/mystery-train-song-book-and-myth-show.html

March 14, 2015:

1. The Rezillos - I Like It
2. Private School - Science Fiction
3. UJ3RKS - Eisenhower and The Hippies
4. Gang Of Four - Broken Talk
5. Ex-Cult - Dripping Mouth
6. Silent Movie Type - Mannequins
7. The Secret V’s - Waiting For The Drugs To Take Hold
8. The Breakaways - One Way Ticket
9. Flamin’ Groovies - Him Or Me
10. Twerps - White As Snow
11. The Missing Links - Where Were You Last Night
12. King Beezz - Found & Lost
13. The Stray Cats - Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
14. Paul Westerberg - High Time
15. Kim Gray - On Top
16. Fil Spectre - Homesick Party Kids
17. Apollo’s Apaches - Cry Me A Lie
18. The Illusions - Wait Till The Summer
19. The Roots - It’s Been A Long Journey
20. The Gories - There But For The Grace Of God
21. Rock ’n’ Roll Monkey & The Robots - I Really Like You
22. Rock ’n’ Roll Monkey & The Robots - Checkpoint Charlie
23. Lost Patrol - Rescue Me
24. The Squires - Aurora
25. The Sons of Hercules - Bad Time
26. The Diodes - Lost In The Dark
27. The Zeros - Hungry
28. The Dils - Class War
29. Elliot Smith - Needle In The Hay
30. Parquet Courts - Vienna II (Live At Third Man Records)
31. Parquet Courts - Always Back In Town (Live At Third Man Records)
32. The Black Lips - O Katrina!
33. The Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150321-1900-t1426960800.mp3

Check out my blog post on Rock 'n' Roll Monkey & The Robots here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/03/rocket-trash-show-551.html

March 7, 2015:

1. The Honeycombs - Can’t Get Through To You
2. The Angels - Get Away From Me
3. Demolition Doll Rods - Lil Darlin
4. Pearls Mahone - Blow Your Top
5. The Delmonas - I Did Him Wrong
6. The Z-Rays - Number Nine
7. The Cramps - Domino
8. Pow Wows - Fire Song
9. Pow Wows - Car Cemetery

Pow Wows Ryan Rothwell Interview

10. Pow Wows - Rebel Stomp
11. BA Johnston - You Can Love Someone And Hate The Things They Love
12. Dum Dum Girls - Yours Alone
13. X Ray Spex - Obsessed With You
14. Diamond Rugs - Voodoo Doll
15. Brat Kings - Good Drugs (Pinball Session)
16. Paul Jacobs - Pop Can Ashtray
17. The Curse - No More Ice Cream (Live)
18. The Dishrags - Can’t Wait
19. Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up
20. Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave
21. A Place To Bury Strangers - Straight
22. Ricked Wicky - Guts
23. Alex Chilton - Just To See You
24. JD McMpherson - It Shook Me Up
25. Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse (Live In San Francisco)
26. Ty Segall Band - Skin (Live In San Francisco)
27. Ty Segall Band - Standing At The Station (Live In San Francisco)
28. The Replacements - Seen Your Video

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150307-1900-t1425754801.mp3

Check out my blog post on Pow Wows newest album Broken Curses here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/03/pow-wows-broken-curses-interview-show.html

As far as I understand a lot of the distortion in garage rock comes from overdrive distortion from tube amplifiers (or tube pre-amps). Buying tube amplifiers and abusing them might be out of your price range but there's pedals and stuff that mimics the effect.