Shake off that tryptophan hangover with a sonic barrage of kick-ass garage, punk, and trashy rock and roll.  Murder City Nights #12 is available now - featuring the Consumers, Urinals, Mau Maus, Molls, King Khan, Zakary Thaks and more. Smash it up!

Set List:

• Killing - Subhumans
• Red Rum - Red Scare
• Anti Anti Anti - The Consumers
• The American In Me - The Avengers
• Keep On Knocking - Death 
• Doomsday Romantic - The Hex Dispensers
• Why Do We Suffer - Mau Maus
• Black Hole - Urinals
• Teenage Rear Action - The Parents
• White Stains - Molls
• This Perfect Day - The Saints
• Kill the Bee Gees - Accidents
• Don't You Know - Devo
• Victims - The Skulls
• Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight - The Rezillos
• That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate - Mission of Burma
• Amerika First - Feelers
• Land Of The Freak - King Khan & the Shrines
• I'll Make You Sorry - The Odds
• Ready for Action - Mexican Moustache 
• Way It's Gonna Be - The Cynics
• On Fyre - Lyres
• Heartbreaker - Sultans
• Bad Girl - Zakary Thaks

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/murder-city-nights-12

Last.fm is currently the bane of my existence. The site is cool and the features are cool, but the similar artists for our band is all jacked and there's no way to fix it. Pretty frustrating, also frustrating to get them to delete the pictures when your lineup changes and stuff. 

I guess it's my fault for ignoring last.fm for the last four years. We used to be on a super extra-punk label and I guess a lot of bands who wanted to be on that label tagged their stuff as being similar to ours and it's not at all. Just as an example listen to this song and then click on any of the "similar artists" - apples to oranges.

Anyone else have their band's stuff up there? Have you ever had this problem? Right now we're trying to get our street team to "scrobble" so that this gets fixed, but they don't say how often they re-set the "similar artists" thingy

11/25/11

Download or stream the entire Nov. 25th show right here. Find Zero Hour on Facebook here.

Cleopatra – The Precisions 
Heads Up, High Hopes Over You – The Pharaohs 
Caesar – Ty Segall
Queen of the World – Andre Williams
I Couldn’t Spell !!*@! – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Little Egypt – The Coasters

Diet, Crime & Delinquency – Personal & the Pizzas
A Guy Like That – Midnite Snaxx
Gotta Have Her – The Penetrators
Gloria’s Dream – The Belfast Gypsies
Baby Jessica – The Barreracudas
Wild – The Gentrys

Friday at the Hideout – Thee Gravemen
Gonna Find a Cave – Mondo Topless
Tarantula – Los Straitjackets
Tura Faster Pussycat – Dustaphonics

You – Stupidity
Cooking With Gas – Red Hot Rebellion

Local Lunchbox
Teenage Monster – The Catholic Boys
Lively One – The Mistreaters
Where Have All the Lovely Ladies Gone – The Catholic Boys
I Won’t Like You – The Mistreaters

See You Again – Johnny Throttle
The Dump – The Ding Dongs
Party Crasher – Mark Sultan
It Ain’t Cheap – Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Sister Love Train – Rocket From the Tombs

Shaw – Reigning Sound
Call Me No. 1 - – Reigning Sound
Eve – Reigning Sound
Dark Eyes – Jack Oblivian
Kidnapper – Jack Oblivian
Crime of Love – Jack Oblivian

Worst in Me – Mighty Fine
Nothing Like Me – Love Me Nots

Time for You to Go – Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass Kickin’ Team
Bite the Bed – Glambilly
Pins & Needles – Trapper Schoepp & the Shades
Dry County – John Paul Keith
I’m So Happy I Could Cry – John Howie Jr. & the Rosewood Bluff

Help Yourself – Bobby Marchan
Torture – Del Shannon
Creature’s Crawl – Thee Cormans
Ain’t It Strange – Midwest Beat
Puppet on a String – Night Beats
Mumblin’ Guitar – The Mad Hatters

Laura’s a Liar – Muck & the Mires
Head Over Heels – The Cute Lepers
You Make Me Raw – The Electric Mess
She’s My Witch – Southern Culture on the Skids
Hazel Holly (Please Come Back) – The Boss Mustangs
Situation – Mikal Cronin
Ocean River Runs Around the Edge – The Spartan Dreggs

Playlist Nov 24/2010

1. Dr. Feelgood...Lights Out...from the Sneakin' Suspicion LP from 1977 with Wilko Johnson on guitar. Played this as there's a documentary out on the Feelgoods called Oil City Confidential which is supposed to be really good!

2. Deadly Hearts...Hand Shake...from their brand new self titled CD...from Halifax and features Myles Deck on the tubs.

3. Myles Deck and The Fuzz...Halifax Is Burning...from the Beware! The Fuzz LP from 2007.

4. Weirdonia...Green Tables...Windsor duo whom we're trying to get on Radio WW for a live to air.

5. The Diodes...City Of The Dead...from their just released Action/Reaction CD on Bongobeat Records. This song was probably written with London Ontario in mind, but don't quote me on that.

6. The Diodes...Time Damage....recorded live at Call The Office here in London, Ontario 11/18/11.

7. The Diodes...Child Star...as above.

8. The Diodes...Tennis Again...as above. Recorded by the WW mobile unit. There's also video of this one on The Diodes Toronto facebook page.

9. Black Frame Spectacle...A Line In The Sand...from their Grady Sessions CD. Rockin' 2 piece from just east of London Ontario.

10. The Sadies...Another Day Again...from their 2010 LP Darker Circles. Ugly Things honcho did the liner notes so you know these guys are cool. And they're coming back to Call The Office here in London Ontario Dec 3rd.

11. The Sadies...The First Inquisition Part IV...from the 2007 LP New Seasons. Live these guys always toss in some obscure killer cover as their show ender...anything from The Chocolate Watchbands version of Milkcow Blues to The Birds Leaving Here. Jawdroppers that'll blow your mind!

12. Reigning Sound...Lyin' Girl...from the Abdication For Your Love CD. Remember when leader Greg Cartwright came to Call The Office with The Deadly Snakes a few years back? Didn't think so as there weren't many at that show.

13. Eddie Marshall...Moblin' Baby Of Mine...from the 1989 Detour Records compilation called Hillbilly Houn'Dawgs and Honky Tonk Angels. Pure trashy hillbilly hick music that inspired combos like The Cramps...anyone that can make winking sound like wanking and get away with it is fine by me!

14. Ran-Dells...Martian Hop...speaking of The Cramps, this is from Lux and Ivy's Faves Volume 6. Surf doo wop from Mars!

15. Alex Chilton...Bangkok...from the double LP Decade...or is it Decayed, oh no, that's the Neil Young triple LP. For all of the flood victims in Thailand and it ties into The Cramps theme of the above 2 tunes.

16. The Sphinxs...Asia Miner...from the split 12" with Miesha and The Spanks.

17. Legend Killers...Gonna Snap...from the We're Workin' On It CD from 2006.

18. Deutsches Paniks...You Can't Get Enough Of Me...from the one sided 12" First You Get The Money.

19. Cinecyde...Enemy Man...from the 1982 LP I Left My Heart In Detroit City on Tremor Records and by request for Erwin.

20. Dark Rags...On Your Own...from their just released debut CD. From Greece and they are on the garagepunk hideout as well as one of the CD's.

21. Lonesome Ghost...Haunted By God...from the garagepunk hideout CD Songs The Hideout Taught Us. 2 piece outta Aylmer Ontario.

22. The Hook Up...65 Has No Blues...recorded live at Brennan's Beer Bistro here in London 11/5/11 when they put on a killer show with The Reply and The Fine Print (who's name i could not remember....brain farts).

23. The Hook Up...The Man Who Called Up The Devil...from their soon to be released CD of the same name.

24. The Hook Up...Silver Kiss...from the CD Tomorrow and Today on Ricochet Sound. This song was stuck in my noggin' so i had to play it!

25. The Hook Up...Minstrel Boy...from the garagepunk hideout CD Noises From The Hideout with artwork by our pal Darren Merinuk.

26. Rock'n'Roll Monkey and The Robots...Put A Record On...from their Spooky Kooky Attic Static CD.

27. Party Lights...Before You Came Here...from their only 7"....had to fade this one as we ran outta time once again.

Thanx for all the call-ins, requests, facebook comments and general HEYs!!!

No show next week as we're pre-empted by UWO Hockey but back on Nov 8th with an all female led band show as we remember the Montreal Massacre.

Here's the link to listen to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1900.mp3

"Telstar " and "Night of The Vampire". Although it's not an instrumental, I love "Johnny, Remember Me".

So Many to choose from: The Tornados 'Ridin the Wind' prob my fave but also love Sounds Incorporated 'Keep Movin' and The Fabulous Flee Rakkers 'Green Jeans'.

Dex and Sara Romweber do The Who @ Norton Anniversary.

http://youtu.be/po1Z8mAchYo

Digital Downloading has KILLED the Music Business! Read this;

http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46980_0_2_0_C

Sad, but TRUE! We are at the END of an Era!

Dave said:

Also, stores are buying very little qty nowdays. Stock isn't moving like it used to. I've noticed that stores will pick up maybe 3 copies each of an album (not including one stops) and then restock over and over. Stores are being extremely cautious, they don't want to be left with anything that can't be returned (ie; vinyl) As strange as it sounds, our cd sales have skyrocketed in 2011, and I think a big reason for that is that cds are returnable to the distributor, most distributors do not take returns on vinyl, so stores are picking up very few copies, and only restocking when the last copy is gone. Cds are returnable, so stores are more liberal with the purchasing.  Stores may pick up 20 of a cd format, and only take 2-3 of the same release on vinyl format.

 It's getting rough. But if you have a great back catalog, great bands that are touring and are active, and a decent promotional budget, there are distributors out there that will pick you up.  Not sure if you give advances to bands? But that is a way to break in and get some bigger bands, if you have one decent sized band that has a solid sales history worldwide, and is active, that can be enough to boost your overall label sales, and that would be time to approach a distributor. D

Distributors are also being extra cautious now also, so finding a distributor among the very few left, is a bit more difficult, and gone are the days of distributor advances to labels.

 

No worries! It took me a while to read through all the old posts and figure out what I had said almost 4 years ago! I barely come here anymore. Sometimes it takes me a few days to find time to reply. Read my previous replies to other responses.

Dave said:

Damnit, again! I just realized that I replied to a question from 2007!

Sorry about that. I'm brand new here, and sorta old :)

Dave, I barely come here anymore, so forgive my delayed response. In answer to your first question, "how long have you have your label for?";

Since 1989! There was another label from California that came along in 1990/91 and started using our name! Long story short (as it is an EPIC story) We tried to fight them, but it became a money losing stalemate. I still have to deal with their Bullshit! PITA! We are still slugging it out (kinda) just for SPITE!! Fuggem!!

In answer to your second question, "What kind of music do you release?";

My criteria for putting out music is as follow (so all you band who are reading this PAY ATTENTION!!) I gotta see ya play; I gotta like yer music; we gotta GET ALONG (both Personally & Musically) You gotta be MOTIVATED to Play and Tour (a lot) and most importantly you gotta have INTEGRITY and wanna stick to it in the Hard Times (like now!). A ltta band don't know what they want in the Long Run. They have no PLAN. Unfortunately, this is a Business and without a Business Plan your band is doomed to failure in the long run. I come off like an ASSHOLE sounding like this, BUT it is the TRUTH! Anyone who has put out a record and had a band break up on them AFTER they have put things out (and spent lots of $$!) KNOWS what I am saying.

So to answer your question, I put out the MUSIC I LIKE by bands I know and TRUST will NOT screw me over and they sell enough for me to recover what I put into it. Sometimes it is Pop, sometimes it is Noise, Sometimes it is Jazz, sometimes it is Spoken Word, sometimes it is Punk, etc... Does that make sense?

Lately I have been doing my own music (as Howlin' Houndog!) Kinda a Beefheart/Sam the Sham/Tom Waits/Velvet Underground/Big Band Blues thing. It has been working out finacially for shows and product to a degree. It is still HARD though.

I also run a recording studio in Seattle Washington (another HARD Business to be in right now!) Being creative is NEVER EASY!!

THANKS for the Kind Words of Encouragement! Sometimes we all lose sight of WHY wh are doing this stuff!

Dave said:

If you don't mind me asking Erik, how long have you have your label for?

It took my label many years before we started breaking even, and eventually having enough profit to barely survive off of.

Nowdays, all indie labels are broke. Three out the five biggest independent(punk) distributors shut down all within 3 months. There are a bunch of distro's and smaller distributors still out there. We are fortunate to have great distribution both in the U.S and overseas, but it took a lot of money a lot of releases and many years to get to that point.

 I could go on for hours about the complete suck of running a label (remember Lumberjack Mordam? We were victim to that whole mess) within 3 months, we lost around 25,000 bucks, which is a ton of money for a small label. I almost threw in the towel as well, but decided to perservere. Everyone is having a hard time right now, so your deffinitely not alone.

 As much as it kind of sucks to have to do it, you have to try to pick up large national act's that are already doing really well. Once you get a few larger bands on your roster, it gives a boost to the smaller bands and releases.

 What kind of music do you release?

Mick & the Shambles - Lonely Nights Again 

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2elDAA94t6U

The L.A. Teens - Saturdays Child 

a wrist slashingly moody moaner.

Hi.  I just found "Soundation Studio" yesterday.  I used it a little, but I haven't read the manual, so I don't know how to use it well, but I think you can try some effects (including phaser) at there.  It means that you can use it without downloading!!

The Striped Bananas said:

What would we need?

Hey ho... i'll friend you - i'd be interested in sticking my drums on that (I'm in Paris by the way).

I'll ask if I can find a female voice around - you got any lyrics for that?

Hey there,

Thanks for your interest guys. Can you both "friend" me on here so I can email my demo. Can that be done via this system? If not, get in touch with your email addresses.

Cheers!

Chris

Hi Chris,

I'm a bassist primarily (and half-assed guitarist who plays acoustic & electric). I've been playing some form of instrument for the past 15 years. I'm heavily into Ramones, and quite a lot of other Punk, Pop Punk, Punk Rock etc...  I'm quite interested in this. Gimme a shout if you want more details, or contact info.

Brian

EDIT: btw, it's not entirely relevant but I'm in Dublin, Ireland.

hell yeah i'd love to lay some bass on that

Hey there!!

I want to make a 7" very soon - this is a recording only project so your location doesn't matter! I have guitar tracks and guide vocal, but need female vox, bass and drums! Music is fierce garagey new-wave in the vein of early Donnas, Loli and the Chones, Ramones. Really rough guitar with great tunes! I will finance the pressing of 500 copies. Join me!!! Age, inexperience etc irrelevant!

Thanks,

Chris

NMdT S13E03 .: One of these days we'll walk in the woods
http://nmdt.blogspot.com/2011/11/nmdt-s13e03-one-of-these-days-well-walk.html

01. Tortilla. old friends [SG/Belter/1971]
02. Friend and Lover. I want to be free [SG/Verve Forecast/1968]
03. Yankee Dollar. sanctuary [SG/Dot/1968]
04. Morning Sun (aka Mourning Sun). dark hair [SG/National General/1969]
05. Mortimer. dedicated music man [SG/Philips/1968]
06. Colours. love heals [SG/Dot/1968]
07. The Thousand Faces. a thousand faces [SG/ERA/1968]
08. The Roosters. one of these days [SG/Progressive Sounds of America/1966]
09. The Roosters. you gotta run [SG/Progressive Sounds of America/1966]
10. Morning Sun (aka Mourning Sun). let's take a walk in the woods [SG/National General/1969]
11. Sounds Unlimited. nobody but you [SG/ABC/1966]
12. The Frowning Clouds. all night long [SG/Saturno/2011]
13. The Guilloteens. wild child [SG/Columbia/1966]

I have a "Fender 30". Yes, that is the name of the amp. Great push-pull nobs, good crunch and very versatile. Lots of tube power and can plug into 8ohm cabs for bigger shows. Love it!

Hey you guys! Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the info!

VERY Cool video Id kill to see the lyres once idn if they ever make it close to nebraska

Here's a link to a cool radio show called Real Cool Time (hosts are on this board) where there's some video of The Lyres from the above mentioned Toronto show...Brian Young on bass, Rob Toad on guitar and probably Marky Toad on the drums and of course Monoman!!

http://realcooltimeradio.blogspot.com/

hahah thats good i will check it out

but £££