Hi all. Just a quick one... I won't give you the hard sell. I run a site called Electric Roulette and me and my writers cover loads of garage and psych and (fill in the blanks here) and get decent traffic. We've doubled our unique visitors over the past month and will be making a big impact in 2008. In short, go over to www.electricroulette.com and if you like the look of it, send us an email and we'll run articles on your new releases and band news. We're in this to promote great music as opposed to what is deemed as 'cool'. Drop us a line and we'll see if we can shift some rekkids for you.

Some cool Australian music to stuff your stocking with:
The Scientists - Blood Red River
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
Digger and the Pussycats - Watch Yr Back
Eddie Current Supression Ring - S/T
feedtime - S/T
Lubricated Goat - Paddock of Love
Anything by the Cosmic Psychos
Early Hard ons 7"s
Any Dirty Three release

Garage Punk Albums to Find:
1) King Khan and BBQ Show -"What's for Dinner" (In the Red Records)
2) The Urges - "PsychWard" (Screaming Apple)
3)Tell Tale Hearts
4) Miracle Workers
5) Zombies- "The Singles LP"
6) The Sonics "Sonic Boom" or "any rereleased 7" on Norton"
7) The Cynics- "Rock N Roll"- (Get Hip)

Hope this helps u in your record quest. Search out the Bomp mailorder or check out their website.

A "non-existent Garage Punk collection" could mean a lot of things... anyway, for starters, I certainly couldn't live without the Reatards' Teenage Hate LP

Ooh and I already have Left Arm! I am trying to buy local CDs for pals for Baby Jesus day. Maybe I can finally get them to a show...

I get lost in Record Exchange on rainy Saturday afternoons. I plan to stop by for a teensy bit, and hours later- I'm still there.

I brought my dad there after I replaced his record player for his birthday. He was like a little kid in a candy store (he collects 45s- has THOUSANDS). So, we go together to get each other into different stuff.

Record Exchange is a fun place. I like going early on a weekday when no one is there so I am free to just play shit on the turntables without someone trying to jump in. There really isn't any good place to find new Rock & Roll in St. Louis though unless your looking for local stuff. You can probably pick up The Vultures. Cripplers, Left Arm, ect. at Vintage Vinyl. You can get a bunch of cool 7" rekkids here though to get you started on the newer shit: http://www.boomchickrecords.com

This link isn't a bad place to start for your list: http://www.cryptrecords.com/100best.htm

For the past year, I've only bought vinyl. I usually go to Record Exchange for the old stuff.

I sure do!

Hi Courtney. Do you have a record player? The Yolks 7" has gotten plenty plays around my house for a while.

I'm looking for new, old, dead, whatever will shake my bones! I DO listen to the GP Podcasts, and there are so many options, I didn't know where to start! I'm definitely going back through the playlists, when I get home, tonight. Thanks, folks! You have no idea how much this helps!

Hey folks. I need help from anyone willing. I am building a wish list for Baby Jesus Day, and need to add to my (ashamed to say) non-exisitent Garage Punk collection (I'm a podcast junkie).

Gimmie your top-ten must-have albums, or whatever recommendations you might have.

Mucho appreciated (;

Alright somebody that knows a lot of stuff needs to give me some info on some good Soul records. I've heard a little bit o' soul (ha, pretty cheesy) and I'd like to get into some more. What are your favorite records of the R&B, Northern Soul, etc. variety?

THANKS!

Tell Tale Hearts show was fantastic! I made a two hour drive there and back and it was totally worth it. They sounded exactly as they did when I first saw them as a young mod back in the 80's. Check out video from that night.

OK, let's see if this works :

So if ya ain't in the know, Kopper pulled the plug on the ol' GP.com Forums today...Gots to say I already miss 'em, but here's hopin' the Hideout can carry the torch, keepin' the garagepunk community alive... My only complaint is I wish I coulda saved all my private messages before the big lights out over there on the forums....oh well. Any old forum members here with any thoughts?

Has anyone ever read this? I highly suggest it!

Growing up listening to Phil's tunes, and the groups he helped to create and destroy has given me a sick facination with the man. All those ugly stories and legends are told in this book and much more.

What I enjoyed the best about this biography is it is very straigt-forward. It's almost as if they knew Phil's own life can speak of his personality and ongoing mental disorders. They don't trash talk him, because quotes and court papers speak for themselves.

Also, this book focuses on Phil's entire career, not just the Lana Clarkson murder (which Phil is one lucky fuckin' piece of shit to have gotten away with). Pick it up, and I bet you won't be able to put it down.

"But you don't have to take my word for it..."

hmn how about one of these
Ichiban - The Gories
Missing Joker - The Magnetix
12 O'clock - The Mussies

I'm sure there's a lot of details but don't forget to TRADE. By doing so you HELP distributing other band's stuff
and that band distributes yours at gigs. It's simple: start with 10 copies, 20 copies of your fellow bands and and handle them the same amount of your band's stuff. Trade is so underated nowadays but believe me, it works.

Fuckin' bad ass!

Just heard the BEST RECORDING EVER! for the first time today, wondering how it stayed under my radar so long...

Understood Guys, Distro is having a horrible time with anything unknown these days. They only want products they know will sell to chain stores (like Target and Best Buy) They wnat small labels to blow every cent they pay them (and much that indi labels just don't have anymore) on useless ads in trade publications that don't even review those kinda CDs when you send them out to them.

I think Andy is right, we small guys should throw a self-indulgent piss-up someplace and not invite anyone that won't show up and enjoy the music. I have done this many a time (not always successfully either) but it sure was fun!

Also once I said on the GP Forum, "You can have more fun than running an indi label by taking all your hard earned cash in singles and heading to the tallest building (or bridge) and throwing it off and watching the people below scurry about to pick it all up!" It still rings true.

oh....for LPs, you really cant do it with a real proper jacket for under $1600 roughly.

imprint has bad ass rates on jackets. 500 for like $570 or something.

the cheapest thing I could imagine is that, plus get a United special when they do 490 LPs for $999....this is one of their "usuals" they run now and again...so that brings ya to about $1600.

Then ya gotta buy baggies for another $50. so with the best deals in the world...you still need like $1650...oh fuck...then theres OVERS...the devil overs are...but both of these specials I mentioned fortunately include shipping. But now you have to wait and read when they come back. So you're still lookin at $1700...and to be conservative I would never EVER budget less than 2 grand on an LP. Because theres always a dick coming at my ass from around the corner shadows.