Our all top howlers GUITAR WOLF have released a new album in Japan in March, called BEAST VIBRATOR (cover above), with an international version in the pipes to follow on May 31st. Extensive touring is also on for Europe, which is great news. Has anyone had the chance to listen to the japanese version?

Seji started a funny thing called "SEJI TV" on their Shmucktube channel, in addition to his SEJI's VOICE feature on the website. All in japanese as of now and oddly not viewable outside of Japan, along with what looks like some promo videos for the new stuff.

What a great question.

Youngin' here....I often played skateboarding video games when I was younger.  My favorite song on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for N64 was "Blitzkrieg Bop".  I think I was....maybe 7 or 8.  Fast forward to age 14.

Dad had just installed P2P file sharing software on the computer and I would sit there day and night trying to find new music.  I remembered the song from Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 and typed in the lyrics.  Push came to shove and I stumbled across the ramones entire catalog.  That was obviously the tip of the iceberg.  Those were my baby steps into pump rock.  Thank god that happened.

Check out Shiftless Decay from X! Records.  That's probably my favorite relevant garage/punk/psych compilation.  Lots of awesome bands like Timmy's Organism, The Frustrations, Heroes and Villians ETC.  I think they put it out in 2009 when that whole Detroit scene was REALLY kickin'.

Hell yeah.  Blast that shit.  Have you heard of Beast in The Field?  They're this crazy 2 piece from Mt. Pleasant, MI.  They have this insane 12 foot high wall of amps.  Check it out if you haven't already.

Have you checked out Fake Surfers from Detroit?  Best punk 2 piece I've seen in quite sometime.  

The Night Beats out of seattle are sick shit.

They're hardly unknown, but OFF! has been the best discovery for straight-up punk rock in the past 4 years. 

OFF! - I Don't Belong

Pretty pissed-off for a buncha old guys!

Do you like the experimental/lo-fi goodness of the Urinals?

Thee Swank Bastards

The Chelsea Clintons.

The "new-ness" of these dudes can/may be discussed (if so inclined) - don't know if they've been mentioned here already.

But I like them - and their debut (haven't heard the newest one, yet).

GANG RELATED- I slay from Helgi Petur on Vimeo.            great tune by the Icelandic band Gang Related!!!!1

Muy buena.

Excelente banda.

Not at all Punk or Garage...(Except in the home recorded, DIY spirit)....but I really like these guys....

 http://www.myspace.com/busywigs

This Ventures album is full of garage pop covers. I remember when I first bought it thinking it was a bit hokey, but loving it anyway!

What do you think of Eddie and the Hot Rods' version?

John Battles said:

THAT'S FUNNY !!!! Almost as funny as the guy who posted The Stranglers' "96 Tears" on You Tube, stating it was by The Cramps. It's still up there , by the way , despite several people leaving corrections to the obvious (Intentional?) blunder.   That version, I like OK , i'M A BIGGER FAN OF THE PURPLE HELMETS , THO'.  
 
Johnny Lurg said:

I actually like The Stranglers' version of "96 Tears," although one of my friends mistook it for Smash Mouth's version of "Can't Get Enough of You, Baby."

Speaking of NOFX, you can't forget "Kill All the White Man," "Don't Call Me White," and "The Brews."

yeah , then , of course , there was David Allan Coe's two X-Rated albums. Also , the trend toward X- Rated Country Novelty songs - THE I - 90 ASSHOLE SONG ,THE RODEO SONG , The Pussycat Song , etc.  I almost forgot , Chinga Chavin's Country Porn ALBUM , kind of a toned down take on DAC'S two X-Rated LPs, like a Buck Naked to Coe's GG ALLIN.
 
Incognito Music Magazine said:

Get Your Biscuits in the Oven (And Your Buns in the Bed) by Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys.

http://youtu.be/UO8sD81NVTg

Get Your Biscuits in the Oven (And Your Buns in the Bed) by Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys.

http://youtu.be/UO8sD81NVTg

I agree... Raxola leans more uncomfortably on awkward sound and grim lyrics. 

Tersicore said:

After all, the other way round..
Pity i missed this great band back then! Actually very late´70s style, indeed!
Even if the lyrics are different, the subject remains Thalidomide.
I reckon the nofx-one may be more P.C. by comparison?
My english isn´t that good but still, as you appropriately said, i feel "uncomfortable" listening to this great song! Ok, by nofx i feel uncomfortable because of the music, but this is another story ;)

Interview in Elle with Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

KIM GORDON SOUNDS OFF

That's their modus operandi... and why we really need to look elsewhere.

Rev. Norb said:

I'd kind of like to use Mevio but they have continually ignored my multiple requests to be approved as a producer. Dunno what's up with that.

I'd kind of like to use Mevio but they have continually ignored my multiple requests to be approved as a producer. Dunno what's up with that.

In light of the fact that Twitter bought and is subsequently shutting down Posterous very soon, I wanted to start a discussion here about what the best podcast hosting services there are to use these days. Any opinions on the matter? The successor to Posterous is Posthaven, but it's $5/month. There's also Podomatic, Podbean, Podcast Pickle, Libsyn (also not free), Mevio, Ourmedia... any others? Which ones are best and why?

I voted for Prima Donna that year, although I was really hoping "Feral Children" would be named a "Coolest Song" during that year.