It's not just because it's the Dirtbombs that I'm paying attention, there is a history of bands with punk roots mixing dance beats of various styles with guitars. It doesn't always work but Gang of Four, Delta 5, Public Image, Cabaret Voltaire, The Fall and many others have all produced great music by mixing things up a bit.

kopper said:

The song posted above sounds like someone trying to learn guitar over a techno backbeat, at least at the beginning. Then later on it sounds like disco, then back to meandering guitar that goes nowhere. I find it quite tiresome and annoying. There's no ROLL to it. Like a continuous buildup but no climax. I mean, what's next? Hand claps? I usually try to listen to things a few times before giving any opinions, but in this case, I'm with Teenfink.

Also, consider this: Would you be paying ANY attention to this if you didn't know it was the Dirtbombs?
Mike Humsgreen said:

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

I get the idea of using guitars to play computer music, the Dirtbombs have done it before covering Soft Cell. I don't think Mick Collins is doing it to get a reaction or to piss anyone off, it seems he's genuinely interested in doing something different and stretching what he can do with a regularish band format. And from what I've heard so far of Party Store I like the results. It reminds me a bit of Can and Neu!

The Scion remixes seem a bit pointless though in that they've just turnd it back into more or less the same techno tunes they were originally.

The song posted above sounds like someone trying to learn guitar over a techno backbeat, at least at the beginning. Then later on it sounds like disco, then back to meandering guitar that goes nowhere. I find it quite tiresome and annoying. There's no ROLL to it. Like a continuous buildup but no climax. I mean, what's next? Hand claps? I usually try to listen to things a few times before giving any opinions, but in this case, I'm with Teenfink.

Also, consider this: Would you be paying ANY attention to this if you didn't know it was the Dirtbombs?
Mike Humsgreen said:

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

fuuuuuuck... are you guys HIGH? i got about a minute and a half into that song and had to turn it off. it (like most techno or *RALPH* "UK GARAGE") is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. and if that makes me a "garage purist" then so be it.

PASS.

I ain't know dadgum purist, but I'm not a big techno fan and it's taking me some time to warm up to this one. Downloaded it from eMusic yesterday.

ACE for real! I think it's hothothot and I'm as cool with it as a fridge in the ARCTIC wastelands! A freaking amazing album if you ask me. Dirtbombs are never wrong.

Paul Cooper said:

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

Tied in with that are the (Scion sponsored) techno remixes of Ditbombs songs that were announced two days ago. Here is the press release with links to free downloads:

The Dirtbombs, the venerable Detroit garage outfit formed by Mick Collins, will be the next entry in Scion A/V's ongoing remix series. While the project intitally seems at odds with The Dirtbombs' oft-traditional blend of garage, punk, and soul, the new album marks a stylistic departure for the band, paying homage to the diversity of their hometown with a collection of classic Detroit Techno covers. Scion A/V, long proponents of both the garage rock and Detroit techno scenes, are commemorating the effort by releasing an EP of techno remixes of The Dirtbombs' covers, along with a booklet of stories by Collins about his youth in Detroit, his first exposure to Detroit techno at parties in 1982, and, most surprisingly, his forays into making dance records before forming the massively influential garage band The Gories, which his name would soon become synonymous with.

 

Opening with the classic 1981 A Number of Names single "Sharevari", recontextualized through both theDirtbombs' and ubiquitous Detroit house DJ Omar S's filters. Then, handclaps and heavily delayed guitar lines signal the intro to techno collective Ectomorph's remix of the band's take on Knights of the Jaguar's classic 1999 single "Jaguar". The third and final remix, of Innerzone Orchestra's "Bug in the Bassbin", is a gritty facelift by Kyle Hall, the 19-year-old prodigy already being praised by the likes of XLR8R and many others as the new face of Detroit techno. Closing out the collection is the original Dirtbombs version of "Sharevari".

 

 

Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs tracklisting:

1. Sharevari (Omar S Remix)

2. Jaguar (Ectomorph Remix)

3. Bug In The Bassbin (Kyle Hall Remix)

4. Sharevari (Original Dirtbombs Version)

 

 

 

Stream and download Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs here:

Stream: http://soundcloud.com/scionav/sets/scion-a-v-remix-the-dirtbombs

Download: http://scionav.com/thedirtbombs   

 

Watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/18965404

 

To see the video for The Dirtbombs' cover of "Sharevari" that came out last month as part of the latest installment of the Scion A/V Video series click here: http://vimeo.com/15623513

 

 

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

I guess, I'm not a purist.

"9 classic Detroit techno classics"

Department of Redundancy Department. ;)

I'll give Mick the benefit of the doubt on this one... I wouldn't know a "classic Detroit techno classic" if it bit me on the dick.

And I'm sure pissing off "garage purists" is one of the reasons he's doing this as he seems to revel in that kind of thing. Remember "Stuck in Thee Garage" on the Dangerous Magical Noise LP?

Biram will be at the Casbah on the 17th, for any San Diego/SoCal people.

Chad said:

Scott H. Biram

also

Rev Beat Man

 

Hasil Adkins the crazy rocker!!! Some other lonely rockers I like are

Urban Junior

King Automatic

Ty Segall

King Louie One Man Band

and from my from my own country Dead Elvis and His One Man Grave offcourse!!!

Where are the one-girl bands?

bbq

bob log3

seasick steve

the lonesome organist

and i also dig the venus flytrap one girl band

Hasil was the first I ever heard, John Schooley is the one I've discovered most recently but, my fave is Mark Sultan.

Cause it's like breathin air: You cannot NOT!!

Seriously, Dan Kroha (The Gories, Demolition Doll Rods....) is like ripping with this outfit, love his singing, love the playing. It's just all awesome. Songs like "medicine cabinett" and "Mink Dagger" are Killer. naturally, I can't wait for more from them. No matter how long it takes.

What do you think? Join in the choir??

I love the first Clash album, and the second one had great moments ("Safe European Home" is one of my favorite Clash songs), but it wasn't as good as the first.  I have mixed feelings about "London Calling," but it does have another favorite song of mine, "Death or Glory."

I thought it was interesting how Johnny Ramone would acknowledge the Clash as the only band equal to the Ramones in "End of the Century."  

Over the past ten or so years, I've gotten into a number of both all female bands and female fronted bands, along with a few female artists, and I would just like to know which ones are your favorites.  This can include the whole history of rock'n'roll, from Wanda Jackson to the Shangri Las to Janis Joplin to the Runaways, etc.

Here are my favorites, in order of preference...

Manda and the Marbles

The Pipettes

The Cocktail Slippers

The Charms

The Holograms

The Paybacks

The Runaways

Les Hell on Heels

The Gore Gore Girls

Vibeke Saugestad

Suzi Quattro

The Donnas

Rose Elinore Dougall (Former Pipette)

What a fuckin' evening!  Bet you wish you had a video camera at the time!

Pat said:

I'm a big fan of Guitar Wolf,

While i was on tour in japan, we went to see Guitar Wolf backstage before their show in tokyo on the first night there, we meet the Foo Fighters guys in the audience and make fun of Dave Grohl.

Days after that we went to restaurant with Seiji and the manager after  an other Guitar wolf show  ! nice chat about a french version of "Jet boy jet girl" and the manager went out completly drunk !

 

I'm a big fan of Guitar Wolf,

While i was on tour in japan, we went to see Guitar Wolf backstage before their show in tokyo on the first night there, we meet the Foo Fighters guys in the audience and make fun of Dave Grohl.

Days after that we went to restaurant with Seiji and the manager after  an other Guitar wolf show  ! nice chat about a french version of "Jet boy jet girl" and the manager went out completly drunk !

Here's hoping...

Heather Drain said:

I'm seriously hoping this is only temporary since Radioblivion was one of the very first podcast I heard from Garagepunk. Sometimes creative folks just need a break.

gary us bonds  - i wanna holler(but the town´s too small)

the gizmoes     - muff divin

garnet mimms - as long as i have you

fontella bass - rescue me

charles sheffield - it´s your voodoo working

sons of cyrus      -  downtown

THEE WYLDE OSCARS !!!

band page at MySpace

Today I was poking around on eMusic.com when I came across those Little Steven's Underground Garage Coolest Songs in the World! comps. Actually, this was the first time I'd even heard of them... I knew he'd been doing this "Coolest Song in the World" thing for years now, but I just didn't know they had been comped. Looking over the track lists on these, I thought to myself, "Wow, these are what he thinks are the coolest songs in the world? Hell, the bands on the Hideout have better stuff than this..." and that's when the light bulb went off over my head! Why not put together a comp or two or sixteen of some of "the coolest songs on the Hideout"? Yeah! These would be digital download compilations only (no physical CDs to get pressed since anyone interested in having them on CD can burn their own CDs themselves if they want). We could make them available here on the Hideout for free and even put them up via TuneCore on eMusic, iTunes, Amazon.com and some other online stores for a nominal fee (selling them there; giving them away for free here). Plus, the songs would also get some spins on our various podcasts... probably more so than anything on Mevio's Music Alley. All I'd need would be some bands to submit material... and there are already a LOT of bands here.

HOW TO SUBMIT SONGS FOR THE HIDEOUT COMP SERIES:

1. First and foremost, you MUST have an account on this site to be a part of the Hideout Comp Series! It doesn't have to be a band page necessarily, but at least one band member must be a registered member here. (That's sorta the point of doing this, ya know... to showcase Hideout bands!) And furthermore, we'd appreciate it if you keep your account active here for at least a year after the comp is released (if we use your song). None of this join the site to submit the song, have it get approved/included on one of the volumes, and then delete your account. That's just not cool. And yes, a few bands have done this already.
2. Specs: Make sure your submission is in 16-bit WAV format, ripped at 1411 kbps (bit rate) and 44.100 kHz (sample rate). Sorry, we can't accept MP3s. And please make sure your WAV files are ripped from CD or a studio master. We don't recommend converting MP3s (especially low bit rate ones) to WAVs, or else the compression artifacts inherent in the MP3 will still be there in the WAV file.
3. It's helpful if you include BOTH the name of the band AND the song title in the file name of the WAV. Something like this: The_Evil_Eyes_Honey_Please.wav (that way I know what the song is and what band submitted it... all very helpful info to have when putting together a compilation album!).
4. We also prefer to have UNMASTERED songs. We can accept mastered songs, just know that if you have an unmastered version, please submit that instead.
5. When you've got your song ready to go, then go to the GRGPNK Soundcloud Drop Box and upload it there for us. Please enter your own email address under "Your Contact Info" and make sure you enable downloads under the track settings, too. And, please, JUST ONE SONG PER BAND!! (Originals only; no covers.)
   
6. Next, go to your email program (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.) and send an email to me at kopper65@gmail.com. The email should include the following information: Band Name, Song Title, and Hideout Page Link - This way I not only know who submitted what songs, but how to connect the songs with their corresponding Hideout member accounts (also very important info for our comp series). Make sure you use the email address that you'll be checking most often, because, if your song makes the cut, you'll be hearing back from me in due time. So keep checking your email! NOTE: Please do NOT send me a message on Facebook, here on the Hideout, or leave a comment for me on my page. I need to keep this stuff organized, and I can't do it if people are leaving me comments and messages all over the damned place... EMAIL ME. That way I can keep it all nice and organized in one place so I don't go completely mad trying to keep on top of everything.
7. After you do all of the above, make sure you join the GRGPNK Records group here to stay on top of the releases, have access to the track lists for each comp, not to mention the download links.
8. IF YOUR SONG IS CHOSEN TO BE INCLUDED on one of our upcoming volumes, I will contact YOU. There is no need for you to keep bugging me about it or email me asking if I got the track. If you don't hear from me, that means your song didn't get selected. However, it may still get selected for a future volume as I keep ALL of these songs on hand, just in case. When I email you, I'll ask you to agree to our terms, which are copied below for you so you know what to expect:

Please be aware that by taking part and submitting music for this series, that you agree that you'll not recoup any money from sales. These comps will be released under a Creative Commons license (Attribution Non-Commercial/No Derivatives), meaning people will be allowed to copy and redistribute the songs as they please, as long as they abide by the Creative Commons guidelines (no modifications or commercial use will be allowed). If you belong to one of the Performance Rights Organizations like BMI, ASCAP or SESAC, you can still release your work under Creative Commons. Read this article for more info. Also, regarding mechanical royalties, if you belong to the Harry Fox Agency (a similar organization that collects mechanical royalties for musicians and other copyright holders), you agree to waive your mechanical royalties for the track submitted. You're making this agreement with the understanding that it is for promotional use only, that hopefully in return for your song appearing on one of these comps, that you'll get some good exposure out of it, and that any money made from sales of downloads from Bandcamp or through eMusic, iTunes, Amazon, Napster, etc. being funneled in through our TuneCore account will go directly towards paying for the distribution of more of these comps in the future, with any leftover money (if any) going towards supporting the GaragePunk Hideout.