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    • October 7, 2010 10:45 AM CDT

    • Thanks and a tip of the hat to John at Monkey Beat Podcast for alerting his listeners to a 55-MP3 sampler from Slovenly Records, a Reno, Nevada company.

      There's cool stuff from Wau y Los Arrrghs!!!, The Black Lips, Billy Childish, The Reigning Sound, King Automatic, The Hollywood Sinners and more.

      And did I mention they're free??!! All you have to do is join their mailing list.

    • October 7, 2010 7:52 AM CDT
    • Yeah as I aluded to in my original email the A-Bones and Flamin Groovies had to follow them. They were good but, really paled in comparison.

      Mace Fobes said:

      I feel sorry for any poor band that has to play after 'em!

    • October 7, 2010 6:28 AM CDT
    • Very cool band. I know Jim from way back in Thee Hypnotics days. My Band The Jackets will be opening up for them in Zürich soon. It will be the first time I'll see the band live. Looking forward to it!

    • October 7, 2010 5:49 AM CDT
    • These guys are really fearsome live...saw them at the Sjock fest a couple of years back, and they blew every other act completely away. I feel sorry for any poor band that has to play after 'em!

    • October 7, 2010 3:07 AM CDT
    • Totally amazing on stage and on record, I already saw them twice and they'll be in november in my town. As already said: " The best live band I've seen in ages".

    • October 6, 2010 2:04 PM CDT
    • Saw them in LA last week & they are a great live band. The best live band I've seen in ages.

    • October 6, 2010 1:14 PM CDT
    • Yeah, there's a video of theirs posted here. It's pretty killer. Check the videos tab and search there.

    • October 6, 2010 1:01 PM CDT
    • Heard of them, but not actually heard them. Gonna have to check them out I think. Read an interview with the singer (I think) a few weeks ago, guy used to be in Thee Hypnotics. I remember them but, again, never actually heard anything they've done.

      So uh not too helpful.

    • October 6, 2010 12:50 PM CDT
    • anybody else into this great band? did a search and could find them discussed here yet.  saw them last week in new orleans and they blew me away (and the A-Bones and Flamin Groovies).  crazy energy in person and on record.  for those that don't know, think little richard meets mc5.

    • October 7, 2010 12:16 AM CDT
    • My visions pretty blurry cause I need to get some glasses eh...

    • October 6, 2010 9:45 PM CDT
    • It's too bad you've put this up on the internet. This is the type of thing you're really going to be embarrassed about writing in a few years.

    • October 6, 2010 8:25 PM CDT
    • I'm a bit mixed on the topic myself. I don't think there's anything wrong with emulating your heroes but at the same time you don't want to lose your identity either. I don't think I bring one original idea to the table to tell you the truth, but I've gotten a lot of compliments by people I really admire and they say I'm a real original un-original and I really like that compliment.

    • October 6, 2010 8:28 PM CDT
    • The Sonics Psycho is quite a stretch. They just liked the title, and didn't even know that Alfred Hitchcock might have based it on a real person.

      Alex said:

      The Sonics - "Psycho"
      Also, any song by Hasil Adkins where he talks about cutting off girls' heads. "No More Hot Dogs," for example.

    • October 6, 2010 8:14 PM CDT
    • I rarely cuss but I 'm gonna give this a FUCK YEAH. I've been looking for this for the last five years on youtube. I have a copy on some old VHS that I recorded off AMC when they had American Pop (which wouldn't surprise me if this is the same source).

      kopper said:


    • October 6, 2010 2:32 PM CDT
    • YAY! :D

    • October 6, 2010 11:32 AM CDT
    • I didn't get the stoner vibe from Natural Child at all... except for visually, maybe (the bass player did look an awful lot like a stoner friend of mine from high school), but their sound was just raw, sloppy garage rock'n'roll.

      I thought Tyvek kicked ass live. Much better than their self-titled LP which I bought recently but didn't care much for (although I do include a song from it on my latest podcast).

      Oblivians did sound a bit strange at the Granada. Just wasn't the best venue for them, but they still sounded great.

      Check out some of my friend Tom's pics from the fest here:
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomq/

    • October 5, 2010 8:51 PM CDT
    • Luke, As I said... your set was beautiful. I was listening to you guys & realized that the day was indeed going to be great. I hope I didn't miss picking up some vinyl from you guys while you were out here. Thanks Again!

      Luke said:

      I somehow was lucky enough to be involved in this,

    • October 5, 2010 8:32 PM CDT
    • I somehow was lucky enough to be involved in this, and it was the best possible ending to our first trip to America. the only downfall is that we (Sex Beet) were on first, which meant we played sober as hell, but were then absolutely trashed by early evening.

      As fas as I can remember, I managed to catch at least parts of: Digital Leather, Cola Freaks, Natural Child, Hunx, Thee Oh See's, The shrines, Gories, and then somehow I ended up watching the last half of Oblivians from the side of the stage. The whole day is a complete haze, but I fucking loved every band I saw. Anyone that didn't go missed out.

      I also completely loved the fact they stuck 28 garage punk bands in the same hotel, with 2 days of free alcohol and didn't seem to expect any trouble. I would have felt sorry for the security guard if it wasn't so much fun!