3/30/2012

Stream the show (just past the news.)

*are new releases/arrivals!

*Bare Mutants    "Inside My Head"    Without You 7-inch    (Hozac)    Chicago
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Hilary    "Kinetic"    Kinetic EP    (Backstreet)    1983
*Malvoeaux    "Fatal Games"    Broken Anthem    (100%  Silk)
*Maria Minerva    "These Days"    Cabaret Cixous    (Not Not Fun)    UK via Estonia
*SIC    "Voltage Control"    Thought Noises    (Dark Entries)    reissue; orig. late 70s Belgium
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*The Prefab Messiahs    "Got A Hole In Me"    Devolver    (Desperately Happy)    reissue; orig. early 80s
*The Prefab Messiahs    "Beyond All That"    Devolver    (Desperately Happy)
Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship    "Flamingos Our Father"    The Yuppies/Noah's Ark... split 7-inch    (Dutch Hall)    2009 Omaha, NE
*Bazooka    "Tingle"    I Want To Fuck All The Girls In My School 7-inch    (Slovenly)    Athens, Greece
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*Hunx    "Private Room"    Hairdresser Blues    (Hardly Art)
The Young Playthings    "So Into Sixty"    self-titled 7-inch    (self-released)    2005
The Yum Yums    "Girls Like That"    Girls Like That 7-inch    (Screaming Apple)    1997 Norway
Mr. T Experience    "Now We Are Twenty One"    Nightshift at the Thrill Factory    (Rough Trade)    1988 Berkeley
*Slow Trucks    "Why You Want?"    Why You Want? 7-inch    (20-Sided)    2011
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*Ty Segall    "It's A Problem"    Ty Segall/The Feeling of Love split 7-inch    (Permanent)
La La Vasquez    "Do It Again, Change This"    La La Vasquez/Neonates split 7-inch    (Onec)   2011 England
*Paint Fumes    "Egyptian Rats"    Egyptian Rats 7-inch    (Slovenly)    Charlotte, NC
*Family Curse    "Julia Armant"    Julia Armant 7-inch    (Drawing Room)
*The Dictaphone    "Controlled Meetings"    Controlled Meetings 7-inch    (Sweet Rot)    France
*Dead Luke    "Critical"    Running Scared 7-inch    (Sweet Rot)    2008
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*Dan Melchior    "Old Golem"    Excerpts (& Half-Speeds)    (Kye)
Randy California    "Downer"    Kapt. Kopter & the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds  (CBS)    1972 (R.C. from Spirit)
Gary Lee Yoder    "Flight From The East"    Flight From The East 7-inch    (Epic)    1969

Out of Athens, Greece  I present you with "Tingle" by Bazooka, a relentless attack in hard-hitting Mediterranean garage that prominently features two drummers while the guitars switch from melodious screeching to ultimate power-riffing. Take a listen and you'll see what I mean:

3/23/2012

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. Who's who is your guess.

Figured that I might as well get into the habit of posting the entire playlist from my shows, so here we go:

*are new releases/arrivals. # are Color Technic picks. I was conducting an interview with Seth Bogart (aka Hunx), which will hopefully appear in the Spring issue of KDViationS!

*# Iji     "Chips"     Yerself   (self-released)  
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*Swimsuit     "Sunlight"     Swimsuit     (Speakertree)
*Nikki Louder     "Hips Like Elvis"     Our World Died     (Moonlee)     Slovenia
*Trans Upper Egypt     "TLW Are Deaf"     North African Berserk    (Monofonus Press)   Rome, Italy
*The Band in Heaven     "Sleazy Dreams"     Sleazy Dreams EP     (Hozac)     Florida
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*Teledrome     "Double Vision"     Double Vision EP     (Hozac)     Alberta, Canada
*Teledrome     "Lazarus"     Double Vision EP     (Hozac)
*The Mentally ILL     "Padded Cell"     Gacy's Place 7"     (Last Laugh)     reissue; orig. 1979
*The Embarrassment     "Patio Set"     Sex Drive 7"     (Last Laugh)     reissue; orig. 1980
Planets     "Love Song"     Planets     (self-released)
*Twin Steps     "Pinkie Promise"     Serial Parade EP     (Cola Bruin)     Oakland. Ex-KDVS DJs label
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Dave Edmunds     "Girls Talk"     Repeat When Necessary     (Swan Song) 1979 UK
*The Resonars     "Sit Right Down"     Long Long Thoughts EP     (Trouble in Mind)    Arizona
1971 Plymouth Duster TV Spot
*The Avengers     "Be A Caveman"     b/w I Told You So    (Mighty Mouth Music)    reissue; orig. 1966
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich     "Bend It"     b/w She's So Good     (Fontana)     UK 1966
Willie & the Red Rubber Band    "Little Old Clockmaker"    Little Old Clockmaker 7"  (RCA Victor) late 60s
Nesbitt's Orange jingle (early 70s TV spot)
The Yellow Balloon     "Good Feelin' Time"    b/w I've Got A Feeling For Love    (Canterbury)      1967
The Easybeats     "Made My Bed: Gonna Lie In It"     b/w Friday On My Mind     United Aritsts    Australia 1966
Uncle Ben & Wild Rice    "Sinner"     Pebbles Vol. 11: Northern California     AIP
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Crystal Mansion     "I Got Somethin' For You"     b/w For The First Time     Capital

Thursday 3/22/12 Camp Wisdom and Sunshine & Irony on KDVS!!

Jonathan Thompson, Eric Donahue, Madison Johnson and Kiana Lowe 

of Sunshine & Irony

Just in case you missed the show with Camp Wisdom and Sunshine & Irony at the Robot Rocket Residence on Wednesday night or wish you'd been there, I have a treat for you! This past Thursday morning my best buddy and fellow KDVS DJ, the Color Technic, and I hosted a last minute fill-in for "Sovereignty Sound" and invited the RRR bands to play a live session in studio B. It was a real pleasure to have this sweet bunch of charming Olympia folksters on-air with us so I hope you give it a listen and enjoy!

Live on KDVS: Camp Wisdom and Sunshine & Irony

3/16/2012 English Accents Playlist

Syd Barrett in London, 1969 by Mick Rock

Posting this week's playlist in its entirety here since it went up kinda wonky on the KDVS site during the show. Listen too if you like!
* denotes new releases/additions to the KDVS library

*The Ketamines    "1 Yr"    Spaced Out    (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.)    Alberta, Canada 
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*The Resonars   " Long Long Thoughts"  Long Long Thoughts EP  (Trouble in Mind)  One-man Arizona band
*The Paperhead    "She Is Above Me"  Pictures of Her Demise  (Trouble in Mind) New! Nashville, TN
Syd Barrett    "Late Night"    The Madcap Laughs   (EMI)    1970 England
*Dan Melchior    "Red Nylon Valance"    Red Nylon Valance 7"   (SDZ) Records
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*The Limit    "Shake Me"    self-titled    (Cheap Rewards)   *Reissue! New Orleans, rec. live 1982
The Afflicted    "142"    Eel Pie Vol.2    (no label)    late 70s
The Rebels    "The Leader Of Rebellion"    Bloodstains Across the UK Vol. 2   (Bloodstains)     1978    
Ed Nasty & the Dopeds    "I'm Gonna Be Everything"    I'm Gonna Be Everything 7"    (Last Laugh)   Reissue, orig. 1978
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Emily's Sassy Lime    "Dippity Do-Nut"  Dippity Do-Nut 7"        (Kill Rock Stars)    1996
*Stag    "Goin' Out"    Get Used To It 7"    (Disembraining)    New!  Brisbane, Australia
Eazy Teeth    "Her Blade"    Car Noise 7"    (Dental Records)    1980 
*Lazy Magnet    "Arrows Of Lust"    Lazy Magnet/Father Finger split 7"    Corleone  
*Scraps    "Secret Paradise"    self-titled 7"    (Disembraining) 
Jeanette   "In The Morning"    In The Morning 7"    (Survival)    1983 S. London 
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Bamu Express    "Stuck Strut"    All I Got Is Me    (self-released)    Sacramento, CA 
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*The Golden Boys  "Older Than You"    Dirty Fingernails   (12XU)   New! w/ John Wesley Coleman III
*The Wrong Words  "How To Keep A Straight Face"  How to Keep A Straight Face 7"   (Trouble in Mind)  San Francisco
The Bartelbees    "Peppermint and Barbecue"    What Is It All About?   (Little Teddy Recordings)  1993 
*The Resonars    "Paint My Window Green"    Paint My Window Green 7"    (Trouble in Mind)
*Destination Lonely    "I'm Down"    Kiss or Kicks    (Les Disques Steak)
*Protomartyr    "Bubba Helms"    Dreads 85 84 7"    (Urinal Cake)
Ebonics    "Rock n' Roll/Partytime"    Rock n' Roll/Partytime 7"    (Daggerman)      2009 

*Grown-Ups    Spare Tim    Spare Time    (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.)
*Grown-Ups    It Gets Worse    Spare Time    (Mammoth Cave Recording Co. )
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*Red Mass    "Television Personalities"    Television Personalities 7"    (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.)

3/2/2012 The Other "Cake"

The Cake c. 1967

I'll start with the playlist this time. You can also stream it! 

M.G. & the Escorts    "A Someday Fool"    Beyond Chicks & Cars Vol. 7    (no label)    1967

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The Cake    "You Can Have Him"    The Cake    (Decca)    1967 New York

The Luv'd Ones    "Up Down Sue"    Girls in the Garage Vol.1    (Romulan)    1966

The Cake    "I Know"    The Cake    (Decca)  

The Raeletts    "Keep It To Yourself"    Yesterday... Today... Tomorrow     (Tangerine)    1972

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The Chymes    "Quite A Reputation"    

*The Pharmacy    "Lazy Bones"    Dig Your Grave EP    (Kind Turkey) 

Mary Butterworth    "Feeling I Get"    Mary Butterworth    (Rockadrome)    1969

The Monkees    "Circle Sky"    Monkey Flips    (Rhino)    1968 R.I.P. Davey Jones

The Monkees   "She Hangs Out"   Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.   (Colgems)    1967

The Monkees    "Teardrop City"    b/w A Man Without A Dream    (RCA Victor)    1969

The Monkees    "The Door Into Summer"    Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.    (Colgems)

Ian Matthews    "Lonely Hunter"    Go for Broke    (CBS)    1976

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*The Skunks    "Earthquake Shake"    Can't Get Loose 7-inch    (Last Laugh)    reissue; orig. 1979 Austin, TX

*The Mentally ILL    "Tumor Boy"    Gacy's Place 7-inch    (Last Laugh)    reissue; orig. 1979 Chicago

*Kidda Band    "(Watch Out) Thief"    Watch Out Thief 7-inch    (Last Laugh)    reissue; orig. 1978 UK

Mickey Hampshire & the Masonics    "Silently By Night"    Silently By Night (Little Teddy Recordings)    1998

*The Lonesome Savages    "All Outta Love"    All Outa Love EP    (Kind Turkey)    

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*Elvis Christ    "Wild At Heart"    Rock & Roll Saviour    (1-2-3-4 Go!)    

*King Lollipop    "You Will Never Find Me"    Woodland Whoopee Songs of Ol' Callowee! (1-2-3-4 Go!)    Cody Blanchard of Shannon & the Clams

*Uzi Rash    "Come On"    I Saw You 7-inch    (1-2-3-4 Go!)    

*Charles Albright    "The Hate Van"    Split Personalities 7-inch    (Sacramento)    split w/Matt K. Shrugg; Head cover

*Slim Twig    "Pastiche"    There's A Secret To Your Pleasure 7-inch    (Callico Corp.)

Movie Star Junkies    "Montgomery Clift"    Junkyears: Rarities & Farm Recordings 2005-2007    (Avant)    Italy

*Buzz    "Lo Sai"    See You Sioux    (Dark Entries)    reissue

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*U.S. Girls    "The Island Song"    The Island Song 7-inch    Calico Corp.

Now let's get down to business!

Originally a teenage a cappella group from New York, the all-female trio The Cake formed in 1966 and recorded two full-length albums before calling it quits in '68. The group wrote and recorded much of their own material which consists mostly of baroque pop numbers and more soulful ballads like "You Can Have Him" (in the video below) and even shared a manager/producer with Sonny & Cher.

Notice Jeanette Jacobs (in green and on the left) acting a little out of it? Admittedly a bit strange, especially for this archival performance footage from 1967, but the only explanation I've read for Jacobs' seemingly detached mannerisms was that she suffered from epilepsy and was possibly heavily medicated at the time. Read more about The Cake's swift and overlooked rise and fall within the 60s rock and roll scene here if you like.

3/9/2012 New Dan Melchior, Italian Synth and Playing Catch-Up With Myself!

It's been awhile since my last post, so keep checking back during the week as I continue to update the blog with a whole month's worth of tunes to share!

Gonna kick-off this backlog with material from the most recent show. Soon-to-be new KDVS DJ Fred-Eric joined me in Studio B this past Friday to learn a few tricks and pick up some of my bad habits. Stream this venture into new recordings and late 70s punk HERE! -- Playlistings HERE!

First up is English-bred Dan Melchior's "Dogbite Meltdown #1" from the Red Nylon Valance 7" (SDZ Records.) The A-side and title track is an equally brilliant brand of hauntingly sodden guitar droning with convoluted lyrics that I'll save for next week.

Up next it's the Italian cold-pop trio Der Noir with "Stranger's Eye." Birthed in the summer of 2011, the group's debut album A Dead Summer was released on RBL/Bloodrock Records in late January 2012. (A self-released, self titled EP was also issued last year.) With the exception of "Lontano Dalle Rive" and "Cosa Vedo," all songs are sung with a forlorning Italian accent in English by vocalist Manuele Frau.

Now to close-out with another track de Italia: "Train Of Love" by Sandy & Cromo, off of the uber-rare Simple Fantasy Italo-disco album they self-released in '84. This particular cut could even top-off a punk set since it has a bit 'o power pop leanings. If not for the telltale hi-hat disco beat and synths it coulda been a rock & roll song!

2/24/2012 Rock'n'pop!

Dynastie Crisis c. 1970

*Charles Bradley    "Stay Away"    Heartaches and Pain    (Daptone)
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The Shalimars    "Stop And Take A Look At Yourself"    This Time Just The Girls    (no label)
Marcia Strassman    "Out Of The Picture"    The Flower Children 7-inch    (Uni)    1967
Facts of Life    "Sometimes"    Sometimes 7-inch    (Kayvette)    1976
Solomon Burke    "Home In Your Heart"    Mojo Music Guide Vol. 3    (Mojo) 1963
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*The Lijadu Sisters    "Life's Gone Down Low"    Danger    (Knitting Factory)    1976 Nigeria
Erin Koray    "Krallar"    Mechul: Singles & Rarities    (Sublime Frequencies)    1974 Turkey
Q. 65    "Cry In The Night"    Infernal World    (Martian)    1966 Holland
Les Gaelic    "Gardez Les Cheveux Longs"    Infernal World    (Martian)    mid-60s France
France Gall    "5 Minutes D'Amour"    Palmares 1    (EMI/Pathe)    1972 France
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Dynastie Crisis    "Rock And Roll Dans La Rue"    Palmares 1    (EMI/Pathe)
Donnie Denim & AM Radio    "Rock 'N' Roll Love Affair"    Rock 'N' Roll Love Affair 7-inch     Radio X    1999
Demolition Doll Rods    African Lipstick    African Lipstick 7-inch    (Bulb)    w/Dan from the Gories
Demolition Doll Rods    "We're The Doll Rods"    We're The Doll Rods 7-inch    (Womb/PAST IT)    1994
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*Ichi Ni San Shi    "Here Sometime Today"    Here Sometime Today 7-inch    (Super Secret)
*Contrepoison    "Heartbeat"    Until Next Morning EP    (Avant!)
Department-S    "Is Vic There?"    Put All The Crosses In The Right Boxes 7-inch    (Stiff)    1981
*Happy Refugees    "Inertia"    Return to Last Chance Saloon    (Acute)    reissue; orig. 1984 New Zealand
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*Jack Ruby    "Hit and Run"    self-titled    (ugEXPLODE)    reissue; orig. 1974 demo
Pink Section    "Tour Of China"    Tour Of China/Shopping 7-inch    (self-released)    1979 San Francisco
*Happy Refugees    "Hamburger Boy"    Return to Last Chance Saloon    (Acute)
Red C    "Jimi 45"    Flex Your Head    (Dischord)    recorded c. 1981
Deprived    "Enough Is Enough"    Reject the Illusion... Class War Now!!    (Resistance)    early 90s Portland punk
*The Golden Awesome    "Astronomy"    Autumn    (M'Lady's)  
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*Keep On Dancin's    "Beetlehead"    The End of Everything    (Merenoise)

2/17/2012