Looking back at 2009

While this blog keeps marching on into the new decade, a few notables that were much better mp3 blogs than the one your eyes are currently feasting on have sadly disappeared. The German blog Garageland aka Lick My Pussy Eddie Van Halen that had a lot of garage rock, punk and Flying Nun music sadly disappeared. Thanks to Jorge, his uploads are already appearing on this blog with more to come.

Nuclear Farmed Fuck Frogs disappeared after Bernard the Librarian sold all of his record collection. However the posts still exist and the files may still available. Bernard posted great stuff like Ed Gein's Car , Th'inbred, Shattered Faith and his flyer collection. Check it out by clicking on the link.

Kick the homeless started with a roar with stuff from demos from Dag Nasty, Metallica, Exodus, Testament and too much other good punk, hardcore and metal that it's difficult to remember all of it.


Out of print punk aka Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes- has completely disappeared as a labels were asking them to remove material they were re-releasing. I remember seeing Sloppy Seconds album Destroyed there which was recently released with bonus tracks by Kid Tested records.

While these blogs have hit the dust - all the ones in the sidebar are still active - check them out. After all, they're linked for a reason. These people generally have good taste in music and are capable of writing about it. Most of the stuff they post is out of print. If you just want a blog with a new album to download and no explanation of its content- use google, dickbrain.

Another thing that sadly disappeared last year was Futoshi Abe, who thrashed the guitar for the Japanese garage rock band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. Thanks to Jorge and Garageland, here is their Rumble EP.




Rumble

To be continued:

Rip Shit or Bust

Above pic: Not the album cover.

Pic of the Terrorways taken by Murray Cammick and stolen from Simon Grigg's website.

Here's Ripper Records final output from the year of 1983. Six New Zealands bands from two islands. Personal favourites are the Terrorways celebration of short haired rock and roll. Spelling Mistakes ode to Reena's non-facial lips title alone ensured it was never going to get commercial radio play. The shock value has worn off for me but the country tinged song still has the same naughty schoolboy appeal years after first hearing it.

Rip into it!

Double Happys

Here's one of Shayne Carter's pre-Straitjacket Fits recordings from a band named after fire crackers. This recording captures the band live and includes a couple of practice tracks. The pop splendour that was later finely hooned in Shayne's next band glimmers although there are definitely shining moments. The life of the double happys was cut short due to losing a band member in a train accident. The sense of humour and love of pop culture in that was present in Shayne's first band, Bored Games track Joe 90 is revisited in Big Fat Elvis

Bang!

The Chills - Peel Sessions

One of the first CD's to ever make it to my collection was a Bauhaus Peel Session. When I bought it I knew next to nothing about John Peel except the bland album covers with Peel sessions written on featured a number of bands I like and I was only familiar with about two Bauhaus songs. This post has little to do with goths unless you count the cold of New Zealand's South Island (where I'm headed for a little while). The Chills come from the South Island and John Peel comes from England. At some point both met to produce a Peel Session album.

Here

Lost Cause, Mate

Proto-grunge? Post-punk? Bubblegum Psychedelia? Screw labels. Here's some fair dinkum noisy rock and roll from Australia's Cosmic Psychos.

Grab it before it goes cold, mate.

Victim's Coffin- Family Break

Seattle's Coffin Break are Californian dreaming taking in small but noticable melodic punk chunks from Bad Religion and Big Drill Car. This evil twin of this 7" features the jazz punk of Californians Victims Family and if you shut your eyes and pretend not to know they are different, we forgive you for confusing them with NoMeansNo. Now, open your eyes and listen to my evil twin again.

Twin

Flesh D-vice- Secrets of the Estranged

The capital city that houses New Zealand's politician was also home to punk band, Flesh D-vice. This 1985 album was reviewed in the US punk fanzine, Maximum Rock and Roll by Pushead who stated: "Reminiscent of the first RED ROCKERS LP, this changes and burns with a strong medium-paced feel. Grinding twangs from the guitar are the focal point in the mix and the work's choice. Well-delivered with a fluid drive, the compositions are musically thought out and catch harmonious notes soon to bounce around the brain."
The band were looking for international release of this album according to this old MRR New Zealand scene report by Neil Cartwright.

This album is probably best known for containing the song "Flaming Soul" but that's hardly the only worthy song here. With songs titles such as "Legends of Lugosi" and "Science Faction" plus that cover you know these guys all have a healthy interest in horror.


Flesh