On this episode Ryan takes a close look at the hair metal scene of the Sunset Strip in the 1980s. Just kidding, it’s more rockabilly, garage, soul, punk or whatever you want to call this stuff. We just call it rock & roll.
Welcome to episode #4 of The Vagabond Garage Rocker. Steve is all over the damn place in this one, proving once again why he is a true Vagabond! This instalment includes down right over driven’ bluegrass tracks from the likes of Jawbone, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir to new shit from GitoGito Hustler. So dust off your old coveralls, put on your punk rock shit-kickers and giddy-up!!
Happy Memorial Day! Here’s episode number 9 of Savage Kick. This time out Kopper digs out some great selections from The New Bomb Turks, Sugar Shack, Impala, The Delmonas, Sonic Chicken 4, The Persuaders, The Makers, The Bangers, The 5.6.7.8′s, and lots more raunchiness. Grab the giggle juice and prepare to get punked.
Dan Electreau’s orbit has once again brought him close enough to planet Earth that he is within transmission range. This time around he turns up the twang with an all-instroMENTAL installment of Flying Saucer Rock’n'Roll.
Central Computer presents a particularly atmospheric and varied batch of scuzzy and ghoulish instrumentals, decrepit fuzz stompers and broken-boned shouters. All in all, it’s pretty ugly.
The latest installment of Florida Rocks Again! is the purest expression of the show’s garage underbelly, with many great cuts from 1965 to 1968, but most from 1966. Together with “Sunshine State Garage Revisited” (FRA! #5 & 7) this episode makes the case for Florida’s garage greatness. Featuring We The People, the Allman Joys, Beaver Patrol, and many, many more. Produced by MalThursday and JeffMiami in living mono.
Technology Editor Tony Glover reports how in the iPod age the record industry is going forward by returning to the days of vinyl
BESET by digital piracy and increasing customer reluctance to pay for CDs, the music industry is fighting back with its latest technology – black vinyl records.
Music labels and high street retailers are busy turning back the industry’s clock to a time not only before internet song downloads, but also before CDs or even audio cassettes. The irony is that the vinyl revolution is being led by teenage consumers who are prepared to stand in line for the latest 45 rpm single or 33 1/3rpm LP (long-playing record) in much the same way that their parents, or in some cases their grandparents, did.
According to Rob Campkin, the head of Music at Virgin Megastores, vinyl is now outselling CDs when it comes to the latest records.
“Up to 70% of sales of new releases are vinyl. The fans of popular new rock bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Raconteurs prefer vinyl to CD,” said Campkin. “When the Raconteurs’ latest single was released, 80% of high-street sales were for seven-inch vinyl and only 20% were for CDs.”
“We are not just talking about vinyl singles but also about albums – the format is just continuing to grow,” said HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo.
Lucky number 13 of One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette, ready for you to digest and dispose of. This episode features some heavyweights such as the New York Dolls, Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps, ? and The Mysterians and loads more. So download it, throw it on the iPod, burn it to CD, or whatever your typical ritual is, and crank the fucker up!
Ready for the weekend? Brad is! Get Drunk & Play Records will set the stage for your lame ass. Whatcha drinkin’… Heineken? FUCK THAT SHIT! Recommended beer: Pabst Blue Ribbon!!
One of the greatest garage rock bands of the ’80s will knock you out with an hour of rare live material recorded around the same time they went into the studio to knock out their classic 4-song debut EP. This is actually the first of three live Lyres shows that we’ll be posting. The others will come later, so stay tuned. They’re all knockouts!
Wow! We’re rolling out new episodes faster than Willie Nelson rolls out new releases or rolls up his favorite smoking blend. The second season rolls on as guest Baron Von Kopper (of The Wayback Machine radio show and the Savage Kick podcast) takes control of the musical playlist while Jeff & Bob look at two very off beat feature films in the Public Domain, Roger Corman’s A Bucket of Blood (1959) and William “one shot” Beaudine’s Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952). The principal roles in both movies are played by “actors” who are all much shorter than Ronnie James Dio and overcome their vertically challenged stature with “lifts,” aka elevator shoes.
After a short hiatus, Nick is back with episode three of State of Mynd – still showcasing all the cool ’60s garage, beat, and psych sounds buried by time, podcast direct from under a rock in New Jersey. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Keith Relf (May 14, 1976), so you bet a harmonica and “I’m Not Talking” will be included in the set.
GaragePunk.com & Reverend Dan (of the award-winning Music for Nimrods radio show on KXLU-FM 88.9 in Los Angeles) present FASTER, PUSSYCAT! ROCK! ROCK! – 60 minutes of Rock & Roll Cat Songs! Be sure to download this exciting show for your favorite feline lover. Or for your favorite feline. We don’t care. Whomever gets to hear it, please enjoy this tribute to those pointy-eared tuna-eaters that try to steal our breath when we sleep. We kid because we love. Enjoy! Hiss! Meow!
Another extended hiatus has been nullified as Kopper returns with the eighth hardboiled episode of Savage Kick featuring some killer garage, punk, and primitive rock’n'roll… including music from The Mummies, The Nomads, Riff Randells, The Boys From Nowhere, The Beachcombers, The Trashies, The Little Killers, and more. Grab the giggle juice and prepare to get punked.
From the new Black Lips live platter to the stunning introduction of Thee Crucials (Featuring the Forum‘s FuzzAndJangle and ShakeRevard), this episode is packed to the gills with greatness. Stick and move: straight into Coolsville!
Central Computer overclocks itself with a fierce selection of US garage stompers, Japanese uber-fuzz, Mexican handclap’n'roll and other crude trash from Nowheresville. Buckle up, you vulture.
Here’s one that fell through the cracks, the infamous “lost episode” of Get Drunk & Play Records. Eluding scientists, scientologists, and proctologists for several weeks, it finally surfaced as shit often does in a flood after a hurricane. Recommended beer: Dixie and Lone Star.