Hey y'all. I recently started getting into the Black Lips a lot and was wondering if any of you fine folks knew of more bands with a similar happy-go-lucky, hand-clapping vibe? I especially dig bands that dip between multiple genres, or are sorta uncategorizable.

ie, more stuff like this:

See through Lucite?  

The Longhorn may be ugly, but uncool it ain't! 

I also put the Danectro Longhorn in the cool guitar category. The design is funky but Danelectros have a historic reputation as great sounding cheap guitars. Some of them are admittedly too cheap.

Have to say I think dano longhorns are pretty cool!

These last two are really good examples :-)

This is not a cool guitar, despite it's garage appeal to some.  Sure, it has Bela Lugosi on it, but it's made by ESP.  

The Mighties said:

Is too simple to post uncool metal guitars...let see some garage-like but ugly guitar

Is too simple to post uncool metal guitars...let see some garage-like but ugly guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOE6YWLlGw 

But of course!  Wake up to a song (either language) about waking up.
 
PERSIAN CLAWS said:

Either:

Or:

 

Not sure how many people would appreciate this...but when I used to go to work I had this song on a lot. It's some good Folky sort of West Coast Rock sort of thing from the early 70s. It's absolutely beautiful.

I have always loved this version of Otis Redding's Security!  

This month's show is now on the GaragePunk jukebox featuring the following tracks: 

One Girl Man – The Lost Agency, 

I Cried – The Chains, 

Death of a Romantic – The Smugglers, 

Pop Song – Mikal Cronin & Ty Segall, 

Dokks – The Hussy, 

A Simple Mistake – Indian Wars, 

My Soap Won’t Float – The Regiment, 

Haunted House – Dead Ghosts, 

Get Along – Mikal Cronin, 

I Bought My Eyes – Ty Segall Band, 

City Hall – Graham Coxon, 

My Momma Said – Epsilons, 

More Cigarettes – Cheap Time, 

96 Larmes – Jack of Heart, 

Bottle Up and Go – Leadbelly, 

You Know I Got to Do It – Leadbelly, 

Test Drive – The Mummies, 

Swami – William Penn Fyve, 

Alice the Goon – Wobbly Lamps. 

Have a listen and leave us some comments.

Broadcast every month for your listening pleasure from the Thames Delta in the UK, Laggers, Miggins and Coop will be spinning vinyl from their record collections, aiming to play stuff that you might not hear on other shows at the Hideout.

Of course The Rip Offs!!!

Coyotemen!

The Towelheads!

Glad you enjoyed it Jason, the 7" is available direct from us here. Only 100 of the 250 limited singles left, they are selling quickly. Get one before they're gone folks.

Jason Feldmann said:

This is a really cool sound. Just listened to the 2nd song -- She Wants Me Dead -- thanks for posting to the cloud for all to hear and appreciate. And incidentally, two and a half minutes might just be the perfect song length. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate all kinds of music, and dig on opus-like songs from Pink Floyd, Mars Volta, Sleep, Grails.... but sometimes bands just need to get to the point and kick out the jams.

Polyvinyl Craftsmen said:

Wobbly Lamps from the UK. Check their new single here

MFC Chicken:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ghUPXWWtQ

very similar to my set up.

dearmond m75t (orange)

67? fender band master

fender reverb (reissue) when it works, i've had some probs with it.

Premier reverberation when the Fender is broke

i use 3 different levels of distortion, and usually decide on the fly what sound i want depending on mood, intensity, the room, the audience, etc.

they are SD-1, DS-1, and little big muff.

Otto, let me ask you this... so you have the fender reverb because you like it better than the reverb on the twin? or is something wrong with the twin?

Otto Parts said:

'82 Rickenbacker 620
'63 Danelectro (reissue)
Dearmond M75T (champagne glitter)

'68 Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Reverb Tank (reissue)

Fair enough! My thinking on the matter was that "Sister Ray" was the type of song that was probably a bit afield of the interests of most people who usually listen to the show, thus i was attempting to add some manner of, i dunno, "entertainment value" or something by periodically playing something goofy over the top of the instrumental parts. I realized that this would likely come across as annoying to people who really liked the song ((such as myself)), but i kind of thought i needed to do *something* if i was to be playing a seventeen-and-a-half-minute song on a podcast full of two-minute songs. I actually wanted to get all creative and do a big mash-up of "Sister Ray" and "Wild Dub" by GENERATION X and call it "Wild Sister Dub by VELVET X" but that didn't work out at all so i just threw cartoon theme bits here and there. I agree that i'd rather just listen to the song without all the nonsense, but ultimately thought that playing a 17:31 song with no nonsense somewhat violated the spirit of the show, so there ya go. Thanks for your opinion, i agree with it in large part.

That said, the 60's Batman TV show was AWESOME, and i don't really care if i disrespect Lou Reed, he can come over to my house and punch me in the face if he has a problem with me!

No idea where to find the lyrics for it and my Spanish ain't nearly good enough to translate at such speed! You can get their mini-album for free at http://lamotodefernan1.bandcamp.com/

I had to think about it for a while, but NOW I remember...

Okay...Lenny Kaye used to have a column in Rock Scene called "Ask Doc Rock," where readers would write in and ask various questions pertaining to rock trivia.

In one 1974 issue, one reader noticed the huge bulge in the crotch of Syl's pants on the back cover and wondered if he was, ah, "stuffed." Just like that dude from Spinal Tap.

Lenny remarked that he'd asked Syl point-blank what the deal was. He said that was indeed HIM. His manhood. No enhancements necessary.

Much later, I interviewed Syl in '97 or '98 for a local magazine here in Chicago and asked the same question. He told me the same thing he told Lenny, adding (rough paraphrase), "hey, I'm Jewish, Johnny Thunders was Italian, what can I say?"

BTW, all issues of Rock Scene are online now. If you want to see this exchange for yourself, here it is on Page 10: http://www.rockscenester.com/rockscene10book/ 

Thank you so much for posting this!

Victor Lopez said:

Done! I suggest you all download it just in case! Sorry for the lack of information.

Enjoy!

Part 1: https://vimeo.com/45539432

Part 2: https://vimeo.com/45540502

Part 3: https://vimeo.com/45541224

Part 4: https://vimeo.com/45541266

kopper said:

Have you tried posting them on Vimeo?