Hi Sonicmama,

Thanks for the add, What part of norfolk are you in? I'm from there originally, Thetford to be precise. Have been living in Yorkshire for the past 20 odd years though, have 2 girls as well. Any garage type events in norfolk? There used to be a club in Norwich called 'The Coffin Club' my band almost played it a one point, but broke up before we had the chance.

Pete

 

sonicmama said:

Ola! My name is Josephine and I live in Norfolk, UK. I have 2 little children aged 3 1/2 and nearly 2. Not been on this site for long, known of it for ages and listened to podcasts but getting disillusioned by Facebook and would rather talk to more normal people on here! Anyway I was into blues for a long time and suppose it all went from there, I love soul and RnB as well and obviously a load of other stuff, mostly on my profile, errrr hate filling these things out... I also like taking pictures, reading, the beach (I live right by it), usual stuff I guess! Studying a health and social degree at the moment. Would like to be a nurse some day but have to work evenings when my kids are in bed so it's taking a bit of time! So yeah. Add me if you want to chat!

Rohan O'Fukenshite? It seems that you have singlehandedly established a new high standard of coolness for rocknroll names. Wow. Mr. O'F., you are currently without peer in this regard. Could it be that you are a member of the Irish gentry, like Barry Lyndon? Were you in that movie? Were you in THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS or DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS? You SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Think how cool your name would have looked in the credits. Seriously, I am now, like, automatically interested in Quiffs N Coffins. Would you believe: there was actually a COFFIN STORE in a partially-occupied strip mall near my house. It folded. Now you have to go to the Trappist Monastery in Dubuque to get a decent box. But they're very nice. I wonder-what would it take to get Quiffs N Coffins to play in the CORN ZONE of the central US? You could really mess with people's heads here. They're not even sure what Ireland IS! The US is ripe, in more ways than one, for a band of your, uh, predilections. How do I know this? A ROCKIN' BAND with a neon-creepy ghoulvibe would just fit the zeitgeist, pun intended (I firmly believe that wretched puns are a lingering symptom of LSD damage, but I digress). Still playing my CRAMPS LPs, Kevin Edwin Kral, 2603 Falbrook Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA 52402-2603. ps. any stickers?

Quiffs N Coffins said:

Hiya guys. 

 

We are a punk/psychobilly band from Ireland called Quiffs N Coffins. 

 

Love the site, hope to be a contributing member of the community :)

 

All the best.

 

Rohan O'Fukenshite

Personally I think any band that is trying to establish themselves needs to take their releases seriously. Digitally downloaded music has opened up a lot of doors, interestingly enough it has even opened up the door for vinyl become more affluent than it has been for a long while.

I'm with the Count in that if you are going to press physical copies of your music (which you absolutely should) the content and quality of the album is more important than the quantity.

What I mean is, if you're first starting out at establishing a band and you don't have much money then let the records be rare and the files be everywhere.

Also, cassettes are cheap as hell!

Yeah, prices on those "special limited releases" are a bummer. The only thing I could get a hold of, was the TRASHBONES single: The mess I'm in.but it was nice seeing something happen around where I live. Else we only get releases of not so local labels, mostly.

...Oh, it's my 2nd Trashbones post today, take it easy on me though.

I would also say, that this sound is quite around and we are really awash with good and not so good bands that play with these elements.

By your description, WILD EVEL AND THE TRASHBONES would also fit your taste. Hard working, hard partying - both on stage. They got this shit down.

Thanks for that! Had not heard of them before! Also the Pandoras are the THING.

Jersey City Mods said:

Here's another from a band that we loved in the 90's. It might scratch your itch.

Ultra 5 "She's the Girl"

The first heavy metal song!

I don't think they would have ever said that they invented any sound or style, but their sheer popularity as a band means that for many people they were the door being opened to all that went before them and came after. Joey Ramone always cited The Beatles as one of his biggest influences.

No music is not influenced by what came before it, whether as homage or rejection.

Axel Björnsson said:

they wrote helter skelter. its a sin to dislike.

HELTER SKELTER

Byrds are still better tho.

Not me, I think it's a great album. 

John Battles said:

"A Bigger Bang" is a motherfucker , tho' I guess most people disagree.

When I was a snotty little kid in '63 or '64, my snotty little friends and I used to make fun of this new big teenage fad, The Beatles. "John Lemmon, what a sourpuss!" One day my friend's older sister, maybe she was 15 or so, asked me if I'd actually ever heard The Beatles. She took me up to her room and put Meet The Beatles on the player. Up until then, I hadn't payed much attention to music, outside of the the stuff my parents sometimes listened to, like Marty Robbins, Roger Miller, Moon River, Sink The Bismark, Grand Canyon Suite, and other odds & ends, plus vague memories of earlier doo wop and teeny pop.

I don't know if it was the music alone, or a sophisticated 'older woman' paying attention to me. What I know is that day changed my life. Meet The Beatles was the most exciting thing I ever heard. I got a transistor radio. I started combing my hair different. I lost all interest in baseball cards and comic books. Soon, I got a guitar. 

Sadly, my friend's sister died the next year, in a diving accident. The family moved away. But I continued to rock, to this very day.

Used to love this round in Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Ever wondered what Elvis Costello and Ten Tudor Pole sang?

the hentchmen!

This is amazing stuff.

You've gotta love how the mainstream music press is completely unaware of where any sort of pulse is. The NME's reaction is, "They put a gig on in their house! Who puts a gig on in their house?! Crazy!"

Bring on more Ikea gigs. Love it.

This used to happen all the time on the Psychotic Reactions forum on the old GaragePunk Forums message board (pre-Hideout). People would make comps of their '60s garage 45s and then send out CD-Rs. Of course, now it's easier to just make the comps downloadable. So yeah, I'd do it, but I wouldn't worry about distribution or actually making any money from it. Just give 'em away for free.

So's I'm thinking how cool it would be to throw my dusty hat into the soybomb ring with a collection of uncomped 45s. Yes, I know it's not a moneymaking proposition, it's all about turning people on to hidden treasure. Anyone here try it? Was it a pain getting decent distribution?

Playlist May 4/2012 Fillin for Bandaloop with Light Bulb Alley as special guests as they were playing in town at Call The Office. It was supposed to be with Paul Caporino of M.O.T.O. but he was turned away at the border.

1. Cheap Thrills....You Make Me Wanna...from their self titled 10" record. Since they are from Light Bulb Alley's hometown of Montreal, why not start the show with this record.

2. Nick Lowe....Heart Of The City...from his Pure Pop For Now People (AKA The Jesus Of Cool) LP from 1978...a classic tune to get things going.

3. Persian Claws...Mysterious Mystery...brand new from this garagepunk hideout combo.

4. The Damnsels...My Gender Role...from their 2nd 7" as we have a Damnsel living right here in sleepy London who gave me this record the other day...thanx Jinette!

5. catl....Get Outta My Car...from their Soon This Will All Be Gone CD. Record release party is Sat May 12th at Call The Office.

It was about this point the Light Bulb Alley guys came in and we started to yammer about stuff.

6. Light Bulb Alley...Long Time Coming...from their debut CD, The Sound Of Things on Ricochet Sound.

7. Light Bulb Alley....Eye In The Sky...as above.

8. Light Bulb Alley...Who Do You Love?...as above

9. Light Bulb Alley...Bad Day...as above.

10. Light Bulb Alley...Pepper Spray...from the latest Garagepunk Hideout CD compilation, We Love Trash.

11. Walnut Kids...Can't Stand 'em...from their 7" on Going Gaga Records. Drummer Seb was in this band and they played London once, opening for Paul Collins at Moon over Marin.

12. Walnut Kids...Sabrina....demo...Seb didn't drum on this one.

13. The Nils...In Betweens...from their Sell Out Young EP...Seb is the current drummer in The Nils as well as his duties in Light Bulb Alley.

14. Frankenstein 5... Cryin' Shame...from the CHRW CD compilation Dig Deeper. 2 members of the Frank 5 are in current bands, The Reply and The noble Savages who both played London recently with Light Bulb Alley.

15. Dry Heaves...Shoot Yourself...from the Italian LP of the same name and from Windsor, which is where Light Bulb Alley played last night.

16. The Spies....Underground...from a 1980 7" from this Windsor combo.

17. Weirdonia...Nymphochondriac...from their latest CD Freaks. Light Bulb Alley played with these guys in Windsor the previous night.

18. Weirdonia...Green Tables...as above.

19. The Demics...New York City...from the Talk's Cheap 12"...gotta edumacate these guys about London's past.

20. The Demics...I Won't See You No More...from the LP.

21. NFG... At The Boot...from the 63 Monroe 12" and more education about London bands.

22. Bloody Hollies...Good Night Sleep Tight...from the latest garagepunk Hideout compilation CD.

23. Teenanger...Cops...from their latest LP Frights.

24. Shirley McLaines...Cigarette...from the latest Garagepunk Hideout CD.

25. Party Lights...Before You Came Here....from their only 7" and some of the members are in Allistair's other band, The Allistairettes....good way to tie everything in for this show.

26. Light Bulb Alley...Money...live at Brennan's Beer Bistro 4/21/12.

Here's a link to the podcasts...up for one week only:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1800.mp3

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1900.mp3

Playlist May 3/2012.....The Rolling Stones Invade Treasure Island Gardens.

The true story of The Rolling Stones one time only visit to sleepy colonistic London Ontario on Apr 26/1965.  This was the only time ever, that a Rolling Stones show was stopped part way through due to a riot....and the show was not started again. True, there have been many riots (even deaths) at Rolling Stones shows, but this was the only time ever, that a show ended after approximately 15 minutes. Another thorn in sleepy London Ontario's ass.

1. Ed Rudy Radio Rolling Stones....started the show with the intro to Ed Rudy's radio show on The Rolling Stones. Originally aired on 10/23/64, the day prior to The Rolling Stones first (and controversial) appearance on stodgy old Ed Sullivan's show (more on this a little later).

This was The Rolling Stones 3rd American tour and first time they actually ventured into Canada. There were 4 dates in Canada; Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and finally London and from there they went to New York state for more shows. For the London show, tickets were $2.50 (tax included) and were available at Country Park Restaurant, 253 Dundas St.
Opening the show, were The Nottingham 3 from St Thomas Ontario, The Fortune Tellers, a top 40 band and J B and The Playboys from Montreal.

2. JB and The Playboys....One Love, Your Love

3. JB and The Playboys...Leave My Woman Alone.

For this show, The Rolling Stones were paid $10,000 and played for approximately 15m...and they got to party for the rest of the evening here in sleepy London Ontario.

Here's the actual set (with a couple of screwups as noted) that they played in London...I went through various live bootlegs to try and find the best version of each song. Thanx to Danny Husband (and his sister) for the pics...

4. The Rolling Stones...Everybody Needs Somebody To Love....from an 8/30/65 BBC session.

5. The Rolling Stones....Around and Around....live on Ed Sullivan 10/25/64

6. The Rolling Stones...Time Is On My Side....live on Ed Sullivan 10/25/64. This was the band's first ever appearance on Ed's show and probably the first exposure for most North Americans to the band. Ed was appalled by the band, here's a quote from The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions; "Adult American TV viewers were alarmed at this seeming riot in their own homes and gradually the pressure mounted. Ed Sullivan, anxious to reaffirm his prestige, denied responsibility that he had anything to do with the booking of The Stones. He was shocked by the performance and vowed to cancel all future rock and roll acts. He claimed that his show had been built up over 17 years and he did not want it broken up by such unruly behaviour. They were not like that other British act, The Dave Clark Five- such nice gentlemen!"

7. The Rolling Stones...Pain In My Heart...from the Now LP...this should have been the 2nd song in the set, but I screwed up.

8. The Rolling Stones...Good Times...from the 12 X 5...another screwup, this song wasn't supposed to be played, but i couldn't count the night of this show.

9. The Rolling Stones...It's All Over Now...from 12X5...and yes, this song should have been played.

10. The Rollings Stones...Off The Hook...from Now LP....this song was never finished. What happened according to eye witness's, is that the snow fence (yes, snow fence, after all this is sleepy London Ontario) that separated the band from the 3000 fans, either broke down or was pushed over by 2 young girls. Doesn't really matter, it was a snow fence, and how was that going to contain 3000 screaming rabid fans all wanting to touch Brian Jones immaculate hair?
When the snow fence went down, the police ordered the stage power to be cut, hence the instruments would no longer be audible (were they actually audible before that???). And at this point a portion of the crowd rushed the stage to meet and greet their idols.

Here's Bill Wyman's take on the situation (from Rolling With The Stones by Bill Wyman) " The Stones went onstage about 8:30PM and played to about 3000 fans, many had driven from Detroit and gave the band a great reception. Things were going fine until the police cut off the power midway through the set. " The Police just created an antagonistic atmosphere" Bill told the London Free Press on Apr 27, 1965. " These kids were just enjoying themselves, the police acted in a typical small town way. They just panicked'. Mick said 'Our instruments wouldn't work and the place was dark, there was a riot, but it wasn't our fault. We're always the ones to get the blame"."

From here I played some Rolling Stones bootleg recordings from that era, some of them have titles that fit the scene...

11. The Rolling Stones...Don't Lie To Me...10/11 June 1964 Chess sessions.

12. The Rolling Stones...Last Time...from the Got Live LP.

13. The Rolling Stones...Roll Over Beethoven...10/5/63 BBC session and The Stones first ever radio session.

14. The Rolling Stones...I Get Around...Beach Boys song, possibly west coast recording with Phil Spector??? The guitar is quite recognizable as Keith.

15. The Rolling Stones...No Expectations....RSVP bootleg...the sound quality of this is superior to the actual released copy of Beggar's Banquet in my collection. The clarity and dynamic range of this bootleg is just phenomenal and I'd highly recommend it if you dig this era of The Stones!

Now we get into the Canadian bands that have opened for The Stones over the years...among them; JB and The Playboys, The Staccatos, Esquires, David Clayton Thomas and The Shays, The Rogues, The Band, Canadian Legends, Steppenwolf, April Wine and we'll start with the best, the band often referred to as the Canadian Rolling Stones, The Ugly Ducklings.

16. Ugly Ducklings...Just In Case...from a 7" with one of the most devasting fuzz guitar sounds on record.

17. The Ugly Ducklings...She Ain't No Use To Me...again, from a 7".

18. The Ugly Ducklings...I Wish You Would...from the 1980 self titled LP. This LP was a mixture of LP cuts and unreleased versions to cash in on the burgeoning punk scene in Toronto.

19. The Ugly Ducklings...Nothin'...from the Somewhere Outside LP...if the Ducks had recorded nothing but this song, they would still be legends today! A pure garagepunk anthem that so many bands have recorded over the years.

Many years ago, I was told the story about The Ugly Ducklings opening for The Rolling Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was the first time for the Ducks to be playing at such a huge venue and curiosity got the best of rhythm guitarist Glynn Bell. He peaked through the curtain to have a look at the crowd and the crowd went ballistic!! Due to his near perfect Brian Jones coif, the crowd thought it was Brian peaking through the crowd!!

20. David Clayton Thomas  and The Shays...Take Me Back....DC and The Shays opened in Toronto on The Stones first Canadian tour.

21. David Clayton Thomas...Done Somebody Wrong...from the self titled LP. DCT came to Western 9/22/2009 to give a talk on the anniversary of Woodstock, at which his combo, Blood Sweat and Tears played at. He didn't recall a lot about it, as at the time it was just like any other gig...but he did talk about some of his early days starting out in Toronto. And I did get to shake his hand and get some of my early DCT LP's autographed!

22. The Esquires...It's A Dirty Shame.

23. The Rogues...Girl.

24. Ronnie Hawkins...Hey Bo Diddly...1958 recording featuring Levon Helms who passed away 2 weeks ago. Levon was in The Band who opened for The Stones.

25. Ronnie Hawkins....Who Do You Love...again, featuring members of The Band and our quick trib to Levon Helm.

Hope you enjoyed this one, it was a TON of fun going through hours and hours of Rolling Stones bootlegs, books, websites (there's a lot of misinformation out on the internet) and talking to a few people who remembered this event.

Here's a link to the podcast, which is up for 1 week only:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1800.mp3

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1830.mp3

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1900.mp3

Guns 'And Roses-  Nightrain ：/

I like what you guys bring on here lately.

URGENT FURY said:

Dude, you didn't have time to get old...

John Carlucci said:

I'm 55 and I played Coachella last weekend. In 2 weeks I fly to France to headline the Cosmic Trip Festival. I've been playing in bands since 1972 & I've never had a time that I've not been in a band. In fact, at the moment I'm in 2 different bands.

Too young to Roll!

You're never too old to rock!!  All the Lizardmen are in our late 40's or early 50's and we still kick ass!

It is that time again.  I'll be on the air and the web from 1:00PM-3:00 EST on Saturday May 5th.  You can listen on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Show #372: "Bands & Artists Starting With H, Part 6" playlist:

High Treason - "Leo"
High Voltage - "Fancy Woman"
The High Windows - "Your Eyes"
The Higher Elevation - "Odyssey"
The Highlifes - "No One To Tell Her"
The Highlights - "Ah, So"
Highly Likely - "Whatever Happened To You"
Rosetta Hightower - "Pretty Red Balloons"
Highway Robbery - "Promotion Man"
Diane Hildebrand - "There's A Coming Together"
The Hill - "Sylvie"
Bunker Hill - "The Girl Can't Dance"
Jessie Hill - "Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Part 1"
Vince Hill - "The River's Run Dry"
Steve Hillage - "Lunar Musick Suite"
Jane Hillery - "You've Got That Hold On Me"
Gillian Hills - "Tomorrow Is Another Day"
Him & The Others - "She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies"
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - "Carry, Go, Bring, Come"
Freddy Hines & The Showmen - "Love Letters"
The Hinge [CA] - "Now Let Me Love You"
The Hinge [WI] - "Idols Of Your Mind"
Hipnotic Eye - "Aimless Lady"
The Hipster Image - "Make Her Mine"
His Majesty's Coachmen - "I Don't Want To See You"
The Hitchikers - "One Too Many Mornings"
Hljomar - "Ertu Med"
The Hobbit - "Why Don't You Grow Up"
The Hobbits [CA] - "Jolly Good Fellow"
The Hobbits [NY] - "Let Me Run My Fingers Through Your Mind (Buy My Flowers)"
Willie Hobbs - "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em"
Hobnail - "She's Just A Friend Of Mine"
Elmer Hockett's Hurdy Gurdy - "Love Is Happening To Me"
Chris Hodge - "We're On Our Way"
Eddie Hodges - "Seein' Is Believin'"
The Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group - "When People Talk"
Ray Hoff & The Offbeats - "Tossin' And Turnin'"
Abbie Hoffman - "Religion Of Sorts"
Nick Hoffman - "King Of The Moon"
Ingfried Hoffmann - "Stroke It"

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Show #372: "Bands & Artists Starting With H, Part 6"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "H". This is the sixth time I've drawn the letter "H", so I will start from where I left off on show #5 (which was with High Tide). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "H" like: High Treason, The High Windows, The Higher Elevation, Rosetta Hightower, Highway Robbery, Diane Hildebrand, The Hill, Bunker Hill, Jessie Hill, Vince Hill, Steve Hillage, Gillian Hills, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, 2 bands called The Hinge, His Majesty's Coachmen, Hljomar, 2 different Hobbits, Hobnail, Chris Hodge, Eddie Hodges, The Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group, Abbie Hoffman, Ingfried Hoffmann, and many others!!

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Egg

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
May 4, 2012

One of my favorite record labels in recent years is an independent roots-soaked punk outfit from San Antonio, Texas, called Saustex Media.

With its big green dinosaur-in-a-cowboy-hat logo, Saustex is the love child of Jeff “Smitty” Smith, singer and head hick of The Hickoids, a San Antonio band that, to misquote Barbara Mandrell, was cow-punk back when cow-punk wasn’t cool. The Hickoids are still going strong after all these decades — in recent months with Santa Fe’s own Tom Trusnovic playing guitar. They’re Saustex’s flagship band.

There are lots of great acts that have released music on the label — Piñata Protest, Glambilly, Sons of Hercules, Stevie Tombstone, and singer-songwriter Eric Hisaw. I was lucky enough to catch some of these acts in Austin during South by Southwest in March at a couple of Saustex-sponsored events.

And even better, the label has recently released a ton of new music:

*  Intexicated by T. Tex Edwards. Dallas-born Thomas Edwards has been making a musical nuisance of himself for decades. He initially became known working with a punk band called The Nervebreakers — they opened for The Sex Pistols’ Dallas show in 1977 and these days sometimes still get together to play. Since then he’s fronted bands including The Saddle Tramps, Out on Parole, The Loafin’ Hyenas, Lithium X-mas, The Swingin’ Cornflake Killers, and recently Purple Stickpin.

This compilation includes recordings from Edwards’ post-Nervebreakers career spanning the early ’80s through to just a few years ago. There are lots of rockabilly influenced songs such as “Cravin’,” “It’s Gravity,” and “Thirteen Women.”

Best of all are “Move It,” a 1982 record with The Saddletramps, and the delightfully warped “Crazy Date,” recorded with Out on Parole featuring Edwards. This was an obscure 1959 regional hit by an Alabama group called The Crazy Teens. Tex, reciting the lyrics like a sinister Big Bopper, turns it into the diary of a terminal lech.

There’s also a good representation of Edwards’ trademark twisted takes on country songs. There are two tunes that grace Out on Parole’s 1989 psycho-country classic Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone to Kill: Leon Payne’s “Psycho” (a 1984 rendition of the song featuring a sweet honky-tonk piano) and “LSD,” an obscure cautionary tale about acid originally recorded by singer Wendell Austin (“I started using LSD/ It gave me such a kick/ Better than booze and easy to use/ But it made me mentally sick”).
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There’s also a nightmarish lo-fi cover of “Blood on the Saddle,” a tune associated with another Tex — Tex Ritter.

A real treat is a version of “Lee Harvey,” a song about the accused Kennedy assassin, recorded with The Hickoids in 1989 — several years before the Asylum Street Spankers released the version that I’m most familiar with. Written by Homer Henderson, the lyrics humanize the shadowy Oswald:

“Lee Harvey was a friend of mine/He used to take me fishing all the time/He used to throw the ball to me/ When I was just a kid/They say he shot the president/But I don’t think he did.”

One thing about T. Tex Edwards, he never sold out to the corporations. Oh, wait, he did! The last song here is a demo he did for Chili’s restaurant. I’m not sure if the chain actually used this 30-second punk-rock flash. But it did make me hungry for baby back ribs.

(On the Santa Fe Opry I'll be playing a special set of "Songs T. Tex Edwards taught us. The show starts at 10 p.m Mountain Time Friday on KSFR, 101.1 FM or streaming HERE )

* El Pathos. This Austin band has only been around for a few years, but it’s made up of several veterans of Texas punk-rock groups (The Dicks, Offenders, Cat Butt, and others). They play a basic garage/punk, Stooge/Dolls-influenced brand of raw rock ’n’ roll — and do a fine job. There’s not a dull moment on this, their self-titled second album.

The album kicks off with the slow-burning “Election Day,” which sounds like Sticky Fingers-era Rolling Stones. The next song, “Straight Into the Sun,” slips into a higher gear. Try to listen to this one without thinking of “You’re Gonna Miss Me” by the 13th Floor Elevators.

One thing that sets El Pathos apart from most bands with similar approaches is that it has an actual steel/slide guit — Mark Kenyon — as part of its permanent lineup. And the group isn’t afraid to use him. In fact, there are a couple of fine country rockers hiding in this album, in which Kenyon shines.

The rowdy “Gypsy Minor” is a potential punk-rock honky-tonk classic, while the last song here, the melancholy country rocker called “Yesterday Mourning,” is nice and purdy. This album makes me want to seek out El Pathos’ first effort, Hate and Love.

* The Copper Gamins. This five-song, self-titled EP is just a blast. The CGs are a two-man lo-fi punk-blues unit from San Miguel Totocuitlapilco, Mexico. The whole thing sounds like it was recorded in an abandoned gas station, but it’s got spirit.

My favorite song here is “Candy Man.” The CGs give songwriting credit to Mississippi John Hurt, but fans of the saint of Avalon, Mississippi, aren’t likely to recognize the song. Singer José Carmen howls like a castrato Smurf while drummer Claus Lafania sounds like a speed freak swatting mosquitoes with a baseball bat.

To hear songs by the above artists plus others on the label’s roster, check out this:

*  For Those About to Forget to Rock by The Grannies. This San Francisco group isn’t officially a Saustex band, but I saw The Grannies at Saustex’s recent official South by Southwest showcase with The Hickoids and Glambilly.

The Grannies are known for appearing in granny drag — bad wigs and even worse dresses. Many of their songs are sardonic looks at old age — “Walker on the Wild Side,” “Toothless,” and “Denture Breath.”

Now that I’m on the outskirts of middle age on a fast bus to Codgerville, maybe I should take offense at this. Instead, I’m taking a weird delight in it. Besides, The Grannies play fierce, aggressive, and tight, just like I love it.

So as Jan and Dean would say, “Go, Grannies, go!”