by admin | Sep 29, 2011 | Album Review
Almost Not There by Son of The Sun
RECORD REVIEW: Son of The Sun make music for the universe of rock fans who miss the late 70’s and nostalgia surrounding smokey club jams. Almost Not There is a extended EP with 6 varied songs with at least two number #1 hit “10,000” and another called “My Best Mistake”, the guitars have a little retro delay on it and vocals chime in a sort of Brian Fallon kind of way. There’s also something a little spooky with the way the keyboards on other tracks like “Henry’s England” are used channelling some retro. Their sense of layers make Son Of The Sun a good band that like to play with your sense of song that take you on a interesting rock journey. Hailing from Buffalo, NY with a few previous releases under their belt we urge you check them out at a local venue near you and report in. Like we were saying there is a lot of variety with this units rock-n-roll twists – if you like the picking found on “Friction” by Television and on 10k electric Dylan-esque jams really come through – they will keep you guessing as to their true retro-influences.
10,000 MP3 single by Son of The Sun from Almost Not there
Sounds like this sound man:
Friction MP3 by Television from Marquee Moon (1977)
Mr. Pharmacist MP3 by The Fall from Bend Sinister (1986)
No More Heroes MP3 by The Stranglers from Golden Brown
Mirror People MP3 by Love & Rockets from Earth, Sun & Moon (1987)
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | Aliens
Summer is coming and the sky is falling with all these tornadoes so as you are ducking for cover I thought it would be cool to give you a theme playlist. Here’s some songs about aliens and UFO’s. I know we’re not alone somehow. The photo above is from the mars probe which I thought was so alien and beautiful looking. The real Men in Black know the deal. They are keeping secrets from the masses.
Sunlamp Show MP3 by The Aliens from the album Luna
R.I.P. (Blue Crumb Truck) MP3 by Alien Sex Fiend
Alien Rivers MP3 by Crystal Stilts from their new one In Love With Oblivion
Books About UFOs MP3 by Hüsker Dü from New Day Rising
UFO Romantics MP3 title track by Guitar Wolf
Alien Boy MP3 by The Wipers from Is this Real?
Just Like Nothing On Earth MP3 by The Stranglers from The Men in Black
Related Review Stalker Alien and UFO articles:
Christian Vander speaks Kobaian from Magma
Repo Man best sci-punk rock movie ever
Magic numbers zeros & one’s set-list on 1.11.11
by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | Hardcore, Punk Rock
Just the other morning I was thinking about the Double LP compilation Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk because I realized I left off the song “1,2, X U” from the Wire posting this week which seemed like an obvious track to gab about anyway being that even the likes of Dag Nasty had covered it. This 1984 comp is where I first heard of a lot of UK punk bands who seemed old or passe in my youth at the time like the Adverts, X Ray Spex, UK Subz, etc, etc but others who were on still thrill me today like the Fall, Swell Maps and The Stranglers. All were brilliant actually as they really had already made their impression on music history.Here’s the whole playlist. Then shortly there after sometime in the mid 80’s i got wind of the NJ/HC thrash/hardcore band scene with bands like Lethal Aggression, Dirge, Crucial Youth and a few others thanks to Hardcore Sundays at CBGB’s (whole bunch of stories there in the future). I had no clue who Social Decay were as I’m sure there are many all of which Devil Dick talks about on the Demo Tape blog in much greater detail than I’ll ever be able to. Bands like seem to just pop-out of the Jersey devil ridden woods back then and here they are again making new music!
A bunch of these bands will be playing a BYOB show at The Players Rock Lounge at Club XXXV, 7090 Rt 35 N, Sayreville being produced by
DAA Entertainment. I can’t make this shit up. there is actually full on punk/thrash show going to happen at a nudie club with Mcrad w/ Chuck Treece, Social Decay, Lethal Aggression, Jumpship, The Vivid twisted, Fight Back and Casting ships. I’m sure most of the bands will be fronted by a bunch of old guys.
Ghos† Smile MP3 by Fight Back [Free Demo here] This is pretty good hardcore. Lots of variety. Worth checking out for the price.
Kill-or-Die MP3 by Social Decay 1985 demo
Fiend MP3 by McRad from Absence of Sanity (1987)
Others older Punx:
New Face In Hell MP3 by The Fall
Walk On By MP3 by The Stranglers
Girls Don’t Like It MP3 By The Undertones
by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | 1980's, 1990s, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 60's
Numerology is one of those real weirdo sciences based on some sort of mathematical religion I won’t even begin to understand. What does interest me though is that our time on this giant landfill is limited so when there is a awesome calendar that ends on 2012 you have to begin to wonder what the Mayans knew? What is going to happen from a year from now? Obviously their civilization did not stick around or maybe they just got on the good ship, put on their sneakers and got out of Dodge. Whatever the reason when ever there are songs that include some sort of integer it gives the song some meaning that we attach to it I like them usually. Here’s a few odd songs with numbers in their titles. I left out some of the obvious ones and just went in order of what has randomly come-up on a search in my music library then filtered on time, years or when something is counted. Whatever came first you could probably rationalize this post all freaking day!
DOWNLOAD:
00. Carry The Zero by Built To Spill from Keep It Like A Secret [Buy some BTS stuff]
01. One PM Again by Yo La Tengo from I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One [Buy]
02. Two Sunspots by The Stranglers from meninblack
03. Three Bullets by Poster Children from Tool of the Man [Get some Pkids music]
04. Four Horsemen By The Clash from London Calling [Career Opportunities the one’s that never knock]
05. Four Horsemen By The Stranglers from meninblack
06. (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six by The Brian Jonestown Massacre from Take It from the Man! [Buy]
07. Seven Seas by Echo & The Bunnymen from Ocean Rain [Buy some amazing music]
08. Eight Day Hell By Trail of Dead from So Divided
09. Number Nine by The Twilight Singers from Blackberry Belle [Buy]
10. 9 Fingers on you by Shudder to Think from Pony Express [Get Your Goat is good too!]
11. Clock Strikes Ten by Cheap Trick from In Color (Albini Mix)
12. Thirteen(live) by Elliot Smith
13. When Yer Twenty Two By The Flaming Lips from Transmissions from the Satelite Heart [Support Wayne Coyne]
14. Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard by Wilco from More Like The Moon EP [Buy]
15. 59 Times The Pain by Hüsker Dü from New Day Rising [Buy]
16. 66 by The Afghan Whigs from 1965 [Best sexy albums]
17. Flight 96 by Chavez from Ride The Fader [Ring the register]
18. 1976 by Red Kross from Third Eye
19. 1969 By The Stooges s/t [Iggy Pop rocks]
20. 2000 Man by The Rolling Stones from Their Satanic Majesties Request [Get stoned]
21. 9 Fingers on you by Shudder to Think from Pony Express
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