Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - Sons Of The Beaches
In WAV - Scans are included
1. Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)
2. Summer Means Fun
3. Time Will Tell
4. Hot Summer Girls
5. It's a Summer Night
6. Come On, Let's Go
7. Good Times, Rock & Roll
8. You Sat Right There
9. I Wish You'd Dance
10. It's Hard (To Break the Ice)
11. Rock & Roll Menace
12. See My Baby Jive
13. Brown Water [Apocalypse Blues]
14. Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)
I first heard of Flash Cadillac in "American Graffiti". The classic harmonies and neat guitars and (backing sax) on such tracks as "Time Will Tell" "You Sat Right There" "I Wish Youd Dance" & "Good Times, Rock & Roll" are almost instantly ingrained from the first listen.
With the addition of bonus tracks "Did You Boogie(With your Baby)" and the ROY WOOD penned "See My Baby Jive". A classic album of Rock & Roll as performed in the '70's.
The Young Ladies is a Brooklyn NY based garage/pop punk band. Formed in 2011 by Ryan Seagrist (guitar and vocals) and Pat Schramm (drums), the two wrote the bands first handful of songs featured on their demo. Later they added members Ralph Balboa (guitar) and Jon Murray (bass) in 2012 to complete the lineup.
The band features members of Monikers, Latterman, Bridge and Tunnel, Discount and Daytrader. As they say it themselves with a good dose of tongue in cheek humor, despite the misleading name there are actually no young ladies in this band, just some weird old dudes.
Their debut full length, We get by, contains 10 pop gems and has just been released on No Breaks records. The band is planning an east coast tour this summer.
UK born Mike Stax moved to the States in 1980 and played bass for many years with the Crawdaddys, the Tell-Tale Hearts and the Hoods. In 1996, he decided he wanted to be the singer and frontman for a change, so he formed The LOONS. The band released his first album "Love’s Dead Leaves" produced by Ebbot Lundborg of Soundtrack of our Lives in 1998.
There were a few lineup changes after that, but for the last ten years or so it’s been Mike Stax (vocals), Anja Stax (bass), Marc Schroeder (guitar), Chris Marsteller (guitar) and Mike Kamoo (drums and production). Their most recent album, INSIDE OUT YOUR MIND, is just released by legendary label Bomp.
The LOONS if admittedly influenced by all the great ‘60s era bands like the Pretty Things, Q65, the Outsiders, the Seeds, the Monks and the Music Machine to name a few, come up with a very modern and refreshing version of garage-psych. Pushed in the back by a rock solid rhythm section, the twin guitars drive the band all the way to the stars while Mike Stax belts out the lyrics.
The new cd opens with the infectious rocker “Siren City” with its driving beat and Stax's mantra like repetition of the ultra catchy chorus. INSIDE OUT YOUR MIND is an album of many contrasts, where frantic garage rockers like “Cruel Grey Fog” and “I Don’t Live There Anymore” rub up against haunting, West Coast-flavored pieces like the very beautiful “Moon and Tide” and “Head in the Clouds". If you are a fan of garage/psych rock it is absolutely essential that you seek out all of The Loons cds but this new one in particular. Purchase it here: http://www.bompstore.com/loons-inside-out-your-mind-cd/
Special thanx to Suzy and Patrick
The Loons Inside Out Your Mind Album Release Party Tomorrow, Saturday, March 28 2015 at Casbah 2501 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101 Doors open at 8:30PM Ages 21+ Only
I recently mentioned their latest 45 on Market Square records, but previously to this, WINDIAN RECORDS released the full length debut album of Richmond Virginia’s THE AR-KAICS.
The band is featuring Kevin, Johnny, Tim and lovely Patty on drums. They describe themselves as playing what they call "troglodyte teenbeat 60s-style punk". And by that, my friends, you should understand a circa 1965 or 1966 Garage Punk in the fine tradition of the BACK FROM THE GRAVE, PEBBLES or TEENAGE SHUTDOWN compilations.
And indeed if you close your eyes you will have the feeling of listening to one these 60's compilations but this time around you will only have the killers (“NO, NO, NO”“THIS TIME TONIGHT” “YOU'LL BE MINE”) and not the fillers that more too often appear on that said kind of comp's.
The album was recorded remotely during a week-end in the woods at RAG’S BB&R by JEFF KANE and contains 13 brilliant and refreshing tracks with plenty of hooks and choruses catchy as hell. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST BUY.
Marie et les garçons In Wav - Scans are included 01.Rien A Dire 02.A Bout De Souffle 03.Mardi Soir 04.Re Bop 05.Attitudes 06.Decision Ou Parti Pris 07.Tokyo Pékin 08.La Petite Sentinelle 09.P 4 Nº 2 10.Conversations 11.Groom 6 12.Encore L'Amour 13.Roadrunner 14.Garçons Formé en 75 par des lycéens fans du Velvet (le groupe s'appellera d'ailleurs durant un temps Femme Fatale), Marie et les Garçons sort fin 77 un EP sur Rebel Records, premier label de Michel Esteban. Puis début 78, le groupe enregistre, à New York et avec John Cale, le morceau « Re-Bop » et JOUE au CBGB avant de rentrer à Paris assurer les premières parties de Patti Smith et des Talking Heads. http://netkups.com/?d=d04ad70775565
Marie et les garçons - maxi In Wav - Scans are included
Vince Taylor - Jet Black Leather Machine In ape - Scans re included 1. Brand New Cadillac 2. Jet Black Machine 3. My Baby Left Me 4. My Babe 5. What'cha Gonna Do (When Your Baby Leaves You) 6. I'll Be Your Hero 7. Move Over Tiger 8. Sweet Little Sixteen 9. Baby Let's Play House 10. Twenty Flight Rock 11. Memphis Tennessee 12. Jezebel 13. Endless Sleep 14. Pledging My Love 15. Cold White & Beautiful 16. Long Tall Sally 17. Jeanine, Jeanine, Jeanine 18. Right Behind You Baby 19. I Like Love 20. Shot Of Rhythm & Blues, And Blues 21. Hi Heel Sneakers 22. Rock N' Roll Station
Here are all of the high points of Vince Taylor's musical career gathered together on one CD. All phases of Vince's career are covered, with tracks from the Parlophone, Palette, Barclay and Davantage labels. Since the 50s he has been an icon to rock'n' roll weirdness, cited by David Bowie as a one of the influences on the invention of the Ziggy Stardust character. The Golden Earring named a song "Just like Vince Taylor" on their masterpiece Moontan. Virtually everbody will be familiar with Vince's `Brand New Cadillac', covered of course by the Clash on their "London Calling" album. Not my rip.
Footstompers all over the world, from Cantù, Italy, I give you the amazing Glam Rock/Rock'N'Roll trio, FAZ WALTZ, featuring Faz La Rocca:vocals,guitar,piano - Diego Angelini: bass - Marco Galimberti : drums.
photo by Mircalla Broglio
The band has recently released his 4th full length, "Move Over" and the least you can say is that the guys came up with a real master piece! All killers and no fillers. There ain't one weak track in sight! And in the modern music world this has become VERY rare!
Faz La Rocca really knows how to write 10 songs, all catchy as hell. What you got here is T.Rex, Slade, The Jook, Hello and Gary Glitter all rolled in one. Brilliant guitar work, a strong rhythm section and -most important- great songs with plenty of hooks and sing-a-long choruses. If you like nowadays bands like Giuda or Eight Track Stereo, this is right up your alley! A MUST BUY! The band is planning a tour in Germany and Spain for this summer and is already working on some new songs too.
Jim Basnight & The Moberlys - Seattle New York Los Angeles In wav - Scans are included 1I Wanna Be Yours 2Rest Up 3Lose Me 4I Love You So 5What I Wouldn't Do 6Bare My Soul 7Tonight 8Genius Of Love 9Your Fool 10Blood Beach 11You Came And You Conquered 12She Don't Rock 13Love So True 14The Rebel Kind 15She Always Smiled 16Alone With Her 17Elma 18Summertime Again 19Ugly Side 20I Need Your Love 21Wherever You Take Me 22Ain't It Funny 23We Rocked And Rolled
The Moberlys' self-titled debut album was something of a lost new wave/post-punk classic, but little else was heard from them aside from the odd EP or 7" through the rest of their life span together. The subsequent lack of released material, however, wasn't from lack of recording, as the compilation Seattle-New York-Los Angeles proves. The album represents a missing link of sorts, not only in the career of The Moberlys but also between the garage punk that roared out of Seattle in the 1960s, a main source of inspiration for the band, and the grunge that began to emerge in the city by the end of the band's career in the late '80s. It is a windfall of material, with 23 tracks clocking in at just over 70 minutes, almost all of it worthy of praise. The recordings span nearly a decade, the three cities of the disc's title, and two versions of the band, although the third and longest-standing unit recorded the majority of the music here.
In 2012, Paul Messis, brilliant solo artist in his own right, started his Sussex based DIY record label "Market Square Records" . The main idea behind the label being to put out records by bands who have a good ethic, who actually mean it when they play their songs and do not strive per se for commercial success.
On 16th March 2015, two fab new 45s by The Ar-kaics and The Belltowers will be released on "Market Square Records" and i can only urge you to purchase a copy of each. The Ar-kaics - Always The Same b/w Let Me In MSR-07
The Ar-kaics blasted into the world in 2013 and since then the band has gathered momentum with continuous live shows across North America and a handful of really cool 45s on various labels and the release of their self-titled debut LP in 2014. The Virginia based quartet featuring Kevin Longendyke - Guitar and Vocals, Johnny Ward - Guitar and Vocals, Patty Conway - Drums and Tim Abondello - Bass has a great way of putting frustrations and angst into a vinyl groove. Top-Side 'Always The Same' kicks off with Patty Conway's primal drumming, reminiscent of Miriam Linna/Maureen Tucker drum styles. The group then launches into a three-chord tirade with Kevin singing in a typical 60's garage-punk fashion. The whole track has an incredible "The Cramps meets The Troggs" feel to it. The Flip 'Let Me In' sees The Ar-kaics enter more moodier climates with reverb heavy guitars. The song in general has a real desperation feel to it, but this is where the genius lies, the track ebbs and flows for 4 minutes, yet the track is amazingly hypnotic. Recorded in Richmond Virginia Winter 2014. Limited to 300 copies only, housed in a super authentic brown paper bag and a hand-numbered postcard
Florida based folk-rock group The Belltowers, featuring ex-Lears frontman Paul Mutchler - Vocals and 12 String Guitars, Eddie Foeller - Guitars, Mandolin and Harp, Marshall Huggins - Bass and Keys and Thomas Miller - Drums and Percussions have been going since 2006.
Here To Stay b/w Lovin' You (Leading Me On) hears The Belltowers continuing in their Byrdsian take-over with their high quality twelve-string janglers and Paisley-Underground inspired folk-rock.
'Here To Stay' the A-side, is a perfect paisley pop song with continuous Rickenbacker jangle, harmonies and an underlying Hammond organ swirling gently beneath bringing to mind early 80's bands such as The Rain Parade and The Three O'Clock. One can only admire the great level on musicianship and the songwriting skills.
The B-side 'Lovin' Me' is a short and dynamic jangler, Mutchler sounding more like Roger McGuinn than McGuinn himself. Once again, the Rickenbacker 12 strings guitar chimes all through the song which has a great Long Ryders country-rock feel to it as well.
Recorded in Orlando, Florida Winter 2014
Limited to 300 copies only, homed in a Market Square company sleeve, contains multi-coloured hand-numbered inserts and a limited 150 qty Q and A insert
For those of you who still don't have a clue, The BEAT RATS are as they describe themselves a "Merseypunk" band from NYC including FRANK MAX (guitar/vocals), PAUL GARWOOD (guitar/vocals). TONY MATURA (bass/vocals) and ROBERT “Mongo” PINNOCK (drums).
"Have Mersey!" is the long awaited followup to their brilliant 2009 debut "A Cellar Full Of Rats!" and it's been released by Kool Kat Musik in conjunction with Liverpool's Cavern Records.
If one cannot deny that The Beatles are their major influence, The BEAT RATS infuse into the music their own brand of punk and garage which in the end gives a real freshness to the whole record.
This record should strongly appeal to those of you who dig The KAISERS, The FLAMING GROOVIES and so on.
Mother's Children and The Mandates team up for a killer tour in May all over Europe! If you wanna book them on one of the available dates please inquire via info@takenbysurprise.net 06.05.2015, Hamburg, DE, Komet 07.05.2015, available Germany 08.05.2015, Munich, DE, Kafe Marat 09.05.2015, Brno, CZ, Vegalite 10.05.2015, Vienna, AT, ARENA WIEN 11.05.2015, available Hungary, Slovenia, Austria 12.05.2015, Zagreb, HR, Klub Močvara 13.05.2015, Salzburg, AT, Rockhouse Bar w/ DIRTY FENCES 14.05.2015, Geneva, CH, Taverne de la Republique 15.05.2015, Marseille, FR, la Machine à Coudre 16.05.2015, Barcelona, ES, Sala BeGood 17.05.2015, Castellon, ES, Four Seasons Club 18.05.2015, Valencia, ES, MAGAZINE CLUB Valencia 19.05.2015, Madrid, ES, Wurlitzer Ballroom 20.05.2015, Zaragoza, ES, Pub Eccos 21.05.2015, Toulouse, FR, Le Ravelin 22.05.2015, Paris, FR, La Mécanique Ondulatoire 23.05.2015, Rotterdam, NL, ROTTERDAM RIOT 2015 http://motherschildren.bandcamp.com/ http://mandates.bandcamp.com/ www.takenbysurprise.net
The Delta 72 - 000 In WAV - Scans are included 1. Are You Ready? 2. The Doctor Is In! 3. Just Another Let Down 4. 3 Day Packet Plan 5. Incident @ 23rd 6. I Feel Fine 7. Ten Lbs. 8. Hip Coat 9. Great Paper Chase No.1 10. Sun The Secret Prince
The Delta 72 has played around with their sound from their inception during the mid 90's. Soul, punk, R & B, and jazzy instrumentals have all had a spot in the D72 sound, but with 000, they seem to have grooved their sound into one cohesive ROCK and ROLL machine. And this machine kicks it. Comparisons have come up to the Rolling Stones (of the 70's). Their most solid recording, 000 is filled with Gregg Foreman's slide guitar and funkarific "Wooh"s and "Yeah, yeah"s, Mark Boyce's keys and the driving beats of Jason Kourkonis's kit and Bruce Reckahn's bass. A couple of tunes feature gospel backup that work very well with the driving music. A few instrumentals are also on the record in keeping with the D72 playlist. An awesome record from a band that should have deserved more recognition.
"A Gentlemen’s guide to sophisticated savagery", released in 2006 after the band had been playing the LA club circuit for around 2 years, was a very promising debut.
"Don't pet the sweaty things" the sophomore album released in 2010 was the confirmation of the chock full talent of Smash fashion.I particularly liked the renditions of "Does your Mother Know" and "Benny and the Jets" which both turned out to be quite mean rockers when played by SMASH FASHION.
2014 saw the release of "Big Cat Love", the 3rd full length release by these Los Angeles dandy rockers. And this is really the coming of age for SMASH FASHION: Great vocals, brilliant guitar playing and a rock steady rhythm section. The songwriting of Roger Deering now delivers instant Powerpop, Glitter and boogie classics like "Wicked ways", "Blame it on the Brandy", "Stay of my la la"or "Aim for the heart"
And if you hear traces of Cheap Trick, Mott the Hoople or the Faces, Smash Fashion are about inspiration instead of imitation. “Were not reinventing the wheel, were just putting new tires on it” states Roger. I could not have said it better myself!
Joining Roger Deering in SMASH FASHION 2014 are Lloyd Stuart Casson on Guitar, Tony Kinman on Bass and Repo on Drums. Purchase all the goodies here:
German label Kozmik Artifactz released recently the sophomore record of US Heavy Psychedelic Rock band Mondo Drag. The album was recorded in the Winter of 2011/2012 at Future Appletree Studios Too with Patrick Stolley and features the rhythm section of Cory Berry and Zack Anderson (Radio Moscow, Blues Pills).
The 3 core members of the band, John Gamino, Nolan Girard, and Jake Sheley actually grew up in the same area and played music with each other for over 15 years developping in the process a unique sound and rare cohesion. "Zephyr", the opening track of the album, with its driving organ reminiscent of Jon Lord circa "Machine Head" and eerie vocals is worth alone the price of admission. But the whole album is amazing with incredible cosmic sounds, flute and some interstellar guitar work that reminds me of a young David Gilmour. The album's cover art was designed by talented and far-out artist, Robert Beatty. His unique style and surreal, other-worldly landscapes were perfect for this album.
Today is a first : an interview with Lou Mansdorf , Mastermind of RUM BAR Records, home to New England's newest hit-makers The Connection, pop punk heart warmers ZipGun Bomber, glam rockers n' shakers WATTS, and Boston's garage rock ambassadors to the world Muck And The Mires.
Lou on the left, Kurt Baker in the middle
It is my
understanding you run RUM BAR Records on your own. Can you tell me when you
started it all and why? Was this an out of the blue decision or were you
thinking about starting your own label for quite a while?
LOU : Yes, I completely own, operate and run Rum Bar Records all on my own with help
and support from the bands, my wife Lisa (Queen of the Wild Bunch), and our 4
year old daughter Ida Lee (The Rum Bar and Brad Marino's biggest fan). The label had slowly grown out of the blue
but something I had been wanting to do again for quite some time.
About 20 years ago, with two best friends I
started up Melted Records out of
Astoria NYC, we were home to some fantastic greaser rock and pop punk bands
including The Heartdrops, The Cretins, The Morning Shakes, Magnatone,
Darlington, Huntingtons, The Young Hassellhoffs, 30 Amp Fuse, and released
a stellar pop punk compilation with all our favorite bands called "My So-Called Punk Rock Life". Melted Records were releasing and putting greaser and garage rock bands in all the pop punk halls and rooms and had a great scene going on.
I moved to Boston about 13 years
ago, and I have been friends with Geoff, Nate and Rick from the Guts going on
20 years. About 2 years ago I was
introduced to The Connection's
rendition of "7 Nights To Rock" on the Underground Garage and when I
found out the band was from Portsmouth NH, I emailed, texted and tweeted
everyone I know in NH trying to find out who this band was and how to get their
music in my hands. The first person to
respond was Geoff and his response was, "dude, that's my band".
So my response was, "dude,
let's put out a record". Geoff
introduced me to Brad and we made it official pretty quick!
It only made sense, I knew these guys from their teen days
long before the Guts ever existed, they used to crash at my place in Astoria, I
used to book their bands and we were long-time friends who had just been out of
touch a few years.
The name of the label comes from the bar in my home where we
all hang, the bands are all considered family to my family and they are truly
all my current favorite bands to listen to. Signing and releasing records from
The Connection, ZipGun Bomber, Watts,
and Kurt Baker was a dream come true for me. Since then we have opened our doors to overseas
exports The Breakdowns (who the Rum Bar refers to as Los Breakdowns), and I have re-connected with old friends from
Rockford IL, Mono In Stereo. These cats used to be in Mulligan Stu who
were Melted family and appear on the Melted compilation. Geoff and Rick of The Connection along with
Nate from ZGB also appeared on the Melted comp in their old band She's A Guy,
this has all come full circle for us.
We currently have a 2 song digital advance single/beer koozie available
for sale from Mono In Stereo to keep the fans satisfied till the full length is
unleashed.
Was The CONNECTION
the first band signed on your label? How did you get in touch with them?
LOU:The Connection
is the Rum Bar's first signing, we have released 2 LP's, The Connection's Xmas
CD and a 7 inch to date with them. The
first "Seven Nights" LP is sold out and "Let
It Rock" is getting close.
I have known Geoff and Rick from The Connection along with Nate from
ZipGun Bomber over 20 years, they were just young teenagers when we first met
in Fishtracks Studio, i was on tour with the Gotohells and we stopped in Boston and Portsmouth to do some shows
with the Tunnel Rats and Queers, I had made so many great
friends on my trip with the Gotohells through New England that we remained
friends and worked together with their other bands all these years. When I first moved to Boston, Geoff, Rick
and Nate were playing in the Guts and used to play shows that I was booking at
a local bar called The Abbey Lounge and we used to throw killer BBQ's at the
place I was living before the shows, we just picked up our friendship where it
left off and music was what always drove it.
Kurt Baker I met
when he was in the Leftovers I was working for his label Oglio Records'
distribution arm Fontana.
My wife Lisa and I were hanging at the Abbey Lounge one
mid-week Wed night and all of Lynchy (Watts' drummer) former Avoid One Thing
Drummer walks in. I knew Lynchy from AOT
and ask what he's doing there, and he said he is playing drums for this
reunited glam band called Watts. the
band gets on stage and we see this dude who we always knew by site but never
knew personally get on stage in his perfectly feathered ala Ron Wood hair do
and we are like holy shit that guy plays in a band!!! turns out that guy was Johnny Blout who later became one of our dearest and closest
friends in Boston along with the rest of the band Watts. That day, I swear the
first time we saw them I said if I ever start up a label again I am signing
Watts. A few years later we have a CD
and 7 inch and shows and all this stuff going on with them on the Rum
Bar!! Again solidifying our family
connection.
What are the plans
for the future/next releases in 2015 as far as RUM BAR is concerned?
LOU: Future plans include (no particular order), working closely
with the bands on press, radio, shows, tours, I help manage all projects, we
have a show this week with ZGB and The Connection supporting the Biters which I
helped book.
The Connection 2015 full length release (produced by Andy
Shernoff of The DICTATORS) should be
out by summertime.
(The Connection in the Studio with Andy Shernoff)
Mono In Stereo
full length release should be out summertime as well.
We will be releasing the CD version of the new Kurt Baker Band CD this summer/fall
when it is ready for release.
Another new band Tom
Baker & The Snakes are working on their Rum Bar debut. Tom Baker is the frontman for Boston band The
Dirty Truckers and he is working some great rock n roll tunes for a fall
release and continuing work with Watts, ZGB, and Los Breakdowns.
Any information you
want to share with the viewers on the blog.
LOU: I appreciate everyone's support of the label and our
bands. Keep in touch and hit me up any
time!!!
