UNDERGROUND MEDICINE
19 November, 2013
Three Excellent 7”ers available now! MOTO and The Kidnappers on the great new label Secret Mission Records and Visio , a long lost unreleased KBD gem from Finland.
(Nov 6, 2013) Well this update was a long time coming. What we lack in quantity is more than made up for in quality. New releases from The Riots, Lovesores, Wild Emotions, Ramma Lamma and a new lp from Miss Chain and The Broken Heels!
(Oct 5, 2013) Not a lot to report except to let you know the JunK 7” is sold out!
New Shit in from Ken Rock, Certified PR and don’t forget to scroll down for Dime Runner’s great lp on Black Vinyl Ltd.
The Stitches/The Gaggers 7" on colored vinyl is sold out!
Check out the new Rapid Pulse releases and a few old ones Here. The Crazy Squeeze white vinyl is sold out...
(8/28/13) Available Now! Three new Rapid Pulse titles: The Crazy Squeeze, The Junk, and a split from The Stitches and The Gaggers. Greg Lonesome from the Rock & Roll Manifesto says this is the best Stitches track since 8x12”. Who am I to argue? The Gaggers back it up with what is pretty much their theme song. The JunK’s third single is a complete Monster! It’s their first release with new singer Riky Barnes, formally of The Pushers. This brings us to latest from The Crazy Squeeze. One track is from their recent lp and the flip is an amazing cover of The Boys classic Terminal Love! Get all three regular versions at the bargain price of $18 ppd in the U.S. Buy them individually and pay through the nose!
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Remember, new records are added weekly, as we get them, not in a single update like the old days...
NEW SHIT! : seven inches
5.00 Crazy Squeeze
Younger Girl/Terminal Love (Rapid Pulse/No Front Teeth) The long promised 2nd single from the Crazy Squeeze is finally available! The A-side is from their self-titled album and the B-side is a non-lp cover of The Boys classic Terminal Love featuring none other than The Boys guitarist Honest John Plain! Classroom cartoon sleeve is the black vinyl. Check it out on the Rapid Pulse Page
5.50 Kidnappers
Pills + East Berlin/Diamonds (Secret Mission) I’d completely lost track of these guys. Good to have them back-this one’s a killer! Includes a free download card.
5.00 Lovesores
Formaldehyde ep (Hovercraft) 4 new songs on yellow vinyl. 4 killer new songs that is. As good, if not better than their previous releases. Check out this review while you dig the sounds
5.50 MOTO
Shitty Kids + I Think Of You And I Die/Guitars Are Like Clothes (Secret Mission) Ballsy new single from Paul & crew. As great as ever! Great sleeve with free download card.
5.00 Ramma Lamma
Gang/We All Know (Dusty Medical) Another great single from Ramma Lamma with a typically great sleeve.Check out the A-side
6.00 Raydios
No Expectation + School Trash/Faster (Secret Mission) New ep by Fink and crew and it's a monster! 3 great super melodic, high energy songs. Includes a free download card.
7.00 Riots
One Seven Wonders (Time For Action) Another smash hit single from The Riots!
Here’s the A-Side
7.00 Visio
30.07.1992 (Self-Released) Great old Finnish punk from 1992 that I would have guessed was recorded 10 or more years earlier. A very KBD pre-hardcore sound-click on the band name for a track.
All liner notes /lyrics are in Finnish. Thick vinyl and thick sleeve. I'm pretty sure it’s all ready out of print.
6.00 Wild Emotions
Hey Everybody/Wild Emotions (Blahll!) Very cool all-female garage band from Mississippi. Check out the A-side here
5.00 Drugs Dragons / STATIC EYES
Split (Dusty Medical) The latest from Tony Sagger’s Drugs Dragons meets up with the trash of Static Eyes (check ‘em out here)
6.00 Stitches / Gaggers
Split (Rapid Pulse) What we have here is Without You, a completely unreleased track from The Stitches that is so good it will have you asking “How is it possible that this was left in the can”? On the flip is one of the best newer bands around, London’s Gaggers with what is pretty much their theme song-Gag On This. Yellow Cowgirl sleeve is black vinyl. Check it out on the Rapid Pulse Page
NEW SHIT! : Other
13.00 Ana Lucia - LP
S/T (Ramo) Killer Punk Rock (melodic catchy Dangerhouse style) from the former lead singer of the great Busy Signals. Produced by Travis Ramin and recorded by Paul Roessler at Geza X’s studio. Click here for a full review by Lord Rutledge and on her name for a couple samples. 180 gram vinyl. Of course it doesn’t hurt that she’s a rather fetching lass as evidenced by the full-color insert. A Must!
12.00 Bags - LP
All Bagged Up 1977-1980 (Artifix) Awesome package! The record, sleeve and very detailed insert are all top notch! Containd the four classic songs from the Dangerhouse session 1978, Their first demo from 77, another studio track from 79 and various live recordings. A must have!
5.00 Born Liars - LP
Ragged Island (Cutthroat) Classic style punknroll from these Houston boys. Their first vinyl full-length. 12-songs.
5.00 Botox Rats - LP
Modern Ceasers (Meaty Beaty) Straight up ‘77 style punk killers from England. The Botox Rats feature one of the snottiest, bile spitting singers ever. Colored vinyl + a digital download, Yeah!
12.50 Brain Tumors - LP
S/T (Dead Beat) Brutal, Punishing, Knock you on your ass Hardcore from Minneapolis.
11.00 Catholic Discipline - LP
Underground Babylon (Artifix) Short lived L.A. alll-star band led by Slash Magazine's Claude “Kickboy Face” Bessy. They never made it to the studio, so all that’s left is live recordings. These are surprisingly good. Pink vinyl.
10.50 Crazy Squeeze - LP
S/T (Vinyl Dog) It's finally out, the debut lp from The Crazy Squeeze! 12 great tracks that span tough Pub-Rock to near powerpop with punk and glam in between. All with an underlying love of The Boys.
11.50 Curtains! - LP
Deep In Night City (Dead Beat) Maybe it’s because I rarely listen to this kinda stuff that it sounds so cool or maybe it’s just a great record. From Chicago, they create some serious Birthday Party, Chrome, Bauhaus type sounds. Colored vinyl
12.00 Dimerunner - LP
Race To Nowhere (Black Vinyl Ltd.) Great sleazy Punk RocknRoll from Fullerton, CA. Nice package with inner sleeve/lyric sheet. Debut lp.
11.00 Disco Lepers - LP
Club Sarcoma 18-80 (Pure Punk) Italy To quote NFT: 21 tracks of the nastiest KBD snot from the London Kidney Thieves. Studio record.
9.00 Escalator Haters - LP
I Do The Pop 10” (No Front Teeth) England This is a Ten Inch Record! Good Melodic ‘77 Punkers from Switzerland. 8-songs.
12.50 Fadeaways - LP
Raw, Wild & Wretched! (Dead Beat) From Tokyo, The Fadeaways blast out 10 tracks of snotty garage punk! Supercharger and the Mummies meet the Registrators and Teengenerate, but not lofi.
11.50 Fist City - LP
Hunting You (Dead Beat) Female fronted post-punk debut from California. Produced by Paul from the Myelin Sheaths.
11.50 Gestapo Khazi - LP
S/T (Dead Beat) Mid-tempo rockers from Long Beach, CA with some dark twang. Most reviews I see mention the Gun Club and it’s hard to deny that, though they’re certainly not copyists. 6-songs 45 rpms.
11.50 Heartbeeps - LP
My Bones Are Tattooed (Dead Beat) Another Punk Scalder from France. Debut lp for the former TV Killers. Album cover of the year!
12.00 Hjertestop - LP
Vi Ses i Helvede (Hjernespind) Splendid Danish punk-melodic & catchy.
9.00 Lovesores - LP
Bubblegum Riot ep (Rapid Pulse/No Front Teeth) 10”. When The Humpers broke up, not a lot of bands came along to challenge their awesomeness. A difficult task for sure. As it turns out, monumental! Scott “Deluxe” Drake and Jeff Fieldhouse, the Mick and Keith of the Humpers, took matters into their own hands and have created a more than worthy successor: The Lovesores! They come blasting out of Portland, Oregon with this 6-song 10”. Punk RocknRoll, Jack! Don't let the bubblegum in the title fool you, this is a complete Sonic Assault!!!
11.50 Manic Attracts - LP
Eyes Wide Shut (Dead Beat) A Vancouver band with members of Dead Ghost and others, crank out some melodic and catchy songs and bash the shit out of them!
12.00 Miss Chain and The Broken Heels - LP
Dawn (Dusty Medical) The latest (2nd lp) from the Italian stars. So good! 11-songs, 300 copies only.
11.00 Modern Pets - LP
S/T (Modern Action) Snotty Punk/really fast powerpop from Germany. 12-songs, green vinyl. Excellent!
12.50 Moralens Väktare - LP
S/T (Dead Beat) Killer Punk Rock from Stockholm, Sweden!
12 tracks of ‘77 meets Bloodstains meets Right Now! Probably my favorite release since the Sharp Objects lp. Includes covers of the Hot Rods and ‘Dolls sung in Swedish.
13.00 Reducers - LP
Guitars, Bass & Drums (Rave On) BACK IN STOCK! The Reducers have been around since 1978-same 4 guys, same 3 chords! Their latest release is now out on vinyl and includes a non-cd/non 7” track. 12 great tracks including covers of The Heard and Firestarter.
18.00 Riots - LP
Time For Truth! (Time For Action) Moscow’s Riots are back with their debut full-length and it does not disappoint! Perhaps not as rockin’ as the singles, it’s still packed with excellent songs that bring to mind The Jam, Mod-Revival, and a little bit of the ol’ Maximum R&B
12.00 Stitches - LP
Do The Jetset (Vinyl Dog) 6 Stitches classics played on children’s instuments with electronic drums.
Maybe it doesn’t sound like much, but the results are Phenomenal! For fans of the Stitches, Screamers, Tubeway Army...
11.00 Sugar Stems - LP
Can’t Wait (Screaming Apple) Germany Brilliant new lp by Milwaukee’s Sugar Stems. Sterling female fronted pop! Limited red vinyl may be available...
12.50 TRMRS - LP
Sea Things (Dead Beat) From California, garage along the lines of Black Lips or Brimstone Howl with the occasional surf guitar tossed in.
12.50 Uzi Rash - LP
Whyte Rash Time (Dead Beat) Raw bashing weirdo noise. Click their name above to check out the sounds...
15.00 V/A Ruling The World From The Backseat - LP
A Tribute To Unnatural Axe (Lawless) 27 artists worldwide covering the beer-guzzling, foot-stomping, fist-pumping, ear splitting, brain tumor-dislodging punk classics of Unnatural Axe. Includes The Neighborhoods, Mission of Burma, The Sleazies, Classic Ruins, Dogmatics, The Queers, UFO Dictatorz, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Nasties, Rev. Norb, and lots more. A double album on two different vinyl colors, full-color cover and insert (which look awesome), and a card for a free download of the whole thing. All that and it’s only 500 numbered copies. Click on title or label name for full details...
12.00 V/A Shake! It Up Vol. 1 - LP
(Shake!) Canada Great comp of bands mostly from western Canada: The Jolts, Greenback High, Durban Poison, Headons, Mascara Nites, The Frostbacks, Shitty Neighbours, The Poor Choices, Electric Empress, and New Tricks.
Awesome packaging and limited coloured vinyl. Plus it spins at 45 which makes me happy.
11.50 Vomit Squad - LP
Amon Ra Bless America (Psychic Handshake) Canada KBD/Angry Samoans/Gizmos all come to mind at first listen to this excellent 6-song 12”. Straight ahead punk rock from King Kahn, Choyce, and others from the Spaceshits, Daylight Lovers, Sexareenos, Red Mass etc. etc. crew.
Marble dark purple vinyl with lyric sheet insert.
18.00 White Trainers Community - LP
The Long Play (Time For Action) The first lp from 2007 by The Riots under their old moniker. The first time on vinyl. Black wax version. Only a few available. I’ve said too much already...