UNDERGROUND MEDICINE
08 June, 2013
A couple of cool new singles this week including Big Neck Records record store day comp featuring an otherwise unreleased Livids track.
(6/2/13) Besides The Ills, there’s more goodies from Shake! Records including a really cool comp in the lp section. Also, the return of Centless Productions!
(5/30/13) THE ILLS!
(5/12/13) Put on your dancin’ shoes, there’s a new Ballantynes single out!
(5/6/13) Livids on Goodbye Boozy sold out!
(5/5/13) Livids Goodbye Boozy 7” is in stock. It’s a 150 copy repress on green vinyl. One-sided like the first press. As I type this, all 4 Livids singles are in stock. Don’t miss out!
(4/14/13) Livids 7” Number 4 is available now! We currently have 3 of them. All destined to be classics. Two more killers from Ken Rock too!
(4/7/13) Sugar Stems lp on Screaming Apple available now! Red vinyl if you hurry. New Livids 7” on Slovenly due any day now.
(3/31/13) The Riots lp available now! Another Livids 7”. White Trainers Community restock. Eat ‘em up!
(3/24/13) New batch of 7”s! 4 Livids singles Out or out soon. We have one so far and are expecting two more. It looks like the Goodbye Boozy one will be a tough ticket.
(3/3/13) The limited version of the Lovesores 10” is completely sold out!
(2/18/13) Very few of the Limited version of The Lovesores 10" still left. The CRAZY SQUEEZE lp is in stock!
(2/10/13) A very slow start to 2013 as evidenced by the lack of new shit below. We’ve been saving our pennies for our first ever Rapid Pulse 10”:The Lovesores-Bubblegum Riot ep! Scott and Jeff from the Humpers recreate their glory days with these 6 new songs assured to knock you on your ass! They may not be trying to sound like The Humpers, but they sure do and we’re all better for it. 100 copies are in a cellophane type sleeve and will go fast. You've been warned! We don’t have a 10” section, so it’s listed below amidst the LP’s. I can’t even begin to tell you how great this is!
(1/20/13) New Catholic Discipline lp in stock now!
(12/23/12) Two Killer lp’s this time out! The debut from former Busy Signal Ana Lucia and the never before on vinyl White Trainers Community lp (get it now ‘cause it’s gonna disappear very quickly!
We finally joined Facebook. Stop by and like it so the number’s not quite so embarrassing. It will be easier to update that page as soon as new shit arrives and post record covers etc. Does anyone care about Twitter? If you do, you can follow at @umedjim and maybe I'll start posting new arrivals and whatever other crap. If there’s not much interest, I won’t bother...
Remember, new records are added weekly, as we get them, not in a single update like the old days...
NEW SHIT! : seven inches
5.50 Ballantynes
Faith/Velvet (La-Ti-Da) Canada Third terrific single from The Ballantynes and it’s the best yet-or at least my favourite. Perfect for your next mod/soul dance party!
5.00 Ills
Get It (Shake!) Canada Absolutely killer 6-song 7”! Iowa garage Punk monsters with female vocals. Stellar recording! Not lofi sludge. Multiple versions available.
6.00 Party Lights
Before You Came Here/Keep You Around (No Front Teeth) England Girl pop from Brooklyn. They share members with the Recordettes. Red vinyl, clear cellophane sleeve.
6.00 Recordettes
Candy Store ep (No Front Teeth) England Debut from Brooklyn’s Recordettes. 2 girls/2 guys play fun garage pop new wave. 3 songs, includes download card.
4.50 Socials
The Beast Bites ep (Centsless Productions) The Socials have been around forever and this new ep shows they’ve still got it! Female fronted garage punk rocknroll from Cincinnati on the legendary (at least in my mind) Centless Productions. 4 songs.
5.00 V/A Big Neck Record Store Day Compilation
(Big Neck) 2013 comp with a track each by Livids-Stop Bleeding, Xrays-Six Pack Styl, Cheap Freaks-Don’t Get Much Better Than This, and Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb-Cravecase
5.00 Durban Poison / Headons
Split 45 (Shake!) Canada Excellent match up here with BC, Canada’s Durban Poison, who keep getting better and Sweden’s Headons. Punk RocknRoll time! Two songs from each band with a download card and colored vinyl. More free downloads when you click on the Headons page.
5.00 Modern Action / Swingin' Utters
(Modern Action) Two Great Bands That Go Great Together! 450 copy edition out of print.
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.
8.00 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.
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
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.
8.00 Leathervein - LP
S/T (Hjernespind) Danish Hardcore
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!
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...
17.00 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. Check their myspace page...
18.00 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...