Friday, July 31, 2009

Coffin Nails - Let's Wreck (2005)

The best of collection of this fun and humorous psychobilly act that didn't take itself too seriously. Currently released another album this year (The Dead Don't Get Older) and are touring once again.

1. Let's Wreck
2. Uncle Willy
3. Psycho Disease
4. Wind Up Dead
5. Penetration
6. If Only Mother
7. Heartbreak Hotel
8. Coffin Nails
9. Blubbery Love
10. She's a Moose
11. Carling Black Label
12. Skeleton Swamp
13. Inspector Clueso
14. Been Around the World
15. Ooh Ahh
16. No Way
17. When I'm Drunk
18. Girl Next Door
19. Neurotic Dave
20. Hard as Nails
21. STD
22. Forbidden Love
23. Freaks Come Out at Night
24. Scared of the Dark
25. Woke Up This Morning


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

999 - Homicide: The Best Of (1998)

1. Boys in the Gang
2. Biggest Prize in Sport
3. Feeling Alright with the Crew
4. Lie Lie Lie
5. English Wipeout
6. Inside Out
7. Emergency
8. Boiler
9. Obsessed
10. Nasty Nasty
11. Black Flowers for the Bride
12. Crazy
13. Homicide
14. Absolution
15. There is No Glory Mary's Story
16. Signed Dangerous of Hollywood
17. I'm Alive
18. Deep in the Shadow
19. Don't You Know I Need You
20. My Street Stinks



Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (1981)

As hardcore punk was breaking in the Boston area around them, Mission of Burma took punk in a different direction.

1. That's When I Reach for my Revolver
2. Outlaw
3. Fame and Fortune
4. This is not a Photograph
5. Red
6. All World Cowboy Romance
7. Academy Fight Song
8. Max Ernst


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Radio Birdman - The Essential 74-78

1. Aloha Steve and Danno
2. Murder City Nights
3. New Race
4. Love Kills
5. Descent into the Maelstrom
6. Burn my Eye
7. I-94
8. Anglo Girl Desire
9. Hand of Law
10. Snake
11. Do the Pop
12. Non-Stop Girls
13. What Gives?
14. Man with the Golden Helmet
15. Hanging On
16. Crying Sun
17. Smith and Wesson Blues
18. Time to Fall
19. Alone in the Endzone
20. Breaks in in my Heart (live)
21. More Fun (live)
22. Dark Surprise (live)



The Adicts - Sound of Music (1982)

Underappreciated catchy first wave British punk rock that draws from A Clockwork Orange and Droog imagery.

1. How Sad
2. 4 3 2 1
3. Chinese Takeaway
4. Johnny Was A Solider
5. Disco
6. Eyes in the Back of your Head
7. Joker in the Pack
8. Lullaby
9. My Baby Got Run Over By A Steamroller
10. A Man's Gotta Do
11. Let's Go
12. Easy Way Out
13. Shake Rattle Bang Your Head
14. You'll Never Walk Alone
15. Too Young
16. I Wanna Be Sedated
























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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Zero Boys - Vicious Circle (1982)

Reissue 2000.

1. Vicious Circle
2. Amphetamine Addiction
3. New Generation
4. Dirty Alleys/Dirty Minds
5. Civilization's Dying
6. Livin' in the 80's
7. Drug Free Youth
8. Down the Drain
9. Outta Style
10. You Can Touch Me
11. Forced Entry
12. Hightime
13. Charles' Place
14. Trying Harder
15. She Said Goodbye
16. Slam and Worm


VA - Skabilly Rebel - The Roddy Radiation Anthology

Roddy Radiation (Roddy Byers) guitarist for two tone ska legends The Specials in his other rockabilly/country acts with hints of ska.

1. Desire - The Bonediggers
2. What's the Matter - The Bonediggers
3. Hook, Line, and Sinker - The Bonediggers
4. Bonediggin' -The Bonediggers
5. Blues Attack - The Bonediggers
6. The Man with No Name - The Raiders
7. Lorraine - The Tearjerkers
8. Judgement Day - The Tearjerkers
9. Doldrums - The Raiders
10. Don't Drive Me - The Tearjerkers
11. Heartbreak City - The Raiders
12. Black Leather Jacket - The Bonediggers
13. Nothing Lasts Forever - The Tearjerkers
14. Fallen Angel - Roddy and Mark Byers
15. Blue Angel- Roddy Byers
16. Dream World - The Tearjerkers
17. Reckless Romance - Roddy Byers
18. Dixie Ska - Roddy and Mark Byers





















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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra - Black Cat White Cat (1998)

1. Bubamara - Main Version
2. Duj Sandale
3. Railway Station
4. Jek Di Tharn II
5. Daddy, Don't Ever Die on a Friday
6. Bubamara - Vivaldi Version
7. Daddy's Gone
8. Long Vehicle
9. Pit Bull
10. El Bubamara Pasa
11. Ja volim te jose (Meine Stadt)
12. Bubamara - Tree Stump
13. Jek Di Tharn
14. Lies
15. Hunting
16. Dejo Dance
17. Bulgarian Dance
18. Bubamara - Sunflower
19. Black Cat, White Cat



Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Professionals - I Didn't See It Coming (1981)

Ex-Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook pair up in the Professionals and keep the punk rock but go more melodic and less snotty.

1. The Magnificent
2. Payola
3. Northern Slide
4. Friday Night Square
5. Kick Down the Doors
6. Little Boys
7. All The Way
8. Crescendo
9. Madhouse
10. Too Far To Fall


The Joykiller - Static (1996)

Edgy melodic pop punk with piano featuring Jack Grisham from T.S.O.L.

1. Hate
2. I Don't Know
3. Brainless
4. Sanity
5. Sad
6. White Boy, White Girl
7. Destroyer
8. Sorry
9. Television
10. She's So Static
11. Wanting the Kiss to Go On
12. Get Started
13. Nowhere Ever
14. What a Girl




The Rocketz - Rise of the Undead (2005)

Catchy So Cal Psychobilly. One of the best American Psychobilly acts going.

1. Rise of the Undead
2. Long Blonde Hair
3. Killing
4. Die Zombie Die
5. My Girlfriend
6. Get Away
7. Vampire's Sorrow
8. Mad Mad Dead
9. Waking Without You
10. Frenzy
11. Police on my Back
12. Wildman
13. I Want U Dead




A.P.P.L.E - Plutocracy = Tyranny and Exploitation (1996)

Contains previously released EP "A Very Sensitive Facist" plus live recordings from a radio show. Very Crass-influenced peaceful anarcho punk with a female lead vocal and contains a cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind."

1. Plutocracy
2. Rape Our Mother
3. Sanctuary
4. Peace is Possible
5. Double Standards
6. Price of Freedom
7. Amerikkka
8. Fuck Authority
9. Blowin' in the Wind
10. If in Heaven
11. Impeach Reagan
12. The Observer
13. They Never Said It Would Be Like This
14. Shanty Town Blues
15. Where Have All the Flowers Gone
16. Why Work?
17. Abscence of Malice
18. Disintegrate the Church and State
19. Founding Fathers
20. Cinderella


Monday, July 6, 2009

Foot Foot - Snaggle and Buck (2006)

Lo-fi, acoustic/singer-songwriter, and real good bluesy slide guitar.

1. Dandelions and Spastics
2. Rakes and Rails
3. Criminal Wealth
4. M'Nausea Tua
5. Ancient Twisted Dream
6. Lumbar
7. Shasta Heavy
8. Wind Blows The Door Open
9. Out of the Sand
10. Lay Low
11. Tall and Thin



Holy Rollin' Hellfires - S/T

1. Sweet n Low
2. Thinkin' Twice
3. Breaker 19
4. 1 Horse Town
5. Cornfed & Inbred
6. Walk the Yellow Line
7. No Twang like Poon Twang
8. Too Many Women
9. Cowboy Ways
10. On my Side
11. Mile Marker 69
12. 5 Shots
13. Drunk and Stoned
14. What the Hells Goin' On



Sunday, July 5, 2009

Gang of Four - A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (1990)

1. At Home He's a Tourist
2. Damaged Goods
3. Natural's Not In It
4. Not Great Men
5. Anthrax
6. Return the Gift
7. It's Her Factory
8. What We Wall Want (Live)
9. Paralysed
10. A Hole in the Wallet
11. Cheeseburger
12. To Hell With Poverty
13. Capital (It Fails Us Now)
14. Call Me Up
15. I Will Be A Good Boy
16. The History of the World
17. I love a Man in Uniform
18. It Is Love
19. Woman Town
20. We Live as We Dream, Alone




Eddie & The Hot Rods - Teenage Depression (1976)

Re-issue 2000.

1. Get Across To You
2. Why Can't It Be Me?
3. Show Me
4. All I Need Is Money
5. Double CHeckin' Woman
6. The Kids Are Alright (live)
7. Teenage Depression
8. Horseplay
9. Been So Long
10. Shake
11. On the Run
12. Writing on the Wall
13. Cruisin' (In the Lincoln)
14. Wooly Bully
15. Horseplay (Single Version)
16. 96 Tears (Live)
17. Get out of Denver (Live)
18. Gloria/Satisfaction (Live)
19. On the Run (Live)
20. Hard Drivin' Man (Live)
21. Horseplay (Live)
22. Double Checkin' Woman (Live)
23. All I Need Is Money (Live)









The Sharks - Colour My Flesh (1996)

1. Hanger 84
2. Grave Robber
3. Desire Calls
4. Time Bomb
5. Blue Water, White Water
6. Rat Race
7. Man With The X Ray Eyes
8. Colour My Flesh
9. Sgt. Rock
10. Parasite
11. Too Little, Too Late
12. The Game
13. Jet Boy




Thursday, July 2, 2009

Eater - All of Eater (1998)

Rough, aggressive, 77 style punk. Highly underrated in terms of Britain's first wave of punk.

1. You
2. Public Toys
3. Room for One
4. Lock It Up
5. Sweet Jane
6. Fifteen
7. I Don't Need It
8. Anne
9. Get Raped
10. Space Dreaming
11. Queen Bitch
12. My Business
13. Waiting For The Man
14. No More
15. No Brains
16. Love and Peace (H-Bomb)
17. Outside View
18. Thinking of the USA
19. Michael's Monetary System
20. She's Wearing Green
21. Notebook
22. Jeep Star
23. Debutantes Ball
24. Holland
25. What She Wants She Needs
26. Reach for the Sky
27. Point of View
28. Typerwriter Babes














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Wire - Pink Flag (1977)

Before Wire went exploring way into post punk/experimental territory, this was a punk classic out of Britain blasting through 21 songs in 35 minutes (ala the Ramones go to art school.)

1. Reuters
2. Field Day for the Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6. Start to Move
7. Brazil
8. It's So Obvious
9. Surgeon's Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15. Strange
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different to Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 12 X U



The Kings of Nuthin' - Fight Songs for Fuck Ups (2002)

Boston street punks playing an edgier take on old rhyhtm & blues and rockabilly is truly irresistible.

1. Into/New Thing Nutin'
2. Shit Out of Luck
3. Waitin' to Leave
5. Where Do We Go?
6. The Kids Will Have No Say
7. La Chupacabra
8. Drive All Night
9. Iron out the Irony
10. Callin' to Let You Know
11. All I've Lost
12. Nailhead
13. Another Year
14. 11 to 3
15. Fight Songs for Fuck Ups





Master Ace - Take a Look Around (1990)

Early 90's hip hop. It features "Me and the Biz" which was written by Master Ace about him and Biz Markie, but due to conflict Ace filled in and rapped Biz's part in another voice. Seemingly made it more of a classic.

1. Music Man
2. I Got Ta
3. Letter to the Better (Remix)
5. Other Side of Town
6. Ace iz Wild
7. Four Minus Three
8. Can't Stop the Bum Rush
9. Movin' On
10. Brooklyn Battles
11. Maybe Next Time
12. As I Reminisce
13. Take a Look Around
14. Together




Whorehouse of Representatives - Discography 93-99 (2006)

1. The Reasons Why
2. Economic Liposuction
3. Slow Suicide
4. Prepare to Fight
6. The PC Song
7. I Got No Cock
8. Brainwashed
9. Body Aches
10. Problem Hasn't Gone Away
11. Straight Jacket
12. Society's Trap
13. Blinded by Darkness
14. Fuck Authority
15. Junkie
16. Die by Myself
17. Nowhere
18. Stripped
19. Censorship
20. Acid Rain
21. Blinded by Darkness
22. Greed is a Disease
23. No Purpose No Gain
24. PC Song
25. Educate your Mind
26. Let Freedom Reign
27. Sand in the Gears
28. Suffer in Silence
29. Stolen Land
30. Die on your Knees














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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Herbaliser - Take London (2005)

1. Take London
2. Nahmean Nahm Sayin
4. Generals
5. Gadget Funk
6. Filure's No Option
7. Lord Lord
8. The Man Who Knows (Interlude)
9. Kittyknapper
10. Geddim
11. Close your Eyes
12. Sonofanuthamutha
13. Twice Around
14. I Know a Bloke (Interlude)
15. 8 Man Strong
16. Serge



Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo The Best Of (1997)

Great collection from one of the most seminal post-punk bands. It features "The Killing Moon" which you may have heard before at the beginning of the movie, Donnie Darko.

1. Rescue
2. Do It Clean
3. Villers Terrace
4. All That Jazz
5. Over the Wall
6. A Promise
7. The Disease
8. The Back of Love
9. The Cutter
10. Never Stop
12. Silver
13. Seven Seas
14. Bring on the Dancing Horses
15. People are Strange
16. The Game
17. Lips like Sugar
18. Bedbugs & Ballyhoo