Monday, October 26, 2009

One Man Army - Dead End Stories (1998)

1. Another Dead End Story
2. Money in the Bank
3. They'll Never Call It Quits
4. One in the Same
5. Stuck in the Avenue
6. Another Time
7. Fate at Fourteen
8. Down the Block
9. Big Time
10. Three Strikes
11. Back Then
12. Downtown Lights






Ghastly Ones - A Haunting We Will Go-Go (1998)

Like taking a surf ride through a haunted mansion. Dick Dale meets Herman Munster.

1. An Invitation
2. Ghastly Stomp
3. Hangman Hangten
4. Thunderhead
5. Pacific Ghost Highway
6. Haulin' Hearse
7. Lonesome Undertaker
8. Mysterion
9. The Boys Go Creepin'
10. Diabolo's Theme
11. Action Squad
12. Deadbeat
13. Spookmaster
14. Doctor Diabolo Speaks
15. Attack of Robot Atomico
16. Los Campiones Del Justicio
17. Hollywood Nocturne
18. Surfin' Spooks
19. A Final Warning
20. (Everybody's Doin') The Ghastly Stomp




Sunday, October 25, 2009

Dead City Shakers - Ship of Beggars (2006)

1. Payin' Dues in Blood
2. Even Heroes Die
3. Lonely Rose
4. Dead City
5. These Scars
6. Looking Back
7. Soul of Rock 'n Roll
8. Crimson Hands
9. Love and a .44
10. Cliff's Song
11. What Makes You Kill?
12. Ship of Beggars





7 Shot Screamers - I Was a Teenage 7 Shot Screamer (2001)

1. Hey Lady Luck
2. Camille
3. Hooker
4. Live Fast, Die Young
5. The Girls a Tramp
6. Meet Me
7. War Song
8. Maybe Baby
9. Paint it Black
10. Snowcaps
11. River City Rebels
12. Lonesome Highway



Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space - A Night at Grand Guignol (2005)

1. Night at Grand Guignol
2. Mummy's Shroud
3. Reign of Devils
4. Bucket of Blood
5. Pigblood Blues
6. Princess Paranoia
7. Chopping Mall
8. Deeper Shade of Red
9. Shocktoberfest
10. Dracula's Cadillac
11. If It Bleeds It's Good
12. A.H.C.L.
13. Most Beautiful Corpse
14. Dead by Dawn
15. Me, Myself, and the Beast Within
16. Trash Ballerina
17. Wizard of Gore



Mischief Brew - Ba-Ke-Nal' (2003)

Lyrically-charged folk punk spinning tales of gypsies, drinking, anarchy, and rebellion. You'll definitely be singing along with these uproarious defiant anthems that will make you want to proverbially throw a brick through big business/government's window.

1. Devil of a Time
2. Rambler's Ghost
3. The Drunk of Three Nights
4. Roll Me Through the Gates of Hell
5. Anti-Lullaby














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Sunday, October 18, 2009

VA - Paid in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (2007)

1. I Walk The Line - Blitzkid
2. Sam Hall - The Boo Berrys
3. Cocaine Blues - Electric Frankenstein
4. The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea - The Spookshow
5. Big River - The Aggro-Nuts
6. Give My Love to Rose - Mister Monster
7. Cry, Cry, Cry - The Ghoul
8. Folsom Prison Blues - Lonesome Spurs
9. One Piece at a Time - Nuke and the Living Dead
10. The Wreck of the Old '97 - The Massacres
11. Dark as a Dungeon - Colonel Sanders Grave
12. Wanted Man - Psycho Charger
13. Sunday Morning Coming Down - The Bang Tale


Desmond Dekker & The Specials - King of Ska (1998)

1. Sammy Dead
2. Fat Man
3. Easy Snappin'
4. Carry Go Bring Come
5. Humpty Dumpty
6. King of Ska
7. Take It Easy
8. Wings of a Dove
9. King of Kings
10. Jamaica Ska
11. 007 (Shanty Town)
12. Israelites
13. Rudy Got Soul



The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)

1. (I'm) Stranded
2. One Way Street
3. Wild About You
4. Messin' with the Kid
5. Erotic Neurotic
6. No Time
7. Kissin' Cousins
8. Story of Love
9. Demolition Girl
10. Night in Venice
11. Lipstick on Your Collar
12. River Deep Mountain High














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The Peacocks - Angel (2000)

Very catchy neo-rockabilly from Switzerland that combines with elements of punk and occasional hints of ska.

1. Innocent
2. Shadow
3. Please Not Now
4. It's Not Me
5. Can't Explain
6. I Don't Like No One
7. I Will Not
8. Smalltown Kid
9. Come On
10. Angel
11. I Want My Money Back
12. It's Funny
13. Untitled 2
14. Describe Your Sound
15. Smile
16. So Long Goodbye





Barnyard Ballers - Nudie Bar Blues (2003)

1. Perverted Man
2. Porno Slut
3. Nudie Bar Blues
4. Mamma's Breast
5. God Boy
6. Hole in my Bucket
7. Take Your Pants Off
8. Barndance
9. Bullies
10. Livin' in the Hills
11. Ugly Chicks
12. Nudie Bar Blues
13. Terror of Tijuana



Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits (1990)

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. Honey Don't
3. Boppin' the Blues
4. Everybody's Trying to be my Baby
5. Movie Magg
6. Sure to Fall
7. All Mama's Children
8. Perkins Wiggle
9. Put Your Cat Clothes On
10. Matchbox
11. Your True Love
12. Lend Me Your Comb
13. Dixie Fried
14. You Can Do No Wrong
15. Glad All Over
16. Gone, Gone, Gone



Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Jam - All Mod Cons (Deluxe Edition, 1997)

(Original release in 1978.)

1. All Mod Cons
2. To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
3. Mr. Clean
4. David Watts
5. English Rose
6. In the Crowd
7. Billy Hunt
8. It's Too Bad
9. Fly
10. The Place I Love
11. 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street
12. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
13. News of the World (Single)
14. Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths) (b-side)
15. Innocent Man (b-side)
16. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (single)
17. So Sad About Us (b-side)
18. The Night (b-side)
19. So Sad About Us (demo)
20. Worlds Apart (demo)
21. It's Too Bad
22. To Be Someone (demo)
23. David Watts (demo)
24. Billy Hunt (alt version)
25. Mr. Clean (demo)
26. Fly (demo)


Cock Sparrer - Bloody Minded: The Best Of (1997)

1. Because You're Young
2. Last Train to Dagenham
3. Bird Trouble
4. Tough Guys
5. Sunday Stripper
6. A.U.
7. I Feel a Death Coming On
8. Bats Out
9. Where Are They Now
10. Running Riot
11. Argy Bargy
12. Run Away Johnny
13. Take 'Em All
14. England Belongs to Me



Smoking Popes - Destination Failure (1997)

Never have such despondent tales of lost love, no hope, and failure sounded so catchy and upbeat. Includes a brilliant cover of 'Pure Imagination' from Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

1. Star Struck One
2. No More Smiles
3. I Know You Love Me
4. You Spoke to Me
5. Paul
6. Can't Find It
7. Capital Cristine
8. Before I'm Gone
9. Megan
10. Let's Hear it for Love
11. Pure Imagination
12. I was Right
13. They Lied
14. End of your Time
15. Pretty Pathetic
16. Follow the Sound



The Meteors - From Zorch With Love: The Very Best of the Meteors 81-97

The Meteors wear the crown when it comes to psychobilly and this is a great collection of their best classics.

1. Surfin' on the Planet Zorch
2. Rhythm of the Bell
3. Voodoo Rhythm
4. Stampede
5. Chainsaw Boogie
6. Michael Myers
7. Rawhide
8. Don't Touch the Bang Bang Fruit
9. Somebody Put Something in my Drink
10. Graveyard Stomp
11. Fire Fire
12. Swamp Thing
13. Go Buddy Go
14. Repo Man
15. Hell Ain't Hot Enough for Me


















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The Briefs - Hit After Hit (2004)

1. Poor and Weird
2. Run the Other Way
3. Silver Bullet
4. Rotten Love
5. I'm a Raccoon
6. Sylvia
7. Where Did He Go?
8. New Shoes
9. Knife
10. Year Long Summer
11. New Case
12. Big Dog
13. Dolly Parton


Royal Crown Revue - Kings of Gangster Bop (1991)

Maybe best known from the 90's comedy The Mask that featured 'Hey Pachuco' during the big swing dance scene between Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. Truly amazing swing revival that would make even the biggest of squares wanna bop.

1. Hey Pachuco
2. Inner City Swing
3. Spanky's in the Kitchen
4. Jumpin' in G
5. Stormy Weather
6. Cold Shower
7. Daydreamin'
8. Zip Gun Bop
9. Elevator Operation
10. Swingin' All Day
11. Be Bop for Bo



Koffin Kats - Inhumane (2005)

Extremely hard rockin' psychobilly out of the Detroit area. Deep dark twangy guitar, thumpin' upright bass, and all kinds of evil minded themes. Maybe the best American psychobilly act going.

1. Mors Ex Infernos
2. Hatred
3. Darker Place
4. Caught Up
5. Chainsaw Massacre
6. Vampire's Curse
7. Demon Demon
8. She's Deadly
9. Meltdown
10. Die Cat Die
11. Graveyard Tree II
12. Hitlist
13. Perfect Suicide
14. Purgatory
15. 2084


Fatter Than Albert - Most Poets Do (2004)

1. Most Poets Do
2. Am I Really That Ugly
3. Volpi's Song
4. Trigonometry
5. Fever and Chills
6. Girl at the Bar
7. Slap

The Toasters - Skaboom (1987)

1. Talk is Cheap
2. Pool Shark
3. Weekend in L.A.
4. Shocker!
5. Toast on the Coast
6. Manipulator
7. Mr. Trouble
8. ABC's
9. East Side Beat
10. Now or Never
11. So Long, Buck
12. Renee
13. Matt Davis
14. Ideal Man
15. Naked City
16. Recrimination
17. Razor Cut
18. Run Rudy Run
19. Radiation Skank







Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Athletico Spizz 80 - Do a Runner (1980)

(a.k.a. Spizz Energi)

1. Touched
2. New Species
3. Intimate
4. Effortless
5. European Heroes
6. Energy Crisis
7. Red and Black
8. Rhythm Inside
9. Person Impersonator
10. Clocks are Big
11. Airships


Friday, October 9, 2009

The Mad Conductor - Renegade Space Rock (2007)

1. Venom
2. Bayou Moon Stompin'
3. Porchmen
4. Reactor #4
5. Starry Safari
6. All Things Considered
7. Mr. Cacciatore
8. Feed the Beast
9. Destapadores
10. Cot in a Wormhole
11. Delirium Aquarium