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More than a decade after the life of the Gories, the foxy garage explosion of Demolition Doll Rods prevailed. Danny Doll Rod (vocals/guitar), Margaret Doll Rod (guitar/vocals), and Thumpurr Doll Rod (drums), who are known for performing with next to nothing on, ignite a R&B, blues-tailored rock fire on their third album, On. Their first for Swami, it's a collection of tracks resulting from over two and half years of writing and recording and is their long-awaited follow-up to 1999's T.L.A.. Demolition Doll Rods have every intention of teaching the White Stripes and other Motor City copycats a thing or two, because On is balls-to-the-wall, in-your-face, red-toothed rock & roll. From the rockabilly hip-shakers "All the Stars" and "Take It Off" to the girlish ear candy of "Hot Pink," Demolition Doll Rods' strut never stops. The trio's white-hot musicianship can't cool down, and producer Dave Feeny keeps things slick so that the band's stiff upper lip is always up front. The twin-guitar work between Danny and Margaret oozes sex in a manner that is playful and completely for performance. Demolition Doll Rods are the ultimate raw performance, and that should be enough when it comes down to the nitty-gritty of rock & roll. Blues is stripped to its bare bones on the live version of "Don't Go No Further." Wild catcalls from Thumpurr and Margaret make you want it more, and honestly, Demolition Doll Rods want to give it. If that doesn't do it, the classic blues howling of "Cannonball" will. Need further explanation? Demolition Doll Rods are ready to grab you from behind to tell you what's what. ~ MacKenzie Wilson
Demolition Doll Rods includes: Danny Doll Rod (vocals).
Arranger: Demolition Doll Rods.
Demolition Doll Rods: Danny Doll Rod (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Margarat Doll Rod (vocals, guitar); Thumpurr Doll Rod (vocals, drums, percussion).
Demolition Doll Rods On Songs Purchase On CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Reigning Sound Break Up Break Down CD (2001)
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Former Oblivians and Compulsive Gamblers frontman Greg Cartwright cools his boiling garage leanings to a simmer on the Memphis musician's debut with the Reigning Sound. It's all about the material on Break Up Break Down, and there are only scattered references to the primal blues-rock of Cartwright's notable '90s projects. Heart-tugging vocals and songwriting are the central components that this country-folk collection revolves around. Highlights like the waltz-time lament "Goodbye" have just what it takes to grip the inner Hank Williams in every garage rocker, without tripping any irony-minded alerts that equate anything emotional with overt sentimentality. Perhaps this delicate country-rock balancing act is what impressed the Hives enough to take the Reigning Sound out on tour, or perhaps the decision was tribute to Cartwright's overlooked punk/gospel work with Oblivians. Such thoughts won't concern fans of traditional American music after they've confronted the authenticity and the sweetness of Break Up Break Down. ~ Vincent Jeffries
Greg Cartwright-Oblivians,The Compulsive Gamblers+Jeremy Sco
Personnel: Greg Cartwright (vocals, guitar); Alex Greene (organ, background vocals); Greg Roberson (drums).
Recording information: Easley Studio.
Photographer: Daniel Ball.
The Reigning Sound: Greg Cartwright (vocals, guitar); Jeremy Scott (vocals, bass); Alex Greene (piano, organ, background vocals); Greg Roberson (drums, percussion).
The Reigning Sound: Jeremy Scott (bass guitar, background vocals); Greg Cartwright, Greg Roberson, Alex Greene.
Additional personnel: John Whittemore (steel guitar); Brian Venable (mandolin).
| | Fleshtones Do You Swing CD (2003)
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Some folks like to say that history is cyclical, and it certainly supports this theory that just as a bunch of young bucks have (once again) come along to say that rock & roll is getting stale and needs a good dose of high attitude and fuzz-tone energy, the Fleshtones -- who've been saying the same thing since 1977 -- have re-emerged to remind the world how this whole "super rock" thing is supposed to be done. Maybe they don't dress quite as sharp as the Hives, or pose as well as the Strokes, or get worshiped by the British press quite like the White Stripes, but one spin of the Fleshtones' 2003 platter Do You Swing? proves that if you wanna get a rock & roll dance party started, Peter Zaremba and company are still your finest one-stop shopping place. And perhaps having some fresh competition (not to mention facing the fear of being outclassed by bands fronted by guys who weren't even alive when the Fleshtones played their first gigs) has been just what these folks have needed, because Do You Swing? is one of the strongest Fleshtones albums to date, boasting material every bit as potent as what they served up on Roman Gods and Hexbreaker, and sounding fresh, energetic, and gloriously alive. Rick Miller from Southern Culture on the Skids produced Do You Swing? at his home studio, and the results have a bright, punchy sound that never gets in the way of the reverb and/or fuzz, and the vibe is at once loose and perfectly focused. And from the Swingin' Medallions-esque "I'm Back Again," the R&B-flavored "Hard Lovin' Man," the tribute to rock's greatest chord changes, "1-4-5," and their ode to living in one of Brooklyn's least-gentrified neighborhoods, "Destination Greenpoint," the Fleshtones have come up with a batch of top-shelf songs that show them to their advantage. It would be silly to say the Fleshtones are back, since they never went away, but after 26 years in the game, Do You Swing? shows they've still got the rock -- and if anything, they're getting better at
| | Oblivians Rock N' Roll Holiday: Live In Atlanta CD (2003)
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Through most of their existence, "subtle" was a word rarely used to describe the gloriously messed-up attack of Memphis roots punks the Oblivians, but they never sounded quite so frantic and hot-wired than they did on this live album, recorded during a feedback-laden 1994 show that found the band opening for like-minded maniacs the Woggles and the Mono Men. Briefly available in a pressing of 300 LPs in 1996 and now reissued on CD, Rock 'n Roll Holiday is one 45-minute, slightly hissy blast of cheap guitars pummeled into submission; drums beaten senseless; and hoarse bleatings about sex, violence, and various forms of anti-social behavior, punctuated by the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd, occasional pauses to right faulty equipment, and pleas for fans to purchase some of the group's many recordings. Which is to say, if you don't like your rock & roll in its raw, crude form, then you probably don't want to hear this. On the other hand, if the above description sounds like your idea of a good time, may I suggest putting this on your shopping list pronto. One sticking point: I know it's kinda dumb to single out bad taste on an album with tunes like "Plate in My Head," "And Then I Fucked Her," and " "Motorcycle Leather Boy," but three Lightnin' Hopkins and Slim Harpo fans really ought to know better than to call a song "Nigger Rich." Past that, if you're looking for the right kind of trash, the Oblivians serve it up hot and fresh on Rock 'n Roll Holiday, and you might want to pick it up before it disappears for a second time. ~ Mark Deming
Recorded live in Atlanta, Georgia on August 19, 1994.
Liner Note Authors: Greg Cartwright; Byron Coley.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (08/19/1994).
Photographers: Cracklin Ferris; Daniel Ball.
| | Flamin Groovies Flamin' Groovies Now CD (1978)
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While it took a long and torturous five years for the Flamin' Groovies to find their way back to an American record deal with Shake Some Action, a year and a half later the band had a follow-up ready, and while 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now isn't quite as cohesive as the album that preceded it, in many respects the band sounds at once tighter and more relaxed, with some time on the road firming up the rhythm section while giving the songs a bit more room to swing (which wasn't one of the strong suits of the British Invasion bands that provided their aural template). The band lost guitarist James Ferrell during the post-Shake Some Action tour, but former Charlatans picker Mike Wilhelm proved to be a more than simpatico replacement on these sessions, and while leader Cyril Jordan didn't come up with another new song as transcendent as "Shake Some Action," "All I Wanted" comes pretty close. But it's significant that most of the songs on Flamin' Groovies Now are covers, and while all of them are played with love, enthusiasm, and the right period flair (especially the Beatles' "There's a Place," Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Ups and Downs," and "Move It," an early U.K. hit for Cliff Richard), they give the album a feeling of being padded, and just because covering the Rolling Stones rarity "Blue Turns to Grey" was a good idea didn't mean the Flamin' Groovies had any business tackling "Paint It Black." All in all, Flamin' Groovies Now is a terrific-sounding record that captures a fine band when it was in great form, but it also makes clear that the gremlins that often dogged the Groovies in the studio (namely their inability to make a 100 percent satisfying album) hadn't gone away. ~ Mark Deming
A late 70s classic from this San Francisco group.
Liner Note Author: Alec Pala
| | Flamin Groovies Jumpin' In The Night CD (1979)
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The third and last of the Flamin' Groovies late-'70s albums for Sire, Jumpin' in the Night storms out of the gate with the title song, a top-shelf rocker that brings the muscle of the Flamingo-era lineup of the Groovies to the more style-conscious British Invasion sonics of Cyril Jordan's version. Though Jumpin' in the Night never rocks that hard or that well again, it does sound decidedly tighter and tougher than 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now, and guitarist Mike Wilhelm, a new addition to the Now lineup, is much better integrated into their wall of guitars, with the Groovies sounding more solid than they did a year before. But while Jumpin' in the Night finds the Flamin' Groovies sounding better than ever, the material unfortunately lets them down. It's no wonder why the Flamin' Groovies loved the Byrds -- both were American bands who fell in love with the sounds of British rock and crafted their own variation on the style -- but three Byrds covers on this album is about two too many (especially given how clunky David Wright's drumming sounds on "5D"), and though having the Groovies tackle "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "Please Please Me" sounds good on paper, the audible results are a bit underwhelming. (On the other hand, their cover of "Werewolves of London" is better than anyone had a right to expect.) The production and engineering by Roger Bechirian is crisp and flattering to the guitars, but lacks the resonance of Dave Edmunds' more layered approach on Shake Some Action and Now. A great band, the Flamin' Groovies often seemed to have a hard time reconciling their best qualities with the record-making process, and Jumpin' in the Night is probably the best example of this dilemma, though it has more than enough worthwhile moments to compensate. ~ Mark Deming
First time on CD for this San Francisco cult classic.
| | Fu Manchu We Must Obey CD (2007)
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Fu Manchu may be well on their way to becoming the AC/DC of stoner rock. On their eleventh full-length, 2007's WE MUST OBEY, and into their second decade, Scott Hill and Co. refuse to budge from the formula that made them favorites among the dilated pupils crowd from day one. The Orange County vehicular fetishists turn to producer Andrew Alekel--whose studio chops brought commercial success to Rancid, Weezer, and Queens of the Stone Age--on WE MUST OBEY, but long time fans need not fear a sell-out. Alekel understands the importance of the band's heavy recipe for groove and attack, making WE MUST OBEY among Fu Manchu's best.
Audio Mixer: Andrew Alekel.
Recording information: Grandmaster Recorders, Ltd (08/2006).
Fu Manchu: Bob Balch (guitar); Brad Davis (bass guitar); Scott Hill, Scott Reeder.
Personnel: Scott Hill (vocals, guitar); Bob Balch (guitar); Scott Reeder (drums).
| | Telepathic Butterflies Songs From A Second Wave CD (2004)
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The Telepathic Butterflies' second album (their first was actually released twice, first as Nine Songs in 2000, then as Introducing the Telepathic Butterflies, with four additional tracks, in 2003) is built on the same power pop scaffolding as the first, and the songs all exhibit a delightfully energetic joy. But first appearances can be deceiving, and Réjean Ricard's songs, for all their bubbly and harmonic surfaces, are actually full of regret, lost chances, and a general longing for the freedoms and familiarity of childhood. The lead track, "Bonhomie," which has all the trappings of a garage band classic, states the theme directly: freedom lies in childhood, the future forces responsibility. Ricard is a remarkably melodic (if occasionally wordy) writer, and coupled with drummer Jacques Dubois' tight, perfectly nuanced harmonies, the Telepathic Butterflies manage to have it both ways, sounding light and free while musing on deeper, sadder truths. The template for this sort of thing -- as it is for most power pop outfits -- comes from the Beatles, the Who, and the Kinks, and the Butterflies have made it their own (as hard as that is to do). Occasionally the influences show through. "Angry Young Man" feels like a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd track, while "Sickly and the Awkward Gene" seems like a classic early Pete Townshend or Ray Davies social study in mod behavior. Not that either of these songs is blatantly constructed -- much of what the Butterflies do works because of the group's frame of reference. Like the first album (in either version), Songs from a Second Wave feels like a burst of fresh air, and its bright, joyous surface is only made more striking by the depth and substance beneath it. The Telepathic Butterflies continue to be a band to watch. ~ Steve Leggett
Audio Mixers: Réjean Ricard; Jacques Dubois.
Recording information: 07/2003-03/2004.
Editors: Cam Loeppky; Chris Conlin.
Photographer: Chuck Molgat.
Arranger: Telepathic Butterflies.
Telepathic Butterflies: Rejean Ricard (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Jacques DuBois (vocals, drums); Eric Van Buren (bass guitar).
Personnel: Réjean Ricard (vocals, guitar); Jacques Dubois (vocals, drums); Michelle Dubois (vocals); Anton Kirkpatrick, Rob Pachol (guitar).
Additional personnel: Michele Dubois (vocals); Angus Kirkpatrick (guitar, bass guitar); Rob Pachol.
| | Seedy Gonzales CD (2004)
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Seedy GonzalesJohnny Riley - vocalsJason Orans - guitar, vocalsBrian Devine - drums, vocalsJack Devine - guitar, bass, everything elseThe Story of Seedy, Part One: The Seedy Gonzales EPThere are serial killers, serial novels, serial poets-and now with the Seedy Gonzales self-titled debut EP, a serial record with a little bit of killer (of time, anyway), novelist and poet among its five tracks. The first of a two-part series, Seedy Gonzales embodies a laid-back "downtown" vibe, a literate-but-not-literal look at city life through the eyes of a sad, cheeky poet. It is, to be sure, exactly what you'd expect from "a cranky ex-pat writer from Prague [singer Johnny Riley] who sings like Lou Reed" and "a New York filmmaker who sings like Lou Barlow [singer-guitarist Jason Orans]."Riley, Orans and drummer Brian Devine met in Los Angeles while they were all working in the film industry. After losing touch for some years, Devine and Orans discovered they had both relocated to NYC. Devine was playing in his other project, Spanish Speaking Psychics with his cousin Jack; Orans and Riley were co-writing songs across the Atlantic while Riley observed a self-imposed exile in the Czech Republic. When Riley came Stateside to visit, Devine dragged his friends into the studio. It was just fun at first. "Next thing we knew," Orans recalls, "we had an album."They had tracked five tunes: A Stones-meets-Junior Kimbrough number "Just Killin' Time (Before Time Kills Me)," the Reed-y story-songs "Italian in NY" and "Maddie's Day," the brooding "Kerouac & Burroughs" and "Love's Theosophy" (an adaptation of Percy Shelley's poem "Love's Philosophy"). The Lodge's Emily Lazar (Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed, Clem Snide) mastered the tracks, and the band christened themselves Seedy Gonzales. Orans explains the name: "Cedric Douglass Gonzales III was the band's first road manager, (back when we were called Up 2 No Good). He died in a tragic accident, and the band continues on in his name as a tribute." That's a lotta hooey-but goofiness and mirth are as much a part of Seedy Gonzales as despair and harsh reality. Throughout their joyous, quirky indie pop is a wry sense of humor that tempers the more serious aspects of their writing and achieves the funny-serious balance found in all accomplished art. "Many of my favorite songwriters are funny," states Orans, listing Randy Newman, Warren Zevon and Vic Chesnutt. "I don't think there's enough smart humor in music these days, and that's what I like best about the band and what makes us a little different. I'd really love to play to an audience who gets us and laughs and cries at the right parts of the songs, you know?"(To Be Continued: stay tuned for part two of the Seedy Gonzales saga, Bird That Sings, due later this year)
Adapter: Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Seedy Gonzales: Jason Orans (vocals, guitar); Johnny Riley (vocals); Jack Devine (guitar, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards, bass guitar); B. Devine (drums).
Recording information: Gigantic Studios, New York, NY.
| | Beastie Boys Right Right Now Now CD (2005) Import
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Japan exclusive EP released to commemorate their 2005 tour of Japan. The title track, taken from the 2004 album ' To the 5 Boroughs', is b/w six non-LP tracks, 'Rizzle Rizzle Nizzle Nizzle', 'MTL Reppin' for the 514', 'An Open Letter to NYC', 'BRRR Stick 'em', 'Ch-Check it Out' (Just Blaze Remix), & 'Sabotage' (Live). EMI.
| | John Lennon Interview : Collector's Box CDs (2005) Boxed Set
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An essential purchase for any self-respecting Beatles fan, this deluxe box set contains interviews with the legendary songwriting team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney from throughout their careers, as well as a variety of informed journalistic commentary on milestone subjects from Lennon's controversial "We're more popular than Jesus" comment to the duo's mid-1960s involvement with the Maharishi, their respective marriages, their personal relationship, and the band's eventual demise.
| | Alberto Pedraza Mis Amigos CD (2006)
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Track Listing of songs: La Guaracha Sabrosona con Guitarra; Cumbia Sampuesana; Pa' la Timba; Mis Amigos, A; Serenata de Cumbia; Eco de Tambor; Cumbia Gabacha; Corazon Enamorado; Cumbia del Atlantico; Piano y Acordeon; Mi Plegaria; Camino Al Cielo; Cumbia Popular; Te Olvide; Astrid;
| | Mr Al Mr. Al Sings & Moves CD (2007)
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Track Listing of songs: Hello Everybody; Creepy Crawlin'; Rock 'n Roll Body Parts; I Can Bend; My Mama Told Me; Moonbeams; Wiggle Your Knees Boogie; The Exercise Rap; Shake Everything; The Jumping Song; Twistin' And Turnin'; Galloping Country Style; Hop On One Foot Bop; Hip If You Skip; Move To The Music;
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