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Japan's premiere punk-pop outfit, Shonen Knife, have been plying their brand of whimsical, buoyant bubble-gum rock since the early 1980s, and 2006's GENKI SHOCK finds the group still going strong. Thanks to being touted by U.S. indie icons like Sonic Youth and Nirvana, Shonen Knife began to garner clout stateside in the '90s, and the English-language version of GENKI SHOCK does nothing to diminish the band's hard-won cult status. The album features more of Shonen Knife's clean, guitar-driven sound--a clear indulgence of Naoko Yamano and Atsuko Yamano's profuse love of the Ramones--while the band's playful, sing-song melodies and goofy song titles ("Broccoli Man," "Giant Kitty") are still firmly in place.
Shonen Knife: Naoko Yamano (vocals, guitar); Atsuko Yamano (vocals, 6-string bass, drums).
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Purchase Genki Shock CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Chills Kaleidoscope World CD (1986) (Import) Import; Australia
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KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD contains 10 bonus tracks and represents everything the band recorded through early 1986, including all of the LOST EP, and the I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET/THE GREAT ESCAPE 12"
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD, The Chills' 18-track compilation culled from The Chills early and mid-'80s EPs and singles, is highlighted by the song "Pink Frost."
The Chills' Martin Phillipps mixes up melodic pop with elements of garage rock and punk, creating songs with a sweet melancholy all their own. Phillipps has always been the focus of the Chills, writing and singing the band's songs. His group has also rivaled Menudo in its sheer number of personnel changes. In a just world, the Chills would have sold just as many records.
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD showcases the shifting line-ups and many moods of the early to mid-'80s Chills. "Rolling Moon" captures a mood of shambling joy, its simple, repeated keyboard riff sounding like a distant caravan crossing New ...
| | Shonen Knife Pretty Little Baka Guy CD (1986) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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This collection contains 1 complete Shonen Knife maxi-EP, PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY (1986), and live material.
This was the first of Shonen Knife's first few albums to be released outside of the group's native Japan. These three women have all the garage abandon of the Ramones along with the innocent fun of Saturday morning cartoons. Several of these spunky songs become popular favorites with established fans, and alerted neophytes to the existence of the trio. Two such tracks are "I Wanna Eat Choco Bars" and "Ice Cream City," as the band's combination of pop smarts and love of music makes up for any lack of instrumental polish. Of course, it's this unyielding commitment to playing and writing that's part of the Shonen Knife's charm. The American release was appended with additional tracks recorded live in Osaka, Japan.
Anyone doubting the authenticity of Shonen Knife as legit alternative rockers should direct their attentions to this title, which ...
| | Killing Floor CD (1995) With Book; Limited Edition; Digipak
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$16.65
The sheer toughness -- and overall derivative -- nature of Killing Floor's debut album, issued six months after Led Zeppelin's debut in 1969 on the Spark label, is a wondrous contrast to the overly slick treatment American blues were given by British artists. All of these tunes, with the exception of one, are revamped versions of songs from the blues canon with different words. The lone "cover" in the set was written by Willie Dixon titled "Woman You Need Love," the tune Zep ripped for "Whole Lotta Love." Despite the fact that this set was issued before by Repertoire, the Akarma version is definitive in that it features the original cover artwork in a heavy cardboard gatefold sleeve, and killer sound. This is a raw, immediate, overdriven, psychedelic blues record that offers an interesting historical counterpoint to the immediate impact of Page and Plant and Co., but it also offers a great contrast ...
| | Danny Kirwan Second Chapter CD (1975) With Book; Limited Edition; Digipak
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The first solo album from Fleetwood Mac singer/songwriter Daniel David Kirwan has the future producer for Human League and Buzzcocks, Martin Rushent, utilizing those skills here, as well as engineering. The sound is crystal clear, and a feather in the cap for Rushent as well as Kirwan. It starts off with an uncharacteristic "Ram Jam City," which has more Lindsey Buckingham sounds than one would expect, especially since the two guitarists come from two different musical worlds. "Odds and Ends" is more lighthearted, the kind of music Paul McCartney toyed with on The White Album's "Rocky Raccoon." What Second Chapter immediately sets forth is the importance of Kirwan as a pop artist, and how, despite Fleetwood Mac's success after he left, his sounds could still have been beneficial to that supergroup. "Hot Summers Day" is a fine example of that, a beautiful song that could offset Buckingham's gritty ramblings. It would have made a nice counterpoint as Stevie Nicks complemented Christine ...
| | Legend CD (2007) With Book; Limited Edition; Digipak
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In some circles, Mickey Jupp is something of a minor legend, a roots rocker with excellent taste and a cutting wit, best heard on the songs "Switchboard Susan" and "You'll Never Get Me Up in One of Those," both covered by Nick Lowe. Basher's endorsement is a clear indication that Jupp is a pub rocker, a guy who specializes in laid-back good times, so it shouldn't come as a great surprise that his first band, Legend, was proto-pub, an unabashed celebration of old-time rock & roll, filled with three-chord Chuck Berry rockers and doo wop backing vocals. Nevertheless, listening to their 1970 LP is a bit of a shock, as it's completely disassociated with anything that was happening in 1970, even with Tony Visconti enlisted as their producer. Legend's sensibility is ahead of its time in its retro thinking, pointing the way to the rock & roll revival of the late '70s and not even that similar to the country-rock of Eggs Over Easy or Bees Make Honey, as this has little of the rustic feel of the Band: it's just straight-up oldies rock, a trait emphasized ...
| | Steamhammer Mountains CD (1970) (Import) With Book; Bonus Tracks; Digipak; Germany
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| | Georg Pommer Salto Musicale CD (1999) (Import)
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| | MR Criminal Criminal Mentality CD (2003)
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| | String Quartet Tribute To Nickelback CD (2004)
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$15.19
| | Supreme Majesty Elements Of Creation CD (2005) Japan
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$33.25
| | Top Of The Pops 1977 CD (2007) (Import)
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$7.55
| | Kue, Humair & Joachi Full Contact CD (2008) (Import) Import
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$36.79
| | Paolo Conte Tutto Conte:Via Con Me CDs (2008) (Import) Import
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$43.65
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