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ATOMIC 61 Heartworm (Box Dog Sound) $10 Seattle, 1991. VINYL NEAR MINT COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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BLOODLOSS VINYL NEAR MINT |
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BON VIVANTS Soul Action (Old Gold $10 The Bon Vivants is a band led by Ben Young, who runs the avant-noise-improv label Old Gold in Atlanta. In the past, Ben has also headed a couple of song-oriented art-pop bands (Bad Poet and Forever), but this time around the rock is way out front. Although definitely post-punk in form and attitude, it's hard not to hear bands like the Raspberries and Big Star at the heart of what's happening here (and the Beatles at the root). If you're used to listening to shiny digital sound, my first suggestion here is that you turn up the volume on this platter. Bass player Ben Lawless's 4-track cassette production is brilliant, but it still sounds thin and murky if you don't boost the output. Personally, I think a few bottles of Bass Pale Ale also helps a lot! It all kicks off with "Mercury and Cream," which sounds so much like Big Star playing Eno's "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More." Then the boys use a modified "Sweet Jane" riff for "Highway," which features some excellent spazz-guitar leads. This segues nicely into "Basketbakers," a tune filled with delicious outta-kilter hooks. "The Bells" begins with flying saucer whoosh, which quickly yields to a groovy pop riff and vocals with the reverb turned up to 11. Just beautiful--it should already be at the top of the hiss parade. Flip over the record and dig guitarist Rob Parham's oh-too-brief "Pink Sangria," a nifty blend of Voidoid slither rock and power pop. Then they pull out another "Sweet Jane"-like riff for the intro to "Infinite Surprise," gliding right into a song filled with the spirit of Midwestern pre-punk circa 1974. "The Lake" reminds me of the Beau Brummels from their mature Bradley's Barn/Triangle period. The Bon Vivants dangle that jangle in your ear better than anybody since at least the 1980s (and I don't mean R.E.M.!). Ben Y. sez "The Mall Song" was influenced by Simply Saucer, and who am I to argue? But it's Simply Saucer at their most concise. To my ears, it has that sweet Syd Barrett/Soft Boys thing that a lot of bands did so well in the late 1970s--but not much since then. How'd a band of noise lovers from Georgia get back and down to such an unpretentious approach? Well, I think part of the "secret" is exactly that the outsider improv mindset has once again embraced something that's even more basic to American cultural consciousness: R&R. No irony either. Everything old is new again, and you can hear excitement in these grooves that mere retro rockers always miss because they've spent too much time listening to the same music. Ben Young, who also plays guitar and keyboards, has an unpretentious vocal style with the same sort of mild Southern drawl and slightly geeky whoop that once made Alex Chilton sound so special. And he's aided by a fine band: Ben Lawless (bass, percussion, guitars), Rob Parham (guitars), and Tim Genius (drums). Hey man, these guys are for real, and not even slightly full of shit. How many rock bands in 2006 can pull that off? Well . . . maybe more than a few years ago, but it's still no mean feat. And speakin' of feets, let's roll the rug off the floor and . . . I think you know the next part: boogie! NEW, UNPLAYED |
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THE BREEDERS "Head to Toe"/"Shocker in Gloomtown"/"Freed Pig" (4AD) $14 VINYL EXCELLENT COVER NEAR MINT |
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THE CHINTZ DEVILS
Boom Bap Boom Bap Boom Bap Boom (Bag of Hammers) $10 Lo-fi punky scuzz-rock from Seattle, 1995. Seven songs: "Rotten Teeth," "Hangin Off the Wall," "The Show," "I'm Mad," "Bombstroker," "E.V.," and "To Breathe." Stamped #064 of 750 copies. VINYL & COVER NEAR MINT |
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ELECTRIC BLUE PEGGY SUE &
THE REVOLUTIONIONS FROM MARS
VINYL VG+/EXCELLENT COVER EXCELLENT |
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ELEKTRO NOVA/ELECTRO NOVA |
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EL VEZ |
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THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES VINYL EXCELLENT |
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GILA MONSTER VINYL, COVER, & COMIC BOOK NEAR MINT |
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GREEN ON RED
"Gas Food Lodging"/"This I Know" (Restless Records) $16 Two songs NOT included on Green On Red's Gas Food Lodging album. Released 1986. VINYL & COVER NEAR MINT |
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HEADBUTT |
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THE INSECT SURFERS VINYL NEAR MINT |
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MERCURY 4ºF Flushed (P.B.B.; Switzerland) $10 Released 1995. Pressed on clear vinyl. VINYL & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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THEE PRECISIONS |
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THE SINISTER
SIX Nobody Rides for Free (Bag of Hammers) $10 Seattle, 1994. With a cover version of the 13th Floor Elevators' "Tried to Hide." VINYL & COVER NEAR MINT |
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STIERKAMPF VINYL & COVER EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT |
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TEENAGE LARVAE VINYL NEAR MINT |