Friday, November 20, 2009

je cherche


"Je cherche" par les Lutins, Sheetah & les Weissmuller, les Pickpockets, the Gruesomes et Opération S... mais je ne trouve pas.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Outrageous Cherry

Detroit... Matthew Smith... Power Pop... Classical revival vs. witted creation... (fill the blanks).
a) Download, b) Listen, c) Enjoy - [delete as appropriate]

Outrageous Cherry : self titled (CD-1994)
Pale Frail Lovely One / The Stare / If Someone Loves you / 'Til I Run Out / West / Party's Over / Ace 100 / Withdrawal / Overwelmed / Bridge / Radio Telephone Operator Procedures Pt.2 / Not Like Any Other / It Always Rains / All in a Chain / You Weren't Meant For this


Download it here.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Troy Gregory / The Witches



From Flotsam & Jetsam (where he filled the vacant place left by Jason Newsted) to the Dirtbombs (where he filled the vacant place left by Jim Diamond), Troy Gregory recently made the decision to stop being a disposable bass hero. He is a man with an agenda : releasing a hundred songs that he wrote over the years. Serious : four records are planned.
Meanwhile, here are the first album by The Witches and the second Troy Gregory solo record.

Troy Gregory : Laura (CD-2004)
Dracula Has Risen From the Pond / Whatever Possessed U / Yer Secret Santa / Live Dead Entertainment / Setting Off Firewerx at Dawn / As Coroner I Must Aver / The Brood / In Thee Popsicle Patch / There is a Light That Never Goes on / Bananas N' Dynamite
The Witches : Let's go to the no go zone (CD-1998)
Let's Go to the No Go Zone / Please / My Superstar Pills / Sleepin on a Demons Tree / Lost With the Real Gone / What is it Then / The Lonely Rainbow / Monkee's Arm / Wine For Yer Kids / See it (With your Eyes Closed) / Last Night is a Haunted House / No.23 Dream / Deflowering the Infant Succubus

Download it here.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Sirens (Detroit, MI)



Fortunately I won't have to go back to the Greek mythology tracking the confusion between The Siren (half-woman, half-bird) and The Mermaid, neither the mysterious reason why Medusa the Gorgon is portrayed on the second album's cover. The Sirens take their influences in the 70's glam-rock. To that specific cultural references, everyone can relate.

The Sirens : self titled (CD-2004)
Didn't know I loved you (till I saw you rock and roll) / I've got to use my imagination / Chez Maximes / I'm leaving you / Diversion / Glycerine Queen / Destroy that boy / Gudbuy t'Jane / Don't slander me / Ain't gonna cry no more / Push / I'm blue
The Sirens : More is more (CD-2007)
Hellraiser / 1-2-3-4 rock'n'roll / Go back / High school / Saturday night / Right now not later / Rock'n'roll preacher (Hallelujah I'm on fire) / Wig Wam Bam / Tear me down / Tonight / Tumble with me / Fox on the run / Rock'n'roll suicide / (medley)

Download it here.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The White Lights / The Lost Crusaders

Aside of being the lead-singer guitarist in Tiger! Tiger!, Buffi Aguero carried her Grestch in The White Lights. She is also a full-time member of Michael Chandler's Gospel project, The Lost Crusaders.

The White Lights : Gifts from strangers (CD-2004)
Current Through A Wire / Evaporate / Obsolete / Crawl / Desparate / My Own Device / Beneath The Sky / Just Don't Say Anything / Roses In My Eyes / Sleepyhead / Leave The Pieces For Me / 1000 Times / Limb From Limb / Inept Executioner
The Lost Crusaders : Have you heard about the world? (CD-2008)
Have you Heard About the World? / I Don't Ask Why / Downward Road / I Wonder What Ever Happened / There Used to Be a River / Wasted on the Wind / Planted By the Water / Too Late / Whose Name Will I Call? / Where Did it Go? / Have you Heard About the World? (with Laura Cantrell) / It Don't Worry Me

Download it here.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Tiger! Tiger! (Atlanta, GA)

"To this, listen, you should" (Master Yoda)

Tiger! Tiger! : Collisions (CD-2005)
Jealous Lovers / Insensible Bore / Vicious, Like Me / Lucky Charming / Regretfully Yours / Tasteful Diversion / Death of Civility / Consolation Prize / Makes No Difference / Love and Decomposition / Souvenir / 5 & 10 / Cutting Teeth / Collisions / Sir Tristan / Fire Exits
Tiger! Tiger! : The kind of goodnight (CD-2007)
Stand in / The First Thing / Black Daggers / Two By Two / The Kind of Goodnight / Fake it / Cheap Imitation / How Much Can you Take / Seaside Romance / Misfortune, Bad Weather and Debt / So you Won't Deceive Me / Sometimes / Every Word is True / Pretty Perjury / Windows / Substantial Difference

Download it here.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Makin' Time



Makin' time, not war. (this is not a suggestion, this is a request)

Makin' Time : Rhythm and soul (LP-1985)
Take What you Can Get / Feels Like It's Love / Here is my Number / Only Time Will Tell / Did I Tell you / Honey / I Gotta Move / Where the Rhythm Takes you / Every Single Day / The Girl That Touched my Soul / I Know What You're Thinking / Stop this Cryin' Inside
Makin' Time : No lumps, fat or gristle guaranteed (LP-1986)
No Wind, No Rain / Need Somebody / Sent a Letter to Mary / The Way it Happens to Be / She Crept Up From Behind / Two Coins For the Ferryman / Scarlet Sky / Hard Woman / I Always Get What I Want / Night-Time / I'm Not Really a Welder / If you Want it
Makin' Time : Pump it up (EP-1986)
Pump it Up / Once Again / Walk a Thin Line / Eating Up the Cold

Download it here.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Moistboyz : II

This is waar.

Moistboyz : II (LP-1996)
It Ain't Rude / Second Hand Smoker / Lazy and Cool / Rock, Stock, Barrel / Man of the Year / American Made and Duty-Free / Crank / Powervice / Keep the Fire Alive / Good Morning America

Download it here.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Love 666 : American revolution

This is waaar.

Love 666 : American revolution (LP-1995)
MDMA / National / Blue Scream / Preparation For Combat / Hard Rock Amerika / U.S.A. / Take a Chance on Death

Download it here.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Trash Can School : Volume war

This is war.

Trash Can School : Volume war (LP-1993)
G.I.T.* / Taxidermist / Ballad of Peter Green / DT's / I Am the Fly / T.V. Blues / Steel Purse / Steroid Shock / Powershred / Volume War
* the skipping on "g.i.t." is intentional and meant to cause great distress


Download it here.