12th item of the series

Tim Presley (= White Fence) sings a very Velvet Underground-like song about Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (37-68) who was the emperor of Roman Empire as Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (54-68) and committed suicide with the aid of his secretary. The imperator’s bust is on the cover. In accordance with order of the series the A-side artist suggests a band to the B-side. Presley picked the tour guitarist of White Fence, Jack Name (aka Muzz, Fictional Boys and John Webster Johns).

100% of the digital proceeds going to VH1 Save the Music program.

It will be released on 2 Sept > pre-order   /  the recently released White Fence album

„San Francisco’s first and only rock ‘n’ roll band” was the slogan of CRIME. It was formed in 1976 and after 3 singles broke up in 1980. They were among the very first west coast punk bands, and played raw and loud rock’n’roll. In 1977 they began wearing police uniforms.  In 1979 the Crime performed a show in San Quentin State Penitentiary. There they didn’t wear police uniforms of course, instead of it they wore prison guard uniforms. This LP release collects the three singles along with nine previously unreleased studio recordings from 1976 to 1980.

Post-Crime: In 1987 Sonic Youth covered „Hot Wire My Heart” on their LP Sister.  –  Johnny Strike (vocals, guitar) has become a writer. In 2001 he formed a new band, The Johnsons. They changed their name later to The Venus Hunters and eventually shortened it to TVH.  –  Crime was re-formed in 2005. In 2008 they recorded a new album of rare, older materials.  –  The drummer Hank Rank has become a film producer under his real name, Henry Rosenthal. His best known work is The Devil and Daniel Johnston.  –  The original drummer Ricky Tractor was the original singer of Flipper, because he was a very original person…  – A photo book about Crime.

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MENACE BEACH is a „two pieces indie rock supergroup.”in Leeds. It’s led by Ryan Needham (ex-Komakino) and Liza Violet (Department M) with members from Sky Larkin, Pulled Apart By Horse, Hookworms and Mansun, and it’s the best among the listed bands. Hard fuzz noise pop sometimes with strong Nirvana feeling

7″ + digital single on Memphis Industries (UK)

“we know that’s the main aim of the sound:
to get a sound that makes you feel sick in the stomach,
because it sounds so good.”

dark, 70s & 80s horror film influenced cold wave
synth punk from Australia by NUN

a song about the master of spoons, Uri Geller

Debut album on Aarght (Aus, LP, CD) & Avant! Records (Italy, LP)

Deutsch Punks Also Not Dead Just Changed

Chuckamack – Im Knast – EP on Staatsakt Records (Germany)

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Shovels and Rope is a Charleston, SC band consisting of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Formed in 2010, they sing harmony driven folk, rock and country songs using two old guitars, a kick drum, a snare, a few tambourines, harmonicas, and and maybe a little keyboard sometimes.

Swimmin’ Time – LP, CD on Dualtone Records (US)

Some days before here was the news about a project of Chris Constantinou (The Wolfmen, Adam Ant) and Paul Frazer (Prodigy, Black Futures). They gathered a bunch of legendary British and American punk/ska/new wave artists and made together an album under the name of The Mutants. They went to Japan and did the same thing with members of Guitar Wolf (atomic garage „lock and lol” trio from Nagasaki. They provoked Eric Friedl from The Oblivians to start the Goner Records in 1993. After the first sight he wanted to publish their album. ) +  The 5.6.7.8’s (all-female rockabilly rock and roll trio. They’re famous from their appearance in Tarantino’s Kill Bill vol 1.) + Mika Bomb (London based 3/4 Japanese all girl pop punk band) + Jackie & The Cedirics (surf rock trio) + The Neatbeats (beat) + The Let’s Go’s (all-girl candy rock and roll trio) and more. Here is a song

Dead Beat Generation

The album is coming soon

One of the favourite bands of RNR666’s official pin-up girl, the Magic Cats Rockabilly Trio chose a familiar sounding name for its song. We’d be more surprised if the song got titled Satisfaction but this choice raises some questions, too.

RNR666: You know the Rolling Stones song of the same title?
Magic Cats: Yes, I know, it’s dope! I used to listen to as well!
RNR666: Were you influenced by this song?
Magic Cats: With this song, no. But the music of the Rolling Stones inspires us, the style we play, rockabilly and garage-rockabilly, borrows a lot from their hard riffs and their pulsating rhythm.

Another fantastic video by highly talented Italian
visual artist and musician tab_ularasa.
It is made for his own garage rock band TRIO BANANA.
Colors In The Black

from 7″ vinyl on Bubca and Goodbye Boozy Records (Italy)

YOU. is the name of a band in New York. Just try to search it on the net… Their music is better. Cold but danceable synth punk a la Digital Leather and New Order

Sunchaser LP + digital on Dais Records (US)

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The BILDERS are groups of various musicians and friends from New Zealand, Australia, United States, Germany, Austria and France. In 2013 there were 3 different line-ups, one in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in Germany. The New Zealander musician and writer Bill Direen stands in the centre of these groups. Their melodic minimal art pop is just like the Blurt.
Now here is a special 7″ vinyl with 3 tracks from 3 different line-ups. It consists a situationist exposé of current damn fool world political events: „The utopians R just out of boozin”; an appealing ballad plus a simmering live extract from a recent European tour. The ballad is like a song by Mick Harvey

SmartGuy Records (US)

In the NZ-er band the drummer is Stu Kawovski (Stuart Page), who also in the best alternative pop band of New Zealand, The Axemen.

The project is called The Mutants. The 2 main mutants are Chris Constantinou (Adam Ant, The Wolfmen) and Paul Frazer (Prodigy, Black Futures). They gathered a number of punk/ska/new wave artists from the 70s-80s and made together an album titled Punk & Rhythm Review.

Starring: Charlie Harper (UK Subs, voc), Neville Staples (The Specials, voc), Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood, guit), Wayne Kramer (MC5, guit), Beki Bondage (Vice Squad, voc), Rat Scabbies (The Dammned, dru), Texas Terri Bomb (Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones, voc) + members from Stiff Little Fingers, Adverts, TV Smiths and Vibrators.  5 songs from the album

1. Rebell Radio – with Neville Staples and The Specials’ horn section  2. Walking Wounded – with Jake Burn (Stiff Little Fingers), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)   3. How Dare You – with Judy Nylon (Brian Eno, John Cale) + Kramer + Johnson   4. Brixton Est Loco – with Neville Staples and The Specials’ horn section  5. Two Tone Girl – with Neville Staples and The Specials’ horn section

If you want a copy you need keep your eyes on their message board, because „Folks, the label fucked up and the new record Rhythm and Punk Review will be available later this week. So stupid. Thanks for being patient, if you were patient. If you weren’t, who needs ya, pfffft! ” (30 July 2014.)

strange one man show on keyboard
Harry Merry – The Sky-Fun Reels And Angelica Kneels

The story of Harry Merry has started at his aunt’s pub in Delft. As a little boy there he gazed at a juke-box. „I was hypnotized by all these vinyl-singles constantly rotating with those specifically coloured lable-etiquettes in the middle.  (…) My most favourite ones were from Apple-records, Pye Records (especially the dark pink one) and CBS-records (the old orange one; not the ugly later one).”

Further determinative things of his life: piano lessons, The Beatles and Roland keyboards. „The musical genres that have been adopted by me on these keyboards are as follows:  Rock’n’Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Ballads, Schlager, Latino, Chansons, Liedjes and lately also some Slovenian Pop and Serbian Turbo-folk.” Besides he is equally regularly being influenced by classical music from the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler and Sibelius. And works of Charles Dickens is also a source of inspiration for him.

„I hope to write an opera before I’m forty.” I hope it is done.

some from his songs

Harry Merry CDs from here

PC Worship is a Brooklyn base band. The main figure is Justin Frye who played with psychedelic rock group Guardian Alien and punk band Gary War. No wave noise punk chaos and cacaphony by a bunch of musician. It’s like a mix of Butthole Surfers, Lydia Lunch and Foetus (aka Clint Ruin).

„Social Rust” LP, CD, digital  on Northern Spy Records

+ free „Dead Rust” cassette with pre-order!

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Easy Philly guitar pop with some 80s feeling  on Slumberland sure.

Literature – „Chorus” LP, CD, digital

no budget feature film Capetown

written & directed: NIKHIL SINGH
wrote few of the songs, the amazing: COCO CARBOMB