A lysergic mix of South-American tropical music with an out of control computer, or the „Southamerican psychedelic sound of the XXI Century” by Columbian trio LOS PIRANAS

La Diversión Que Hacía Falta En Mi País LP on Staubgold Records (France)

Tunnel of Love‘s Andy’s new trio The Monsieurs play Ramones Trash, but there’re two madmoisilles. Crazy world.

self-titled album on Slovenly (US)

One, Hilken Mancini studied dance and musical theater at the Boston Conservatory. She plays in fuzzy, noisey rock bands: Fuzzy, Gramercy Arms, Sheperdess, and she made some common recordings with Chris Colburn from Buffalo Tom.

Tunnel of Love in Budapest at RNR666 Party in 2008: Video. Photos.

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Jolly Columbians beat their instruments. Traditional cumbia chaos by Ensamble Polifónico Vallenato

Staubgold Records (France / Germany)

Abridged version of John Schooley’s legend

„Details of the early life of John Schooley are sketchy. Various sources place his birth either in Columbus, Ohio or Vancouver, British Columbia. We do know that his family moved to the rural enclave of Niangua, Missouri when he was still quite young. His parents were sharecroppers, barely scratching out a living from the rocky soil of the Ozark Mountains. The youngest of eight or possibly nine siblings, John Schooley did not take to farming, or, apparently, work of any kind. He could be found, often as not, shirking his chores to hunch over his guitar. He would stomp his foot on a board or on the front porch, frequently scaring the cows.  The family Victrola was stocked with any 78″s that could be found, mostly by Jimmie Rodgers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Doctor Ross, and Don Van Vliet. Most evenings the family tuned to radio station KWTO out of Springfield, to hear the “Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins and his Famous Guitar” perform as part of the syndicated “RadiOzark” network.

School was never to his liking and Schooley quit after graduating the fifth grade. Chafing at the dreary small town life of Niangua, Schooley left never to return. He rambled north to Columbia, Missouri. First trying to put together a hot-jazz combo along the lines of the then-popular Django Reinhart, but he was unable to find suitable musicians. Then, billing himself as “John Schooley and His One Man Band”, he rigged up a kick drum and hi-hat and began performing at “house frolics” and on the sidewalk in front of local record store Whizz Records. He met with minimal success. He was frequently chased away by the proprietor with a broom shortly after setting up. Being unwilling (or perhaps unable) to learn pop hits of the day, Schooley tried to force his listeners to dance to his own frequently atonal blend of blues and country, again with minimal success.

The musical scene in Columbia was so stagnant that when it was announced that bluegrass stars The Oblivians were coming to town, Schooley was able to secure the opening slot even though he had no band together at the time.” He founded the guitar, drum, and vocal trio The Revelators. Surprising success. „When the record, titled “We Told You Not To Cross Us” was released it caused a sensation in at least three Missouri counties and parts of Arkansas and Illinois. The Revelators were immediately rushed off to a whirlwind tour of Europe, which included performances for the as-yet not-dead Princess Diana and Archduke Ferdinand.”

After the break-up he went to Texas „and took whatever work he could find, from oil roughneck to hotel elevator operator. He eventually started another musical combo, the Hard Feelings” while he continued performing as one man band. He added harmonica, snare drum, and washboard to his kick and hi-hat apparatus and recorded some songs.  „Voodoo Rhythm recently uncovered the tapes of these songs, long presumed lost, in an oil drum outside of Lockhart, Texas.” Album preview

„The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World” LP, CD
on Voodoo Rhythm Records (CH)

Euro tour with Urban Junior in Sept-Oct.

A missing moment of his legend: toured as an additional guitar player for the blues legend R.L. Burnside.

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The Family Fodder is among the funniest British bands ever. Since the mid-70s they have been playing really indie pop music, but literally! It’s independent from everything. So the best. Now here is a vinyl-only collection of 11 love songs, that have never before been released on vinyl. Alig Fodder says about it: „We collected all the love songs together without all the annoying instrumentals, dubs and solos.”

„Just Love Songs” LP on Staubgold Records (France)

You can find some music videos in reference to this album on their site.

Sonic Chicken 4 was a French garage punk band „before garage punk bands had booking agencies, five-page hospitality riders and tuners…” Their posthumous album was recorded in 2009 by King Khan and was continously re-set and re-postponed until this year, but meanwhile the band stopped his activity.

Bachelor (EU) and Dusty Medical Records (USA)

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Mixed Band Philantrophist was a project of English industrial noise group The New Blockaders. From their anti-manifesto: „It is our duty to blockade and induce others to blockade: Anti-music, anti-art, anti-books, anti-films, anti-communications. We will make anti-statements about anything and everything. We will make a point of being pointless…” The Mixed Band of Philantrophist is an international noise conspiracy (or anti-conspiracy). The Impossible Humane album is a sound collage, made from assembled tape recordings of Merzbow, Controlled Bleeding, Nurse With Wound, Etant Donnes and same industrial and noise artists.

It was released in 1987. Reissue with two bonus tracks by Staubgold. 12″ vinyl, only 400 copies. Listen to it entirely. So big, so fun!

The Family Fodder was founded in London in the mid-70s by the multi-instrumentalist (and only constant member) Alig Fodder. Their music is a very witty mix of new wave, pop, punk, rock, folk, disco, chanson and classical music, spiced with psychedelic moments, French and German lyrics and reggae style dub. Their first release was a mini album tribute to Blondie in 1979.

the song Debbie Harry

At the same time they released a 7” single as Frank Sumatra & The Mob

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