Random Old Records Podcast #90

Right under the wire, here's one more podcast for this blessed and cursed year of 2020. EPISODE #90 of Random Old Records is mostly new jams this time, with a few old favorites sprinkled in here and there. It goes all over the place! If you're into snapping electronic percussion, unexpected sax solos, uninhibited crooning, pronounced accents, and way too many power chords, this is the episode for you!

I am a huge fan of the raw and jubilant electronic jams made by Los Angeles label 100% Silk, so this set kicks off with a track from label mainstays LA Vampires. You'll then hear swaggering fire from US Girls and Special Interest, poppy-punk from The Beths, Brick Head, and Dumspell, psychedelic classics from Margo Guryan and The Pretty Things, wistful modern pop from Marie Davidson and En Attendant Ana, plus so much more. It's an open window on a warm winter morning.  

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!

Also, if you've been following me for awhile you'll know I started working on a zine back in 2013, and somehow it's finally finished! Random Old Records Zine #1 is out and shipping now! $6.50 postage-paid, 20 pages, black & white, all previously unpublished on this blog or elsewhere. It features long reviews of the albums Don't Knock My Love by Wilson Pickett and Shadows by Maston, along with interviews I did with Dennis Coffey and Frank Maston about the making of those albums. Click the Buy Now button below to order, US shipping only. Thanks for the support! 

Random Old Records Podcast #90
Released 12/29/20
DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")

1. LA Vampires Does Cologne - "HOWUKISS"

(10 Outta 10, 100% Silk 2019)

2. The Green Child - "Witness"

(Shimmering Basset, Upset The Rhythm 2020)

3. US Girls - "Overtime"

(Heavy Light, 4AD 2020)

4. Special Interest - "Don't Kiss Me In Public"

(The Passion Of, Thrilling Living 2020)

5. Adulkt Life - "Move"

(Stop The Future, What's Your Rupture 2020)

--Buxton Inn part 1!

6. The Beths - "Dying To Believe"

(Jump Rope Gazers, Carpark 2020)

7. Witching Waves - "Best Of Me"

(Persistence, Specialist Subject 2019)

8. Flowers - "Ego Loss"

(Everybody's Dying To Meet You, Kanine 2016)

9. Weed Hounds - "Swell"

(Weed Hounds, Katorga Works 2014)

10. Brick Head - "Two Meals A Day"

(Thick As Bricks, self-released 2020)

11. Dumspell - "Crawl"

(Dumspell, Erste Theke Tontraeger 2019)

12. Chalk Circle - "Scrambled"

(Reflection, Post Present Medium 2011)

--Buxton Inn part 2!

13. Connections - "That's All"

(5 Imaginary Boys 7", Hozac 2014)

14. En Attendant Ana - "Somewhere And Somehow"

(Juillet, Trouble In Mind 2020)

15. The Rosehips - "So Naive"

(C87, Cherry Red 2016)

16. Margo Guryan - "Sun"

(Take A Picture, Bell 1968)

17. The Pretty Things - "She's A Lover"

(Parachute, Harvest 1970)

--Buxton Inn part 3!

18. Marie Davidson And L'CEil Nu - "Center Of The World (Kotti Blues)"

(Renegade Breakdown, Ninja Tune 2020)

19. Pete Brown And Piblokto - "Station Song Number Two"

(Thousands On A Raft, Harvest 1970)

20. Bananagun - "Perfect Stranger"

(The True Story, Anti Fade 2020)

21. The Softies - "Heart Condition"

(It's Love, K 1995)

Random Old Records Podcast #89

Hey folks! It's that time of year again. EPISODE #89 of Random Old Records is the annual 5/10/15/20 edition, featuring classic tracks from the years 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. This will probably be the last episode of Random Old Records of 2020 and I wanted to go out with a bang, so this one is JAM-PACKED with hit after hit after hit!

Going back 20 years to 2000, you'll hear post-hardcore rippers from At The Drive-In and The Anniversary, then 2005 brings pop bliss from Epoxies and Nada Surf. 2010 was the year of garage rock like Dum Dum Girls and Best Coast, and 2015 closes things out with the nervy post-punk of Courtney Barnett and Bully. In between there's 11 more absolute classics, so climb in the time machine and turn the dial way back! 

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!

Also, if you've been following me for awhile you'll know I started working on a zine back in 2013, and somehow it's finally finished! Random Old Records Zine #1 is out and shipping now! $6.50 postage-paid, 20 pages, black & white, all previously unpublished on this blog or elsewhere. It features long reviews of the albums Don't Knock My Love by Wilson Pickett and Shadows by Maston, along with interviews I did with Dennis Coffey and Frank Maston about the making of those albums. Click the Buy Now button below to order, US shipping only. Thanks for the support! 

Random Old Records Podcast #89
Released 12/03/20
DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")

1. Sleater-Kinney - "All Hands On The Bad One"

(All Hands On The Bad One, Kill Rock Stars 2000)

2. The Anniversary - "All Things Ordinary"

(Designing A Nervous Breakdown, Vagrant 2000)

3. The Party Of Helicopters - "Mt. Forever"

(Mt. Forever, Troubleman United 2000)

4. At The Drive-In - "Pattern Against User"

(Relationship Of Command, Grand Royal 2000)

--2005: The social network!

5. Epoxies - "Everything Looks Beautiful On Video"

(Stop The Future, Dirtnap 2005)

6. Meneguar - "House Of Cats"

(I Was Born At Night, Magic Bullet 2005)

7. Len Price 3 - "The Last Motel"

(Chinese Burn, Laughing Outlaw 2005)

8. Nada Surf - "Blankest Year"

(The Weight Is A Gift, Barsuk 2005)

9. Jennifer Gentle - "I Do Dream You"

(Valende, Sub Pop 2005)

--2010: Crash landing!

10. Happy Birthday - "Girls FM"

(Happy Birthday, Sub Pop 2010)

11. Dum Dum Girls - "Wrong Feels Right"

(He Gets Me High, Sub Pop 2010)

12. La Sera - "Never Come Around"

(Never Come Around 7", Hardly Art 2010)

13. Sugar Stems - "Beat Beat Beat"

(The Sweet Sounds Of The Sugar Stems, Dusty Medical 2010)

14. The Like - "He's Not A Boy"

(Release Me, Downtown 2010)

15. Best Coast - "Something In The Way"

(Something In The Way 7", Past Present Medium 2010)

--2015: A look at Pluto!

16. Bully - "Trying"

(Feels Like, Startime International 2015)

17. Courtney Barnett - "Elevator Operator"

(Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Mom + Pop 2015)

18. Colleen Green - "TV"

(I Want To Grow Up, Hardly Art 2015)

19. Hex Dispensers - "I Hope The Sun Explodes Today"

(III, Alien Snatch 2015)