Random Old Records Podcast #31

Oh wow, is it really May already? Well, according to the calendar it is, so here's EPISODE #31 of Random Old Records! April was an amazing month for rock n' roll, and I spent it buying a whole pile of records and getting my face melted off at live shows by the Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Ty Segall, The Fresh and Onlys, The Black Angels, Davila 666, Magic Jake and The Power Crystals, and YOWZA! Yeah, luckily a whole buncha sweet bands played around Cincinnati and got a fantastic turnout each time, so hopefully that bodes well for the summer and we'll be seeing even more coming soon!

Anyway, Random Old Records #31 is loaded with an hour of new rock n' roll, including a BRAND NEW track from glam pop wizard King Tuff, fresh off a recent Scion A/V split single with the Hex Dispensers. It's called "Hands" and it sounds like a long lost Slade song. His upcoming LP is gonna be something else! The featured label this time around is Trouble In Mind, who should get some kinda award for putting out dozens of records without a single bad one in the bunch! This time around, you'll hear a track from each of their latest releases (Wrong Words, The Paperhead, Jeffrey Novak, and Alex Cuervo), plus Mean Jeans doing a TORRID Sparks cover from the TiM Record Store Day split 7"! That The Paperhead LP is freakin' amazing, by the way. It's a buncha 18 year old kids channeling vintage 60s psych pop through a 90s Elephant 6 lens and wrapping it all in a haze of youthful vigor and pie-eyed optimism. Not to be missed!

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Random Old Records #31
Released 05/11/2011

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1. Magic Jake and The Power Crystals - "Power Crystals"
(Magic Jake and The Power Crystals, Burger 2011)
2. Natural Child - "Hard Workin' Man"
(1971, Infinity Cat 2011)
3. Ty Segall - "Buick Mackane"
(Ty Rex, Goner 2011)
4. Silver Shampoo - "Streaks Of Satan"
(Higher and Higher, Krazypunx 2011)
5. Alex Cuervo - "Hands Of Glory"
(4 Song Solo EP, Trouble In Mind 2011)
6. King Tuff - "Hands"
(Hex Dispensers/King Tuff 7", Scion A/V 2011)
--Werewolves On Wheels!
7. Dum Dum Girls - "He Gets Me High"
(He Gets Me High, Sub Pop 2011)
8. White Mystery - "Good Girl"
(Blood And Venom, self-released 2011)
9. Shannon And The Clams - "Toxic Revenge"
(Sleep Talk, 1234 Go! 2011)
10. The Unwed Teenage Mothers - "Change Your Mind"
(Blonde Girls, Play Pinball 2010)
11. Mean Jeans - "Forever Young"
(Record Store Day 2011 7", Trouble In Mind 2011)
12. White Wires - "Pogo 'Til I Puke Tonight"
(Pogo 'Til I Puke Tonight 7", Ugly Pop 2010)
--How do you get to know someone?
13. Hunx And His Punx - "Tonite Tonite"
(Too Young To Fall In Love, Hardly Art 2011)
14. First Base - "She's Boy Crazy"
(She's Boy Crazy 7", Play Pinball 2010)
15. The Guitars - "She's Got Your Heart"
(High Action, self-released 2011)
16. The Fresh And Onlys - "Fascinated"
(Play It Strange, In The Red 2010)
17. Jeffrey Novak - "Looking Down At You"
(4 Song Solo EP, Trouble In Mind 2011)
18. The Paperhead - "Do You Ever Think Of Me?"
(The Paperhead, Trouble In Mind 2011)
--You must have a widescreen navel!
19. Snake Flower 2 - "You Can't Erase A Mirror"
(Memory Castle 7", Southpaw 2011)
20. The Black Angels - "At Night"
(Phosgene Nightmare, Blue Horizon 2011)
21. The Wrong Words - "Wrong Again"
(The Wrong Words, Trouble In Mind 2011)
22. Sex Clark Five - "Detention Girls"
(Strum and Drum, Records To Russia 1986)
23. Rockpile - "When I Write The Book"
(Seconds Of Pleasure, Columbia 1980)

Random Old Records Podcast #29

Hey folks, it's that time again! Random Old Records Podcast EPISODE #29 is out NOW! Yes sir or madam, get ready for a solid hour of new and old rock n' roll, punk, garage, soul, psych, and raw n' REAL shouts from the bottom of the gutter. 

Kicking things off on #29 is a track from the LP I've been spinning the most in the last few months, the latest and greatest from Ottawa's White Wires! "I Can Tell" is a classic, slow-building power pop punk rawk jam, and the rest of the record is more of the amazing same. After that, you'll hear a track off the long-awaited new 7" from Florida's Garbo's Daughter, the triumphant return of Denton, TX's all star punks High Tension Wires, up-and-coming Richmond trash rockers Sports Bar, the dreamy new Vivian Girls side projects La Sera and The Babies, and a bunch of spankin' NEW bangers from the likes of Charlie and The Skunks, Dead Ghosts, Hornet Leg, Smith Westerns, Wheels On Fire, Trent Fox and the  Tenants, Caroline and the Treats, and WHEW, a whole lot MORE! This is one of the best episodes I've cranked out in recent months, so download it, rock out, and tell all your friends.

I guess the most exciting new news this month is that Random Old Records Podcast is now iTunes OFFICIAL! Yep, I broke down and threw my credit card number Apple's way and went legit. You can now search for Random Old Records in the iTunes store and subscribe directly. Neat, huh? Here's the official page if ya want to go poking around. 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!

Random Old Records Podcast #29
Released 03/07/2011
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1. White Wires - "I Can Tell"
(WWII, Dirtnap 2010)
2. Garbo's Daughter - "Mascara Stains On My Pillowcase"
(Spin and Melt 7", Surfin' Ki 2011)
3. High Tension Wires - "Backbone"
(Welcome New Machine, Dirtnap 2011)
4. Charlie and the Skunks - "Ooh La La La La"
(Take An Ice Cream Scoop Out Of My Brain 7", Eradicator 2011)
5. Fast Cars - "The Kids Just Wanna Dance"
(Coming...Ready Or Not, Detour 2001)
6. Smith Westerns - "Weekend"
(Dye It Blonde, Fat Possum 2011)
--Winter storms...
7. The Yo-Yos - "Leaning On You"
(A History Of Garage And Frat Bands In Memphis 1960-75, Shangri-La 2001)
8. Dead Ghosts - "I Want You To Know"
(Dead Ghosts, Florida's Dying 2010)
9. Sports Bar - "Anisa, Nah She Don't Live Here No More"
(Sports Bar, self-released 2010)
10. Trent Fox and the Tenants - "Outta My Mind"
(Mess Around 7", Kind Turkey 2011)
11. The Giljoteens - "You'll Miss Me"
(Get A Head, Teen Sounds 2004)
12. Wheels On Fire - "Broken Up"
(Cherry Bomb 7", Kind Turkey 2010)
13. The Exprollers - "Shake And Shout"
(Run! Rollers Run!, Stiffeen 2004)
--Partners in crime...
14. The Babies - "Breakin' The Law"
(The Babies, Shrimper 2011)
15. Hornet Leg - "Covered In Blood"
(Blood Trilogy 7", K 2010)
16. Timmy's Organism - "Give It To Me Babe"
(Rise Of The Green Gorilla, Sacred Bones 2010)
17. Cum Stain - "Broke My Dick"
(Cum Stain, Burger 2010)
18. Le Face - "Exits/Illusions"
(Le Face, Tic Tac Totally 2009)
19. The Bold Ones - "Screwing Around"
(Open Your Mouth 7", HoZac 2009)
20. The Lids - "Fool For You"
(The Lids, Rip Off 2004)
--Marsha, the erotic housewife...
21. Caroline and the Treats - "Let's Do It"
(Bad All Over, House Of Rock 2010)
22. The Glossines - "Underage"
(Hey! It's A Teenacide Pajama Party, Teenacide 2004)
23. The Pleasure Kills - "I Want You"
(Bring Me A Match, Polypore 2010)
24. Rocket - "Join The Professionals"
(Girls With Candy Hearts, Teenacide 2006)
25. La Sera - "Dedicated To The One I Love"
(Devils Hearts Grow Gold 7", Hardly Art 2011)

David F. Friedman

The Monarch Of Exploitation

RIP

1923-2011

Random Old Records Podcast #28

2011 is in full swing, and there's a ton of amazing new jams coming out, so what better time to drop another installment of Random Old Records?! EPISODE #28 is a tribute to the ultimate diva Tura Satana (RIP) and it features a whole bunch of her classic quotes from the classic Russ Meyer flick Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill! As far as the musical portion goes, it starts off with some classic '90s tunes from Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney, then moves into a mix of new and old rock n' roll from Spencey Dude And The Doodles, 20/20, Mind Spiders, Mr. Airplane Man, and Bare Wires, then finishes up with brand spankin' new tracks from Smith Westerns, Jail Weddings, and the Strange Boys!

Big surprise that the most intriguing track to drop in 2011 so far comes from Austin's Strange Boys, off a FREE Scion Garage A/V single. My favorite band of 2010 goes OUT THERE with a seriously arty song that mixes yacht rock, silly white reggae, barking preacher voices, and their patented Stonesy swagger into a four minute firebomb interrupted by jolts of AM radio static. It sounds like a band of tired rock n' rollers driving their van down a faceless highway at 4 AM, sick of all the previously packed CDs, tapes, and iPods, desperately trying to find something good to listen to on the radio. Incredible!

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Random Old Records Podcast #28
Released 02/16/11
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1. Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl"

2. Sleater-Kinney - "One More Hour"

3. Pavement - "Major Leagues"

4. The Ettes - "Love Lies Bleeding"

5. The Geraldine Fibbers - "Seven Or In 10"

--Tura Satana Speaks (RIP)

6. Bare Wires - "Seeking Love"

7. Mind Spiders - "No. 3"

8. The Weakends - "Slow Down And Low"

9. Mr. Airplane Man - "Commit A Crime"

10. Spencey Dude And The Doodles - "Flirting"

11. The Barreracudas - "Diet Coke"

--Tura Satana Speaks (RIP) Part 2

12. 20/20 - "Going Up With My Girl"

13. Little Bob Story - "Baby Don't Cry"

14. The RPM's - "Loved By You"

15. The Poppees - "She's Got It"

16. The Red Button - "Gonna Make You Mine"

--Tura Satana Speaks (RIP) Part 3

17. Natural Child - "Crack Mountain"

18. Teenanger - "Big Spirit Payback"

19. The Strange Boys - "American Radio"

20. Smith Westerns - "Dance Away"

21. Jail Weddings - "What Did You Do With My Gun?"