Two Scandi gems courtesy of Danish mentalists PowerSolo, signed to Copenhagen label Crunchy Frog. Lo-fi, shouty, with tons of strut and squirm-inducing videos. Of course I’m going to love this.
Powersolo – Got No Fear by hells-belles
Stream from the Mixcloud player below, or download it as an MP3 from soundcloud. Plus, as a bonus, a little scary surf instrumental MP3.
Happy Halloween!
Midnight Monsters Hop – Hell’s Belles Halloween Horror Mix by hells-belles
TRACKLISTING:
DIALOGUE: Plague of the Zombies – Hammer Films
Voodoo Walk – Sonny Richard’s Panics with Cindy and Misty
Fungus Among Us – Hugh Barret And The Victors
Voodoo Voodoo – LaVern Baker
Ghost Train – The Swanks
DIALOGUE: Whose Brain Is It – Gene Hackman and Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein
Midnight Monsters Hop – Jack and Jim
Monster Surfing Time – Deadly Ones
Si Vous Conaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Tourjours Ça Pourra Peut-etre Me Faire Sourire – Stella
The Lions and the Cucumber – Manfred Hübler/Siegfried Schwab
I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
The Mummy – Bob McFadden
Goo Goo Muck – Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads
The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
Watusi Zombie – Jan Davis
Werewolf (Don’t Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk) – The Frantics
I’m the Wolfman – Round Robin
I Was A Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
Dance of the Vampires – The Vampires of Dartmoor
A band that writes snotty ear-bashing tunes about beatboxing is a band worth knowing about, and loving.
Boneyards (or is it BONEYARDS?) are from somewhere south – London or Brighton, I’m not sure – and will likely tickle you if you like Mazes, Thee Fair-Ohs, Flats or going back a bit further, The Mummies and bits of Bad Brains. Which, being a fairly simple soul musically, I do.
Their cassette is available from what is another in a long line of brilliantly-named, t-shirt-worthy labels, Italian Beach Babes. Said label is also responsible for the brilliant Wet Dog, who put out their record long pre-this blog, which has just reminded me that I should post something about them.
ANYWAY, they – BONEYARDS, that is – are supporting Novella at the Shacklewell Arms on Friday, which handily (for me, anyway) is on the 488 bus route, AND, ladies and gentlemen, it’s a mere THREE of your British pounds to get in.
Listen:
Snare Sneezer by BONEYARDS
One thing – wtf is with the cassettes? They’re retro, but as a musical delivery medium, they are also shit. Everyone knows wax cylinder is where it’s at.
Do you like the Cramps, Richard Hell and crocodile wrestling? Me too!
Have I got a band for you. Avail yourself of The Jacuzzi Boys and their Floridian fuzzy garage goodness.
They have a new album, Glazin’, heading our way over the bank holiday. If it’s anything like their Bricks or Coconuts EP (two more items for the desert island bag), then we are in for a treat.
Jacuzzi Boys – Cool Vapors by hells-belles
Translation from German: “Hot Witch”. HELL, YES.
Two Tears is guitarist Kerry Davis (late of 90s-LA punk band Red Aunt) and whichever drummer she happens to have on tour with her at the moment. I first encountered her supporting Dan Sartain at a couple of shows over Easter this year, and have been meaning to post about her for ages.
This track was one of the standouts of a stellar shouty set, and is the b-side of the “Eat People” 7″ EP, which was released in the US in March. As far as I know, it’s pretty much only available on these shores digitally, unless you happen to buy one from Kerry at one of her shows. Or check your local independent record shop – it may not be there much longer!
Two Tears. Two words: utterly perfect.