Garage Rock Radio Podcast 11 - over 400 listens!

Thanks to everyone who has listened to our Garage Rock Radio Podcast 11 over at Mixcloud! It now has 431 listens; Double the number from a month ago. People are still going to Mixcloud to check it out. Garage Rock lives on in 2012!

People like the Garage Pop sound of the first track by William Penn and His Pals. They dig the fuzz of the next two tracks, probably produced by the owner of the lead guitar amp sticking a screwdriver through the speaker to get that intense overdriven fuzz sound without having to buy a fuzzbox!

Garage lives on in the 21st century and people dig the two modern tracks by Lyn Price and The Cons. You can find more music by Lyn on our Record Label website, and read more about The Cons here.

I went crazy with the Psychedelic tracks on this podcast! Six heavy trippy crazy tracks with all kinds of vocal styles and powerful guitar solos. One track is even by The Grateful Dead, recorded BEFORE their first album. I'm going to put another Grateful Dead track on my next podcast!


Like I said last post, I like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Adele as much as the next person - but sometimes you gotta try something new and COMPLETELY Different! It's going to be cool to watch Madonna doing the half time show at the Super Bowl this weekend, I'm a Madonna fan too. But I also love obscure 60s Garage Rock, Runk, Indie and Psychedelic music, so I make these really cool podcasts to feature that kind of music.

Will YOU have a listen?

Garage Rock Radio Podcast 11 - Garage Rock and Acid Rock Psychedelic Songs from the 60s and today! by Garagerockradiorecords on Mixcloud

You Lied To Me Before - Lyrics

By request, here are the lyrics to "You Lied To Me Before" by The Treez from 1966 and more recently covered by The Gore Gore Girls.

You Lied to me before,
You Lied to me before.
Don't come lookin' for no sympathy, 'cause
You Lied to me before.
And I'm not the guy that I used to be, no.
You Lied to me before.
You told me things that were not true, child.
You Lied to me before.
And now they're all coming back to you, baby.
You Lied to me before.
Sing it out now!
You Lied to me before.
Yeah you did!
You Lied to me before.
Many times, yeah!
(Guitar)
If you think that I'm the guy to sit around and hear you lie, no!
You Lied to me before.
'Cause here I'm go and let you be and maybe you'll come back to me, yeah!
You Lied to me before.
'Cause I don't mind to be alone, child.
You Lied to me before.
And here we just gonna see how far you can get out on your own, yeah.
You Lied to me before.
I know that you've been going' out with the other guys.
Then you gotta come home and tell me your lies!
Well let me tell ya baby, I'm through!
The next time through you're gonna hear me say these words to you -
big, brave and bold. Yeah!
You Lied to me before, yeah you did, (many times).
You Lied to me before, many times, yes you did.
You Lied to me before, many times!

Here is the original by The Treez, from YouTube:



Here is a live version of The Gore Gore Girls great cover!

FLYING OVER retro garage punk

The band "Flying Over" is on tour in Europe. Check out their MySpace page to hear their cool Garage/Punk music and go see them if you're in Europe! Here's the details from an email I received, but it's in French so I can't read it but maybe you can!

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FLYING OVER retro garage punk - Bordeaux / France

Depuis ces dernières années, le couple Jet Boy Jet Girl ne cesse de sévir leurs singles sortis en France sur Shit In can Records, Frantic City Records, Adrenalin Fix Music et dernièrement en Angletterre sur HOLY TWIST RECORDS (le label des VICARS), ont permis au groupe d'être comparé et classé en Europe et aux USA au côté de groupes comme SEX PISTOLS, STITCHES, JOAN JETT, SAINTS, VIBRATORS etc... Alors vous l'avez bien compris, ils ne font pas dans la dentelle...Après chaque concert ou tournées en Europe, le groupe profite d'un excellent feedback qui le pousse à faire de plus en plus. En Novembre, ils ont fait une Tournée Française avec THEE VICARS. 2 nouveaux titres sortent en 2010 sur la compilation vinyle GET WYLD! de chez HOLY TWIST RECORDS qui sortira aussi Le deuxième album du groupe cet été...

www.myspace.com/flyingover

Watch It Sparkle EP

Watch It Sparkle is a Punk / Trash / Garage Rock band from Seattle Washington. This three piece band features Justin Mellow on guitar and vocals, Steb on bass and Starr on drums. All three play their instruments with passion and passable competence. Here is a review of their new 4-song EP. The band will be supporting it with a West Coast tour in March (Show Schedule here) and a full length album titled "Leave Me to Dream" is due to be released later this year.

1. My Baby Has a Red Tooth - This song starts off with power cords and pounding drums, soon augmented by keyboards. Vocals come in starting with a frantic "uhhhhh" followed by the punk verses and chorus. The vocals are a bit low in the mix but this is a guitar song so it's fine.

2. Your Heart Will Throb Hard - This song also starts with power chords but more in a Garage form. It also features keyboard similar to what you hear on the first B-52s album. Again the vocals are punky but a little stronger than track 1. The first 4 seconds is nearly "Fireflies" by Owl City, then its straight into great Garage guitar and drums. It has cool Garage backing vocals and the song ends with a scream. This is my favorite song and sounds to me like a cross between "Do It Clean" by Echo and the Bunnymen, and "Planet Claire" by the B-52s.

3. It's a Kill - Strong guitar and drums song with a vocal style similar to the first 2 tracks.

4. Hokey Cokey - Starts off like Wooly Bully - but then the pace doubles and we're in punk-o-mania! This song should have any listener pogoing around their room. The lyrics are based on the Hokey Pokey and sung in the same frantic style as the others.

This is a solid punk / rock EP with some Garage and New Wave influences. If you like Garage, you may like this as well. Have a listen to some of the songs at the band's MySpace page. Buy the CD at CD Baby.

Jay Reatard Videos

Here's an email that came in recently. Check out the video at the end, of Jay Reatard playing two songs. The music reminds me of X, the LA late 70s/early 80s punk band, and the vocals call to mind the 70s DC punkers Bad Brains. For more videos, visit the wefanscomingsoon YouTube channel.

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Love your site and blog.

Here is a few videos i produced of Jay Reatard at a recent in-store at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto

two hosted at vimeo in high quality:

http://www.vimeo.com/2042542

http://www.vimeo.com/1998842

I also have the whole performance on my You Tube page here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/wefanscomingsoon


These recordings are approved by the band and their management

feel free to embed any of them as content for you blog


Graeme

Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death/ It's So Easy

Watch this video on YouTube

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Live at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto

October 16th, 2008

The Hussy

Here's an email I just got from a very cool new Garage/Punk band. Check out their MySpace to hear some of their songs. I did and I loved them! High energy fun songs with great vocals. Go and listen!

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Hi.
I'm in a garage punk band called the Hussy out of Madison wisconsin.
We'd love to be on your blog.
Here's a bio and a link to some tunes. i can provide MP3's if you would like.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

The Hussy – Madicine, Wisconsin

2 piece, drums n guts—drunk-thunk stoopid sweet rock n' roll.

He (Bobby) sings, she (Heather) sings.

He plays guitar, she plays drums.

We like Cheap Time, the Catholic Boys, The Dead Boys, Jay Reatard, dogs, The Mystery Girls, The Wax Museums, horseshoes, The Stooges, Verbena, flinging shit.

Phoenixes be damned, we ain't rising out of no one's ashes.

We prefer a solid basement show to a parodied cock rock arena show.

We hate bands that play sets longer than 35 minutes. We don't even want to see our favorite bands play for more than 35 minutes.

We're not smarter than you, and we won't pretend we are.

We're not complicated, complex, complacent or commandeering, but we are combat ready and lookin for a good time.

We write songs about dogs, cars, words, and girlfriends that can't read.

We just finished a 9 song EP that was recorded by Kyle Motor (The Midwest Beat, the God Damns) and produced by Logan Kayne of the Midwest Beat. Recorded/mixed in 9 hours on 2 inch.

www.myspace.com/thehussyknowsall

New Garage/Punk/Metal bands on YouTube

Hi, Garage Rockers!

I've recently come across three great rock bands on YouTube. One is an all girl French band that has a heavy 60s Garage influence. The second is a Dutch band that sounds genuinely 60s and the third is a group of youngsters from Wales that play powerful Garage Metal. Please have a look at the videos I've embedded in this post. Then visit the linked websites to hear their songs and for more info about the bands.

The Plastiscines are four young ladies from France who recently released a cool 60s Garage influenced CD called LP1. According to this from Spin.com:

Parisians Katty Besnard (vocals/guitar), Marine Neuilly (guitar), Louise Basilien (bass), and Zazie Tavitian (drums) formed Plastiscines in 2005. Signed to Virgin France, and distributed by the Caroline imprint in the U.S., the band released LP1 last month. With Alixe currently manning the sticks -- founding member Zazie and recent drummer Caroline have since departed -- the teenagers from the City of Light are currently touring Europe.

Their MySpace page has 4 great songs on it, and lists their influences:

B-52's - Blondie - Ramones - The Kinks - Stooges - Libertines - Cramps - Buzzcocks - The Slits - kings of leon - The Strokes - Television - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Clash - White Stripes

Here's a great pop/punk tune by The Plastscines. It mixes "Eisiger Wind" by Liliput and "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks - late 70s post punk and 60s pop punk, a great combination!

Plastiscines - Mr. Driver (Clip)

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Dutch band, The Frowns, recently posted about their new video on our Garage Rock NOW! website. Here, we'll watch another video by the band. It's a strong guitar rocker that features a cool 60s guitar riff, a nice guitar solo and 60s backing vocals. Learn more about The Frowns on their website, in Dutch.

The Frowns - Open Up Your Door (Live @ Stairway To Heaven)

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Alkalay is a rock band from Merthyr, Wales with 6 members - 2 girls and 4 guys. These young people play powerful yet melodic alt metal with nice guitar skills and contrasting angelic/scream vocals. According to the band's MySpace page:

Alkalay are a fun, up for anything,
alternative rock band from the South Wales valleys.
The band which consists of male and female vocalists,
are sure to become something special.
Originally forming in 2006, under the name
'My Favourite Accident', they started
to fully concentrate on the band a few months later.
With the line up changing quite a bit over that period of time,
but at long last we have the final band.

Visit their MySpace page to hear two excellent songs, "Michael Barrymore Vs The Great", and "Iron Angel." Here's a somewhat grainy video that at least gives the viewer a taste of what the band is like. They seem to be cool people!

Video update Numero uno

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The Hi Fevers

I recently got a copy of the new CD from the Hi Fevers in the mail. Fege, the Hi Fever's guitarist and vocalist, sent me this CD all the way from Italy. I have known Fege for years, she used to be in the cool band, Queen Beee. I wrote about them on GarageRockRadio in the 4/14/2004 entry near the bottom of the page, here.

This six-song CD is guitar and drum based rock and roll. All tracks are 2 and 3 minutes in length. The songs show influences from Garage, Surf, Punk, and even Disco. The set starts out strong with the song "High Fever". Fege sings and one of the guys harmonize over power chords and standard rock drum beats. I imagine that this will be a crowd pleaser in live sets - I can see the fans pumping their fists and bobbing their heads in sync with the band.

Song two is "Leech". It's another strong rocker with punk influences. Next up is "Girl+". It starts out fast, with riffs borrowed from the Dead Kennedy's "Too Drunk to ****". This is a cool punker with go-go drums over the guitar break, and is probably my fave track. The last three songs are good rockers; one is an instrumental with surf stylings and the final track is a Disco-rocker slightly similar to the Kinks "Superman".

All in all, this is a good rocking CD! For more information on the Hi Fevers, check out their MySPace page.