ALBUM DU JOUR #4: POLLUTING THE MAINSTREAM

The Eagles!  Fleetwood Mac!  Styx! Marie Osmond! That's the kind of stuff I listen to now.  All that weird, experimental stuff - what wa...

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DOWN BY LAW: NYC PunkFunk '78-'84

Let's boogie to a collection of the greatest dance "hits" of what has been called the "No Wave" era of NYC music.  L...

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Captain Beefheart Karaoke Party: "Clear Spot"

As with the " Lick My Decals Off " post from a couple years ago, here are the instrumental tracks from a Captain Beefheart & H...

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Rodney On The ROQ vol. 5

When I created and posted " Rodney on the ROQ Vol 4 ", a reader commented: "This is one of the greatest compilations ever cre...

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The "fucking intense evil violent scary witch music" of Phantascist

The Butthole Surfers, early PiL, The Birthday Party, Pere Ubu, Flipper - heck yeah, I used to love those loonies puking up free-form psyched...

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Tribute To Neil Armstrong

The greatest song ever about the recently departed Neil Armstrong was this '80s college rock hit by Angst , which you can listen to/down...

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Rodney On The ROQ vol. 4

It's the weekend!  It's summer!  It's almost July 4th!  Man, I just want some fun music right now. So let's set our wayback...

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ZOOGZ-APALOOZA

Last year I posted 10 albums, one a week, by the late, great Los Angeles loony Zoogz Rift and his Amazing Shitheads.  Our best-est new pal i...

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COVER THE EARTH 3: More Bizarro Versions of Your Favorite Oldies From Across the World Wide Weird

The first " Cover The Earth " collection we posted here a couple of weeks ago has been quite the success - twice as many downloads...

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COVER THE EARTH: Ukrainian Punk

As an addendum to the " Cover The Earth " post of bizarre international versions of your favorite oldies, here are various rock re...

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THE GLENDAS

"My friend and I decided to try to make a band where all the songs were about specific horror movies. We named ourselves after an Ed W...

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Punk Mariachi!

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, here's a few tracks from L.A. bands playing...punk mariachi? How is such a thing possible?  One style is...

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Big Eyed Beans From Venus

Yes, Virginia, there really is a Captain Beefheart tribute band. Even more improbably, they're really good. And you thought tribute act...

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New Wave Covers For Oldies Lovers - Part 3

Like I said : "During the upheaval of the late '70s/early '80s punk days, there was a real changing-of-the-guard feeling that l...

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"I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS AS SPECIAL AS YOU AAAARE!"

Gnarboots are a completely ridiculous band from Central California that play a variety of styles with a surprising amount of skill, consider...

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The Warhol Tapes

The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh put out a book that included a CD of excerpts from Warhol's private audio tape collection. The alb...

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My Writing-Fu Skills Are No Match For This Album...

...because I'm at a loss as to how to describe it. It's g reat to encounter music that fits no known genre until you're the fu...

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STAR TREK FAN BANDS: NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS ONE WOULD THINK

(Vote for "M4M Idol" ! You've got 'til Oct. 6.) A Klingon death-metal band. Just think about the sheer awesomeness of tha...

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Manic Hispanic

I love Manic Hispanic , and their Chicano parodies of punk rock classics, a la El Vez and his Mexican-ized take on Elvis. But then again, I...

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Before They Were Rap Stars

Here's a second volume of Before They Were Stars , this time putting the spotlight on the first-ever (and sometimes highly-unlikely) rec...

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