THE SHAKING HANDS - s/t CD
After several months of toil the New CD
from Gainesville's THE HORROR, now known as THE SHAKING HANDS
will soon be available. Sept 1st release date. pre-order
now.
MADISON BLOODBATH - Gittin' Loose With
Madison Bloodbath CD
The debut full length release from Madison
Bloodbath. This is the first full length for the band, but they
have releases under their belt including a split seven inch with
Dan Padilla and a self produced demo CDR. This 11 song recording
shows the band turning a promising and refreshing malty start
into a whole keg full of awesome.
VENA CAVA - Weapons of Mass Communication
CDEP Waiting for new Vena Cava songs is
pretty much like watching the polar ice caps melt. And when they
do, the results are devastating. Fronted by brother and sister,
April and Corey, they're a punk pop trio from North Park,
CA. (Think X, not Queers). Corey is a tall man who, at one time,
looked like the Pringles dude, but is now rockin' a Dostoevsky
beard. April says a lot of people think they're twins. One
of them is four years older. April often wears dresses and is
tough. Party Marty blacked out mid fist pump during their pre-Fest
set, knocking April's microphone right into her teeth. She
didn't stop singing. This is a six-song EP. Yes, it took
them four years, but, hey, at least they're not displacing
polar bear habitats. Five of the songs are new. One's re-recorded.
All of them kill.
PRETTY BOY THORSON / CORTEZ THE KILLER
split 7" Hello Minnesota! Two bands, two songs
apiece. Pretty Boy Thorson continues to rebuild the house that
has laid vacant by the likes of… uhm, non-shitty rock'n'roll
that's all sparky and not wanky. Think if rockabilly wasn't
so “skinhead retirement program” and more fuck-yeah,
stripped-down, meat and callous, Hank Williams Sr. rock. Their
second song, “Can't Find the Lord” is a Cranford Nix
cover. Cranford died of an overdose at 33, but lives on at 33
1/3. Cortez The Killer – let's be honest, dudes –
recorded their two offerings on a shitty four track. But would
you rather have a Yngwie Malmsteen-sounding “good”
or the ‘60s, Top Of The Tops-style scorchers that Cortez
The Killer play and are catchy as fuck? A little rough around
the edges; just like we like it. Dave Disorder personally silk-screened
all 500 covers by himself, by hand (not by robot), on his kitchen
table. Each one is different and quality is dependant on how stoned
Dave was.
STRANDED - "Broken Bottles And The
Way We Live" 7" A lot of people think that Ferdinand
Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe. He wasn't.
He got killed in the Philippines, but his crew made it. A lot
of people may think that it's easy to get out of town. A
town like Tampa. But there's this thing called beer. Pour
that over your head in a waterfall of apathy, throw in some STDs
(both the burny type and warty type), a concealed firearm, and
let that all soak in for eight years. Then tell me that the city
line of Tampa is only ten miles away. For The Stranded, that city
line may as well be the Strait of Magellan (off of the coast of
South America). But they rage. For fans of: unchecked aggression,
NOFX withdrawals, and laziness.
WATSON - "Chasing 500" CD Brighten up your day with songs about
cancer, death, alcoholism, and self hatred. You can actually hear
the vein in Dave Decker's forehead throb in the recording. We're
talking intense dude. With members and ex members of Clairmel,
Vaginasore Jr, and the Dukes Of Hillsborough. Recorded by Rob
Mc Gregor. Artwork by Keith Rosson.
THE TIM VERSION - "Still
Have The Nerve To Call Ourselves A Band" CD A collection of out-of-print, hard-to-find,
half-of-splits, and hey-we-haven't-used-that-yets. If you're
already a fan of The Tim Version, it saves you any chance of exercise
by switching from the record player to CD; you know what you're
in for. If you're new to ‘em, imagine watching America's
formation and demise, as sung by a drunk, yet hopeful, rocket
scientist and backed by a guy who really doesn't like to
be yelled “Alex Van Fucking Halen” at when he drums.
Well, at least repeatedly. 28 tracks.
TILTWHEEL - "Hair Brained Scheme Addicts"
CD The CD re-release of the first full-length
Tiltwheel record (Battle Hymns was a collection, my friend). The
dude who originally released this sold the master tapes at a garage
sale and later went to jail for possession. Karma; yeowch. Tiltwheel
has self-described themselves as “'Pleatherface,'
the poor-man's Leatherface,” which is sorta true,
but mostly false, because Tiltwheel built the pyramids.
BLOTTO - "Get On Bored" LP Life would be better if you were
followed around by a life-sized foam mascot in the shape of
a beer bottle that would come to your rescue every time you
were about to make a bad decision and would reward you with
a drink every time you made a good choice. Foamie would stop
you from doing stupid shit like buying, say, a Mayday Parade
record, and he'd jump with joy when you picked up Blotto—perhaps
Japan's best export since the microprocessor. We give
them D4; the Land of the Rising Sun returns the favor. Diplomacy!
Thanks Foamie! 20 songs total, only 500 pressed.
First pressing- 501 pressed (7 gold, 98 yellow, 396 black)
TILTWHEEL / DAN PADILLA / THE TIM VERSION
/ HIDDEN SPOTS 4-way split 7" Tiltwheel is 2/3rds Dan Padilla.
The Hidden Spots is some ratio of The Jack Palance Band, sand,
and awesome. Dan Padilla was named after a bank robber. The Tim
Version is named not only after a Replacement's album, but
a specific (and preferred) version of Tim. It's a four-way
battle royale and no one's getting thrown out of the ring.
If you're a person who can hear burritos whisper, the burrito's
pretty much telling you this kills.
First pressing- 300 pressed (300 black)
Second pressing- 400 pressed (26 hot pink, 59 gray, 77 pink, 94
purple, 144 blue)
PRETTY BOY THORSON AND THE FALLING ANGELS
- "Take It Easy" CD Just as it takes a certain amount
of nuts to be lounging on a lavender sparkle Sportster while retaining
a sneer, Pretty Boy Thorson play instruments that have been pussified
by too many coffee house dickweeds. And they reclaim them into
songs that pounce. If you call this folk-punk, use the rear door,
hippie. Music made to lose your voice singing along to.
TOO MANY DAVES 7" Party. Rock. Weed. Pizza. Beer. Dumb
is good. This 7” makes the Ramones seem like smart….
math… guys. Members and ex-members of: Tiltwheel, Dan Padilla,
Vaginasore Jr., No Truth Lies, Watson, Clairmel, Blood Bath and
Beyond and Rcade Inferno. The Daves are: Dave Disorder, Dave Decker,
Davey Quinn, Rcade Dave, and Larry "Joe" David.
First pressing- 300 pressed (300 black)
Second pessing- 300 pressed (12 purple, 32 gray, 57 light blue,
199 blue)
PRETTY BOY THORSON AND THE FALLING ANGELS
- "Aint It Funny" CD Gave up on self-described rockabilly
awhile ago. Couldn't hang out with the gangs of Fonzs. Heeeeyyy!
But if you like the idea of a little backbeat, a little acoustic
guitar wrestled around, a melody you can snap your finger to without
being surrounded by hair grease, you'll be liking this.
From Minneapolis. If fashion had never met up with the genre at
the beginning… it would blaze.
THE HIDDEN SPOTS 7" Chattanooga is a place where rats
have big tumors, that if an out-of-town band plays a tennis court
and doesn't bring enough beer, it could get ugly with the
locals, and is home to some of the hardest-partying, down-to-earth
people who love music. Vocally lead by Mike Pack, inventor of
the “Shit Stain High Five,” this is all about self-definition
in your life on the inside (flags are stupid, empty pulpits would
be rad), and partying on the outside (drugs soaked with other
drugs, in beer; more please). It's not a paradox, either,
it's just life lived fully.
First pressing- 500 pressed (498 black, 2 pink and black)
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS / THE DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH
split 7" Working class post traumatic stress
disorder music… that you can drink to… or obsess over
an ex-girlfriend about… while serious contemplating killing
someone or something. OWTH from Minneapolis. Dukes from Tampa.
Both buuuuummmmmeeeddd.
First pressing- 500 pressed (1 purple, 6 yellow, 10 red and black,
83 black, 200 green, 200 red)
Second pressing- 500 pressed (500 black)
TILTWHEEL / DOWN IN THE DUMPS split 7"
(OUT OF PRINT) In this piñata we call life,
it often feels like we're as fragile as gaudy, thin paper
glued over chicken wire mashed into some sort of shape, while
blindfolded people take heavy whacks at us with sticks, all for
the joy of seeing our guts spill out and eating our insides. That
laughter can be the saddest sound, but it can also be a small
triumph for the listener. Tiltwheel and Down In The Dumps explore
that theme.
First pressing- 500 pressed (10 black/orange, 200 orange, 290
black)
DAN PADILLA / MADISON BLOODBATH split 7"
(OUT OF PRINT) First pressing- 500 pressed (5 b/w
marble, 200 white, 295 black)
WATSON - "Killing Momentum" CD
EP Have you ever met dudes that the
cleanest thing in their lives was their motorcycle? Looked like
total fuckin' dirtbags, smelled bad, ill-fitting clothes,
but what they rode was immaculate and was perfectly tuned? I have
no idea what the grooming habits of the dudes in Watson look are,
but they sure make some pretty, ballsy music. I can't help
imagine that they ignore all the extraneous parts of their lives—shit
like what toothpaste to use or ever thinking about buying shoes
if the ones they're wearing don't have holes—into
making intricately fitting songs so listenable. Contain: Richie,
Paul, and Dave from Clairmel and Jeff from the The Dukes.
NO TRUTH LIES CD They're totally fuckin'
socialists in a Phil Ochs meets pizza delivery, thinking-about-higher-education
sort of way. Mix with an unhidden love of Rowdy Rodder Piper's
superior performance in They Live, and viola, plain shirt, regular
pants political punk with a very clever tongue in a very clever
“everyman” disguise.
VENA CAVA / SICK SICK BIRDS split 7" Vena Cava: The man from the Pringles
can is in a band with his sister! Splice Jawbox in with bits of
X, take away any hint of preciousness or pretension, and (magic
hand move): independently minded rock that doesn't separate
grit from emotion. Sick Sick Birds: Ever wonder if it was possible
for a band to disband with their ethics intact (The Thumbs), then
come along several years later and present their age with a bit
of grace and knowing? Sick Sick Birds do just that. Not the fireball
of the Thumbs, but definitely not bourgeois “look at my
tasteful $500 lamp” sweater vest rock either. For fans of
Superchunk and not becoming “dandy” with age.
First pressing- 500 pressed (500 black)
Second pressing- 500 pressed (500 black)
DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH?"Telling Time
By Our Vices" CD No, not a heartless dis referencing
the Hillsborough disaster, a deadly human crush on April 15, 1989,
at a soccer stadium in Sheffield, England resulting in the deaths
of 96 people (a name choice the boys had to be protected against
during a tour of Merry Ol' England), their name comes from
the Florida county in which they reside. Gruff, unrepentant, for-the-love-of-alcohol,
most-people-suck full-length. Wrap it all with vocals stuffed
with burlap and not-caring-what-you-think-s, and you've
got a good grasp of the Dukes.
DAN PADILLA CD (OUT OF PRINT) If you look really close at this
illustration, there is no fucking way that that door is big enough
to walk through, even taking perspective into account. So, that
bank was run by Oompa Loompas? Fuck them. They're fuckin' creepy
and use candy as currency anyway… Dan Padilla sings about
California's shrubbery, feeling bad – but being okay with
that, mostly – and having a heart. This is actually a band,
not a solo project by a man named Dan. Dan's in another band.
VAGINASORE JR CD Member lovingly held in a chokehold
during a Radon set by a bouncer? Check. Pedophilia/stalker cover?
Check. Name that pretty much guarantees that women will think
twice – three times – about buying it? Check. But
that doesn't negate the fact that creeper melodies, manic
energy, and good times don't prevail. Contains members of
Clairmel and the Tim Version.
TRICYCLE FARM - "Everything's on Sale"
CD In the New Jersey suburb of Chattanooga,
there is a band who has taken the torch of Bruce Sprinsteen, dropped
that torch in beer, it got scuffed by using as a muffler; they
went on a bender with it, drank from it like a chalice, and then
they duct taped that torch to the front of their van like a unicorn
horn, but it drooped like a wang the further they toured from
home.
RCADE INFERNO - "This Gent's A Scoundrel"
CD A St. Pete duo of two dudes who yell
and sing with an acoustic guitar and drums live. On this record,
they sound more like the Violent Femmes meet the Vindictives.
Snotty, sneering, I-just-did-something-stupid, I-dare-you-to-stop-this-next-awesome-party-move
rock.
V/A "To Live And Die In Tampa Bay"
CD Dear World: My name is Tampa Bay.
We are known for the Buccaneers and the illegal importation of
Cuban cigars. Oh, and meth and the heat. But besides that—or
maybe perhaps partially because of that—our bands have that
raw, rugged underdog charm of looking at constant failure's
toothless face, right in the mouth. To even make non-douchebag
music is tough enough in this part of the country. Please understand
the forces that are against us. If you appreciate honest, straight
forward music that comes from the underside of Florida's
wang, you've come to the right place. Songs from Tim Version,
Dukes of Hillsborough, Rogue Set, Clairmel, Vaginasore Jr, Arcade
Inferno, Flat Stanley, and more.
VAGINA SORE JR 7" EP (OUT OF PRINT) Fashionless Tampa punk rock. Still
at war with the vage, the boys lament the loss of a great friend—“they
docked my pay for the shot to end his life… why did you
have to kill my dog?”—being the band on a bill that
no one came to see, and moments of clarity during drunken brawls
in the middle of the street.
First pressing- 300 pressed (300 clear)
Second pressing- 200 pressed (200 pink n' purple)
THE DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH / ALTAIRA - "Sometimes
You Eat The Bar, Sometimes The Bar Eats You" split CD (OUT
OF PRINT) We can all pretty much agree that
The Big Lebowski is one of the best movies ever made and most
dudes would skin a puppy to have Sam Elliot's moustache…
this split follows suit, although this is not quite up to par
with Autobahn's fourth record. Altaira: Altaira means “brightest
star” in Arabic. One dude was from Guff. One dude went onto
Tiltwheel and Dan Padilla. Sweeping melodies. Intricate little
parts. Dukes: Have not updated their website since 2006. They've
been too busy rockin'.
ALTAIRA - "Weigh Your Conscience"
CD EP (OUT OF PRINT)
THE BAR FEEDERS - "50 Ways To Leave
Your Liver" CD If being drunk and having great hearts
equaled rocket science in this world, The Bar Feeders would be
a band of Einsteins and Oppenheimers. Think about it, if the Bar
Feeders had that place in history, we wouldn't be facing
the threat of nuclear war, but of just looking forward to the
next weekend's alcoholocaust of fun. Politicians suck.
THE TIM VERSION - "Prohibition Starts
Tomorrow" CD (OUT OF PRINT) In Charles Willeford's book, Cockfighter,
the protagonist of the story starts off with simultaneously losing
his trailer and his underage wife; he'd taken a gamble by doctoring
one of his prize gamecock's beaks and lost everything except what
he could carry. Filter that into stucco, Florida heat, jobs that
get in the way, large record collections, and waking up pissed
but productive, and there you have The Tim Version's second full-length
opus to the cracks in the concrete of American life.
THE DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH - "If Only
We Had Some Place To Go" CD Travis Malloy, of the Dukes, was
shuttling people back and forth from the airport and Gainesville
during a Fest weekend. The weather was terrible. The van topped
out at 35 or so. Figuring that that was the vehicular speed equivalent
to drinking in a parking lot (give or take) he uncapped a 40oz
and continued driving. Travis is also a scientist, so he has clearance.
(Just don't ask him to show you his “badge”
because you'll be getting some balls, sooner or later.)
One the cover: the Dukes' van, in a pinch, runs on Old Milwuakee
Lite. (Bathing suit season is always just around the block in
Florida, even for the vehicles.)
WATCH IT BURN / TILTWHEEL - "Twice
the Dose" Split CD (OUT OF PRINT)
Tiltwheel: At a tour stop in Eerie Pennsylvania,
Davey got out of the van, and started doing this little dance.
It wasn't much more than putting his hands into loose fists,
bending his elbows, and wiggling his belly back and forth in a
twist-like motion. He did this for a long time. “Man, this
feels good,” he said. I looked over at what he was looking
at. The streets were basically empty, but the city had all of
these over-sized fiberglass fish painted in different ways, and
there was a kid, slack jawed, just staring at one for longer than
Davey did his dance. This CDEP contains the longest Tiltwheel
song ever recorded. Epic. San Diego's Watch It Burn: are
very, very earnest and really like what Tiltwheel is putting down.
SCRM / The Tim Version "Go Halves
On A Bastard" split CD (OUT OF
PRINT)
Here's the essence of this release:
“I wouldn't trade it all for the safety of just pussin'
out again.” What do you call a battle where no one wins,
except the listener? A good time. Don't let College Park
Maryland's Superchinchillarescuemission's goofy name
fool you. It's hyper-driven, kick the madness dead, intricate
(not noodley), literate punk at the core of its whiskey-soaked
soul. Jimmy “The Truth” of Panthro UK United 13 played
bass for SCRM. Now he calls people at 3 AM drunk and sells helicopters.
The Tim Version have a waaay bigger cumulative record collection
than most citizens and they can rock in flip flops and floppy
hats without any Jimmy Buffet residue sticking to ‘em. Two
bands. All nice guys. Sounds like: real rocks in whiskey glasses.
THE DUKES OF HILLSBOROUGH - "Undefeated
At Russian Roulette" CD Come to think of it, The Dukes are
a lot like the Deer Hunter of Tampa… if screaming about
being bummed and wanting to off most of the world, but loving
your friends and your buddies could be a rock opera, without the
opera part… here you go.
SUPER CHINCHILLA RESCUE MISSION CD EP Seth Swaaley, the vocalist and lyricist
for SCRM, should be a poet laureate if there was any justice in
this world. There is no justice in this world. He's an electrician
now. Scorchingly direct CDEP, driven by dudes who were in or would
go into Panthro UK United 13, Crispus Attucks, and Medic. Their
house had so many cockroaches in it; there were some inside of
videotapes.
JACK PALANCE BAND - "Get This Shit
Under Way" CD Imagine a nation of Homer Simpsons
slapping their millions of heads in unison, with the chorus “D'oh!”
filling in the echo. That, my friend is the sound of people missing,
quite possibly, one of the best, unheralded punk rock records
to ever come out of the South (still). Imagine being hugged tightly
in restraint, (with guitars and voice that seems to be singing
directly to you) while the world is burning. Take all that wanky
masturbation of people who can play their instruments and turn
it completely inside out: music that displays more and more with
each listen.
DOC HOPPER / EL SECONDHAND - "Please
Send Help" split CD Doc Hopper: No, it's not solo
version (with ukulele) rendition from the character in the The
Muppet Movie, the owner of a struggling french-fried frog legs
restaurant franchise trying to get Kermit to be his spokesfrog,
it's a band in the Descendents vs. Gang Green vein of things,
and there's much action in their thrash pop. Member Chris
Pierce went on to For Science. El Secondhand: Very much liked
Weezer, do covers of Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, and two Slayer
tracks, and fill in the points in between with their own gluey
audio hi-jinx.
V/A RITALIN RIOT 2 - "30 band sampler"
CD Hey, the first one did well, let's
release another one. A nice survey of bands making music in 2001.
Featured, are tracks by: At the Drive In, Hot Water Music, Less
Than Jake, Leatherface, Against All Authority, Cadillac Blindside,
The Fairlanes, The Thumbs, The Gamits, The Movie Life, Cooter,
Small Brown Bike, The Impossibles, Pinhead Circus, and a whole
lot more.
THE TIM VERSION - "Creating Forces
That Don't Exist" CD (OUT OF PRINT)
In San Pedro, California in the Green Hills
Memorial Park, there are two graves that are a couple of football
fields apart. Dennes Dale Boone and Henry Charles Bukowski, Jr.
D. Boone was the lead singer of the Minutemen. Bukowski's
grave has a picture of a boxer and the words “Don't
try.” And although Tampa's The Tim Version don't
sound anything like the Minutemen and aren't all booze-and-broads
as Bukowski, the pioneering spirit and the stark individualism
are there. The Tim Version is four dudes following their own plan.
Hard times. Hard thinking. Hard playing. Gravel throats. Laminated
record cards for Goodwill finds. It's never too late to
start looking into a great, largely overlooked band's back
catalog.
THUMBS / JACK PALANCE BAND split 7" From Baltimore, The Thumbs toured
heavily, put out great full-lengths, and even eventually got signed
to Adeline Records. And much like Scared of Chaka, they were a
rulin' band through and through: smart, fuzzy-dirty punk
with melodies weaving throughout and, although they got dedicated
fans, most people didn't take note. Perhaps it was timing.
Perhaps it was whatever, but the Thumbs never got their due. Don't
be bummed, listen to their legacy. Jack Palance Band: Serious
time. We were all very, very wasted, sitting in a parking lot,
waiting for someone to show up. It was a couple hours, and all
we did was crank The Jack Palance Band over and over again, and
went, “Woah, did you hear that? Anyone want to hear something
else?” “No.” We played it until the battery
died.
First pressing- 1000 pressed (1000 clear green)
THE BAR FEEDERS - "Pour For Four,
Por Favor" LP Their bilingual first record. Just
kidding! A straight-edge classic. Just kidding! Cover by a world-famous
artist. Just kidding! The loveable, drunk mugwumps are at it again.
Originally released when third-rate ska was tidal waving our shores
and they're 100% immune to its influences. That's
called sticking to your guns and not being a panty waste.
COOTER - "Looking Up" CD (OUT
OF PRINT)
BURDEN OF LIFE - "Self Titled"
CD/LP Existentialism informs us that we
must be 100% accountable for all of our actions in life, that
we are essentially alone, and the consequences are for us—and
us alone—to endure. Taking Kierkegaard's philosophy
to heart, some members of the Dukes of Hillsborough get a long,
hard Hot Water Music look at themselves in the mirror and study
this zit of human existence; the pain of reality and the instant
pleasure it provides when it's popped.
TILWHEEL - "Hair Brained Scheme Addicts"
LP This is the record that landed Tiltwheel…
in some of the finest backyards and basements across this great
land of ours. Davey Tiltwheel knows his music. He picked the only
non-shit Icicle Works song in existence. Originally released on
laser disc. An original member of Tiltwheel would go on to jump
the Great Wall of China on a skateboard. (Fact checked!) Another
member got kicked out of Blink 182 when they were known just as
Blink. (“You're in!” and they never called back.)
First pressing- 1000 pressed (1000 clear)
V/A RITALIN RIOT 1.5 CD This is a re-issue of our first CD
compilation, which serves as a nice national snapshot of music
at the time. There are 25 bands total with several unreleased
tracks. Bands include: Dillinger Four, At The Drive In, Ann Beretta,
The Thumbs, Big Wig, Panthro UK United 13, Cooter, Tiltwheel,
The Impossibles, The Fairlanes, and more.
