Back To Frisco

Still got a craving for that early American punk sound? In that case, head over to the esteemed Jonderblog and help yourselves to a fine fine compilation of '76-'78 Bay Area groups. Their neighbours in LA had the zines, the labels, the venues and a sympathetic radio station and got more exposure that way, but San Francisco's scene sure was vital in its own right.

The Avengers - I Believe In Me
The Offs - Zero Degrees

Colour Me White

"White honey, get it from the candyman..." Or: one more exclusive hand picked six pack. In this week's Colour Me installment, GP and the mighty Rumour talk sweet, punkpop pioneers the Dickies speed up a moody blues, while Dublin's finest the Virgin Prunes look for the promised land of milk and honey. Next up, Little Feat finds inspiration in the East, furious Frisco punks the Avengers end up on the dole, and sixties unknowns the Painted Ship tell fuzzy lies in the garage. If you like what you hear, please buy a featured album or two.

Graham Parker & The Rumour - White Honey MP3

The Dickies - Nights In White Satin MP3

Virgin Prunes - Sweethome Under White Clouds MP3

Little Feat - China White MP3

Avengers - White Nigger MP3

Painted Ship - Little White Lies MP3

Garageland Dreams

In yet another summer tenpack episode, we´ll be going all out on a wild sixties garage punk and psychedelica trip. Better get ready for an overload of razor sharp organ riffs, down and dirty fuzz guitars, snotty vocals, over the top psychedelic madness & teenage angst plus a whole lot of garage attitude. Hey, there´s so much amazing stuff in this vein out there that I could easily fill twenty sixpacks for you. And maybe I just will... someday.

All this amazing stuff stems from albums and sometimes even series of albums with illustrious names like Pebbles, Boulders, Back From The Grave, Highs In The Mid Sixties, Ear Piercing Punk, Hang It Out To Dry and Acid Dreams. Do yourselves a favour and hunt these down if you like the ten more or less obscure garage bands from sixties garageland below. Be sure to have some peanut butter ready, watch out for that green slime, and say hi to Gloria Melvin for me.

The Renegades- Thirteen Women MP3

White Light - William MP3

Kommotions - Little Black Egg MP3

The Ju-Ju´s - You Treat Me Bad MP3

Daybreakers - Psychedelic Siren MP3

The Belles - Melvin MP3

The Outlaws - Don´t Tread On Me MP3

Green Slime - Green Slime MP3

Avengers - Be A Caveman MP3

The One Way Streets - We All Love Peanut Butter MP3