Don’t Give It Up Now b/w How Do You Know? - Lyres (Dirty Water)

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By The Barman

The Barman

03 June 2017

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These were the first recordings released by Lyres. What else do you need to know? It’s on UK label Dirty Water and listening to it is as close to the state of Garage Godhead that any of us mere mortals will reach.

Boston’s Lyres inarguably were, and probably still are, the pick of the turn-of-the-'70s US bands that went on to wear the “garage” tag. Not that you should use that term in front of Jeff Conolly (aka Monoman), the band’s leader on organ and vocals. And never append “The” to the band’s name. Just don’t.

• garage
• dirty water records
• boston
• lyres
• dmz

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On your marks...go! "Passengers Reimagined" on sale now

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By The Barman

The Barman

02 June 2017

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That “Passengers Reimagined” CD is we told you about a few days ago is back in stock and selling here. It’s a limited edition of 200 and won’t be re-pressed.

This special release is hand-labeled, signed and numbered. The package includes the original acoustic album "In the Garden of Good and Evil” and “Reimagined” - the album with electronic instruments and drums added, played and produced by Jeff Sullivan.

• passengers
• jeff sullivan
• jim dickson
• reimagined

Kim Salmon taking 1988 Scientists on the road

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By The Barman

The Barman

01 June 2017

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Mark this one in your diary: Kim Salmon is taking the late period line-up of The Scientists out on the road in Australia for just four gigs later this year. 

• scientists
• kim salmon
• boris sudjovic
• leanne chock
• tony thewlis

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Guitar maestro Charlie sits in with Terry Serio

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By The Barman

The Barman

01 June 2017

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Sydney actor-cum-musician Terry Serio is supplementing his star-studded band The Half Truths for his June 13 show at Leadbelly’s in his hometown with a very special guest. Charlie Owen (Beasts Of Bourbon/Paul Kelly/Tex, Don and Charlie/New Christs) is coming from Melbourne to play slide guitar behind Terry’s vocals. 

• terry serio
• the half truths
• charlie owen

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Heavy Liquid LP - The Stooges (Easy Action)

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By The Barman

The Barman

28 May 2017

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The question’s already been posed by a few people whether they really do need yet another compilation of Stooges material. It’s a rhetorical query so I’ll lay out the facts and allow you to judge for yourself.

Let’s kick off by saying that a lot of crap is released under the auspices of Record Store Day. What was once a marketing platform for the little guys, the ever-diminish number of independent bricks and mortar stores, has morphed into another channel for the big boys - they’d the the major labels - to peddle all manner of shit. 

There are outtakes and alternative versions ad infinitum buzzing about like flies on sherbet, but RSD more often than not seems to be about exploiting the fetishists’ love of anything on vinyl. "Heavy Liquid" is not amongst that crap.

• easy-action
• iggy pop
• record store day
• james williamson
• raw power
• iggy & the stooges
• ron asheton
• scott ssheton
• heavy liquid

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Those Fucking Boys. A Decade of Disdain - The Hip Priests (Self Destructo/Ghost Highway)

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By The Barman

The Barman

28 May 2017

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It’s said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again. If it’s true, The Hip Priests deserve a lengthy rest in a luxury grade rock and roll rubber room. One with booze on tap, room service high-class hookers and a mound of coke. Praise the lord and pass the straight jackets.  

These Pommy punks from Nottingham have been driving their sonic battering ram against the gates of mainstream acceptance for a decade now without breaching its defences. Fame and fortune have clearly evaded them but they make it obvious that they couldn’t give a fuck. 

• garage
• rock and roll
• english
• hip priests

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Voodoo Eye - WitchDoktors (Tribal Vibes)

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By Ronald Brown

Ronald Brown

27 May 2017

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Formed in England in the summer of 1986, the WitchDoktors have gigged all over the UK and Europe, and have even chalked up a five-year residency at the wonderful 12bar Club in Soho. So they’re well-travelled veterans.

They’ve recorded a dirty album of trashy, balls-to-the wall punk-garage rock ‘n’ roll, their fourth all up and their first since 2008’s acclaimed “3 Dollar Hooker”.

• punk
• garage
• english
• witchdoktors

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John Lee Hooker’s World Today - Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo (Helixed/ Rough Velvet), Raw - Bob Short (self released) & Let Them…- Meat Cake (Conquest of Noise)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

27 May 2017

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Once upon a time I went to The Big Day Out. I can’t remember which, but the events themselves I always thought were a nuisance which one was obliged to endure in order to see the two or maybe three bands you actually went to 

Anyway, it had dawned on me that “my generation” was utterly reviled by the one coming up. Which is understandable, of course, as every generation has to gain independence and identity, and the quickest route is to revile the old farts. ’Cause of course, we no nuffink. 

Now that I am a card-carrying Old Fart who Shouts At Clouds and Doesn’t Like the Look of Those Teenagers, I have a blessed distance to view the rich landscape of modern music [Barman: insert vomit noise here]. In 1987 Steve Albini made a passing comment: “Pointless teenage thrash bands”.

• hugo race
• bob short
• dead rabids
• filth
• michaelangelo russo
• john lee hooker
• meat cake
• peter kostic
• regurgitator

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Fast Cars album campaign nearing target

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By The Barman

The Barman

26 May 2017

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