Jun
GOOD VIBRATIONS- THE movie about an amazing man, label and record shop from Belfast.
This man and label put out some of our favorite punk records from bands such as Rudi, The Undertones, The Outcasts and many others in the 70’s at the beginning of punk. We’ve been hearing lots of good things about this movie and can’t wait to see it.
About the film.
Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast, when the bloody conflict known as the Troubles shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides and take up arms, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe and calls it Good Vibrations. Through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city’s nascent underground punk scene. Galvanising the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an Alternative Ulster, to bring his city back to life.
Jun
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death.
Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early ’70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death’s music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band (hell…the first punk band!), and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.
Jun
UNLOCKING THE TRUTH IS TWO COOL KIDS!
If this doesn’t put a smile on your face and warm your heart, then you’re already too far gone to save.
Jun
THE PLUGZ - HOMBRE SECRETO
Cool fan video for our favorite version of the 1964 TV show theme song Secret Agent Man originally by Johnny Rivers.
May
We’re not the first, hope we’re not the last
Cause I know we’re all heading for that adult crash
The time is so little, the time belongs to us
Why is everybody in such a fucking rush
Make do with what you have
Take what you can get
Pay no mind to us
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
I was early to finish, I was late to start
I might be an adult, I’m a minor at heart
Go to college, be a man, what’s the fucking deal
It’s not how old I am, it’s how old I feel
Take your time
Try not to forget
We never will
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
That’s a promise
May
MICHAEL MONROE - BALLAD OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE
Check out the new video from Michael Monroe’s upcoming album “Horns and Halos”, which should be out August 2013.
A rockin tune with a cool punky edge reminds us of his time with Demolition 23.
May
Found some Neurosis flyers from the early 1990’s while cleaning out some boxes around the shop today.
May
Cool video commercial for the new Clash Box Set coming out Sept!
May
The Clash to Release Massive Box Set Shaped Like a Boombox, Plus Greatest Hits Comp
New Clash box set coming this September. Here is the Pitchfork article, thanks JTD for sending this over.
May
BLONDIE vs DEVO from PUNK MAGAZINE!
