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January 30, 2012

Another slow week, but we got some more stuff on eBay If you are interested in old MRR's or Joan Jett or Pandoras posters, check it out.

Our 2012 assault begins today (1/2/12)! Over hundred twenty new singles added to the used/rare page and 40 or so cd’s added. Last week we dropped the price on 180 7”s. There’ll be a bunch of stuff up on ebay soon and if all that works out there will be some more Rapid Pulse releases for spring/summer starting with the ever popular Smogtown! At least that’s the plan...

OUT NOW the debut single from THE CRAZY SQUEEZE! You can check out the A-side on our Myspace page. Yes we actually updated it! This one’s also on the ultimate tag team label: Rapid Pulse Records/No Front Teeth Records!

The new Rapid Pulse/No Front Teeth 7” from THE PEGS is out now! Check it out on You Tube- Ricky Don’t Surf.

We finally joined Facebook. Stop by and like it so the number’s not quite so embarrassing. It will be easier to update that page as soon as new shit arrives and post record covers etc. Does anyone care about Twitter? If you do, you can follow at @umedjim and maybe I'll start posting new arrivals and whatever other crap. If there’s not much interest, I won’t bother...

Remember, new records are added weekly, as we get them, not in a single update like the old days...

NEW SHIT! : seven inches

5.00 Alicja-Pop
I Play The Fool/Water Death (Certified PR) Maybe some of you were disappointed with the Alicja-Pop debut, not expecting the lilting pop of that record. Fear not, this is much more rockin’. No Lost Sounds type screams, but completely brilliant nonetheless. I Play The Fool.

5.00 Astryd Lindgren’s Great 5
ALGR5 ep (Ken Rock) Sweden KBD style punk from Sweden. Includes ex-members of the Idyls. 5-tracks including a cover of Freestone’s Bummer Bitch. 225 black vinyl copies only.

4.50 Ballantynes
The Message/The Railway Abbey (La-Ti-Da) Canada Soulgaragedance‘n’roll from Vancouver. Seven piece band with lot’s of percussion and backing vocals. Male & female lead vocs.

6.00 Coïtus Int.
dead Excitement E.P. (Bunkerpop) Dutch post-punk from Utrecht. This is their 1980 ep reissued. Really nice package with several inserts-lyrics, photos, etc. On the Joy Division or Bauhaus side of things, but even more menacing.

3.50 Complaints*
*Falling Down (Complaints* Records & Tapes) Single #3. 250 numbered copies. 3-songs. That’s it.

3.50 Complaints*
*Wanna Be Bored (Complaints* Records & Tapes) 4-song debut from 2009. Punk RocknRoll outta San Francisco featuring two Radio Reelers, a Swingin’ Utter/Working Stiff, and a Dead Ringer. That’s way more than you need to know. It’s simple, this rocks! Grey vinyl

5.50 Flesh Eaters
Original 1978 Demos (TKO) Classic L.A. Punk Rock from 1978! Includes: Disintegration Nation, Agony Shorthand, & Twisted Road. Great Sound, yet Raw as Fuck!

4.50 Maxines
The White Out ep (La-Ti-Da) Canada Bangin’ garage two-piece from Olympia, WA. Male/female vocals. Plenty of Cramps feel and the dude sounds like Andy from the long gone Little Killers. 4 songs: Queers Mods, The Hunch, White Out, Sweet Nuthins

4.50 No Tomorrow Boys
(Do The) No Tomorrow Twist/Neanderthal For Your Love (Teen-Age Riot) BACK IN STOCK--Trashed-out, Punked-Up, Greased-up Slicked-back, 50’s RocknRoll from Portland, OR. The A-side sounds alot like the Nipple Erectors-King of the Bops and that can’t be a bad thing. Debut 7” includes the only dude in Young People With Faces.

5.00 Onions
Alien Astronaut/Till The End Of The Night (Certified PR) What exactly is this, Deep Purple without the talent? Haha. Well these Manitowocians (Wisconsin) play it really heavy, but it's still rooted firmly in garage punk. Order quick and get an 18-song Onions cd free!

4.50 Parallels
Arms To Hold You/Skinny Little Arms (La-Ti-Da) Canada Damn! How’d I miss this one? Brilliant Mod Pop from Vancouver with two members of The Tranzmitors! Apparently this cam out a few years ago, but it’s no less vital now.

4.50 Pegs
Nobody’s Listening Anyway ep (Rapid Pulse/No Front Teeth) The return of The Pegs! 3 new songs including the smash hit Ricky Don't Surf! A California Beach Punk Riot! The first 100 copies are on clear vinyl with a fancy alt. sleeve (sorry, sold out!). The next 300 are black with the regular sleeve. Slightly less fancy, but no less cool.

4.50 Pushers
750 Bonneville/Bad Banks Blues (Hostage) It’s been over a decade since we’ve heard from The Pushers and this is a glorious return to form! 2 absolute PunknRoll gems! 2 different sleeves while they last...

5.00 Ramma Lamma
Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme/RcoknRoll Lady (Certified PR) Two brand new Christmas themed tunes to melt your chestnuts. Here’s samples:B-side, A-side

4.50 Spooky
Damn And Evil/Halloween Night (Hostage) The Spooky return after a 10 year vinyl absence with two new tracks that will add to their Horror legacy. Don’t you fuck with them on Halloween! Colored vinyl, 300 numbered copies then they’re gone...

5.00 Titan Blood
Too Much Talk (Titan Blood) A 5-song total punk scalder from Houston, TX. Add a notch of hard rock and a shot of garage, put it in a cool B&W sleeve and re-assess your best of 2011 list.

5.00 White Load
Pig Eyes/Little Black Pig (Ken Rock) Sweden Their 4th single of crazed intense extreme hardcore/punk. A 2 song, one-sided 45. Limited to 250 copies. Green or black vinyl while they last.

NEW SHIT! : Other

9.00 Amoebas - CD
S/T (Modern Action) Bloodstains Across California meets The Briefs? Super melodic/catchy and high energy 4-piece from Grand Rapids, MI. Another manditory release from Mordern Action.

15.00 Hitler SS - CD
Skate Like Elvis (Hate) Italy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 77! AMAZING package here from this legendary Italian punk band. For the first time on cd, everything they ever recorded between ‘77 & ‘79. Some total killer, some barely listenable. Includes a supernice 32 page Italian/English booklet. 32 tracks.

11.00 Amoebas - LP
S/T (Modern Action) Bloodstains Across California meets The Briefs? Super melodic/catchy and high energy 4-piece from Grand Rapids, MI. Another manditory release from Mordern Action.

11.00 Arsene Obscene - LP
Zone Industrielle (PTrash) Germany Bedroom Punk! Mr. Obscene is the guitarist for the incredible Veines and this is his solo project performed and recorded by himself in his bedroom. 14great short and trashy songs.

5.00 Born Liars - LP
Ragged Island (Cutthroat) Classic style punknroll from these Houston boys. Their first vinyl full-length. 12-songs.

8.00 Botox Rats - LP
Modern Ceasers (Meaty Beaty) Straight up ‘77 style punk killers from England. The Botox Rats feature one of the snottiest, bile spitting singers ever. Colored vinyl + a digital download, Yeah!

11.00 C.I.A. - LP
God, Guts, Guns and More (More Than A Witness) Over the years I’ve sold off most of my hardcore records 'cause I just don’t care anymore. There are a few exceptions:MDC 1st lp, all Minor Threat, and one of the best U.S. hardcore releases ever, the classic God, Guts, Guns ep by Bridgeport, Connecticut’s C.I.A. That 7” is included here along with unreleased demos from 82/83 before most of the band went on to form 76% Uncertain. 20 tracks total including I Hate The Radio.

11.50 Curtains! - LP
Deep In Night City (Dead Beat) Maybe it’s because I rarely listen to this kinda stuff that it sounds so cool or maybe it’s just a great record. From Chicago, they create some serious Birthday Party, Chrome, Bauhaus type sounds. Colored vinyl

12.00 DE HØJE HÆLE - LP
Skal vi aidrig videre? (Hjernespind) Amazing debut lp from Denmark’s “The High Heels”! 14 songs, supernice gatefold 3-d jacket with lyrics (all in Danish). Not powerpop, but not exacty “hard” either. Super-catchy, even quirky at times.

11.50 Dead German - LP
Vicious Repent (Dead Beat) Ex-members of Digital Leather and Brimstone Howl bring a good bit of noise bashing gnarl, but not overwhelming, there’s still some pretty good songs here. Colored vinyl.

11.00 Disco Lepers - LP
Club Sarcoma 18-80 (Pure Punk) Italy To quote NFT: 21 tracks of the nastiest KBD snot from the London Kidney Thieves. Studio record.

9.00 Escalator Haters - LP
I Do The Pop 10” (No Front Teeth) England This is a Ten Inch Record! Good Melodic ‘77 Punkers from Switzerland. 8-songs.

11.50 Fist City - LP
Hunting You (Dead Beat) Female fronted post-punk debut from California. Produced by Paul from the Myelin Sheaths.

12.50 Gaggers - LP
Rip You Apart (Dead Beat) The worst thing about our shutdown was having to wait a few extra months to get our hands on this scalder! 12 snotty, high energy, melodic, abrasive, punk rock blasts to peel the paint off your walls!

11.50 Gestapo Khazi - LP
S/T (Dead Beat) Mid-tempo rockers from Long Beach, CA with some dark twang. Most reviews I see mention the Gun Club and it’s hard to deny that, though they’re certainly not copyists. 6-songs 45 rpms.

12.50 Giuda - LP
Racey Roller (Dead Beat) An absolute monster from these ex- members of Taxi (Italy). Total pre-punk stomping glitter era pounders, minus any wussy backing vocals. They look like Slade or Jesse Hector. A must have!

11.50 Heartbeeps - LP
My Bones Are Tattooed (Dead Beat) Another Punk Scalder from France. Debut lp for the former TV Killers. Album cover of the year!

12.00 Hjertestop - LP
Vi Ses i Helvede (Hjernespind) Splendid Danish punk-melodic & catchy.

9.00 Johnny Notebook & The Gigabites - LP
Beep Around The Bush 10” (No Front Teeth) England This is a Ten Inch Record! Killer “Electro-Punk” leaning more on the punk side of things, but with computer bleeps and beeps. 10 tracks from the Spits, Screamers school.

8.00 Leathervein - LP
S/T (Hjernespind) Danish Hardcore

11.50 Manic Attracts - LP
Eyes Wide Shut (Dead Beat) A Vancouver band with members of Dead Ghost and others, crank out some melodic and catchy songs and bash the shit out of them!

5.00 Pink Sexies - LP
S/T (Wrecked ‘Em) 8-songs, 7 of them recorded back in '01. Really nice package on sexy pink vinyl-150 copies only. Comes with a download card.

13.00 Reducers - LP
Guitars, Bass & Drums (Rave On) BACK IN STOCK! The Reducers have been around since 1978-same 4 guys, same 3 chords! Their latest release is now out on vinyl and includes a non-cd/non 7” track. 12 great tracks including covers of The Heard and Firestarter.

11.50 Rocket Reducers - LP
S/T (Dead Beat) 12 Short Sharp Punk Blasts from Ontario, Canada. Think early New Bomb Turks or Teengenerate.

12.00 Stitches - LP
Do The Jetset (Vinyl Dog) 6 Stitches classics played on children’s instuments with electronic drums. Maybe it doesn’t sound like much, but the results are Phenomenal! For fans of the Stitches, Screamers, Tubeway Army...

12.50 TRMRS - LP
Sea Things (Dead Beat) From California, garage along the lines of Black Lips or Brimstone Howl with the occasional surf guitar tossed in.

15.00 Twistaroos - LP
Twisted! (Screaming Apple) Germany What would happen if The Yum Yums decided they wanted to sound like the Detroit Cobras? The Twistaroos! That’s because this is The Yum Yums playing garage dance rock with a shot of soul. The results, of course, are stunning.

11.50 Vomit Squad - LP
Amon Ra Bless America (Psychic Handshake) Canada KBD/Angry Samoans/Gizmos all come to mind at first listen to this excellent 6-song 12”. Straight ahead punk rock from King Kahn, Choyce, and others from the Spaceshits, Daylight Lovers, Sexareenos, Red Mass etc. etc. crew. Marble dark purple vinyl with lyric sheet insert.