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The Courettes

The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes

    A rock’n’roll sensation from the word go, Danish-Brazilian The Courettes are back with their fourth and best album to date – The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes. And this time, they’re bigger, wider and deeper than ever before as they add more to the blistering ramalama that’s seen them cause pandemonium across the venues, festivals and airwaves of the UK, Europe, USA and Japan.

    Hitting the sweet spot that straddles garage rock, girl groups, doo-wop harmonies, heartache and all points in between, here The Courettes build on the momentum of predecessor ‘Back In Mono’ with a collection of songs that opens up their sonic scope while confronting dark, emotional matter to reveal ‘The Soul Of The Fabulous Courettes’. “We didn’t want to do Back In Mono 2’,” stresses drummer Martin Couri. “We always try to put ourselves into a zone of discomfort, which I think is where exciting things happen rather than just doing the same thing over again,” agrees singer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Flavia Couri. “I mean, I know some bands can do that but we don't see ourselves making the same album for the next 20 years. We thought ‘Back In Mono’ was our best album until this one!” She’s not wrong.

    Having evolved with each album release, The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes draws inspiration from many of the duo’s numerous idols that have only previously been hinted at.“We wanted to show our love of the Spector Wall Of Sound and Motown,” reveals Flavia. “It was a clear mission and we’ve absolutely nailed it.” From the glorious opening beats and stabbing fuzz honks of ‘You Woo Me’ to the closing emotional tugs of ‘For Your Love’ via ‘SHAKE!’’s fuzzed-up urgency and ‘California’’s celebratory warmth, The Courettes have broadened their sound with an increased musical instrumentation and overall sophistication that’s evident in both their sound and songwriting. And crucially, they’ve achieved this without sacrificing any of the rock’n’roll grit that’s been scraped from Flavia’s guitar strings and Martin’s battered and pummelled drums.

    Reflecting The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes, the album’s monochrome album cover was shot by celebrated photographer Søren Solkær, who’s previously immortalised Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes and Paul McCartney among many others. “It's such a cool contrast to the pop songs,” says Martin of the cover art, “but it's also hand-in-hand with the album’s dark themes.

    He really goes into your soul. I think it’s amazing.” For all that, The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes is an album aimed as much for what’s below the neck as above it, for this is an album that dances through the darkness to celebrate the joy that is living.“Life is so fragile,” smiles Flavia. “But what are you supposed to do? I’d rather dance.” And what better album to do that to?

    TRACK LISTING

    1. You Woo Me
    2. California (Feat.La La Brooks Of The Crystals)
    3. Keep Dancing
    4. Here I Come
    5. Don’t Want You Back
    6. Wall Of Pain
    7. SHAKE!
    8. Boom Boom Boom
    9. Better Without You
    10. Run Run Runaway (Feat.La La Brooks Of The Crystals)
    11. Lies
    12. Stop! Doing That
    13. For Your Love

    The Courettes

    Back In Mono - Picture Disc Edition

      The Courettes proudly present their third album, 'Back In Mono', now available on picture disc LP! The album cemented their place in the garage rock firmament. Its “spit ´n´snarl garage rumble-meets-Phil Spector pop” showcased the band in top form - great songwriting skills, Spector-esque arrangements, with broader nuances, influences and production qualities added to their garage rock recipe.Fourteen Wagnerian teen-trash-tragedy masterpieces - it's as if The Ronettes and The Ramones were invited to a wild party in Gold Star Studios’ echo chamber. Fuzz guitars, loud drums, trashy pianos, jingle bells, tambourines and three-minute dance floor garage killers where a Wall of Sound blasts the songs out of the speakers! Produced and recorded by Søren Christensen at Starr Sound Recording Studios in Denmark and mixed by top producer/wall of sound aficionado Seiki Sato in Japan.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Want You! Like A Cigarette
      2. I Can Hardly Wait
      3. Hey Boy
      4. Night Time (The Boy Of Mine)
      5. R.I.N.G.O.
      6. Until You're Mine
      7. Trash Can Honey
      8. Hop The Twig
      9. Misfits & Freaks
      10. My One And Only Baby
      11. Too Late To Say I'm Sorry
      12. Edge Of My Nerves
      13. Won't Let You Go
      14. Cry Cry Cry

      Holly Golightly

      My First Holly Golightly Album - 2025 Reissue

        Finally available for the first time on vinyl, the 'My First Holly Golightly Album' CD compilation from TWENTY years ago!

        A 14-track compilation inspired by the Holly Golightly live show as it was then. This compilation features Holly’s favourite tracks from as far back as her 1995 debut album 'The Good Things' right through to her 'Slowly but Surely' album. It also features four exclusive tracks that were recorded for the first time especially for this compilation.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Wherever You Were
        2. You Ain’t No Big Thing
        3. Walk A Mile
        4. Won’t Go Out
        5. Sally Go Round The Roses
        6. Your Love Is Mine
        7.Nothing You Can Say
        8. Black Night
        9. Mother Earth
        10. An Eye For An Empty Heart
        11. Run Cold
        12. Slowly But Surely
        13. My Love Is
        14. I Can’t Stand It

        Various Artists

        A Damaged Christmas Gift For You - 2024 Reissue

          Can Fifteen Great Christmas Songs be collected together on one lovely 12-inch vinyl disc featuring bands and artists from the Damaged Goods archives? …you betcha bottom dollar they can! Each song has been recorded with the Christmas spirit in full flow and we’d guess the odd mince pie was consumed along the way as well. The full-on Christmas feeling that is flowing through these wonderful tracks is a joy to behold and we implore you to not just read these sleeve notes but to go crimble-crumble-crazy and actually buy this record and treasure it, not only this year but for many years to come. We are very proud to have put this album together as Christmas is our favourite time of the year. We love the feeling at special Christmas gigs - the over-inflated people and prices of things and the way everyone just has to go out and drink as much as they possibly can in the name of the good old lord Jesus. We did this for you, and only for you because we really, really care and want to share the joy that only Damaged Goods Records can bring you at this special time of the year. So enjoy some great music from the likes of Wild Billy Childish, Miss Holly Golightly, Helen Love, Goldblade & Poly Styrene, The Courettes and so many more and remember, this LP is not just for Christmas it’s for LIFE! Ian Damaged, National Elf. 

          TRACK LISTING

          Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire - Christmas 1979
          The Courettes - Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)
          Holly Golightly - Christmas Tree On Fire
          Helen Love - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight)
          Cuckooland - Silver Bells
          Wat Tyler - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
          Thee Headcoatees - Santa Claus
          Severe - Stop The Cavalry
          Goldblade Feat Poly Styrene - City Of Christmas Ghosts
          Holly Golightly And The Greenhornes - Little Stars
          Cute Lepers - The Cute Lepers Christmas Song
          TV Smith - Xmas Bloody Xmas
          The Singing Loins - Ding Dong Merrily On High
          Monkhouse - Guinnes And Wine
          The Buff Medways - Merry Christmas Fritz

          The Courettes

          Keep Dancing / Boom Boom Boom

            Two brand new tracks by The Courettes. Both tracks will also feature on the band’s next album, The Soul Of... The Fabulous Courettes, in slightly different form! “We worked with Richard Gottehrer, who for us is like a songwriter god!” says Flavia. “He worked at the Brill Building and co-wrote ‘I Want Candy’. A mutual friend played him ‘Keep Dancing’ and he left a message on my phone saying, ‘I love your track and I really dig the lyrics’. He ended up mixing ‘Keep Dancing’ and ‘Boom Boom Boom´.”

            “Because I'm the one most responsible for the lyrics, I actually allowed myself to open up to some personal things,” admits Flavia. “We lost both of our fathers. My father died of COVID. But my relationship with my father was non-existent. He abandoned me and my sister. It was a very difficult relationship and it’s not so easy for me to talk about it. ‘Keep Dancing’ is about his death and how he still has a power over me and bringing me down and what it’s like to break free from that. You know, some parents are cruel.” “It’s a special subject to sing about and to make pop music out of,” says Martin. “It’s actually celebrating moving on and I think that’s really fantastic. ‘Keep Dancing’ is absolutely smashing.” “Life is so fragile,” smiles Flavia. “But what are you supposed to do? I’d rather dance.”

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Keep Dancing
            2. Boom Boom Boom

            Wild Billy Childish

            From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History Of His Song And Dance Groups

              A compilation to celebrate the release of the brand-new book – To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish written by Ted Kessler. When the idea for the book was mooted Billy wanted to put a succinct double album compilation together to summarise his 47 years of making music. This is the result.

              My name is William Ivy Loveday, aka Steve Hamper, aka Guy Hamper, aka Jack Ketch, aka Billy Childish. I was born on the Medway, Kent, where I still live. I left school in 1976 when I was 16. Because I have no qualifications I was turned down by art school so went to work in Chatham dockyard as an apprentice stonemason. I later managed to get onto a painting course at St. Martin’s School of Art on the basis of my paintings. Me, Bruce, big Russ, and little Russ formed The Pop Rivets in 1977 and made our first recordings. Our inspiration was punk rock, TV21 and The Swinging Blue Jeans. I learned to play guitar then in 1979 I worked for four weeks at Oakwood Mental Hospital as a ward porter, then me, Mick and Bertie formed The Milkshakes. Our inspiration was Link Wray, the Beatles Live at the Star Club LP, the track ‘Gotta Get the First Plane Home’ by The Kinks and our hatred of new romanticism. Then I was expelled from St. Martin’s School of Art for writing what was described as “the worst type of toilet wall humour.” I beat my father up on his release from prison for drug smuggling. We never paid ourselves in The Milkshakes and put all the money back into making our own records. I kept the money in a bank account under the name of Kurt Schwitters. I lived on the dole for 12 years. In 1985 we formed Thee Mighty Caesars. Our inspiration was Bo Diddley and The Troggs. I became a member of Greenpeace. In 1989 me and Bruce formed Thee Headcoats. Our inspiration being Son House and Downliners Sect. In 1999 me, Wolf and Johnny Barker formed The Buff Medways. Our inspiration was Jimi Hendrix in Beatle boots and The Who before Roger Daltry started wearing his nan’s curtains. Around 2008 me and Julie formed The Musicians of the British Empire. That morphed into CTMF. That blurred into The Chatham Singers. Our inspiration was based on us. Next up it was time for me and Neil to form The Spartan Dreggs, inspired by Homer and A. E. Housman. Other groups arose and fell - making sure no one knew who we were or why. In 2019 The William Loveday Intention emerged - the inspiration being Hollis Brown and the Mississippi Sheiks. Guy Hamper showed up once again, joined by Jamie on Hammond. Some of these group remain; many have departed for distant shores with sharp hidden rocks.Mainly I paint and write poetry and novels. Along with the music I play nothing I do has ever been particularly fashionable but that is rather the point. Even in 1977 we enjoyed saying no. Then, when punk turned into new romanticism, we descended backwards into early rock ‘n’ roll and the blues. In The Milkshakes we were told that we released too many LPs and were committing commercial suicide, so we released four different LPs on one day.Every now and then someone famous comes along and a small crumb rolls across the table and splashes into our tepid soup. Other times nobodies emulate us and prove to be only better. I love pop, but not pop stars. I am only interested in sound and colour and being small scale. I don’t hide behind volume and off stage mixing. I don’t need to play a show because I prefer to sit and have a cup of tea. My work belongs low, close to the ground, to instinct and the elemental. I believe in homemade music, homemade art and homemade cooking. I want to bring back the tram and the horse. Music has been a rewarding hobby over the years. I have met and worked with many good friends, and God saved me from fame.

              STAFF COMMENTS

              Barry says: For me, there are few bands that need a 'Best Of' more than the music-making behemoth that is Wild Billy, having written no less than 653,000 albums in the past two decades. Here we get a summary of his entire recorded history and all in league with a beautiful looking new biography by Ted Kessler. Brilliant.

              TRACK LISTING

              Thee Mighty Caesars – You Make Me Die
              The Buff Medways – Archive From 1959
              The Milkshakes – For She
              The William Loveday Intention – You Gotta Move
              Thee Headcoats – Fingers In The Sun
              The Spartan Dreggs – Headlong Fly The Achaens
              Thee Headcoats – Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot
              CTMF – Last Punk Standing
              CTMF – Bob Dylan’s Got A Lot To Answer For
              The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind
              Billy Childish And The Singing Loins – I Don’t Like The Man I Am
              Billy Childish And Holly Golightly – Upside Mine
              The Guy Hamper Trio Feat. James Taylor – Moon Of The Popping Trees
              CTMF – All Our Forts Are With You
              The Musicians Of The British Empire – Christmas 1979
              The Delmonas – I Feel Like Giving In (French)
              The Musicians Of The British Empire – Thatcher’s Children
              Thee Mighty Caesars – Lie Detector
              The Pop Rivets – Fun In The UK
              Thee Headcoatees – Hurt Me
              CTMF – A Song For Kylie Minogue
              The Shall I Say Quois Feat. CTMF – It’s So Hard To Be Happy
              Jack Ketch And The Crowmen – Brimful Of Hate
              CTMF – Failure Not Success (ALT)
              Thee Headcoats – Davey Crockett
              The Musicians Of The British Empire – Joe Strummer’s Grave
              The Buff Medways – Medway Wheelers
              CTMF – You Can’t Capture Time (Slight Return)
              The Spartan Dreggs – A Shropshire Lad
              The William Loveday Intention – Sex And Flies
              Thee Headcoats – The Same Tree
              Thee Mighty Caesars – Cowboys Are Square
              Billy Childish And The Singing Loins – Song Of The Medway

              The Courettes Feat. La La Brookes

              California / Run Run Runaway

                Two brand new tracks by The Courettes. The A-side will also feature on the band’s next album! The B-side exclusive to this release! Both tracks feature guest vocals by La La Brooks of The Crystals!

                "‘California’ is a song we wrote on our first tour in California last year. We wanted to bring all the sunshine and some psychedelic vibes from The Byrds, the Laurel Canyon, and tons of 12-string guitars to our songwriting. But somehow the lyrics kept some black clouds. It talks about traveling and leaving your loved ones behind. Any musician on the road can relate to this. Although you can have a great time around the world, you’re always missing someone. Home is really where your love is. We are very proud of this track, and on top of it we have a guest vocalist. The legendary singer La La Brooks - yes, from The Crystals, the lead voice on the classic ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’, one of our favourite Phil Spector produced songs of all time. To have La La singing with us is an absolute delight and honour. It’s so surreal that we haven’t even realised it has really happened! For the mixing our producer Søren Christensen has teamed up with the fantastic Darian Sahanaja (who produced and mixed no less than Brian Wilson's SMiLE album) to enlighten even more the Californian good vibrations. So open up your windows, let the sunshine in and play this one to the max!"

                TRACK LISTING

                California
                Run Run Runaway

                The Courettes

                Shake! / You Woo Me

                  Two brand new tracks by The Courettes on GOLD coloured vinyl! A-side will also feature on the band’s next album! B-side exclusive to this release! The grooviest Courettes’ tune to date! Try to listen to ‘Shake!’ without rocking your hips! An invitation - or better, an intimation - to put out your pointy shoes, let it loose and make your best sleazy moves! Killer fuzz riffs, Motown beats, hints of soul and young Tina Turner vibes are all in there, showcasing a bit of the recipe of The Courettes’ next album due out in September 2024 on Damaged Goods Records. 

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1.Shake!
                  2. You Woo Me

                  Thee Headcoats

                  Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It's Thee Headcoats! (Already) - 2023 Reissue

                    Reissue of classic album originally released by Sub Pop Records in 1990! Now with new artwork + two extra tracks (‘Girl From ’62’ was originally released as the A-side of a single on Regal Select Records, USA 1991 / ‘Troubled Times’ – was the B-side of a single on Dog Meat Records, Australia 1990). 

                    Q&A with Billy Childish (September 2023)

                    What’s the story behind the album title?

                    “Heavens to Murgatroyd, even!” is a term of surprise by Snagglepuss, a bright pink lion, who starred in his very own Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The term was famously employed by The Downliners Sect on the intro to their top tune ‘Leader of The Sect’.

                    This album originally came out on Sub Pop Records in 1990. The label was known for US grunge at the time, how come they ended up working with a Medway garage ‘n’ racket group?

                    We prefer the term “Maximum Drums and Racket”. It all came about because a young Steve Turner, of Mudhoney fame, when a young lad visiting England with his father, happened across Thee Mighty Caesars playing at The Cricketers Public House at the Oval. Fast forward five years and he is telling the Seattle Grunge mob all about how great we are. We were then invited to play with Mudhoney on their first Sub Pop jaunt in the UK. Bruce Pavitt, the Sub Pop visionary, saw our mass appeal and asked if we'd knock out an LP for Sub Pop. He also asked me to sign a contract. I replied - “what’s a contract, can you eat it?” By this good chance we still owned the LP.

                    You recorded the album at Red Studios in Wouldham, near Rochester in Kent. What are your memories of recording there?

                    It was all fine and dandy, I won’t go into details as I don’t want to embarrass Red Rodders, the engineer. Let’s just say there was a lot of marsh gas down Wouldham way.

                    Some of the tracks were recorded with Ollie Dolot (The Squares) on bass and backing vocals. How long was he in the band and why did he end up leaving?

                    Ollie was in for a good few months. Ron (Bruce) roped him in. Then whilst helping out The Cramps with their show at the Town and Country Club (formerly the home of British Fascism) we ran into Tub and knowing him from when he was guitarist with Mike Spenser and The Cannibals we asked if he'd like to twang the onion twine. Ron then told Ollie he was out the band sunshine and that it was me who had thrown him out. Which was not the case, it was Ron. I also think Ollie may have been absent due to being nicked for house breaking, or something. Strange but true.

                    This new edition is expanded with two non-album tracks and has brand new artwork. What made you want to release it with a different cover?

                    Sub Pop did the cover without asking - a bit of a shocker! This cover is near to what we would have done ourselves. The two extra tracks would have been on the original LP, but they got swiped as 45s by small labels desperate to get a bit of gold.

                    Are there any songs on the album that you’re particularly proud of?

                    They are all pretty top notch but ‘We're Gone’ and ‘Rusty Hook’ sit nicely with ‘Troubled Mind’ and ‘Girl From ‘62’.

                    Along with the 13 Childish-penned tracks is a cover of ‘Stewball’, a song made famous by Leadbelly and later covered by several artists in the 1960s. What made you want to record your own version?

                    I just love Leadbelly. I believe we even brought him to the mind of that young fellow-me-lad Kurt Cobain.



                    TRACK LISTING

                    Thee Headcoats - Troubled Times
                    Thee Headcoats - Mantrap
                    Thee Headcoats - No Way Out
                    Thee Headcoats - Reindeer Are Wild
                    Thee Headcoats - Hand To Hand
                    Thee Headcoats - Headcoat Man
                    Thee Headcoats - Girl Of Matches
                    Thee Headcoats - Girl From '62
                    Thee Headcoats - I Don't Like The Man I Am
                    Thee Headcoats - Pocahontas Was Her Name
                    Thee Headcoats - We're Gone
                    Thee Headcoats - Stewball
                    Thee Headcoats - I Ain't About To Give You My Name
                    Thee Headcoats - Rusty Hook

                    Kyra

                    Here I Am, I Always Am - 25th Anniversary Edition

                      25th Anniversary issue with 5 BONUS TRACKS!
                      KRYA from The Headcoatees with backing by Thee Headcoats! This is one of our favourite albums of the 90’s and we’re over the moon to finally have it out on Damaged Goods, it was originally released on Vinyl Japan (ASKLP71) in 1998. This new expanded version with FIVE bonus tracks including her 7” with the legendary ‘Armitage Shanks’ is also available on coloured vinyl for the first time, peach in fact! Kyra Rubella was best known as a member of Thee Headcoatees and was also in The A-Lines and The Shall-I-Say-Quois.

                      ORIGINAL LP SLEEVENOTES – Kyra (that’s pronounced ‘Keera’) is a Flemish girl who sings punk rock and Chansons with heart and abandon. She first came to our attention as one of Thee famed Headcoatees. The energy and power of her performance convinced us that she should make an album of her own. How about it, Kyra? “YES! YES! YES!” she screamed, jumping up and down. So, recorded live and in a style that would make lesser hearts tremble, here she is, (she always is).

                      TRACK LISTING

                      Agitated
                      Anna K.
                      It’s A Stick-up
                      Here I Am, I Always Am
                      Naked
                      Louise
                      Marieke
                      Ego Maniac
                      Do Things Right
                      Organic Footprints
                      Today Is The Night
                      Laughing Song
                      Doodlebug *bonus Track*
                      Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot *bonus Track*
                      Love In A Void *bonus Track*
                      Orgasm Addict *bonus Track*
                      Die Wonderlijke Dag (this Wond’rous Day) *bonus Track*

                      Cyanide Pills

                      Soundtrack To The New Cold War

                        Long Awaited Fourth Long Player By Leeds Punk Band Cyanide Pills! We catch up with lead singer Phil to discuss where the band is at man… What inspired you to make this concept album, time was right? I had to look up what a concept album was, it means an album where the songs all relate to each other? It must have been an accident due to memory loss, “Phil, haven’t we already done a song about war?” “Phil, haven’t we already done a song about corruption?” We live in dark times, the stupid ones are in charge, the evil ones are at the controls. It’s hard to write songs about kittens and flowers at the moment. It’s been six years since your last album, why so long? It’s taken a while! At first due to laziness, everyday life gets in the way, we have to pay the rent and eat so tyres have to be changed, holes have to be dug, floors have to be swept, then there was a pandemic! but it’s mostly laziness, we are lazy cunts. The album was produced by Carl Rosamond at the Billiard Room in Leeds. What’s it like working with him? Everything we have ever recorded is with Mr Rosamond, he’s the extra member of the band. Who needs George Martin or Phil Spector when you have the ‘razor blade’ Rosamond living down the street. Love the cover art for the new album. Who’s the talented artist? The cover was drawn by ‘The head honcho’ ‘Numero uno’ ‘The big cheese’ ‘Our glorious leader’ ‘Das Kapitan’ ‘The chosen one’ ‘The golden goose’ ‘The idiot Savant’ ‘The one that walks among us’ otherwise known as Phil Privilege, he didn’t credit himself as he is very humble and shy. ‘Low Budget Rock ‘n’ Roll’ – Love it! If you were making a mixtape of low budget rock ‘n’ roll, which bands would be on it? Low budget rock n roll, the mix tape would include anyone who hasn’t got a pot to piss in but knows three chords and just wants to play rock n roll, you know who you are. How do you think the government are doing, happy with the Tories still? The government are doing a marvellous job! Encouraging us all to return to old traditions like starvation, destitution, hopelessness, and despair. Let’s hope the guillotine makes a resurgence too. You finally managed to make it into Europe for your Covid-postponed gigs. What were the best and worse things to happen on the tour? Touring will always be fun, a bit more bureaucracy and self-inflicted bullshit to deal with but it’s soon forgotten when we get to play for our punk brothers and sisters in Europe. You’ve been playing live without Alex, is he still in the band? Yes, we are playing without our Mr Arson, like we mentioned earlier, life gets in the way of fun sometimes, they have to work and pay the rent in Norway too. We decided to play as four-piece for the time being, we want to play live no matter what! It was a difficult decision at first but when we noticed how much more room there was in the van…..Yours sincerely Cyanide Pills.

                        The Rellies

                        Monkey / Helicopter

                          Monkey is the second single by The Rellies since releasing 'Isabella is Annoying/ Brainwaves' in 2020. Ryan, guitarist and dual singer and songwriter for the band describes the making of ‘Monkey’ during lockdown with his brother Riley. “During covid we got very bored. Originally, we wanted to get our Monkeys and run them over with our dad’s car, but we settled for filming them falling down the stairs and writing a song about it. When the other members of band finally heard the song, they liked the Monkey and then we made a clip with our friends and some TV monkeys. Everyone sang ‘I like the Monkey’ and soon everyone liked the Monkey!” Helicopter is Ryan’s sonic representation of “hunks of steel flying through the sky. I’m an aviation nerd.” He doesn’t disappoint. Helicopter’s opening riff is catchy and travels. Ryan’s vocal powers through the song and the background vocals from kid brother Riley kicks it up a notch as he improvises his way through the chorus begging for a ride. The Rellies ages range from 13-16 and developed at Kings Cross Conservatorium. The brothers began writing and recording at age 9 and 11 respectively and doing shows as The Rellies in 2018 with Jarlath Kiernan on drums. In 2021, the band replaced guitarist Aiden Burke with Lachlan Knight when Aiden decided rehearsal was too loud. Ryan: “We love the Beatles but lately we’ve got more of a punk energy in our songs. Also, Riley likes a lot of different stuff like Tyler the Creator… his lyrics are inspiring us to be creative with humour.” All songs music and lyrics by Riley and Ryan Francis. Drums Jarlath Kiernan Guitar & Vocals Ryan Francis Bass & Vocals Riley Francis Produced by Stephanie Bourke. Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Owen Penglis.

                          TRACK LISTING

                          1. Monkey
                          2. Helicopter

                          Johnny Moped Feat. Captain Sensible

                          Tribute To Jordan Mooney

                            The 3rd of April 2022 was a very sad day in the world of punk, fashion and beyond. An icon had departed far too soon, but she will never be forgotten due to her legacy. The name ‘Jordan Mooney’ was the stuff of legend! She’d “been there, seen it, done it”, in a whole host of differing fields, from ballet dancing; to seeing Ziggy performing live and meeting the great man; from being and looking punk before it ever existed; from witnessing the formation of the Sex Pistols right before her eyes along with Malcolm and Vivienne; from acting in forward-thinking films; from sharing banter with Andy Warhol; to managing Adam & The Ants and briefly marrying one of them; and from the later career veterinary nursing. Jordan achieved many things in her meagre 66 years, but whatever she put her hand to, she did it to her very best ability. Jordan was true to herself as well as others and was totally trusted by those that had the pleasure of knowing and meeting her. On Sunday 29th May 2022, hundreds of souls gathered in Brighton at ‘The Official Jordan Mooney Charity Memorial Concert’ to celebrate the life of this truly remarkable woman. Some had travelled across the planet from Japan, Germany and elsewhere, solely to attend the special day of celebration. On that day, old friends and new friends were gathered under the one roof as the perfect send-off. Jordan had known Captain “cheers me dears!” Sensible for around five decades and during the last few sacred months of her life, she had a Johnny Moped song as an earworm in her head that she and I would joyfully sing to each other: “Darling, let's have another baby; Let's make one soon on our second honeymoon…”.It made perfect sense that Captain Sensible would once again ride again with his old mates, Johnny Moped, in memory of Jordan. Some of the event was recorded and so ladies and gentlemen we proudly bring you this charity record release! Enjoy x (Jordan’s partner - Nick Linazasoro).

                            TRACK LISTING

                            1. Hard Lovin’ Man (Live)
                            2. Something Else (Live)

                            Helen Love

                            Yeah Yeah We're Helen Love

                              A compilation to celebrate 30 years of Helen Love! Featuring the best singles, album tracks, rarities, and fan favourites!

                              “Almost all the songs on here were recorded on an 8-track second-hand tape machine. We recorded everything ourselves, we mixed them ourselves in the attic, we made all our sleeves on the back of cornflake boxes, Pritt-sticked, cut-outs from The Face and Nintendo magazine covers and a sheet of Letraset. We couldn't play, we used auto accompaniment pre-sets off old Casio keyboards, and an old Woolworth electric guitar. There was only going to be one single. No plan... we still haven't got a plan… we are still here though 30 years later. Punk Rock forever! Xxx” HELEN LOVE 2022

                              STAFF COMMENTS

                              Barry says: A stunning collection of the life and times of Helen Love. Featuring 33 of their most well beloved punk smashers from 30 years in the business, INCLUDING the version of Punk Boy featuring none other than Joey Ramone. Essential collection.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              1. Yeah Yeah We’re Helen Love
                              2. Punk Boy 1
                              3. Beat Him Up
                              4. King Of Kung Fu
                              5. Girl About Town
                              6. Sunburst Super Kay
                              7. So In Love With You
                              8. Leader Of The Pack
                              9. Long Live The UK Music Scene
                              10. So Hot
                              11. Ahead Of The Race
                              12. Joey Ramoney
                              13. Jump Up And Down
                              14. Shifty Disco Girl
                              15. Atomic Beat Boy
                              16. Let’s Go
                              17. We Love You
                              18. Put Your Foot On The Fuzzbox Baby
                              19. Bubblegum
                              20. Rockaway Beach For Me, Heartbreak Hotel For You
                              21. Great In Formula One
                              22. Long Hot Summer
                              23. Happyhardcore
                              24. MC5
                              25. Does Your Heart Go Boom?
                              26. Love, Kiss, Run, Sing, Shout, Jump!
                              27. Debbie Loves Joey
                              28. Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)
                              29. Diet Coke Girl
                              30. Wig Wam Bam
                              31. Punk Boy (Feat. Joey Ramone)
                              32. Golden Summer
                              33. Summer Pop Radio

                              The Guy Hamper Trio Feat. James Taylor

                              Man In The Mouth Of A Cave

                                Superb 45 featuring two Hammond-led instrumentals. The A-side is taken from The Guy Hamper Trio’s second long player due out on Hangman Records. The B-side is exclusive to this release. ‘Man in the Mouth of a Cave’ I have painted St. Cuthbert’s Cave, Northumberland on many occasions and decided that it was imperative that I write a great jazz /beat theme all about it. (Important info: After Viking raids monks from Lindisfarne wandered the north-east carrying the body of St. Cuthbert. Legend has it that they took refuge in ‘St. Cuthbert’s Cave.’) I wrote the song with my friend Jamie Taylor in mind to have his way with it, which he does to thunderous applause - I should imagine. ‘107 Sleepless’ ‘107 Sleepless’ is a tune I wrote in the early 1980s when me and Mick Hampshire would stay up the entire weekend writing songs for our group The Milkshakes. (We lived at 107 Rochester Street, Chatham.) About 3am Sunday morning we would be flagging and sitting there senseless. I would play this jazz riff over and over for some unknown reason. Meanwhile it should make a nice theme tune to some yet to be written HBO series and make me a millionaire - I should imagine. GUY HAMPER – APRIL 2023

                                TRACK LISTING

                                1. Man In The Mouth Of A Cave
                                2. 107 Sleepless (Alt. Version)

                                Wild BIlly Childish & The Buff Medways

                                A Box Of Buffs

                                  Three brilliant albums by the Buff Medways, neatly contained in one box, complete with booklet! The albums are Steady The Buffs, 1914, and Medway Wheelers. Buffs leader Billy Childish kindly answered a few questions about the band… The Buff Medways were formed quickly after Thee Headcoats split. The group split after ‘The Last of The Buff Medways’ 7” on Damaged Goods, with Billy Childish forming the Musicians of The British Empire soon after. How do you feel about the group looking back? Do you ever listen to the Buffs LPs? “I listen to some tracks if I have to learn them (I don’t know any of my songs and can’t remember words or how to play them, even live). I like the group a lot.” Were The Buff Medways the greatest group ever to be named after a breed of chicken? According to all accounts indeed they were. 

                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                  Barry says: A lovely little collection of three releases from Wild Billy Childish and The Buff Medways. Two of the LP's here were originally released on Graham Coxon's Transcopic label and have been unavailable for some time. A timely and welcome box set.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  STEADY THE BUFFS

                                  Troubled Mind
                                  Dawn Said
                                  A Strange Kind Of Happyness
                                  Archive From 1959
                                  Time’s Up
                                  Sally Sensation
                                  Vanessa Does Favours
                                  Strood Lights
                                  Misty Water
                                  Well Well
                                  You Piss Me Off
                                  Ivor

                                  1914

                                  Unable To See The Good
                                  All My Feelings Denied
                                  Sonya Fagg
                                  Evidence Against Myself
                                  The Least Disappointing Man
                                  Just 15
                                  Nurse Julie
                                  Saucy Jack
                                  Mons Quiff (instrumental)
                                  Barbara Wire
                                  You Are All Phonies
                                  Caroline

                                  MEDWAY WHEELERS 

                                  The Man I Am
                                  A Distant Figure Of Jon
                                  Karen With A C
                                  22 Weeks
                                  Dustbin Mod (instrumental)
                                  Medway Wheelers
                                  (i’m A) Lie Detector
                                  Private View
                                  The Poet’s Dream
                                  You’re Out The Band Sunshine
                                  Poundland Poets
                                  I’m Glad I’m Not Like David Wise

                                  The Sensible Gray Cells

                                  Get Back Into The World

                                    Featuring Captain Sensible and Paul Gray from The Damned, with Johnny Moped drummer Marty Love! Who, what and why are The Sensible Gray Cells? Captain:- Paul Gray and myself being garage psych aficionados would prefer to hear more of this kind of music and this is our contribution to the cause. If I said that some of the songs were 'Damned rejects' that shouldn't be seen as an indication of inferior songwriting.. more that they're not wearing the right shirt. A Postcard From Britain came out in 2013. What have you been up to since then? Captain:- I've never been a prolific writer.. being a lazy so and so I think it's best to wait for inspiration to call.. which explains the 7 year gap..(how many albums could the Beatles have crammed in that period!) but in the meantime PG rejoined the Damned and we've gigged about a bit, which is always fun A Postcard From Britain was a snapshot of modern life. Does the new album cover similar themes or have you taken a new direction? Captain:- It's sad that high streets around the world have been destroyed by online shopping but nobody's forcing people to do it.. but what can you do. These are very strange times were living though - I just count myself lucky to have been around to witness the 2nd half of the 20th century.. a fab time for music, culture, ideas.. and that without even mentioning Benny Hill and On The Buses. The new album coincides with all this virus malarkey.. which, unpleasant as it is will undoubtedly be used by the powers that be to tighten the screws on us little people on behalf of their billionaire paymasters. Blah blah, etc. There's a bit of that hidden away in the album. 

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. Sell Her Spark
                                    2. Get Back Into The World
                                    3. Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn Ya
                                    4. Black Spider Memo Man
                                    5. Stupid Dictators
                                    6. So Long
                                    7. A Little Prick
                                    8. DJ With Half A Brain
                                    9. Jam Tomorrow **CD Only Extra Track
                                    10. What’s The Point Of Andrew?
                                    11. Fine Weather Friend
                                    12. I Married A Monster
                                    13. You And Me
                                    14. Another World **CD Only Extra Track

                                    Thee Headcoats

                                    Irregularis (The Great Hiatus)

                                      The undisputed kings of garage rock are back! It’s been 22 years since the last Headcoats album, but now Billy, Bruce, and Johnny return with a brand-new studio album! Recorded last year at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester. Billy, Bruce, and Johnny kindly answered some pertinent questions…You got back together recently as Thee Headcoats Sect to make the ‘Tribute to Don Craine’ EP.

                                      What was it like working with each other again after all this time? BILLY: It was 'fab' and 'gear.' BRUCE: The weirdest thing for me was how weird it wasn't. It was like time compressed, but to the 'good old days', early on. I was wary that it 'wouldn't be like Thee Headcoats', but it was. JOHNNY: I'm with Bruce and Billy on that one. I think we were all surprised how it all just worked. If I remember correctly, we kicked off role playing like we detested each other. Then we got started and well, you can hear the result. What were the first songs you ran through when you got in the studio? BILLY: That’s a very good question. No idea. BRUCE: I can't remember. They all sound the same to me. JOHNNY: Bill had stuff on his phone that went “KSSHHCCCKSSHHHH”! So, we did that first. You’ve also paid tribute to Don with a track on the Irregularis album – ‘Oh Leader We Do Dig Thee’. He was, along with the other members of Downliners Sect, a big inspiration to Thee Headcoats. When did you first become aware of his music and what was he like to work with? BRUCE: We were given (or possibly lent) a reissue of the Sect's first LP around 1977, marketed as 'Punk From The Vaults', which certainly floated our boats and definitely popped our corks, due to the somewhat aggressive yet carefree nature of the tunes and sound in general. Ollie, our old bassist, found an ad in a trade magazine for them with a contact number for a Michael O'Donnell, which I excitedly called almost immediately. T'was none other than Don his'self and we managed to convince him into venturing down to Rochester to record some tunes with us which became the first Headcoat Sect EP. We were fairly starstruck and presented him with a brand new 'dearstalker' (or 'Headcoat', as they were now known). He was very accommodating and a great laugh and spent the evening with us, regaling us with tales of yore. I recorded a lot of it on cassette, which I may still have somewhere. Gawd bless Don.

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      1. The Baker Street Irregulars
                                      2. Full Time Plagiarist
                                      3. The Ballad Of Malcolm Laphroaig
                                      4. Cops And Robbers
                                      5. Mr H Headcoat
                                      6. Thee Headcoatitude
                                      7. Tubs Help Out
                                      8. The Leader Of The Sect
                                      9. Oh Leader We Do Dig Thee
                                      10. One Ugly Child
                                      11. 7% Solution
                                      12. The Kids Are All Square

                                      Wild Billy Childish & CTMF

                                      Failure Not Success

                                        New studio album by Billy and CTMF! Featuring Billy at his song writing best! Includes covers of Richard Hell and Jimi Hendrix songs, along with a newly recorded version of ‘Bob Dylan’s Got a Lot to Answer For’! We asked Billy a few questions about this mighty fine album… Great album title! It will seem counter-intuitive to some but why do you favour failure over success? If the Pop Rivets (the first group I was in in 1977) had been “successful” in the formal sense, then it would have been a disaster - no learning about sound, growth, and independence. Luckily, we considered ourselves successful from the outset by doing what we wanted the way we wanted. We believed the hype of punk rock – do-it-yourself and lived it, unlike the “successful” leaders of the movement. I’ve always wanted small gigs where your open and exposed. The same with recording - excitement, mistakes, humour, and hopefully joy. The reason to become “successful” is to cut yourself from your origin and roots. In short, we'll decide what success is, not a critic, the world, or public opinion.

                                        The album opens with a cracking cover of Richard Hell’s ‘Love Comes in Spurts’. You’ve previously recorded this with Thee Headcoats on Brother Is Dead… But Fly Is Gone! from 1998. What made you want to revisit the song? Has Richard heard it? If so, what did he think? I forgot that we did it with Thee Headcoats. If I had that LP, I’d give it a listen. I do remember covering it live with The Pop Rivets in 1978. Richard said he liked it a lot and told his girlfriend he only wants my tunes at his funeral. I said, “not too soon I hope." He assured me he's well. We’re digging the instrumental track ‘Walk of the Sasquatch’. Is this track in honour of the North Kent Sasquatch Research Group? What do you know about that mysterious organization? The track is more about the pacific Northwest cousin of the English version (the Woodwose). The North Kent Sasquatch program has gone a little quite of late, but I believe they are still trying to get Cobham Woods - nearby across the river - to be designated as a reserve, though of course this poses some danger to the public during the spring breeding season. The album closes with a version of previous single ‘Bob Dylan’s Got a Lot to Answer For’. What would you say is the biggest thing Bob has to answer for? And what do you most admire him for? It’s a different take from than the 45 version. The single was recorded in full lockdown. What has Bob got to answer for? I guess a lot and nothing. It’s not his fault he is famous, it is the fans and enablers that should be strung up for turning poor little pop stars into demi-gods. He seems to be one of the few in the mainstream music industry, who has remained in charge of his own recordings, sounds, and writing. Besides writing a few very good songs, I also liked his pronouncement: “I made bad records on purpose.” Now that’s a great line - so maybe he deserves his Nobel prize after all. You have a couple of CTMF shows coming up at the Lexington in London in February. Given you have such a great hat collection, have you decided what stage gear you’ll be wearing yet? Billy’s “fashion box” will have to be investigated. I first got “into” fashion in thee Headcoats days. Thee Headcoatees started attracting members of the gay community to our gigs, that’s when I saw an opportunity to “go for the pink pound.” There was much excitement in the dressing room, pre-show, especially from Holly, to see “what fashion Billy might have in his bag this week.” Hats are of course top of all fashion requirements, and I’ll give my best thought and attention on the day.

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        1. Love Comes In Spurts
                                        2. Failure Not Success
                                        3. Beneath The Flowers Serpents
                                        4. Walk Of The Sasquatch
                                        5. Hanging By A Tenuous Thread
                                        6. Fire
                                        7. The Old Long Bar
                                        8. Come Into My Life
                                        9. Skinwalker
                                        10. Becoming Unbecoming Me
                                        11. Moon Of The Popping Trees
                                        12. Bob Dylan’s Got A Lot To Answer For

                                        Thee Headcoats / CTMF

                                        Full Time Plagiarist

                                          Thee Headcoats and CTMF go head-to-head! Two Billy Childish bands battle it out with versions of the same song! Thee Headcoats version is taken from their forthcoming new studio album Irregularis: The Great Hiatus. The CTMF version is exclusive to this release. Two versions of the same song by different bands. Has each band heard the other version? If so, did they pass judgement? No, neither group heard the other version. I had forgotten how the CTMF version went - even though it was only a few weeks past. As with all the LPs there’s no rehearsal. I play the track - we do a run through and then press record. I don’t remember how either version goes now. There’s a famous saying – “Talent borrows; genius steals”. Are you a borrower? A stealer? Or something else entirely? As I’ve said before, I follow strict music industry guidelines and only plagiarise 50 percent of my material. Kurt Cobain put it better - he said people thought he was original because he didn’t let on what he was ripping off. Though we know he got the riff to his most famous song from The Daggermen, a local group Wolf (our drummer) played in. What was it like recording with Bruce and Johnny after such a long time? We met up in the studio in the morning, had a cuppa, a chat, plugged in and recorded the LP (in two days.) It was the first time we'd all been together in about 30 years, and it felt like yesterday - just laughing and joking about how rubbish we were and generally having fun. It was like no time had passed at all. Love the sleeve picture for this 7”! A lot of people miss the humour in your work, does that frustrate you? I’m not frustrated but surprised that the British seem to have lost their sense of humour somewhat - they’ve been pretty po-faced since 1978, I think. I was brought up on Pete and Dud when I was a kid. Interestingly a lot of comedians seem to like what we do. Stewart Lee has always been a fan and he said there are others of his ilk. If something can’t be mocked or laughed at, I’m not that interested in it

                                          The Guy Hamper Trio Feat. James Taylor

                                          All The Poisons In The Mud

                                            For fans of - Booker T & The MGs, James Taylor Quartet, Georgie Fame, Big Boss Man.

                                            Groovy Hammond garage rock instrumentals from Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats/CTMF etc) and featuring James Taylor (Prisoners/JTQ) We’re loving this new album by The Guy Hamper Trio! Who’s in the band sunshine? Mainly myself on guitar, Julie on bass, Wolf on drums, and of course Jamie on Hammond. A great bonus is Thee Headcoats with Bruce and Tub guest as rhythm section on a track or two.

                                            You and James Taylor go back a long way. Do you remember how you first met? The Prisoners were a young group who played with us (the Milkshakes) in the early 1980s. One day they turned up with an organ player, Jamie. Jamie used to then borrow my Selmer guitar amp to play through. You’ve revisited a few old classics on this album, and given them a true makeover.

                                            How would you describe The Guy Hamper Trio’s sound? I guess there must be a derogatory term for it but I might need some help finding it. In the very early days of The James Taylor Quartet (Wolf was their drummer back then), I was in the Natural Born Lovers (A blues group with Big Russ and Sexton Ming). We used to be the support for them. I really liked their sound and I guess The Guy Hamper Trio is not a million miles from that blues-influenced, film soundtrack vibe, man. There you made me say “man”. Next thing you know I will be saying “cool!” Let’s just say it's a wizard sound, Jamie is such a great player.

                                            Prior to this album The Guy Hamper Trio’s sole release was the ‘Polygraph Test’ 7” from 2009. Why such a big gap? It takes time for all of us to get all our solders in line. “Get on with it mush! And trifle not, your time is but short!”

                                            What inspired the album’s title track All The Poisons In the Mud? It’s actually the title of a novel I’ve been writing, and rewriting, over the past 12 years, and is taken from a quote from I Claudius by Robert Graves - a formative influence on me as a 15 year old.

                                            The sleeve art is pretty different to your other recent records, could you tell us a about that? Who designed it? I nominally designed it but the truth is that it's essentially a rip off of a Saul Bass sleeve he did for Duke Ellington. We started mining that seam back in the Milkshakes when Bruce (Brand) did the sleeve for Thee Knights of Trashe.

                                            The album closes with a storming cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire”. What do you think Jimi would make of your version? I've been a fan of Jimi since my elder brother brought his records home in the '60s. Jimi was well known to “dig” others work and interpretations and would no doubt smile, narrow his smoky eyes and say “cool man!” and I would no doubt reply "wizard Jimi!"

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            All The Poisons In The Mud
                                            Come Into My Life
                                            Moon Of The Popping Trees
                                            Girl From '62
                                            Full Eclipse Of The Sun
                                            Sally Sensation
                                            7% Solution
                                            Step Out
                                            Polygraph Test
                                            The Kids Are All Square
                                            Skinwalker
                                            Fire

                                            Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins

                                            The Fighting Temeraire

                                              In memory of Chris Broderick of the Singing Loins, who passed away earlier this year, we present a new studio album by Wild Billy Childish and Arf and Rob from The Singing Loins. The Fighting Temeraire contains new songs, old songs re-worked, traditional songs and a Bob Dylan cover.HMS Temeraire was a 96 gun ship of the line, built in Chatham, as was HMS Victory. After the passing of their dear friend, Chris Broderick, (lead Singer of The Singing Loins), Billy, Arf, and Rob decided to get together and record a 45 in his memory. The single 'Song of the Medway' soon led to this full length LP. The Billy/Loins connection goes back to the early '90s. Billy had recorded the first two Singing Loins LPs in his bathroom back then, as well as an LP of folk variations of his own tunes with Chris and Arf. It was Chris's dying wish that the boys should continue the Singing Loins, so it was pretty much a given that this fine LP would come to be. At once ancient and modern, it is a fitting tribute to a great ship (and singer) of the Medway.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. Song Of The Medway
                                              2. A La Mort Surbite
                                              3. I Don't Like The Man That I Am
                                              4. White Whale Blues
                                              5. Stood Upon A Chair
                                              6. The Broken And The Lost Of The Old Long Bar
                                              7. The Fighting Temeraire
                                              8. A Rusty Stain
                                              9. Your Mediocre Mind
                                              10. The Walls Of Red Wing
                                              11. The Jutland Sea
                                              12. The Rochester Recruiting Sergeant

                                              Thee Headcoats

                                              Head Box

                                                A boxed set of 4 CDs featuring four classic albums by Thee Headcoats! We present four albums by Thee Headcoats in a clamshell box set complete with booklet. With exclusive new artwork by Bruce Brand at Arthole! The four albums in the set are - Headcoats Down! The Kids are all Square, This Is Hip! Headcoatitude W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage Thee Headcoats was a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989, that was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this style on almost all of their albums. The band's signature sound as well as their prolific writing has been attributed to Billy Childish's love of simple, direct recording. The band has been on multiple labels including Billy's own Hangman Records, Damaged Goods and Sub Pop. Described in the New York Times as 'the king of garage rock', Thee Headcoats had their roots in the British punk scene of the 1970s (both Billy and Bruce playing in The Pop Rivets and The Milkshakes). The band recorded songs by The Clash under the pseudonym Thee Stash. The band also recorded tribute albums to Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Their debut album featured new versions of songs recorded by Son House including 'John the Revelator' and 'Child's Death Letter', both of which were later covered by The White Stripes upon whom Billy and Thee Headcoats were a great influence. These influences give a good indication of the band's sound; punk mixed with pure rhythmic rock 'n' roll and blues. 

                                                Thee Headcoats Sect

                                                A Tribute To Don Craine EP

                                                  Four song Extended Play 7” by Thee Headcoats Sect! “Absolutely fantastic, cracking rhythm 'n' blues, best thing I've heard for years!” - Rob Symmons (The Fallen Leaves) After 23 years off Thee Headcoats (Billy, Bruce and Tub) have again teamed up with Keith Evans of Downliners Sect, to record a top notch Extended Play as Thee Headcoat Sect. 'The Backer Street Irregulars' features Keith on lead vocals, still equipped with all the power, fun and attitude that put him at the top of the tree of British R'n'B vocalists back in the heyday of rhythm and beat. The EP was recorded in honour of their dear friend Don Craine (the leader of the Sect), who passed over in February 2022. 

                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  A1 – The Baker Street Irregulars
                                                  A2 – Oh Leader, We Do Dig Thee
                                                  B1 – One Ugly Child
                                                  B2 – The Ballad Of Malcolm Laphroaig (Alt Version)

                                                  Billy Childish & The Singing Loins

                                                  At The Bridge - 2022 Reissue

                                                    In Memory of Chris Broderick of the Singing Loins, who passed away earlier this year. We proudly present a vinyl reissue of this Medway folk classic!

                                                    A re-issue of one of Damaged Goods early releases and a rather overlooked classic album, a one off collaboration between Billy Childish and legendary Medway folkies The Singing Loins. This was recorded in 1993 when Billy was in Thee Headcoats and The Singing Loins were in their first incarnation. The Singing Loins formed in late 1990, a two piece band playing Authentic raw folk from the Medway Delta. They are Chris Broderick on Vocals / Stick and Chris Arfur Allen on Guitar. They had recorded two classic albums before this both of which were released on Billy's own Hangman records. The album features a few Childish classics reworked including "You Make Me Die" and "Every Bit Of Me" as well as four tracks written by Billy & The Loins especially for this album.

                                                    The Daggermen

                                                    Dagger In My Mind

                                                      The Daggermen all went to Rede Secondary School in Medway, Kent. It was a school for those that failed their 11 plus, or who passed it but decided to go there anyway (as Jon pretends). Being in some of the same classes we became friends and found we liked the same music; The Who, The Small Faces, The Kinks, The Beatles and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. We started going to Carnaby Street, wearing Beatle boots and generally being a bit Moddy. Dave’s older brother, James Taylor, played organ in The Prisoners and we’d listen to cassette tapes of them along with other local band, The Milkshakes as we bounced on the trampoline during P.E. After watching both bands play live in local venues such as the M.I.C. club in Chatham we formed The Daggermen, working out who was going to play which instrument as we stood next to the now demolished school sports hall. No one can quite remember who thought of the name, The Daggermen (it was me) or how comes Jon was playing bass on a guitar in the band at the very start and then Terry took over when we started gigging (it was because he had a real bass guitar and a car). But the next thing was that we were supporting The Prisoners both in Medway and places such as the 100 Club in Oxford Street. Then, one sunny day at around the age of 17, I bumped into Billy Childish walking across a field. I formally introduced myself and told him that he should definitely come and see our band that night because we were “fucking brilliant”. He did turn up and bought us a tray of whiskies whilst we were on stage, a sure sign that he had liked it. This led to him and Russ Wilkins, bass player in The Milkshakes alongside Billy, asking us if we wanted to record an E.P. for Russ’s label, Empire Records. This was our first ever recording called Introducing The Daggermen which was made in a brick arch under Rochester bridge that we rented for £2 a week to rehearse in and lovingly referred to as ‘The Hole’. We got ourselves a “manager” (our mate, Vic Templar) and started playing up and down England, drinking as much as possible in the van on the way to each gig, often paralytic by the time we went on stage. Our musical style was a sort of mixture of punk and mod and we played covers such as ‘Heatwave’ (The Who’s version) and ‘Get Ready’ by the Temptations, along with Dave and Terry’s originals. Then came a change of line up when Jon resumed his position as bass player and Terry left for America. We started wearing military jackets thanks to Jimi Hendrix and made our first long player, Dagger In My Mind (I got the title off an episode of Star Trek, although I remembered it wrong and it should have been ‘Dagger Of The Mind’). The album was produced by James Taylor and Allan Crockford of The Prisoners at Woolly Studios on the Isle of Sheppey in 1986. This line-up played together for a couple of years up and down the country (also with a few gigs in France) before we called it a day and sailed off into the future in bands such as The James Taylor Quartet, The Kravin’ “A”s, The Solarflares and Billy Childish and The Buff Medways. As energetic youths we had a lot of fun and I am very proud to have been part of The Daggermen. We hope you enjoy these recordings, now all gathered together for the first time. Sincerely yours, Wolf Howard, Cafe Mozart, Chatham 

                                                      Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins

                                                      Song Of The Medway

                                                        Billy & The Loins reunite for a tribute 7” to founding Loins member Chris Broderick. Billy recorded the first two Singing Loins LPs with Chris Broderick and Arf' Alan in his bathroom at May Road, Rochester in 1991 and 1993. The lads then decided to record an LP of folk variations of Billy’s own tunes, called At The Bridge. The Singing Loins then went their own way recording many LPs. Fast forward to late 2021 and the singer Chris was diagnosed with blood cancer. Before his passing in January 2022, he let Arf (and later Loin Rob), know that he wished them to carry on the group. That said Billy proposed a memorial 45 (and an LP to follow). The tracks: ‘The Song of the Medway’ is about their hometowns of Rochester, Chatham, Strood and Gillingham, all on the banks of the River Medway. Chatham's ancient Dockyard was where Nelson’s Victory was built. The Broken and the Lost of the Old Long Bar celebrates a drinking hole on Chatham High Street (which once boasted more pubs and brothels in a single mile than anywhere in the world). Especially written by Billy for this return of The Singing Loins, the songs are at once brand new and ancient. 

                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                        1. Song Of The Medway
                                                        2. The Broken And The Lost Of The Old Long Bar

                                                        Fabienne Delsol

                                                        On My Mind - 2022 Reissue

                                                          Put together in studio down-time and ably backed by Toe Rag's stable of musicians, On My Mind features Fabienne's customary mixture of both English and French lyrics sung with plenty of coquettish charm. The album marks something of a departure from the jaunty beat-pop and ye-ye of her previous albums however, there's a definite autumnal feel to several of the tracks, putting you in mind of what the much mooted Francoise Hardy/Nick Drake collaboration might have yielded. 

                                                          Fabienne Delsol

                                                          Four - 2022 Reissue

                                                            Four has a more nuanced and mature sound, rooted in Mellotron-drenched psych whilst retaining some snappy French pop and ‘60s garage styles. The original songs are masterfully crafted for Fabienne’s distinct delivery, and both feature a strong ‘60s groove. Carefully chosen covers are lovingly interpreted – take Lyme and Cybelle’s ‘Follow Me’, a heavy-handed garage-folk jaunt, or the stunning take on the Human Beinz’ second album opener ‘Face’. A lifelong devotee of “the Quo”, Fabienne tackles a Spare Parts album track, whilst Francoise Hardy’s smouldering French classic ‘J’ai Fait Du Lui Un Reve’ is ethereally reimagined. 

                                                            The William Loveday Intention

                                                            Paralysed By The Mountains

                                                              Brand new studio album by The William Loveday Intention as part of their “career in a year”! “The cover pic is from a visit I made with my son and friends to the artist Giovanni Segantini's hut in the High Alps sometime around 2016. Segantini (1858-1899), was an illiterate and stateless artist famous for his paintings made in the Engadin. The title track is about living your life through someone else's YouTube channel: a blow by blow account of how their life in the frozen north is more, picturesque, sensitive, fun, enlightened and artistic than yours could ever be.

                                                              'Stood Upon a Chair' is about the villain Jessie James, but without the romance part that is usually added to such tales. 'You Gotta Move', a Mississippi Fred McDowell cover, is one of the best recordings we've ever made. Here I’m accompanied by my wife Julie and my friend Dave Tattersall who plays electric slide guitar. A true gem which should make someone, somewhere, rich and famous. (Or at least make Mick Jagger blush with shame.) Topping it all off we hit a couple of old Headcoats numbers with added verses that reveal the hidden depth behind those impeccable pop songs.”

                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              1/Paralysed By The Mountains
                                                              2/Becoming Unbecoming Me
                                                              3/Stood Upon A Chair
                                                              4/Too Many Things That Mean Too Much To Me
                                                              5/You Gotta Move
                                                              6/Joe Strummer's Grave
                                                              7/I'm Unkind
                                                              8/Gun In My Father's Hand
                                                              9/The Day I Beat My Father Up
                                                              10/Joe Strummer's Grave (Reprise)

                                                              Johnny Moped

                                                              The Search For Xerxes - 2022 Reissue

                                                                Johnny Moped's “lost album” from 1990, finally gets a reissue! I like this album, Johnny hates it. But why? I think it’s more “Johnny Moped” than any other album out there. What other album has entirely penned JM songs/ditties like ‘Soldiers’ and ‘Moped Crash’ plus ad-libs and all the other little interludes in between the tracks that are pure “Moped”. Johnny thinks it sounds like a “disco” album, which it does in places, but, hey-ho, it was 1989 and it was the age of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. At the time there had been no Moped band since 1985-ish and certainly Slimy hadn’t been in the band since the early ‘80s.

                                                                Also, there was only one album out there, Cycledelic so there was a lot of songs destined for a follow up album that never happened and it looked like we were going to be a one album band. So, with so much unreleased material and a chronic lack of “mopedisum” I decided to embark on a little project…This album came out in 1990 on Deltic records but the deal was that I had to produce a finished master tape that could go straight to the cutting room and be pressed, so I borrowed a 4-track Teac and a Roland sampler and Roland drum machine and got to work. Some of the tracks sound like they were recorded in someone’s bedroom, that’s because they were, but Captain recorded some great stuff on his 8-track where I had recorded Johnny “live” and handed over a tape for him to work with (‘I’m a Spasm’, ‘Soldiers’, ‘Cut across Shorty’).

                                                                Also, he provided some decent backing vocals on other tracks (‘Corpse Boogie’, ‘Hiawatha’). The album came out in 1990 and to promote it we put the band back together... in a different format. The Johnny Moped Big Band did a series of gigs where we started with two guitarists, bass drums and Johnny for three songs and then swapped to different musicians during ‘Wild Breed’ for another three songs. Then we’d bring the whole lot together for the rest of the set. The photos on the back cover are taken from the “live at the Cartoon” video. Notice Johnny’s original Moped jacket had long gone missing, and he was wearing a grey tasselly “thing” I made for him.

                                                                He didn’t like it at all, so I donated my own studded leather jacket and he’s worn it ever since. The front cover is studio shots taken of Johnny for the album that were never used at the time (how did we end of with such a bad drawing of him instead on the original album?!) So… this has been lovingly re-mastered by Jez Larder after Captain managed to retrieve most of the material from the very old DAT tapes. Some of the “interludes” were missing, and I’ve had to get them off the vinyl (see if you can spot ‘em!). Enjoy!

                                                                Dave Berk - May 2022

                                                                The Courettes

                                                                Back In Mono (B-Sides & Outtakes)

                                                                  10” Mini LP featuring outtakes and re-recorded B-sides from the 'Back In Mono' sessions!!! Back in Mono, The Courettes´ third album, was critically acclaimed worldwide and made it onto numerous best -of -the-year lists in 2021. If, like us, you can’t get enough of Back in Mono, here's some good news! Back in Mono - B-sides & Outtakes is coming out at the end of May, just in time for the band's UK tour! Bringing some more “spit ´n´ snarl garage-meets-Phil Spector pop” (Mojo) in three brand new unreleased tracks.

                                                                  Look forward to hearing the three new smash tunes 'Daydream', 'Tough Like That' and 'Talking About My Baby', all wrapped in a new mix by Wall of Sound aficionado Seiki Sato (Japan) and produced by the hit wizards Søren Christensen & C.T. Levine. Also included are the three non-album B-sides from the band's most recent singles. These B-sides have been newly spruced up with extra instrumentation.

                                                                  Making up the eight tracks is the inclusion of a Courettes rarity - 'So What' was previously only available on a split single with The Jackets released on Chaputa Records back in January.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  1. Daydream
                                                                  2. Tough Like That
                                                                  3. Talking About My Baby
                                                                  4. Last Dance With You
                                                                  5. Only Happy When You're Gone
                                                                  6. Killer Eyes
                                                                  7. The Boy I Love
                                                                  8. So What

                                                                  The William Loveday Intention

                                                                  I'm Good Enough

                                                                    Brand new double 7” by The William Loveday Intention! As part of an incredibly productive year by one of the world's most productive and cherished artists, Billy Childish releases a new EP by The William Loveday Intention as part of his attempt at “a career in a year”. “Four tracks that address the game of being a human being.” 'I'm Good Enough' is a fresh look at Thee Headcoats' classic. 'Failure not Success' speaks for itself - and embodies the quest for un-muddied art. 'Becoming Unbecoming Me' is the story of a Jewish girl in Austria who changed her identity and married a Nazi to escape the death camps. 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is our version of Bob Dylan's version of 'Too Much Monkey Business' by Chuck Berry.”

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    A – I'm Good Enough
                                                                    B – Failure Not Success
                                                                    C – Becoming Unbecoming Me
                                                                    D – Subterranean Homesick Blues (Alt Version)

                                                                    The William Loveday Intention

                                                                    The Baptiser

                                                                      Brand new studio album by The William Loveday Intention! As part of an incredibly productive year by one of the world's most productive and cherished artists, Billy Childish releases a new LP by The William Loveday Intention as part of his attempt at “a career in a year”. “The Baptiser is titled after John The Baptiser, Christ's teacher who proclaimed that you don't need to make blood sacrifices in the temple of Jerusalem to have communion with God – it's direct one to one in the desert, wearing a camel hair shirt and eating the fruits of the honey locust tree. The LP has many spiritual highs and blaming lows. It should move and sound like the contents of a thinking mind.” 

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      1/The Baptiser
                                                                      2/A Library To You And The Self
                                                                      3/A Painted Pantomime Dame
                                                                      4/Mister Smith
                                                                      5/Poems Of Anxiety And Uncertainty
                                                                      6/I'm Good Enough
                                                                      7/Knockin' Of Heaven's Door
                                                                      8/A Framed T-Shirt Remnant
                                                                      9/Poems Of Anxiety And Uncertainty (Blues)
                                                                      10/The Baptiser (Reprise)

                                                                      Snivelling Shits

                                                                      Shits Alive!

                                                                        Brand new live album put together by original founding member Pete Makowski and us at Damaged Goods to celebrate the reunion gigs by The Snivelling Shits in late 2018 and 2019. The original Snivelling Shits album ‘I Can’t Come’ was released on Damaged Goods back in 1989 with original frontman Giovanni Dadamo supplying the tapes and helping with the artwork. We started to get to know the other two original Shits, Pete Makowski and Dave Fudger in the 2010’s and Pete was very keen to “get the old band back together” as they say…so they commandeered Tom Crossley on vocals, he was in Giovanni’s second band, Famous Monsters after the original Shits imploded so he was a perfect replacement, another good friend of Pete’s was James Sherry (of Done Lying Down / Toast / Desperate Measures) who took over the drums, and firstly Richard Leeds from Du Bellows and later Moyni from Tom’s current band The Phobics on bass duties.

                                                                        After a few rehearsals they did a low-key warm up gig billed as Arthur Comix, then their first proper gig at the Damaged Goods 30th anniversary gigs at The Lexington on the 15th December 2018 supporting Johnny Moped, swiftly followed by another gig at The Pelton Arms in Greenwich on the 16th February 2019. Both gigs were recorded by Lee McFadden and sounded great, so Pete suggested making a live album up to “celebrate” the events. The Shits went onto play a gloriously unhinged and chaotic set in front of a huge crowd at the Opera House at the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool in August 2019.

                                                                        That was the last gig as soon after the pandemic hit and very sadly and tragically, Pete Makowski died in late 2021. we’re really proud to have this coming out, albeit a lot later than planned due to the vinyl shortages. It’s a fitting tribute to Pete (who oversaw the artwork and tapes) and the band’s amazing comeback gigs. It also includes two demos from the original line-up that appeared as a very limited 7" for sale at the Rebellion Festival show in 2019, which sold out and is already a sought-after collector’s item! Pete would only let us release it if it was on brown vinyl…so that’s what it is! When the shits hit the fans, one could say. Dedicated to Pete Makowski 1956-2021 and very much missed by us all.

                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        1/Terminal Stupid
                                                                        2/Only 13
                                                                        3/Crossroads
                                                                        4/Bring Me The Head Of Yokio Mishima 5/isgodaman?
                                                                        6/I Wanna Be Your Biro
                                                                        7/Bring Me The Head Of Yokio Mishima (Demo)
                                                                        8/Et Mo, Et Moi, Et Moi (Demo)

                                                                        Steve E. Nix And The Famous Lizards

                                                                        Motorcade EP

                                                                          Steve E. Nix and The Famous Lizards are a new four-piece group led by guitarist/singer Steve E. Nix (from legendary Seattle punk band The Briefs). Accompanying him as The Famous Lizards are bassist Kicks (also from The Briefs), guitarist Emi Pop and drummer Miles Freeborn. The Motorcade EP is the band’s debut release. Available on a limited edition black vinyl 7”, it features four killer pop-punk tracks, just what you’d expect from the prolific pen of Steve E. Nix. “I’m a punk rocker who loves guitars and interesting songs. I really like The Godfathers” says Steve. Steve has been putting out quality underground music since 2000 when The Briefs released their first single ‘Poor And Weird’. After four albums, a slew of singles and relentless touring, The Briefs took a well-earned hiatus. Never one to stay still for long Steve almost immediately formed and fronted The Cute Lepers. With Briefs’ bassist Kicks on board and a rotating cast of drummers, guitarists and back-up singers The Cute Lepers continued to tour across the US and Europe and released three albums, all on Damaged Goods Records, along with a bunch of 7” singles. In 2014 The Briefs started touring again and also began work on an album, Platinum Rats, which was eventually released by Damaged Goods Records in 2019.

                                                                          Cyanide Pills

                                                                          The Kids Can't Be Trusted With Rock 'n' Roll

                                                                            Brand new 7” from Leeds' finest! A taster from their next full-length LP due out later in the year Ever been interrogated by the punk rock police? Are you manufactured by a company? Is your band real or plastic? Have you ever paid a thousand quid for a poster? Can the kids be trusted with rock n roll? Answers on side A.

                                                                            Senior Service Feat. Rachel Lowrie

                                                                            A Little More Time With

                                                                              The Senior Service returns with a brand new 10” for 2022. A year or so ago, The Senior Service decided that it wanted to add a little more to its well-honed instrumental sound. On one slightly drunken night out, they approached local songwriter and chanteuse Rachel Lowrie and asked if she’d like to perform guest vocals on some specially written new material. By this time, Rachel had supplied impressive ‘pipework’ on quite a few Medway records so the band was confident that she’d be able to deliver – the band was right. Following a lengthy hiatus in activity due to lockdown restrictions, The Senior Service was finally able to get together to record the new songs, so they piled into Ranscombe Studios to crack on. It soon became apparent that they’d lost none of the chemistry that had made them such a powerful musical collective and the instrumental backing tracks were laid down with relative ease.

                                                                              It was when Rachel arrived and sprinkled vocal sugar over the tracks that they really began to shine! Intuitively, she understood the approach needed and delivered a made-to-measure performance for each song. this collection includes four original tracks penned by the band plus two rollicking covers of lesser-known instrumentals; John Schroeder’s take on ‘Lovin’ You Girl’ – a slinky slice of lounge grooviness, given a slightly chunkier sound, informed by the band’s musical aesthetic, and ‘Mysterious Land’ – The Chris Lamb Orchestra’s little heard filmic masterpiece; a track seemingly tailor-made for the band to get its musical chops around. So, we invite you to spend ‘A Little More Time with The Senior Service’

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              1/Everyone's Stranger Than Me
                                                                              2/Seasons Of My Mind
                                                                              3/Lovin' You Girl
                                                                              4/Just A Little Time
                                                                              5/If You're Not There
                                                                              6/Mysterious Land

                                                                              Wild Billy Childish & CTMF

                                                                              Where The Wild Purple Iris Grows

                                                                                New album from CTMF! On CD, digital and black vinyl LP! Billy Childish - Musician, poet, painter and writer shows no sign of slowing down. The last twelve months have seen him record a “career in a year” with The William Loveday Intention, battle off a debilitating COVID infection and revisit his punk roots with CTMF

                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                Barry says: The always prolific Childish returns for another storming LP of fuzzed-out punk and jilted rock and/or roll. Screaming guitars segue into jangling rhythmic sections, brilliantly epitomising the melodic duality of this hugely influential character.

                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                1 – Where The Wild Purple Iris Grows
                                                                                2 – Mystery Song
                                                                                3 – Ballad Of Hollis Brown
                                                                                4 – She Was Wearing Tangerine
                                                                                5 – Pluma Dorada
                                                                                6 – Come Into My Life
                                                                                7 – Train Kept A Rollin'
                                                                                8 – You Can't Capture Time (Slight Return)
                                                                                9 – You Say That You Love Me
                                                                                10 – Tunnel Of Love
                                                                                11 – Mouldy Fig
                                                                                12 – The Same Tree

                                                                                The Daleks

                                                                                Exterminate: 40 Years Too Late!

                                                                                  The Daleks - “I started the group In the summer of 1977 after listening to Rattus Narviticus about 100 times on a church youth club holiday. Slimy Toad's brother, Nicky, who co wrote "I'm a cunt" with me, had it on tape cassette. I remember we used to turn it right up in the middle In the middle of Ugly...because Hugh Cornwall shouted "it's only the fucking rich that get to be good looking". And all the church leaders would have a right go at us. That was it. Had to start a band! Up until 1979 just I had a guitar although we had a drummer a singer and a bass player that were going to get their instruments it never happened. I had loads of the songs already written by the time the first other member with an instrument joined. Mark Adams (Bass), who later joined Case.

                                                                                  Then Woodie joined and things started to move quickly with Gaz joining (the original singer. Nicky Fitzgerald, Slimy Toads brother, bailed out when it started to become a real thing. Then Dean replaced Mark Adams.” - Eddie Turtle 2021. “I was at school south of London in Caterham in the late '70s and used to hang out in Goodness Records each afternoon spending all my paper round money there. I'd seen 'The Daleks' sprayed on a wall in the town and got chatting to Eddie one day, they were looking for a drummer - The general consensus locally was that he was a great songwriter. I think the band name came from the end of Remote Control by the Clash - 'gonna be a Dalek... I obey!' There was quite a few line-up changes before the record, it was me that suggested Gaz as a front man. He'd just been expelled from my school for dying his hair and looked the part... yellow creepers to boot! It was him that did the artwork for the record sleeve and got all our mates to get photo booth pictures done. We all made the pilgrimage to Broadcasting House at the BBC to take John Peel a copy. Gaz spoke to him from the phone on reception (while he was in the middle of a show).

                                                                                  I only heard one side of the conversation but it went something like 'It's Gaz from the Daleks from Croydon, we've brought you our record to play... it's fuckin' brilliant!'” - Woodie Taylor 2021 Strictly Rockers Following the demise of The Daleks in the early 80’s, Gaz the lead singer and front man of The Daleks, was quick to form a new band, Strictly Rockers, with two local Croydon reprobates Ian and Steve. Gaz and Ian wrote the songs and Steve provided the distinctive percussion. The 3-piece band was born, Gaz was again lead vocals but now sported a bass guitar. Running off the back of the punk rock era the band exploded with collection of up-beat anti establishment songs, the exception to the theme being the classic track 'I Miss You'. The trio played a variety of different venues in the Croydon area, with their favourite haunt being the “Star” in West Croydon where they played regularly. Probably their most memorable gig was with UK Subs, and the infamous Charley Harper.

                                                                                  Strictly Rockers' popularity was short lived, and within 18 months the trio had gone their separate ways. L.A.M.F. ViaVess “When Gaz and Roland left, I felt that we would have been successful if we'd stayed together, so, thought I'd call us Virgins of Success, shortened to V of S. Then I thought what about giving it a mysterious twist so ViaVess was how the initials sounded when you said V of S, so that became our "shortlived" name. It was a very short-lived band (3 or 4 months and I was then off following the Meteors full-time).” - Eddie Turtle 2021

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  1/Rejected (Single)
                                                                                  2/Man Of The World
                                                                                  3/This Life
                                                                                  4/Daleks
                                                                                  5/Suicide
                                                                                  6/Rejected (1979 Demo)
                                                                                  7/Stand By Me (Strictly Rockers)
                                                                                  8/Tiny Town
                                                                                  9/One Small Mind
                                                                                  10/I Got You (Strictly Rockers)
                                                                                  11/You Wouldn't Know (ViaVess)
                                                                                  12/Transfixion (ViaVess)
                                                                                  13/(I'm Not In Love With The) Rude Girl (ViaVess)
                                                                                  14/I'm A Runt (Eddie Turtle)
                                                                                  15/Miss You (Strictly Rockers) 

                                                                                  The William Loveday Intention

                                                                                  The Dept. Of Discontinued Lines

                                                                                    A boxed set of 4 CDs featuring the recent studio albums by The William Loveday Intention! For the first time on CD we present the recent studio albums by The William Loveday Intention in a clamshell box set complete with booklet. The four albums in the set are - People Think They Know Me But They Don’t Know Me Will There Ever Be A Day That You're Hung Like A Thief? Blud Under The Bridge The Bearded Lady Also Sells The Candy Floss For the uninitiated, The William Loveday Intention is the latest band put together by Billy Childish. The four album project includes guest appearances by James Taylor (The Prisoners, JTQ), Dave Tattersall (The Wave Pictures) and Huddie Hamper (The Shadracks) amongst others.

                                                                                    Talulah Gosh

                                                                                    Was It Just A Dream?

                                                                                      Our classic Talulah Gosh compilation album! As heard recently on Tim Burgess' Twitter listening party. Talulah Gosh were a guitar-pop group from Oxford and one of the leading bands of the twee pop movement/C86, taking their name from the headline of an NME interview with Clare Grogan. They supposedly formed when Amelia Fletcher and Elizabeth Price, both wearing Pastels badges, met at a club in Oxford. Formed in 1986, their original line-up comprised Amelia Fletcher (vocals, guitar), her younger brother Mathew Fletcher (drums), Peter Momtchiloff (lead guitar), Rob Pursey (bass) and Elizabeth Price (vocals). Rob left early on, to be replaced by Chris Scott. Elizabeth left in 1987 to be replaced by Eithne Farry. They called it a day in late 1988 with Amelia, Matthew and Peter reappearing soon after as ‘Heavenly’. Amelia and Rob went on to form Tender Trap and released the 2012 album ’10 Songs about Girls’. They currently perform as The Catenary Wires Peter Momtchiloff went on to join Would-Be-Goods and The Hot Hooves.

                                                                                      Eithne Farry is an author and likes a glass of sherry Elizabeth Price won the 2012 Turner Prize for her video installation “The Woolworths Chior of 1979” This compilation brings together all of their recorded output, plus the two BBC sessions and the four tracks which appeared on the demos EP in 2011

                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      1. Beatnik Boy
                                                                                      2. My Best Friend
                                                                                      3. Steaming Train
                                                                                      4. Just A Dream
                                                                                      5. Talulah Gosh
                                                                                      6. Don't Go Away
                                                                                      7. Escalator Over The Hill
                                                                                      8. My Boy Says
                                                                                      9. Way Of The World
                                                                                      10. Testcard Girl
                                                                                      11. Bringing Up Baby
                                                                                      12. I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Thank God)
                                                                                      13. The Girl With The Strawberry Hair
                                                                                      14. Talulah Gosh (Radio Session Version)
                                                                                      15. Do You Remember
                                                                                      16. Looking For A Rainbow
                                                                                      17. Sunny Inside
                                                                                      18. My World's Ending
                                                                                      19. Be Your Baby
                                                                                      20. Break Your Face
                                                                                      21. In Love For The Very First Time
                                                                                      22. Spearmint Head
                                                                                      23. I Told You So
                                                                                      24. Pastels Badge
                                                                                      25. Rubber Ball
                                                                                      26. Steaming Train (demo)
                                                                                      27. I Told You So (demo)
                                                                                      28. Mmm Mmm He’s So Dreamy (demo)
                                                                                      29. Sunny Inside (demo)

                                                                                      Sensible Gray Cells

                                                                                      Get Back Into The World

                                                                                        Brand new studio album! Featuring Captain Sensible and Paul Gray from The Damned, with Johnny Moped drummer Marty Love! Who, what and why are The Sensible Gray Cells? Captain :- Paul Gray and myself being garage psych aficionados would prefer to hear more of this kind of music and this is our contribution to the cause. If I said that some of the songs were 'Damned rejects' that shouldn't be seen as an indication of inferior songwriting.. more that they're not wearing the right shirt. A Postcard From Britain came out in 2013. What have you been up to since then? Captain :- I've never been a prolific writer.. being a lazy so and so I think it's best to wait for inspiration to call.. which explains the 7 year gap..( how many albums could the Beatles have crammed in that period!) but in the meantime PG rejoined the Damned and we've gigged about a bit, which is always fun - CAN WE HAVE GIGS BACK AGAIN PLEASE!!!

                                                                                        A Postcard From Britain was a snapshot of modern life. Does the new album cover similar themes or have you taken a new direction? Captain :- It's sad that high streets around the world have been destroyed by online shopping but nobody's forcing people to do it.. but what can you do. These are very strange times were living though - I just count myself lucky to have been around to witness the 2nd half of the 20th century.. a fab time for music, culture, ideas.. and that without even mentioning Benny Hill and On The Buses. The new album coincides with all this virus malarkey.. which, unpleasant as it is will undoubtedly be used by the powers that be to tighten the screws on us little people on behalf of their billionaire paymasters. Blah blah, etc. There's a bit of that hidden away in the album

                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                        1/Sell Her Spark
                                                                                        2/Get Back Into The World
                                                                                        3/Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn Ya
                                                                                        4/Black Spider Memo Man
                                                                                        5/Stupid Dictators
                                                                                        6/So Long
                                                                                        7/A Little Prick
                                                                                        8/DJ With Half A Brain
                                                                                        9/What’s The Point Of Andrew?
                                                                                        10/Fine Fairweather Friend
                                                                                        11/I Married A Monster
                                                                                        12/You And Me

                                                                                        The Sensible Gray Cells

                                                                                        Get Back Into The World / World Of Confusion

                                                                                          Who, what and why are The Sensible Gray Cells? Captain :- Paul Gray and myself being garage psych aficionados would prefer to hear more of this kind of music and this is our contribution to the cause. If I said that some of the songs were 'Damned rejects' that shouldn't be seen as an indication of inferior songwriting.. more that they're not wearing the right shirt. A Postcard From Britain came out in 2013. What have you been up to since then? Captain :- I've never been a prolific writer.. being a lazy so and so I think it's best to wait for inspiration to call.. which explains the 7 year gap..( how many albums could the Beatles have crammed in that period!) but in the meantime PG re-joined the Damned and we've gigged about a bit, which is always fun - CAN WE HAVE GIGS BACK AGAIN PLEASE!!!

                                                                                          A Postcard From Britain was a snapshot of modern life. Does the new album cover similar themes or have you taken a new direction? Captain :- It's sad that high streets around the world have been destroyed by online shopping but nobody's forcing people to do it.. but what can you do. These are very strange times were living though - I just count myself lucky to have been around to witness the 2nd half of the 20th century.. a fab time for music, culture, ideas.. and that without even mentioning Benny Hill and On The Buses. The new album coincides with all this virus malarkey.. which, unpleasant as it is will undoubtedly be used by the powers that be to tighten the screws on us little people on behalf of their billionaire paymasters. Blah blah, etc. There's a bit of that hidden away in the album.

                                                                                          Johnny Moped

                                                                                          In Trafalgar Square 1983

                                                                                            Johnny Moped “Official Bootleg”In 1983 Johnny Moped were asked to play a rally in Trafalgar Square, Central London The rally was for the Campaign Against Seal Hunting and was held on Saturday afternoon, the 12th March 1983. This recording, taken from the Dave Berk archives has been lovingly restored from the original cassette and will be available as a limited LP & Download on Damaged Goods Records. It’s got a screen printed cover and a A4 sheet of photos and info from the day. Features Captain Sensible, Beki Bondage and also the original speeches from the speakers on the day. Speeches include Gabrielle Drake and Fiona Richmond. Johnny Moped “Official Bootleg”In 1983 Johnny Moped were asked to play a rally in Trafalgar Square, Central London The rally was for the Campaign Against Seal Hunting and was held on Saturday afternoon, the 12th March 1983. This recording, taken from the Dave Berk archives has been lovingly restored from the original cassette and will be available as a limited LP & Download on Damaged Goods Records. It’s got a screen printed cover and a A4 sheet of photos and info from the day. Features Captain Sensible, Beki Bondage and also the original speeches from the speakers on the day. Speeches include Gabrielle Drake and Fiona Richmond. 

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            1 – VD Boiler
                                                                                            2 – Hell Razor
                                                                                            3 – No One
                                                                                            4 – Make Trouble
                                                                                            5 – Speech 1 (David Ennals MP/Fiona Richmond)
                                                                                            6 – Save The Baby Seals
                                                                                            7 – Foxhunters
                                                                                            8 – Speech
                                                                                            2 (Gabrielle Drake/Johnny/Captain)
                                                                                            9 – Hard Lovin' Man

                                                                                            Fabienne Delsol

                                                                                            Four

                                                                                              Fabienne Delsol’s new album Four is a culmination of a year or so’s activity at Toerag studios. The big change this time around is the co-production by Fabienne alongside Luke Oldfield, himself a long-time engineer and producer at Toerag. Though swathed in the same toil and tears of her previous three solo albums, Four has a more nuanced and mature sound, rooted in psych whilst retaining some snappy French pop and ‘60s garage styles of auld. There is also a mass of complimentary instruments, in particular the Mellotron is a welcome and worthy addition to many of the tracks. The contemporary and original songs 'I'll Never Be Lonely Again' and 'See How They Run' are masterfully crafted for Fabienne’s distinct delivery, and both feature a strong ‘60s groove in-keeping with her trademark sound, the latter being a contender for the highlight of this classy album.

                                                                                              As is archetypal of a Fabienne Delsol LP, carefully chosen covers are lovingly interpreted via Fabienne’s delicate voice – take Lyme and Cybelle’s ‘Follow Me’, itself a wonderful heavy-handed garage-folk jaunt, or the stunning take on the Human Beinz’ second album opener ‘Face’, a spellbindingly solid piece - praise indeed to the assembled players on both. A lifelong devotee of “the Quo”, it’s no surprise then to hear Fabienne tackling a Spare Parts album track, only here ‘When I Awake’ is pared-back and sparkling, whilst Francoise Hardy’s smouldering French classic ‘J’ai Fait Du Lui Un Reve’ is reimagined with a sumptuous air of the ethereal, with stark emotion in that voice and slowly building up tonal layers as the track progresses - you’ll struggle to hear anything as haunting this year. 

                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                              1 – See How They Run
                                                                                              2 – Ladder
                                                                                              3 – Door Knob
                                                                                              4 – So Many Could Not
                                                                                              5 – When I Awake
                                                                                              6 – The Face
                                                                                              7 – No Love To Give
                                                                                              8 – J'ai Fait De Lui Un Reve
                                                                                              9 – Follow Me
                                                                                              10 – I'll Never Be Lonely Again
                                                                                              11 – Hurtin' Kind

                                                                                              King Salami And The Cumberland 3

                                                                                              Kiss My Ring

                                                                                                Kiss My Ring is the fourth full-length studio album from London-based rhythm ‘n’ blues garage rockers, the follow-up to 2017’s Goin’ Back To Wurstville. It features fourteen tracks, a mix of brand new original compositions and the band’s eclectic choice of covers. The album was recorded at London’s legendary Gizzard Studios by Ed Deegan (Holly Golightly). The band truly represents the best of multi-cultural London, the members having a mix of Caribbean, French, Japanese and Spanish heritage. With a repertoire influenced by many of the great songs of the ’50s and ’60s made to sound fresh and new to modern ears, you won’t be able to help but move your feet when the Cumberland Three are blasting out of your speakers. The King howls like Screaming Jay Hawkins with Bo Diddley chasing his coat-tail whilst Andre Williams tries to offer up some of his bacon fat, and the Trashmen do the Surfin’ Bird behind him. This is a man that never stops shakin’ and twistin’ and groovin’. The Cumberland Three (former members of punk rock bands, including The Parkinsons) rock up a storm with their own branded mix of vintage rockabilly, desperate rock ’n’ roll and stomping soul, with fire, energy, gusto and, above all, fun! 

                                                                                                Billy Childish

                                                                                                Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot

                                                                                                  How did Billy come to be?

                                                                                                  Holed away in the distant inter tidal marshland of mid-Seventies Kent, breaking rocks in the hot sun as a teenage dockland stonemason, undiagnosed dyslexia and general insubordination denying him the educational path he might have taken, Childish took the punk gospel Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols preached in 1976 as revealed scriptural truth.

                                                                                                  Forty-two years later Childish is the last man standing, the most enduring, uncorrupted and prolific of the class of ‘77.

                                                                                                  And some heroic fool has now tried to sum him up in a mere forty-eight songs, from the thousand or so he has recorded.

                                                                                                  This compilation provides tiny tasters of each of Childish’s phases, and some snippets of short-lived side-projects too.

                                                                                                  Administered correctly, it will make an addict of you. You have been warned.

                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  A1

                                                                                                  1/Whatcha Gonna Do About It (Live) - The Pop Rivets
                                                                                                  2/Kray Twins (Demo) - The Pop Rivets
                                                                                                  3/Love Can Lose - The Milkshakes
                                                                                                  4/I'm Out Of Control - The Milkshakes
                                                                                                  5/You Make Me Die - Thee Mighty Caesars
                                                                                                  6/The Double Axe - Thee Mighty Caesars
                                                                                                  7/Come Into My Life - Thee Mighty Caesars
                                                                                                  8/Cowboys Are Square - Thee Mighty Caesars
                                                                                                  9/I Feel Like Giving In - The Delmonas
                                                                                                  10/Brimful Of Hate - Jack Ketch And The Crowmen

                                                                                                  A2/

                                                                                                  1/Davey Crocket - Thee Headcoats
                                                                                                  2/Girl From '62 -Thee Headcoats
                                                                                                  3/All My Feelings Denied - Thee Headcoats
                                                                                                  4/Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot - Thee Headcoats
                                                                                                  5/An Image Of You - Thee Headcoats
                                                                                                  6/Evil Thing - Thee Headcoatees
                                                                                                  7/Wild Man - Thee Headcoatees
                                                                                                  8/Hurt Me - Thee Headcoatees
                                                                                                  9/I'm Hurtin' - Thee Headcoats

                                                                                                  B1/

                                                                                                  1/Step Out - Billy Childish And Holly Golightly
                                                                                                  2/Upside Mine - Billy Childish And Holly Golightly
                                                                                                  3/I Don't Like The Man I Am - Billy Childish And The Singing Loins
                                                                                                  4/Muscle Horse - Billy Childish And Sexton Ming
                                                                                                  5/This Wondrous Day – Kyra
                                                                                                  6/Rum And Coca Cola - Wild Billy Childish And The Blackhands
                                                                                                  7/Mr Hitler - Wild Billy Childish And The Blackhands

                                                                                                  B2/

                                                                                                  1/Archive From 1959 - The Buff Medways
                                                                                                  2/Troubled Mind- The Buff Medways
                                                                                                  3/Unable To See The Good - The Buff Medways
                                                                                                  4/Strood Lights - The Buff Medways
                                                                                                  5/The Man With The Gallows Eyes - The Chatham Singers
                                                                                                  6/The Angel Of Death - The Chatham Singers
                                                                                                  7/Medway Wheelers - The Buff Medways
                                                                                                  8/You Piss Me Off - The Buffets

                                                                                                  C1/

                                                                                                  1/Joe Strummer's Grave - The Musicians Of The British Empire
                                                                                                  2/Snack Crack - The Musicians Of The British Empire
                                                                                                  3/Christmas 1979 - The Musicians Of The British Empire
                                                                                                  4/Polygraph Test - The Guy Hamper Trio
                                                                                                  5/We Spartan Dreggs (Be Fine) - The Spartan Dreggs
                                                                                                  6/Headlong Fly The Achaeans - The Spartan Dreggs
                                                                                                  7/A Shropshire Lad - The Spartan Dreggs

                                                                                                  C2/

                                                                                                  1/A Song For Kylie Minogue – CTMF
                                                                                                  2/In A Parallel World – CTMF
                                                                                                  3/Something's Missing Inside – CTMF
                                                                                                  4/All Our Forts Are With You – CTMF
                                                                                                  5/Cadillac - The Dear Watsons
                                                                                                  6/It's So Hard To Be Happy - The Shall I Say Quois
                                                                                                  7/CTMF – CTMF

                                                                                                  Holly Golightly

                                                                                                  Singles Round-Up

                                                                                                    Holly Golightly (real name) started her musical career as a founder member of all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees, a Billy Childish /
                                                                                                    Thee Headcoats splinter group in 1991. She spent four years as a Headcoatee before breaking away to release her debut record, The Good Things, in 1995. Where the Headcoatees sound was a blend of girl group sounds and three-chord garage-rock with all the original songs coming from the pen of Billy Childish, Holly's solo sound is more a blend of pre-rock electric blues, folk rock, and less frantic rock 'n' roll. Apart from the wide range of covers of such artists as Willie Dixon, Ike Turner, Lee Hazelwood, Wreckless Eric, and Bill Withers, Golightly also writes most of her own material.

                                                                                                    Holly Golightly is definitely the most interesting and diverse artist to come out of the Billy Childish school and is certainly one of the better singer/songwriters of the post-grunge era who gets better with every album. Since her debut in 1995, Golightly has been very prolific, releasing a string of classic long play records and loads of singles for a wide variety of labels as well as touring extensively in America, Australia & Europe. This double vinyl LP, (or single CD newly packaged in a digipack) compiles Holly's first twelve 7” singles, A & B-sides. It includes the bluesy 'No Big Thing' with its bar-room piano and harmonica backing, the dirty guitar-driven 'Til I Get, the shuffling brushed drums and double bass of 'Come The Day, the haunting vocal and bottleneck guitar of 'Stain' and finishes with a brilliant up-tempo cover of Pavement's 'Box Elder'.

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    1. Virtually Happy
                                                                                                    2. The Ride #1
                                                                                                    3. No Big Thing
                                                                                                    4. My Own Sake
                                                                                                    5. 'Til I Get
                                                                                                    6. Waiting Room
                                                                                                    7. I Can't Be Trusted
                                                                                                    8. Card Table
                                                                                                    9. No Hope Bar
                                                                                                    10. Believe Me #1
                                                                                                    11. Come The Day
                                                                                                    12. In You
                                                                                                    13. Believe Me #2
                                                                                                    14. Stain
                                                                                                    15. Won't Go Out
                                                                                                    16. Too Late Now
                                                                                                    17. Sand
                                                                                                    18. Lonesome Town
                                                                                                    19. Your Love Is Mine
                                                                                                    20. Laughing To Keep From Crying
                                                                                                    21. Listen
                                                                                                    22. Rain Down Rain
                                                                                                    23. You Shine
                                                                                                    24. Box Elder

                                                                                                    More Memphis, more Fuzz, more greasy foot-beating, party-greeting, soul-treating maximum RnB. And yes, more Cowbell. Jack Sandham (Guitar/Keys/Vox) and Wednesday Lyle (Drums/Vox) have straddled the Atlantic with the beat stampede of their songbook so far, but Haunted Heart sees them walk down the dark end of the street, drawing on Atlantic-era Ray Charles and Dusty, while still keeping on creeping on with the sweaty-hand shaky knee Garage rock ear-worms. From the Sun Studio, Cramps-like swagger of the title track, to the paranoid Coasters swing and Doors-keys of None Of Your Business, Jack’s urgent vocals yelp out from the first needle drop, stepping aside for Wednesday’s wink of the eye on the Holly Golighty/Black Lips femme-fatale fury of Downlow, which sounds like it’s been ripped straight from the beating heart of the Fillmore during the Summer Of Love.

                                                                                                    Produced by the band themselves at Soup studios in Limehouse, London, their early raw bare-bones sound has now been fully expanded with Jack’s sandpaper grit guitars and Wednesday’s freight train rhythms chased down with some glitchy synths and vintage organs (Doom train/Neon blue) as well as a drop of Delta gospel Blues on Nothing But Trouble (also incidentally the first Cowbell song ever to actually feature a Cowbell). Otis and Pickett-era horns breathe seductively into the swampy-stomp of What Am I Supposed To Do, while New Kind Of Love tiptoes onstage with its alluring smokey jazz piano as Wednesday brings a beautifully casual Peggy Lee type Fever to the microphone.But it’s with the curtain-closers on both sides of wax that 

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    1: Haunted Heart
                                                                                                    2: None Of Your Business
                                                                                                    3: Downlow
                                                                                                    4: Doom Train
                                                                                                    5: Neon Blue
                                                                                                    6: Something's Gotta Give
                                                                                                    7: Nothing But Trouble
                                                                                                    8: What Am I Supposed To Do?
                                                                                                    9: New Kinda Love
                                                                                                    10: Stop Breaking Your Own Heart
                                                                                                    11: No Wrong

                                                                                                    Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the debut long player from The Senior Service. A thrilling musical journey tinged with the filmic hues of bygone celluloid classics. Here you’ll find it all; excitement, action, romance, intrigue! Each song tells its own story – no words are necessary. As with all great instrumental music, it weaves its web of magic through the light and shade created from the brush of keys, plucking of strings and beating of skins, with the occasional splash of colour provided by brass, vibes and theremin (naturally) – this exquisite combination alone conjures up its narrative. A year or so back, Johnny purchased his first Hammond Organ. Being in love with the depth of sound and, yes, emotion, that flows, oozes and blasts from this monumental beast from an early age, it was time that Mr. B succumbed. There was a game plan – to form a band and attack the classics, tracks made famous by such giants of the Hammond as Georgie Fame and Booker T. It was a good plan and it was a plan that began to take shape. But then…

                                                                                                    …The band – four like-minded old friends sharing a love for the thematic majesty created by the likes of John Barry and Barry Gray – reconsidered and it was quickly decided upon to pen wholly original material, to follow in the colossal footprints of those sultans of the soundtrack. Colossal footprints undoubtedly, but the impassioned quartet of Johnny, Graham, Darryl and Wolf collectively lifted the hallowed mantle and strived to build their own set of purely instrumental tunes. What emerged was a collection of songs with an orchestral sensibility juxtaposed with an urgent garage rock crash bang wallop! It was completely unique but had a comforting familiarity that would take the listener back to the greatest scenes from some of their favourite movies. The fruit of these endeavours is now in your hand, packaged under the title of The Girl in the Glass Case – a title inspired by an original Wolf Howard poem. From the first unexpected crash of Snake Charmer that attacks you like the crack of a rattlesnake’s tail, to the final hushed piano coda of Bees, via the European flavoured intrigue of Into the Tunnel and exhilarating Mexican romance of Five Beans in the Wheel, you are completely immersed in the world of The Senior Service. So please indulge and enjoy. The Girl in the Glass Case awaits you.
                                                                                                    Roberto Rocket February 2016

                                                                                                    Thee Spivs are back with their third album in as many years and with ‘The Crowds and The Sounds’ they’ve honed their canny blend of trad punk, garage punk, post punk, new wave, classic English rock’n’roll and pub rock to create a magnificently varied album. Dare we say, these young men have matured, with Ben Edge proving his worth as an accomplished songwriter. Drawing from a more diverse array of influences, Thee Spivs have lapped up and reimagined sounds from bands such as The Television Personalities, The Ramones and early Wire. The new album is a natural progression from their critically acclaimed debut ‘Taped Up’ (which landed the band an early Mojo Rising feature and a Guardian New Band of the Day piece as well as praise in The Sunday Times and Artrocker) and last year’s ‘Black and White Memories’ (with reviews including Q, Uncut and BBC). ‘The Crowds and The Sounds’ is instantly more melodic and you can see additional influences from the very British qualities of The Kinks. The songs are slowed down and slightly longer in length, with a lot more thought and work in to each one than the furiously fast, punchy numbers from their early records.

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    1. Social Network
                                                                                                    2. Outside Myself
                                                                                                    3. The Crowds And The Sounds
                                                                                                    4. Straight Out Of Art School
                                                                                                    5. Weathered Men
                                                                                                    6. Mickey Pearce Waved Goodbye
                                                                                                    7. Heroin Pin Ups
                                                                                                    8. Lets Talk About The Weather
                                                                                                    9. Jigsaw Man
                                                                                                    10. Mozart’s Locked Away

                                                                                                    The Jimi Ben Band

                                                                                                    Royal Baboon / Monkeys In Da House

                                                                                                    Debut single from French 3-piece electronic garage band, The Jimi Ben Band. Based in Lille, France, they came to our attention having played with Thee Spivs. We strongly suggest you YouTube the video to experience the full majesty and psychedelic majesty of the band.

                                                                                                    Once upon a time, Jimi Ben found himself lost in the jungle. He had been wandering in South East Asia for years and could find no way out. One night he was cruising for dirt and love, he got struck by sexedelic visions emerging from the red lights of go-go bars. An inner baboon voice told him: “Jimi ! Bad is good for you. Why don’t you set up a Rock’N’Roll band ?”. That’s exactly what he did. Back in his hometown (Stockton, Northern France), he was taught by long time friend Ricky Love how to play power chords on a guitar and recorded a first LP demo on a 4 tracks tape recorder in his kitchen.In December 2009, Johnny Boom (drums) joined Ricky Love (bass, vocals) and Jimi Ben (vocals, guitars) for their first show and further DIY tape recordings (Monkeys In Da House EP – 2011). Mainly influenced by American Garage bands, 60’s British Beat groups, Surf Music, Punk Rock and New Wave, these slackers like it rather cheesy, danceable and fun. The Jimi Ben Band started as a lo-fi garage trio. Since then, they have performed about 40 shows in France and Belgium and developed a degenerate style based on energy, coconut vocals and great amounts of reverb. They have made it quite clear that they wanted nothing but having girls dancing at gigs.

                                                                                                    Thee Spivs

                                                                                                    Black And White Memories

                                                                                                    Thee Spivs are back with their second album in November, following their debut from 2010 the critically acclaimed ‘Taped Up’.

                                                                                                    ‘Black And White Memories’ was recorded in East London at Gizzard studios with Ed Deegan at the controls over the summer, it features 14 new tracks. This album shows how the band have progressed and matured over the last year, alongside storming garage & 77 Punk tracks like the lead single ‘TV Screen’ and ‘Flicking V’s’ there are even a couple of ballads! The band recently played the MOJO awards gigs at London’s 100 Club alongside the Jim Jones Revue and they are heading back over to Europe for another string of dates in late October. Thee Spivs are Ben Edge (Git/Vox) Dan May (bass) and Steve Coley (drums) Rock ‘N’ Roll hasn’t been this much fun for years, give it a try, you might like it!


                                                                                                    Cyanide Pills

                                                                                                    Cyanide Pills

                                                                                                      After their first two 7” singles last year the Cyanide Pills are ready to launch their loud & snotty debut album… Exploding out of the speakers this 19 track album is bursting with some of the best Pop-punk tunes we’ve heard in years. Think of The Boys, The Briefs, Dickies and you’ll get it. The Cyanide Pills are from Leeds, UK and have been playing around for a few years, this is pure, very British punk rock with a great pop sensibility, they are heading out with the Cute Lepers in May and the will be doing a full tour later in the year.

                                                                                                      This is from SugarBuzz Magazine… 'love the Cyanide Pill's tinny, spontaneous, cheap-sounding, production value, too. It sounds raw, and real...Americans tend to Pro-Tool the life outta everything, nowadays. They polish it 'til it becomes a product, loses all it's charm, and truthfulness. The 'Pills aren't merely eager young puppets, being master-minded by some grey haired old fart producer. I'm glad they ain't got nobody editing out all the raggedy, heart-felt bits! Man, the CYANIDE PILLS are fucking great! They're fun, boppy, now. Truly, the nazz. Bubblegum lyrics about politics and teenage alienation. They look terrific. You're sure to dig 'em. if you like real rock'n'roll. Seek them out, NOW'.

                                                                                                      Nat Johnson & The Figureheads

                                                                                                      Wonderful Emergency / Don't Worry Baby

                                                                                                      Nat Johnson is the former singer, songwriter and guitarist of Monkey Swallows the Universe - a Sheffield based five piece band who released two critically acclaimed albums earlier in the decade, toured the UK with Richard Hawley, the Long Blondes and Camera Obscura, were profiled in The Sun and the Guardian, played a host of festivals and performed live sessions for the likes of XFM, 6music and Radio 4's Loose Ends. Since the band split in 2008 Nat has embarked on what has so far proved to be a very fruitful solo career with her single for Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation "Dirty Rotten Soul" which is on the album and made Single of the Week by Steve Lamacq on 6 Music. Now with her debut album all recorded Nat has assembled a new backing band The Figureheads (featuring MSTU co-founder Kevin Gori, Chris Loftus of Fury of the Headteachers and Neil Piper of Champion Kickboxer) for a series of gigs throughout the Summer and Autumn - all leading up to the release of debut album "Roman Radio" on the 19th of October preceded by the double 'A' side single "Wonderful Emergency" c/w "Don't Worry Baby".

                                                                                                      The Headcoatees

                                                                                                      Bozstik Haze

                                                                                                        The Headcoatees were Holly Golightly, Ludella Black, Kyra Rubella & Bongo Debbie, they released seven studio albums, a singles compilation and a split live album with Thee Headcoats. Thee Headcoatees played live along with Thee Headcoats from 1990–1999 when they split followed a year later by Thee Headcoats. Holly Golightly has gone on to release 13 solo albums and too many singles to mention, plus notable guest appearances on records by Rocket From The Crypt, The White Stripes and Mikabomb. Ludella Black was a founder member of legendary Medway band the DelMonas and has also released two solo albums with another planned for 2008 and is currently out on tour with The Masonics. Kyra Rubella released one solo album and singles on quite a few labels in the 1990's, she also did a single with Armitage Shanks in 1996. Kyra is currently in The A-Lines along with Debbie and Julie from The Musicians Of The British Empire. Bongo Debbie is currently in various bands including The Buffets, The A-Lines, and Dutronc and before that was also in The Would Be Goods, Honey & The Hucksters, Baby Birkin and probably a lot more besides.


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