The Worst - The Worst

Depois de dias de problemas pra acessar o blogger, finalmente eu volto pra fechar o ano direitinho. Formados no fim dos anos 80/começo dos 90 em Vancouver, Canada, o som dos caras é bem legal, algo entre o purismo dos primeiros do Chesterfield Kings e a crueza do The Fiends (inclusive, o vocalista dessa banda também canta nos Fiends). Os compositores da banda eram excelentes, como se percebe em faixas como Get That Thing, Lucky Guy e Telling you True. Pelo que eu vi, lançaram uma demo antes desse disco, alguns EPs, um último LP e acabaram, mas qualquer informação extra na banda seria muito bem vinda.
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After days of trouble on acessing blogger, finally I come back to close the year properly. Formed somewhere between the late 80s / early 90s in Vancouver, Canada, the sound of these guys is very cool, something between the purism of early Chesterfield Kings and the Fiends' rawness (actually, their singer was also the Fiends'). The band has good songwriters, as seen in tracks like Get That Thing, Lucky Girl and Telling You True. As far as I'm concerned, they released a demo before that album, a few EPs, a last LP and broke up, but any extra info on the band would be very welcome.

1. Little White Lies
2. Stop Wasting my Time
3. Telling you True
4. Afraid of the Dark
5. Get That Thing
6. Heretic
7. Can't Stand this Love
8. Your Love Tonight
9. I Don't Want You
10. Gonna Change your Mind
11. Lucky Guy
12. Set me Free

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VA - These Cats Ain't Nothing But Trash!

Não achei maiores informações sobre a compilação, exceto que foi lançada em 1983 pela excelente Big Beat records. Não sei quanto a vocês, mas um disco da Big Beat que tenha Milkshakes já é o suficient pra mim, mas ainda temos os Sting-Rays e seu garage-billy (não sei nenhuma palavra melhor pro que eles tocam) e os Cannibals que fazem um garage excelente e que eu não conhecia até arrumar essa pérola. Destaque pra Before the Night Is Through e Please Don't Tell my Baby (Milkshakes), I Want my Woman, Dinosaurs e a versão insana de Hidden Charms (do genial Willie Dixon) pelos Sting-Rays e as 4 faixas dos Cannibals, uma grata surpresa pra mim.

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I couldn't found bigger info about the comp, except that it's been released in 1983 by Big Beat Records. I don't know about you, but any Big Beat release with Milkshakes tracks in it has already proved itself worth a listen to me, specially when you have the Sting-Rays and their garage-billy (sorry, I have no better name for their sound) and the Cannibals, who play an excellent garage rock with a bit of psychobilly here and there, who were unknown to me till I found this record. Highlights go to Before the Night is Over and Please Don't Tell my Baby (by the Milkshakes), I Want my Woman, Dinosaurs and the insane version of Hidden Charms by the Sting-Rays and the 4 Cannibals tracks, a grateful surprise to me.

1. The Milkshakes - Before the Night is Over
2. The Milkshakes - Nothing Said
3. The Milkshakes - Please Don't Tell my Baby
4. The Milkshakes - It's Gonna Be
5. The Sting-Rays - I Want my Woman
6. The Sting-Rays - The Cat
7. The Sting-Rays - Hidden Charms
8. The Sting-Rays - Dinosaurs
9. The Sting-Rays - Math of the Mind
10. The Cannibals - Light Bulb Blues
11. The Cannibals - Can`t Seem to Make you Mine
12. The Cannibals - Weekend on Mars
13. The Cannibals - Come See Me

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Have You the Nerve to Face the Woody Peakers

Formada em 1986, na Itália, os Woody Peakers fazem um som extremamente lo-fi, cheio de fuzz e vários riffs de órgão. Aparentemente, esse disco foi gravado na garagem de um dos caras, num gravador de 4 canais, mas apesar da produção tosca (ou ausente), o disco não deixa a desejar, seja com os covers de Writing on the Wall (uma das minhas músicas favoritas, aqui apresentada mais rápida que o normal) ou It's a Cryin' Shame ou com petardos de composição própria, como Shake my Colors, a banda mostra a que veio e não desaponta, mesmo em canções mais lentas como Bad Song ou o cover de A Message to a Pretty, provando que a Itália é um berço de maravilhas esquecidas do revival.
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Formed in 1986 in Italy, the Woody Peakers do an extremely fuzzy and lo-fi sound, full of crazy organ riffs here and there. Apparently, this album was recorded in the garage they used to rehearse in a 4-track recorder, but despite the raw (or absent) production, the album isn't a let downer, in it's covers, like Writing on the Wall (one of my fav songs, here played faster than usual) or It's a Cryin Shame, with their own material like Shake my Colors, the band shows what they're here for and won't disappoint, even playing slower stuff like Bad Song or the cover to Message to a Pretty, reassuring Italy as a craddle of forgotten wonders to garage revival.

1.It's a crying shame
2.Firestone
3.She's going on
4.Ricordarmi
5.Bad song
6.Shake my colours'88
7.Killer baby
8.Beat solution
9.Route 66
10.Writing on the wall
11.Message to pretty
12.Blackout of Gretely

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Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg

O Killer dispensa apresentações, e poucos discos na história têm tanta energia e insanidade quanto esse. Com a carreira em baixa na época, devido a infindáveis escândalos e o surgimento das bandas da chamada invasão britânica, o homem tá possesso nesse disco. A banda de apoio, os Nashville Teens, mal consegue acompanhar Jerry Lee, que aumentou a velocidade de TODAS as músicas, transformando até mesmo o standard do country "Your Cheatin' Heart" num boogie safado e maldoso. Tive a oportunidade de ver a lenda uns meses atrás, e enquanto ele não tem mais 20 anos nem sobe no piano, dá pra ver nos olhos do cara : Se alguém é o rei da primeira onda do rock'n'roll, esse cara é sem dúvida alguma Jerry Lee Lewis, e nenhum dos problemas ou merdas da vida pessoal dele pode mudar isso. Baixem isso, é rock'n'roll do jeito que tem que ser, um disco do nível do Live at Leeds ou do primeiro James Brown Live at the Apollo.

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The Killer needs no introduction, and few albums in history have so much energy and sheer insanity as this one. With his career at the lowest point, due to a number of scandals and the start of the british invasion, the man is pissed as he can in this album. The support band, the Nasvhile Teens, can barely keep up with Jerry Lee, that speed up EVERY song, turning even the country standard "Your Cheatin' Heart" in aq mean'n nasty boogie. I had the oportunity to see the legend a few months ago and, while he's not in his 20s climbing the piano anymore, you can see it in his eyes : If there was ever someone to be named the king of the first wave of Rock'n'roll, this man is Jerry Lee Lewis, and none of his problems or personal shit can change that. Download this, it's pure rock'n'roll as it should be, an album to be side by side with Live at Leeds or the first James Brown live at the Apollo.

1. Mean Woman Blues

2. High School Confidential

3. Money (That's What I Want)

4. Matchbox

5. What'd I Say, Pt. 1

6. What'd I Say, Pt. 2

7. Great Balls of Fire

8. Good Golly Miss Molly

9. Lewis Boogie

10. Your Cheatin' Heart

11. Hound Dog

12. Long Tall Sally

13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

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The Real Kids - The Real Kids

Formado em 1972 por John Felice, ex-guitarrista dos fabulosos Modern Loves, o som dos Real Kids é algo entre os Ramones e os Flamin' Groovies, powerpop/punk rock de qualidade altíssima. Esse primeiro disco foi lançado em 1978 e apesar de não ter vendido na época, é considerado um clássico (justificado) hoje em dia. Do rockabilly de All Kindsa Girls até a quase MC5 Reggae Reggae, nenhuma faixa no disco desaponta, com destaque pras duas faixas já citadas, o boogie punk de Do the Boob e o excelente cover de My Way do Eddie Cochran (um clássico subestimado). Em tempos de sintetizadores e calças coloridas, é sempre bom lembrar o que é powerpop DE VERDADE.

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Formed in 1972 by John Felice, ex-guitarist of the equally fabulous Modern Loves, the sound of the Real Kids stays between the Ramones and the Flamin' Groovies, powerpop / punk rock of the highest quality. Their debut album was released in 1978, and despite the poor sales, it's now regarded as a (justified classic). From the rockabilly of All Kindsa Girls to the nearly MC5 Reggae Reggae, there's not letdown in this album, with highlights going to the above mentioned tracks, the punk boogie of Do the Boob and the excellent cover of My Way, by Eddie Cochran (an underrated classic). In times of coloured trousers and synthethizers, it's always nice to remember what's REAL powerpop.

1. All Kindsa Girls
2. Solid Gold (Thru and Thru)
3. Rave On
4. Better Be good
5. Taxi Boys
6. Just Like Darts
7. She´s Alright
8. My Baby´s Book
9. Roberta
10. Do the Boob
11. My way
12. Reggae, Reggae

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