Mariachi Mexteca feat. Hugh Cornwell: Golden Brown

Now I'm of two minds on this one. Love that 'ole that former Strangler Hugh C. is willing to re-visit the catalog in a fitting-yet-unexpected way but also leery of this move towards becoming Hugh Cornwell and the Tijuana Brass. Whatever else, the sheer joy on everyone's face as they do this thing is sorta infectious - party with me, punker!

Love, hate or WTF? 

Let us know your take 

on this one in the 

COMMENTS section!


Once again I'm indebted to Dangerous Minds for this one.

Redd Kross: Researching the Blues (Full Stream Available)

Redd Kross's full-blooded return-to-magnificence, Researching the Blues (full stream here), is out this week, offering a chance to right the wrong the world made by ignoring their 1997 masterpiece, Show World. The long-running LA punk/rock/pop band have joined the roster of Merge Records, adding another jewel to that label's indie-king crown. The album itself is a monster of rock riffage and pop hookage - for stone-cold proof check out the first single "Stay Away From Downtown".





Despite the band's claim that "we're getting uglier everyday", their power-pop in fact grows more beautiful every year, as songs like "Dracula's Daughters " and "One of the Good Ones" will surely prove. Of course, the band keep the power side of the bargain here on rockers like "Uglier" and "Choose to Play". And, as if  if revitalized by Steve McDonald's participation in Keith Morris' explosive hardcore-revival band, OFF!, Redd Kross keep things relentless here, wrapping up the whole album in thirty-two minutes. Don't call it a comeback, Redd Kross (and their innumerable side-projects) have been here for years. Last time around, Redd Kross got lost in the guitar-rock glut of this mid-nineties but this time it looks like a rock-starved world is finally gonna do it's fuckin' research.
(more Redd Kross on MRML can be found HERE!)


Redd Kross Hompage

Steve Earle: Uncut Gems (1998)

This collection of old Steve Earle (more HERE) demos was pressed as a limited edition of 1,800 back in the 1998 and now sells for almost $100.00 on Amazon.





Tracklist (updated by Steve from Boston - thanks!)

1. Some Blue Moons Ago (Steve Earle, Richard Bennett)
2. She's So Mean (Steve Earle, Walter Carter)
3. No. 29 (Steve Earle)
4. Somethin' To Hold On To (Steve Earle)
5. I'm Not Gettin' Any Better At Goodbyes (Steve Earle) [performed by Ray Cobb]
6. Promise You Anything (Steve Earle, Maria McKee, Patrick Sugges) [performed by Maria McKee]
7. Sometimes She Forgets (Steve Earle)
8. Tom Ames' Prayer (Steve Earle)
9. She Can't Break My Heart (Steve Earle, Alice Randall)
10. When The Mornin' Comes (Steve Earle, Dave Gibson)
11. The First Fool In Line (Steve Earle) [performed by Ray Cobb]
12. Someone's Got To Do It (Steve Earle, Alice Randall) [perhaps performed by Ray Cobb]
13. Hot Enough For Ya (Steve Earle, Walter Carter)
14. For Better Or Worse (Steve Earle) [performed by Ray Cobb]
15. Heatin' Up (Steve Earle, Walter Carter)
16. Hole In My Heart (Steve Earle, Richard J. Dobson)
17. I'm Still Around (Steve Earle, Jimbeau Hinson) [performed by Pebble Daniels]
18. You Tear Me Up (Steve Earle, Alice Randall)
19. I Won't Be Your Next In Line (Steve Earle)
20. My Old Friend The Blues (Steve Earle)  

Hey Earle fans, you want more?

There's a lot of rare stuff left in the vaults.

Let us know the COMMENTS section!



Support the artist!

Homepage

iTunes

Amazon

MySpace

Pussy Riot Redux

Spencer Ackeman, punk rock aficionado and foreign policy wonk wrote an insightful and in-depth article on the punk, politics and Pussy Riot on the same day I wrote my little blurb about the band. Not unsurprisingly, we both referenced Profane Existence's slogan "Making Punk a Threat Again" as our part of our central idea but I only read his piece today via The Daily Dish.

Bob Marley vs. Green Day: Get Up, Hitch A Ride, 2012

Y'know back in the last decade, the mash-up seemd like a charming novelty. Then, gradually, the internet seemed to turn into one giant mash-up factory. This particular musical mash-up, by G3RSt, skillfully intersects Bob Marley's dorm-reggae standard "Get Up, Stand Up" with Green Day's punky blues-rock hit, "Hitchin' A Ride". By combining a song that you grew tired of years ago with a song many people never warmed to in the first place, this creation both creates a fascinating new thing and makes you reconsider the old things. Good work, internet.





This post comes via the excellent/culture/music/politics blog Dangerous Minds (who got it from Audioporn Central, I gather).