GB36: Charlie and The Moonhearts-"I Think You're Swell"

Band: Charlie and The Moonhearts

Title: I Think You're Swell

Release Date: 2007

Catalog Number: GB 36

Notes: 150 black, 150 red vinyl

Format: 7" record

Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A1: I Think You're Swell A2: Thee T-Rex Song B1: Chickachika (Bangbang) B2: ...of Robbling Banks

Band Members:

Roland (guitar), Charlie (drums), Mikal (bass)

Reviews:

The type of trash-punk done only the way the Californian's can do it. Charlie and his Moonheart pals take the tempo and hit the gas harder give the sound a new kind of kick it's been in need of. Four loud and fast blasts of garagepunk that actually feels like the brashiest yet swankiest of PUNK. Guitar amp speakers sound like their gonna scream mercy at any second, a drummer who might be turning blue because he don't have time to breath cuz he's too busy knocking out a manic non stop beat and a singer jumping between a hillbilly wail, a 60's caveman grunt and a raw throated scream. Sure, there's a billion of bands still out there doing this kind of sound but by fucking with it these guys are doing it right. (smashintransistors.blogspot.com/)

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GB14: The Functional Blackouts-"1-900-Get-Inside"

Band: The Functional Blackouts

Title: 1-900-Get-Inside

Release Date: 2003

Catalog Number: GB 14

Notes: 300 copies

Format: 7" record

Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A: 1-900-Get-Inside B:Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick

Band Members:

Mac Blackout (vocals, guitar), Dirt Mark (bass), Chris "dR.fILTH" Fist (vocals, guitar), Ron Cozumel (drums)

Reviews:

Another hit from Goodbye Boozy, this time from Chicago’s newest noise makers. The A-Side, “1-900-get-Inside”, is a straight killer from the sessions that spawned their debut single for Electrorock Records, and is unavailable elsewhere. The flip is from their soon-to-be classic debut LP on Criminal IQ, but you NEED this A-Side, trust me. Ryan Kill-A-Watt once told me these guys were “better than any other stupid punk bands out there,” and his words were oh so true. As always, limited to 300 copies, and Gabriele always has more winners lined-up. Give me more. (RK)

I'd heard a lot of good stuff about these guys, and from the sounds of this it looks like this is on of those rare cases of the hype being well deserved. The title track is a quick, nasty blast of pure punk rock served up like it should be: with loads of aggression and snotty as hell. The whole song just blisters along building up momentum for the finale where they finally break into a coda of "1-900-Get-Inside." I like a band that makes you wait for your chorus…it builds anticipation and all that. The B-side doesn't disappoint either. It's over and done with before you know it starts, but it left me wanting to spin it again. This single wouldn't have sounded out of place on Rip Off during the glory years of the mid-nineties. Really good, and I can't wait to hear the LP. This is a limited edition of 300, so snatch it up quick or get left out. (SS)

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GB22: BBQ-"Take a Message"

Band: BBQ

Title: Take a Message

Release Date: 2004

Catalog Number: GB 22

Notes: 300 copies

Format: 7" record

Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A1: Take a Message A2: Busy Signal B: Hang It Up

Band Members:

BBQ (vocals, guitars, drums)

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GB34 Choyce - "Won't You Come Back"

Band: Choyce
Title: Won't You Come Back
Release Date: 2007
Catalog Number: GB 34
Notes: 300 copies
Format: 7" record
Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A: Won't You Come Back B1: One Way Ticket B2: Demon Mouche

Band Members:

Choyce (Vocals, guitar, drums)

Reviews:

World Traveller and all around Renaissance man of trash-rock Choyce (Daylight Lovers, Les Sexareenos, CPC Gangbangs, Luxury Rides and a bunch more I am leaving out) gets really real gone, pretty much goes it alone (Chi of Spaceshits, Del Gators lends some noise, Scat Rag Boosters Edouard gets it all on tape) and makes just as much racket as he does in any other circumstance."Won't You Come back" is slide bar murder blues field recorded from a cocaine swamp. Then "One Way Ticket" runs around like a rockabilly chicken with it's head cut off inside of dilapidated barn full of spring reverb & raunchy porno while the instro "Demon Mouche" sits on the backporch watching the sun go down and awaiting on the UFO's to return to mutilate the herd with toy laser guns.

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GB23 River City Tanlines - "Gimme Whatever"

Band: River City Tanlines
Title: Gimme Whatever
Release Date: 2005
Catalog Number: GB 23
Notes: 300 copies
Format: 7" record
Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A: Time 2 Get Right B: Gimme Whatever

Band Members:

Alicja (Vocals, guitar), Matthew (Bass), Patrick (Drums)

Reviews:

A-Side sounds to me like a Dictators rock-inspired anthem as interpreted by Alicja, including a brief, yet wailing, guitar solo. I find myself enjoying its subtle power more with each listen. "Gimme Whatever" is more in line with what you're probably expecting, a faster/punker song with a choppy little chorus, lyrics about a self-destructive man/boy, and a bass solo. Yes, I just said bass solo. And it's a good one at that. Better than their first single, in that I find myself becoming more drawn to this band the less they sound like Lost Sounds ultra-damage. It's nice hearing Alicja in a more convential rock setting, and her voice suits the material just fine. Bonus points awarded for not sounding like it was recorded at Tape Hiss is Good Studios. Clearer/crisper recording works for this trio. Mastered by some dude named Jay Lindsey. Never heard of him. And if not for the Dutchmasters sleeve, this record would be front-runner for 7" artwork of the year. Scum Stats: Goodbye Boozy, 300 pressed, don't act like you weren't warned.(RK)
Okay, I tried to avoid making the cliché girl band comparisons, but with this song I just can’t help it: “Time 2 Get Right” sounds like the Riff Randells’ tougher, older sisters’ best attempt at writing a Joan Jett-esque, mid-tempoed rock anthem. If that’s something similar to what Alicja was thinking when she wrote this song, I’d say she pulled it off fairly well. The B-side, however, is by FAR the stronger of the two songs here. “Gimmie Whatever” is a desperately catchy tune about an eternal rock n roll problem: a lack of action and the quest thereof. This tune is easily the River City Tanlines finest moment to date in my humble opinion, and it’s right up there with some of Alicja’s best work. You should already know by now what a complement that is. (SS)

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GB12 Royal Routes - "Medium Middle Madie"

Band: Royal Routes
Title: Medium Middle Madie
Release Date: 2003
Catalog Number: GB 12
Notes: 300 copies
Format: 7" record
Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A: Medium Middle Madie B: Humdrum Humbugsnake Run

Band Members:

Martin (Vocals, guitar, harp), Édouard (Guitar), Danny (Drums)

Reviews:

I don’t know what the hell is in the water in Montreal, but here we have yet another mighty nice platter from the land of Les Habs and poutaine. The Routes are two-thirds of the Scat Rag Boosters plus Spaceshit/Sexareeno/Del-Gator Skid Marks/Colonel Lingus/Dorito Dan (That’s all one person. You need to take notes to keep track of these guys). Twin guitar wall of slop/static delivered over pounding skins that’s as close to blues as it gets for North of the border. The B-Side throws some wild harp playing into the fray for a slow stomping chug-a-lug of a track. Both sides are magnificent, think Scat Rags crossed with the Gang Bangs mean streak. This record makes it an even dozen singles for Goodbye Boozy without a clunker in the bunch. That’s pretty remarkable. And as always, pressed in a limited edition of 300, so start looking. (RK)

Man, best shorty I've heard in a coon's age. Nothing innovative or hat-pop-offa-bean wild on here, just some great groovin' rock 'n roll (like that ain't enough???) that's having too much fun to be concerned with what might be trendy this month in those trend-spots I keep hearing aboot (yup -- Canadia alert). Band contains a couple Scat Rag Boosters, and you can sho-nuff hear it. Drummer does that cool, off kilter stutter beat that Jamis (Mystery Girls) and That One Guy (Deadly Snakes) employ when they wanna' draw extra shuffle action from a 4/4. Special alert -- unexplained alliteration subtext contained within. Almost (nearly) makes me wanna' dance! Look out, ladies! (TK)

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GB09 Scat Rag Boosters - "I Meant It"

Band: Scat Rag Boosters
Title: I Meant It
Release Date: 2002
Catalog Number: GB 09
Notes: 300 copies
Format: 7" record
Speed: 45rpm

Tracklist:

A: I Meant It B: Someday Baby

Band Members:

Serge Gendron (Vocals, guitar), Martin Dupras (Vocals, guitar),
Édouard Larocque (Drums)

Reviews:

Ah Montreal… Ah Canada… I was just there you know…really… I was up visiting Shaun Anagram, record shopping and all that jazz… They didn’t have the jazz festival going on, but I still had a blast… There are all these sex shops up there…it’s weird… New York has gotten so clean with that stuff…I’ve forgotten… It’s like people can’t get laid up in Montreal or something so they need all these sex shops, even the women… What they really NEED is more drugs…
Anyway, that’s where the Scat Rag Boosters were from…Montreal. A lofi roar of garage rock ‘n’ roll much like those southern belles at Goner Records. If you’re into the Oblivians/Reatards/Persuaders vibe then you HAVE to hear the ‘Booster…R.I.P… Yeah, they’re long gone…but vinyl…that shit lives FOREVER! IMMORTALITY! (JD)

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