Ten inch records are the forgotten treasures of my library. They’re housed in a little side section of my entertainment center, and most are rarely touched. This is why a couple of weeks ago I decided to have a marathon listening session of those very records.
These sort of releases generally form a handful of different types of material. They can be extended singles filled with previously unreleased bonus tracks (Guided By Voices, Jesus & Mary Chain). They can be rarities collections of b-sides or outtakes (The Clash, Bad Brains). Or they can be fully-fledged brand new releses (Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis, The Coolies).
Plus, this theme allows me to celebrate the 11th year anniversary of the reunion of The Replacements! Songs For Slim came out on March 5, 2013, and this obviously led to their hitting the road a year later. Topping off their set, I also included the cover of “Route 66” that was the highlight of their 1987 “Alex Chilton” EP.
Thanks also must go to various folks that had suggestions for tonight’s show, including the band White Rose Motor Oil, who contributed the tracks of the last set of tonight’s broadcast.
March 13th, 2024. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #602 – Tonight’s mission was to promote the upcoming record release party for MALA VISTA this Friday at TV Eye!! Plus a set about “shuttin’ up” and lots of other killer tunes! Turn it up! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
This week’s continuation of last week’s new release episode features, once again, no drop off in quality. There’s plenty of great new music from both relatively new artists and longtime veterans. I mean, who could have guessed that we’d still have vital tunes from two of America’s first punk bands, T.S.O.L. and Nervous Eaters? Let alone the return of The Bevis Frond, the latest from super-prolific songwriter Daniel Romano, and a plethora of Australian bands?
Oh, and by the way, I’m looking for some suggestions for next week’s show. Earlier this week, I pulled out my collecton of ten-inch vinyl EP’s, and I’d like to do a broadcast based on those generally forgotten records. But I don’t have enough of these types of releases to fill a whole show, so please let me know some of your favorites of this format!
Metal stuff. Punk stuff. Rockin' stuff. Brand new stuff. Moldy old stuff. Fun for the whole family to hate.
Tell a friend.
Body Count | Bloodlust | Civil War(Century Media)2017
Insanity Alert | 666-Pack | Chronic State Of Hate(Season Of Mist)2019
Municipal Waste | Electrified Brain | High Speed Steel(Nuclear Blast)2022
Skeleton Pit | Lust To Lynch | Thrashorcism(MDD)2020
Ravager | Thrashletics | Kill For Nothing(Iron Shield Records)2019
Crisix | Against The Odds | Leech Breeder(Listenable Records)2018
Hellripper | Coagulating Darkness | Black Invocation(Diabolic Might Records)2017
Agression | Don't Be Mistaken | Secret Sex(Trust Records)1983
Bad Brains | Rock For Light | Rock For Light(PVC Records)1983
The Voids | Sounds Of Failure, Sounds Of Hope | Suburban Boredom(Dr. Strange Records)2007
Avengers | Avengers | No Martyr(Superior Viaduct)2015
Cran | Nate | Automne(Une Vie Pour Rien)2023
The Spits | The Spits (2000) | Tired & Lonely(Slovenly Records)2000
The Sex Organs | We're Fucked | Where Is My Dildo(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2024
The Devils | Let The World Burn | Killer's Kiss(Go Down Records)2024
The Stooges | Raw Power | Shake Appeal(Columbia)1973
Pure Hell | Noise Addiction | I Feel Bad(Puke N Vomit Records)2021
Hood Rats | Trash Party | Party Yourself To Death(Girlsville)2018
MORON'S MORONS | Indecent Exposure | Devil Sucks My Cock and Swallows(Slovenly Records)2018
The Cavemen | Ca$h 4 Scrap | Without You(Slovenly Records)2024
Nightmare Boyzzz | Bad Patterns | Problem Child(Slovenly Records)2013
Cyanide Pills | Cyanide Pills | Making Her Mind Up(Damaged Goods)2010
The Peacocks | Flamingo | Why Can't I Just Look the Other Way?(Concrete Jungle Records)2017
The Revelevens | Show Me On The Chicken Where The Music Touched You | Pervy Camp Counselor(Self Release)2006
Mad Marge And The Stonecutters | Mad Marge And The Stonecutters | Shake(Hairball 8)2006
Milwaukee Wildmen | Death's Deputy | You Spin Me(Tombstone Records)1997
The Minestompers | The Minestompers | Leprechaun Boogie(Crazy Love Records)2015
Splatter | ...From Hell To Eternity | Hot And Sweaty Already(Sector 2 Records)1994
Demented Are Go | Hellbilly Storm | Hellbilly Storm(People Like You)2005
Gutter Demons | Room 209 | Psycho-Rama(Pirates Records)2005
The Mutilators | She Put Baby In The Microwave! | Gay Love Song For Nick 13(Self Release)2009
This week’s show, after Jack (with Jim) raves Ray Charles: brand new T.S.O.L, Arab Strap, Pernice Brothers (with Neko Case), Michael Head, Torrey, Jane Weaver, and Neil Young, plus LaVern Baker, Nico, Steve Goodman, Jean Richie, Alton Ellis, Bee Gees, and Phil Ochs
Once again, the monthly new release show has to be expanded into a two-part extravaganza. 2023 is seriously shaping up to be a wonderful year for new music, as evidence not only by tonight’s show but all of our new release broadcasts so far this year.
As always, we have some tracks by “friends” of the show (Rob Moss, Dave Strong, Robbie Quine, Friends of Cesar Romero and others), some longtime faves (The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Laura Jane Grace, Keith Richards, etc.) and quite a few relative newcomers (Shadow Show, Mala Vista, Faz Waltz, and so much more).
But this episode also includes a couple of tunes by a record that could quite possibly end up being my favorite record of the year, the self-titled debut album by The Sleeveens on Dirtnap Records. This is the dirty garage/punk record I’ve been crdaving for quite some time, and I hope you folks all love it as much as I do.
And once again I have a late entry to the “Teenage Kicks” cover series, thanks to a fellow DJ who sent me a version set to be released in April by Canadian Music Hall of Famer Lee Aaron. The Undertones tune is part of a covers album titled “Tattoo Me”, which also includes remakes of songs by Elastica, Led Zeppelin, Nina Simone, and Elton John. Yeah, quite an odd assembly of songs.
Off to the ISLAND today to hang with dear friends and family for the weekend, so I'll have to pack some good cds I can spin in the car. Or I could just download my own damn show... On the playlist you'll find punk, stoner rock, hard rock, alternative, crossover, thrash and a cool tune recorded 71 years ago. Enjoy!
February 28th, 2024. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #601 – TONIGHT, we spun new tunes! You got somethin’ new?…..I’m spinnin’ two! Two-fers up the wazoo! Turn it up! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
As I’ve said before, I have a folder on one of my laptops that I keep around just to acccumulate cover tunes for episodes like this one. Once that folder is full, it’s time to broadcast! This version of that theme includes sets devoted to primarily new versions of songs by The Clash, The Undertones, The Rolling Stones, and MC5. There’s also one-offs of tracks by a wide variety of punk, pop, garage and power pop classics, including a rather surprising remake of a tune by the world’s most popular pop star!
All past episodes will be up, due to tech problems the last 6 months maybe out of order. This week Dave Coops got tracks by The Complicators, CL1, The Gears, Razortooth, Okimonics, Savage Beat, Strike First, Squared Off, L.A. Slumlords, Battle Flask, The Ghastly Ones and Hot Load.
Bruja’s World Noise has
Grazia/England Alien Nose Job/Australia The Puncturists/England Bart and the Brats/France Savage Beat/Netherlands Night Fever/Denmark Pedigree/France Rude Pride/Spain No Heart/Canada Deef/Japan KOB/Brazil Oi Polloi/Scotland Die in Vain/Istanbul Hunting Lions/USA
Saying goodnight to a king in the only sloppy, half assed way I know how.
Do it.
Mojo Nixon | !Sock Ray Blue! | Redneck Rampage(Shanachie)1999
Floyd Dixon | Single | Hey Bartender(Cat)1955
Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie | Person To Person(Epic)1991
Jimmy Liggins | Single | No More Alcohol(Aladdin)1954
Wynonie Harris | Good Rockin' Blues | Mama Your Daughter's Done Lied On Me(Gusto Records)1976
Ruth Brown | Rock & Roll | Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean(Atlantic)1957
Sugar Pie DeSanto | In The Basement: The Chess Recordings | Soulful Dress(Geffen)2017
Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Onion(Easy Eye Sound)2018
Holly Golightly | Singles Round-Up | No Big Thing(Damaged Goods)2001
The Milkshakes | Milkshakes In Germany | Comes Along Midnight(Wall City Records)1984
Schizophonics | People In The Sky | She's Coming Back(Pig Baby Records)2019
Oblivians | Desperation | Loving Cup(In The Red Recordings)2013
The Jackets | Queen Of The Pill | What About You(Voodoo Rhythm)2019
The Dirtbombs | Ultraglide In Black | Livin' For The City(In The Red Recordings)2001
The Redskins | Neither Washington Nor Moscow... | Keep On Keeping On(Decca)1986
The Inciters | Bring Back the Weekend | We Gave It A Good Run(Pirates Press Records)2023
Raygun Cowboys | The Cowboy Code | Don't Want You Anymore(Stomp Records)2017
The Slackers | Wasted Days | This Is The Night(Pirates Press Records)2023
The Aggrolites | Reggae Now! | Love Me Tonight(Pirates Press Records)2019
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | Get Out of My Way! | Jesus At McDonalds(Restless Records)1987
Mojo Nixon | Whiskey Rebellion | Can't Find My Keys(Self Release)2009
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | Root Hog Or Die | I'm A Wreck(Enigma Records)1989
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | Frenzy | I Hate Banks(Restless Records)1987
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | Bo-Day-Shus!!! | Elvis Is Everywhere(Enigma Records)1987
Mojo Nixon | Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg | Take Me To Your Leader(Needletime)1997
The Raymen | Sinister Funtime | Barroom Burnout(Hound Gawd! Records)2013
Tav Falco's Panther Burns | Return Of The Blue Panther | "I Got Love, If You Want It"(Triple X Records)1990
Reverend Elvis And The Undead Syncopators | I Hate People | Race With The Devil(SuzyQ Records)2015
Andre "Mr. Rhythym" Williams | Desperate Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 17 | Mean Jean(Flame)1995
Macie Skipper | Born Bad Volume 5 | Bop Pills(Born Bad)1990
The Kings Of Outer Space | Cosmic Debris | My Black Heart(Western Star Recording)2010
Anti-love songs is a rock and roll specialty. From the very beginning of the genre, writers with a poison pen have created a plethora of material that is not exactly Hallmark card material. Tonight’s show celebrates tracks of this time, highlighted by a number of more recent tracks of that sort. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for oldies, as there are garage rockers from the 60s, power pop from the 70s, and some good ol’ alternative rockers from the 80s. And, of course, it’s also an opportunity for an extended set from the greatest self-loathing rockers, The Replacements. I mean, come on, you can’t have a show of this sort without “Valentine”.
February 14th, 2024. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #600 – TONIGHT, we spun the WORLD PREMIERE of the second single from MALA VISTA’s upcoming rekkid “Fun-Time” courtesy Spaghetty Town Records! Thank you Ted! Oh, and also raised the middle finger to Valentine’s Day…fuck off Hallmark! Turn it up! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
February 7th, 2024. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #599 – This week, Bikini Carwash stopped by studio B to promote their new EP “Scrape the Sky” out NOW on Spotify, AppleMusic and YouTube (with more outlets to come)! All five band members were present (color coded) and everyone had somethin’ to say! The songs we spun were killer, but the between song banter is golden! Check it out! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
This week’s show, after a 2003 Justin Sullivan soliloquy: brand new Decemberists, New Model Army, T.S.O.L, Bolts of Melody, Lemon Twigs, The Smile, and Corb Lund, plus Bobby Parker, The Action, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Webb Pierce, Johnny Rivers, and Montage; and R.I.P. Mojo Nixon (1957-2024), Can’s Damon Suzuki (1950-2024), and Sun Records/Jerry Lee Lewis drummer Jimmy Van Eaton (1937-2024)
This may be the second part of this month’s new release series, but there is no letdown in quality. Once again, there’s an intriguing mix of styles, ages, and even home locations. There are brand new acclaimed artists such as Liquid Mike and Sprints. There’s the returns of veterans such as Paul Collins Beat, J. Robbins, and Sham 69. There’s also the usual trademark of quality from our friends at Slovenly Records and Rum Bar Records.
Most intriguing to me, is the story behind “Get the Experience” by The Ex-Bombers. Band members Keri Cousins and Scott Walus are “rasslin'” fans, just as I am. Many of their late night drives after gigs have found them listening to legendary wrestling manager Jim Cornette’s podcast, Jim Cornette Experience. Hearing that he was looking for a new theme song, the band quickly put together “Get the Experience”, and just this week they were informed that the song is now the official theme song of the show! Thanks to the band for not only sending me a copy of the song to air, but including a little interview segment telling the story.
And once again, even thought the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” series is officially over, I received yet another new submission. Numb Surprise is a two piece post-punk band from the Midlands in England that formed in 2023. Their new album, Introspect, was recently released and I’m so pleased they sent in their “Teenage Kicks” cover. Hey, I’ll keep the series going on an informal basis if I keep receiving new versions!
Once again the music gods have bestowed so much great new tracks that the monthly new release show must be expanded into two episodes. That is a great sign for 2024, and especially so because not only is there quality and quantity, but there’s a great mix of classic artists and brand new acts. There’s 18 year old Owen Adamcik’s plan for a new EP every month this year. There are Ledge “friends” such as Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin’s monthly single and a new tune by local legends Thought Patrol. There’s the return of veterans The Smoggers and Rubber City Rebels. Plus surprisingly great new tracks by the liks of J. Mascis, Green Day, and Superchunk.
And to kick things off is a late submission for last year’s “52 weeks of Teenage Kicks” series. Two weeks ago Thee Volatiles, “thee best punk rock band in all of Montclair NJ!” sent me their version, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! In fact, I will always accept new covers of the tune. So if you were considering it last year, please go ahead and do it and I’ll guarantee to open my next show with it!
Winding down after a windy day, and what better way than to listen to a bunch of cool tunes? On the playlist you'll find some punk, hard rock, alternative, death metal, Americana and stoner rock. Enjoy!
January 31st, 2024. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #598 – In case you missed it LIVE! New tunes from Mala Vista, The Chuck Norris Experiment, River City Rebels, Lorne Behrman, Th’ Losin Streaks, Angel Face, The Cavemen, Upploppet, Sick Fizz, and Green Day…..yeah, I said Green Day…..deal with it! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
This week’s show, after a 1967 Who hot-shot: one last guest DJ “tribute to 1980” set by Jim Santo, (pt. 5 of 5) + brand new New Model Army, GospelbeacH, Superchunk, Real Estate, Paul Collins, Soft Science, and Penny Arcade (James Hoare), plus The Isley Brothers, Junior Byles & Rupert Reid, Neil Young, Hoyt Axton, Don Gibson, Chocolate Watchband, and Pete Townshend himself; and R.I.P. Shangri-Las lead singer Mary Weiss (1948-2024), Melanie (1947-2024), and Bill Hayes (1925-2024)
A very special family friendly record party for you to enjoy with the whole family. Hold your loved ones close and get loud and weird.
Do it.
MDC | War Is A Racket | I Am A Donut(Cleopatra)2023
Dead Pioneers | Dead Pioneers | Tired(Self Release)2023
Material Support | Balikbayan Box EP | Bougie Ass White Girl(Aklasan Records)2016
Scowl | How Flowers Grow | Roots(Flatspot Records)2021
War On Women | Capture The Flag | Capture The Flag(Bridge Nine Records)2018
Limp Wrist | Limp Wrist | Just Like You(La Vida Es Un Mus)2009
Pizzatramp | War Or Nothing | Bono's A Cunt(Self Release)2015
Cosmic Psychos | Self Totalled | Bad Day(Amphetamine Reptile Records)1995
The Vee Bees | Roots And Blues | Roots 'n' Blues(Ocker Records)2010
The Hymans | A Fistful Of Rock N' Roll Vol. 5 | I Don't Need Anybody Like You(Tee Pee Records)2000
The Cavemen | Nuke Earth | Janey(Slovenly Records)2018
Fret Rattles | Pedal To The Metal And Damn The Consequences | Rat(Self Release)2016
Turbo A.C.'s | Radiation | High By The Beach(Stomp Records)2018
Tall Boys | One | The Man Who Walked On The Moon(Drunkabilly Records)2013
Deadbolt | Tiki Man | The Meat(Headhunter Records)1994
The Cramps | Stay Sick! | Journey To The Center Of A Girl(Enigma Records)1990
Telekrimen | Culto A Lo Imbécil | El Último Día(Slovenly Records)2019
The Bone Machine | Sotto Questo Cielo Nero | L'uomo Gorilla(Self Release)2016
The Astro Zombies | Convince Or Confused | Women I Know(Drunkabilly Records)2009
Johnny Trash | Guidance | So Pretty It Hurts(Self Release)2006
The Matadors | Say You Love Satan | Say You Love Satan(Self Release)2014
Bamboula | Guilty Pleasures | Get Out(Kaiser Records)2009
Boston Rats | This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll | Monster(Western Star Recordings)2014
The Epileptic Hillbillys | Take 2 | Boom!(Western Star Recordings)2014
The Untamed | Delicious Death... | The Devil and The Wine(Heptown Records)2009
Vial | Burnout | Ur Dad(Get Better Records)2023
Sorry Mom | Juno Goes to the Big House | I Fucked Yr Mom(Self Release)2021
Dwarves | Drug Store | Motherfucker(Sub Pop)1990
The Bouncing Souls | The Good, The Bad & The Argyle | I Like Your Mom(Chunksaah Records)1994
Dayglo Abortions | Feed Us A Fetus | I Killed Mommy(Beer City Records)1986
T.S.O.L. | Dance With Me | Code Blue(Frontier Records)1981
The “odds and ends” series is an opportunity for me to mix all kinds of material. This week’s version mixes a bunch of new releases with a ton of material I’ve been playing around the house in recent weeks. There’s also a tribute to Mary Weiss, the leader of The Shangri-Las who passed away a few days ago. Otherwise, there’s classics by The Clash, X, The Birthday Party, and The Long Ryders, along with a new discovery of The Deviants, a great old band that for whatever reason I had never checked out.
As for that little sound sample at the beginning of the show, I must thank my buddy Kevin for alerting me to a show called The Listener. I just can’t help but include oddly-placed discussions on The Replacements.
Admittedly, religion and Turbojugend is a rarely discussed topic on TJR. However, this doesn’t stop Turbojugend Radio from picking up the slack and talk to The Irish Bastard of TJ Latter Day Sinners of Salt Lake City:
How does it feel to grow up in a community dominated by a rather conservate environment as a Punk afficionado? How is the reception of wearing Denim and a leather cap in the bright streets of Jesus? How to live forever? We got the answers – by the grace of god.
1979 was an important year for rock and roll, but it was a bigger year for my musical journey. This was the year that the real obsession with buying records began. I had a job. I had a car. And I had put together a pretty awesome sound system in my bedroom.
This was the first year I was buying new music AS it was coming out. I was no longer saving up for a record I read about in Creem Magazine. I was at the record store each and every week. In fact, this was the year I first started working at a record store, and you know I spent more money on music than I actually made at the store.
So tonight’s celebration of the UK sounds of that year is truly a trip back in time. With a handful of exceptions, this was indeed a good portion of my playlist back then. London Calling. A Different Kind of Tension. Setting Sons. Cool For Cats. Labour of Lust. The list goes on and on of music I forced friends to endure whether they liked them or not.
Request shows never disappoint, at least not for me. I always learn something cool. Thanks again to all the folks who requested songs, you know who you are.
Another barn burner of punk, metal, rockabilly, and trash. Get off your butt and shake your ass
Do it.
Motörhead | Iron Fist | Speedfreak(Bronze Records)1982
Lich King | Do-Over | Hot For Teacher(Evil Eye Records)2014
Gama Bomb | Bats | Rusted Gold(Prosthetic Records)2023
Suicidal Tendencies | Freedumb | Built to Survive(XIII Bis Records)1999
Dayglo Abortions | Corporate Whores | Double D Diddlers(God Records)1996
In Defence | Don't Know How To Break Dance | No War But Star Wars(Give Praise Records)2007
D.R.I. | Crossover | Hooked(Metal Blade Records)1987
Infa Riot | Singles And Rarities | We Outnumber You(Bootboy Tapes)1989
The Varukers | Murder | Genocide(Asylum Records)1998
Drunken Rampage | Cause Punk Ain't Pretty | What's That?(Truckstop Toilet Records)2021
Poison Idea | Kings Of Punk | Death Wish Kids(TKO Records)2013
Subhumans | 29:29 Split Vision | Somebody's Mother(Bluurg Records)1986
The Orphans | Raise The Youth | Way Of Life(Fistolo Records)2004
Gorilla Angreb | Gorilla Angreb | Jeg Går Ikke I Sort(Hjernespind)2007
The Hypnophonics | Citizens Of Oblivion | You're Gonna Miss Me(Diablo Records)2020
Destination Lonely | Death Of An Angel | Dirt Preacher(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2017
The Monsters | Du Hesch Cläss, Ig Bi Träsch | Bsoffä ab Dir(Slovenly Records)2022
The Violent Shifters | Wide Open Baby!! | Iron Bird(Self Release)2014
Ottoboy The One Man Trash Band | Down With The Upbeat | Big Fuck Off(Silvox)2007
King Automatic | Lorraine Exotica | Drunk Friends(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2023
Nestter Donuts | Flamenco Trash | Bruges Jail Rumba(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2022
Reverend Beat-Man And The Un-Believers | Get On Your Knees | The Lord Is Comming Back(Voodoo Rhythm)2011
Delaney Davidson | Bad Luck Man | Windy City(Voodoo Rhythm)2011
Rochee And The Sarnos | Understanding Sarno | Sexy Sarno(Nervous Records)1985
Kathy X | Ready For Anything | Heartbreakin Days(Cosmic Records)2005
Tasteless | Rotten To The Core | Love Really Hurts Without You(Self Release)2020
Hillbilly Bops | Hillbilly The Kid (Down The Line) | You(Kitty Records)1987
The Polecats | Rockabilly Guys: The Best Of The Polecats | Get On The Right Track(Cleopatra Records)1999
Long Tall Texans | Texas Beat The Best Of The Long Tall Texans | Don't I Know It(Anagram Records)1994
Hillbilly Moon Explosion | Buy, Beg Or Steal | Going To Milano(Jungle Records)2011
Jennie & The Slingers | Tales Of The Unexpected | Last Gang In Camden Town(Diablo Records)2015
Two weeks ago, I counted down my 40 favorite records of 2023. This week’s broadcast is a showcase for 35 other records that just barely missed the cut. There’s no letdown of quality, though, as each and every one of these picks could have easily made my main list. But combining the two shows, you now have my official list of the 75 best albums of the year. Think of these shows as a master shopping list, as I’m sure that any fan of punk, indie, power pop, and garage rock can find a record or five worth owning from tonight’s show.
Time to get up and pull back the Covers! Got some from the Smithereens (RIP Pat Dinizio), The Kinks, Mouse and the Traps, The Shods, Beach Slang and the Mats (of course.....)
It may be a new year, but there’s no change to the first episode of each and every month. Once again, I present to you over two hours of brand new music. Ok, there are a handful of tracks that actually came out a few months ago, but these are new discoveries for me. So in my convoluted set of self-created rules, they’re still new releases to me.
But as always, this show features a great mix of punk, garage, indie rock, and power pop. There’s music from all over the world, and both brand new and veteran acts. Anybody with a hunger for new music should be able to find their own highlights.
For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
December 27th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #597 – In case you missed it LIVE! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
Absolutely atrocious weather outside but toe-tapping music's keeping me warm (my feet anyway). The first episode of 2024 is a mix of genres as usual so a whiplash warning have hereby been issued. On the playlist you'll find some punk, hard rock, country pop, thrash, hip-hop and alternative. Thanks for listening!
We had so much fun playing hillbilly music last go around that I did it again. More honky tonk, rockabilly, & more to keep your ass shaking all night long.
Get on it.
Hellbound Glory | Old High And New Lows | Another Bender Might Break Me(Rusty Knuckles)2010
Trailer Trash | Live At Lee's | Swizzle Stick(Self Release)1997
The Carpetbaggers | Country Miles Apart | Always A Pallbearer(Clean)1992
BR549 | BR5-49 | Even If It's Wrong(Arista)1996
Jesse Dayton | The Revealer | I'm At Home Gettin' Hammered (While She's Out Gettin' Nailed)(Blue Elan Records)2016
J.B. Beverley & The Wayward Drifters | Dark Bar And A Jukebox | Shoulda' Thought About It(Helltrain Records)2006
Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine | Do Right(Bloodshot Records)2011
Mimi Roman | Decca Hillbilly Vol 7 | Wrap It Up & Save It(Cactus)
Lefty Frizzell | Steppin' Out | Cigarettes And Coffee Blues(Bear Family Records)2008
Wayne Hancock | Best Of Wayne Hancock | Gonna Be Some Trouble Tonight(Ark 21 Records)2005
Rachel Brooke | The Loneliness In Me | The Loneliness In Me(Mal Records)2020
Loretta Lynn | Honky Tonk Girl | You're The Reason Our Kid's Are Ugly(MCA Records)1994
Southern Culture On The Skids | Dirt Track Date | Nitty Gritty(Telstar Records)1995
Shannon & the Clams | I Wanna Go Home | Troublemaker(1-2-3-4 Go! Records)2009
The King Khan & BBQ Show | Bad News Boys | Alone Again(In The Red Recordings)2015
The Almighty Defenders | The Almighty Defenders | She Came Before Me(Vice Records)2009
Bloodshot Bill & Shannon Shaw | Honey Time EP | Honey Time(Slovenly Records)2016
Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave | Shake | Hold My Cold Hand(Squoodge Records)2007
Al Foul | The Blue Front Trio | Shitty Little World(Self Release)2105
Rip Carson & The Twilight Trio | Stand Back | La La Love Me(Rollin' Rock Records)2000
Omar Romero | Hog Wild | Stay Awhile(Wild Records)2006
Hi-Strung Ramblers | I'm A Rambler | Don't Leave(Wild Records)2010
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers | Ugly Mobile | Hey Ramona!(Beast Records)2013
The Collins Kids | Rockin'est | Hoy Hoy(Bear Family Records)1998
Frantic Flintstones | Psycho Samba My Way | Lying Naked(Drunkabilly Records)2009
Henry & The Bleeders | Looking Backwards | Weed Farmer(Western Star Recording)2018
Pete Hutton & The Beyonders | Lone Wolf | Frankfurt Special(Rhythm Bomb Records)2008
Marcel Bontempi | Crawfish Troubles Cats & Ghosts - Demos & Recordings 2015-2020 | Bury All My Troubles(Stag-O-Lee)2022
Carlos & The Bandidos | The Usual Bandidos | Jockey Full Of Bourbon(Part Records)2003
Rockin' Ryan & The Real Goners | Cry Of Midnight | Cry Of Midnight(Golly Gee Records)2006
The Baboons | Boogie Curse | Drinking Gasoline(Drunkabilly Records)2008
Choosing my favorite records of the year is always a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s great fun for a music nerd like me to revisit the hundreds of releases I’ve checked out the last twelve months. But it’s also frustrating trying to thin down those picks into a list that truly represents the past year. Many records that initially seemed a lock are suddenly eclipsed by new records that I simply can’t ignore. Other albums that I had prematurely set aside have revealed themselves to be chock full of fabulous tunes that I can’t imagine living without.
Overall, this is another great year for music. I’ll never understand the mindset of people, especially those around my age, that complain how there’s no great bands or records these days. Sure, the pop charts are primarily filled with garbage, and one does have to spend more time than ever finding new artists. But the search has always been a great part of the fun of being a collector, and my main reason I’ve now put together 600 episodes of this show is to share my findings with others. I’m always thrilled when I hear that someone has bought a record due to my recommendation. So please let me know your thoughts on this countdown of my picks for the 40 best records of the year!
Choosing my favorite records of the year is always a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s great fun for a music nerd like me to revisit the hundreds of releases I’ve checked out the last twelve months. But it’s also frustrating trying to thin down those picks into a list that truly represents the past year. Many records that initially seemed a lock are suddenly eclipsed by new records that I simply can’t ignore. Other albums that I had prematurely set aside have revealed themselves to be chock full of fabulous tunes that I can’t imagine living without.
Overall, this is another great year for music. I’ll never understand the mindset of people, especially those around my age, that complain how there’s no great bands or records these days. Sure, the pop charts are primarily filled with garbage, and one does have to spend more time than ever finding new artists. But the search has always been a great part of the fun of being a collector, and my main reason I’ve now put together 600 episodes of this show is to share my findings with others. I’m always thrilled when I hear that someone has bought a record due to my recommendation. So please let me know your thoughts on this countdown of my picks for the 40 best records of the year!
December 27th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #596 – TONIGHT…..all killer, no filler. We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
This week’s show, after some 1953 Satchmo sass: a guest DJ “tribute to 1980” set by Jim Santo + brand new Libertines (U.K.), Joel Stoker Dennis Davison, Black Swan Lane, Mountain Goats, Crime & the City Solution, and NORMANS, plus The Orioles, Monkees, Fats Domino, Sheb Wooley, Ethiopians, Benny Lee & The Ken-Tones, and Putney Dandridge
Every year I spend the last few weeks of the year searching for new holiday songs for The Ledge’s annual Chirstmas special. Inevitably, every year I find more than enough songs to fill over two hours of broadcast time. This is the perfect soundtrack for this year’s festivities. A little bit of punk, a lot of power pop. Some veteran acts return with new tunes (Brinsley Scwarz, The Sensible Gray Cells, The Dollyrots), mixed in with plenty of brand new discoveries whose future releases I’ll definitely be investigating.
Just because it’s a Christmas special doesn’t mean we’re ignoring the “52 Weeks Of Teenage Kicks” series. This week’s version is truly a Christmas present, as Dos Enchiritos is a collaboration between my friend of almost 50 years, Craig Stenseth, and a previous contributor, Brent Dowell. It’s a great version that I can honestly say is unlike any I’ve played the previous 50 weeks.
Obviously, next week will be the conclusion of this series, but I’m still in the hunt to round out the year with yet one more new take on the tune. Please contact me if you are looking at contributing!
Ass another exhausting year comes to an end, let us take the time and reflect on some good ol´ times by reviewing Turbonegro´s 2003 massterpiece SCANDINAVIAN LEATHER. Like a decades old Aquavit, this album goes down ass smoothly ass any Se(a)man during their heyday in their early 20s. Skål!
December 20th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #595 – TONIGHT…..We brought it LIVE from the Rockefeller Xmas Tree wityh a very special guest!! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
It's here! My top ten list of the best albums released in 2023. Half of the bands are old favorites that have been on previous best of lists but some are brand new acquaintances. Thanks for listening this year, I'll be back in January.
It’s the time of year for everybody to unveil their various lists of the best records of the year, so here is the unveiling of the first part of my lists. This week’s show features a countdown of my 20 favorite reissues, box sets, live albums, compilations, and tribute albums of 2023. Look for a similar countdown of my 40 favorite new albums of the year in two weeks.
But that doesn’t mean we’re ignoring the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” series. Once again, we’re opening and closing the show with covers of the classic. The opening version is by Superchunk leader Mac McCaughan, recorded live on May 16, 2015. The closing remake is by a Canadian band called 63 Monroe who released a couple of EP’s and singles back in the early 80’s.
Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
Tearing it up again with a whole mess of hillybilly music and punk rock. Pull up your drinking pants and get it on.
Get on it.
The Termites | Kicked In The Teeth | FTW(Crazy Love Records)2008
Hillbilly Casino | Three Step Windup | Stop Drop And Roll(Self Release)2008
The Tremors | Old Fashioned Hillbilly Feud | (Old Fashioned) Hillbilly Feud(Brain Drain Records)2014
Furious | Wreck The Hoose Juice | Hang Your Head(Cut Throat)2010
Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers | Rockability | Get Yourself A Band(Charly Records)1976
Henry & The Bleeders | Out Of Luck, Out Of Cash, Out On Bail | King Of The Binge Drinkers(Western Star Recordings)2009
Dead Bundy & The Neat Neat Neats | Let the Devil In | Intoxalock Rock(Self Release)2017
The Quakes | New Generation | New Generation(Nervous Records)1993
The Rusty Robots | Into The Abyss With... | Mary Perkins(Razmataz Records)2020
The Test Pilots | Urban Mirage | Ten Long Years(Western Star Recording)2017
The Nevrotix | Light & Shade | Parallel World(Crazy Love Records)2023
As Diabatz | Nightmares In Red | Nightmares In Red(Drunkabilly Records)2018
Krewmen | Into The Tomb | Solid Gold Easy Action(Lost Moment Records)1987
Surf Rats | Straight Between The Eyes | Plutonium Mind Shock(Lost Moment Records)1989
The Epileptic Hillbillys | Insanity | Gonna Count The Days I'm Gone(Western Star Recordings)2012
Torment | Psyclops Carnival | Hornets Nest(Nervous Records)1986
The Kings Of Outer Space | Cosmic Debris | Nature Or Nurture(Western Star Recording)2010
Memphis Morticians | Play Primitive Trashman and 13 Other Lovesongs | Bury You Now, Dig You Later(Kaiser Records)2006
The Legendary Shack Shakers | Swampblood | Old Spur Line(Yep Roc Records)2007
King Salami & The Cumberland 3 | Cookin' Up A Party | The Monkey Beat(Dirty Water Records)2013
Kings Of Nuthin' | Fight Songs | Fight Songs For Fuck-Ups(Disaster Records)2002
Sir Psyko And His Monsters | Till The End | Dead Man Walking(Crazy Love Records)2011
Screamers & Sinners | Demon Tales | Fire In My Head(Self Release)2015
Gutter Demons | Enter The Demonz | Haunted Lake(Pirate Records)2003
Voodoo Zombie | Voodoo Zombie | Manicomio(Crazy Love Records)2008
The Muslims | MAYO SUPREME | Fuck The Cistem(Don't Panic Records)2019
NOBRO | LALA Single | LALA(Self Release)2019
Mr. Dinkles | What Happens When You Smoke Dr Ug | I Thought You Were A Lesbian(Self Release)2022
Fea | Fea | You Can't Change Me(Blackheart Records)2016
The Vee Bees | Fair Dinkum Rock 'n' Roll & Get It In Ya & More | Hey Mate(Ocker Records)2007
Amyl & The Sniffers | Amyl & The Sniffers | Starfire 500(Rough Trade)2019
Two weeks ago, I put together a show centered around seven different tribute records celebrating The Replacements. A couple of days after that episode was released I was contacted by a fan who noted that I had missed a couple of these sorts of records. After a bit of scrambing, I discovered that indeed I forgot all about some great fan-based compilatons.
Yes, that’s the beauty of tonight’s selections. These three records were unofficial collections of musicians that had come together via online fan boards. The first such set, Cover Me Impressed – Alt.Music.Replacements Tribute, is pretty self-explanatory collection of tunes compiled by a popular usenet group in 2002. The other two tributes, Bring Your Own Lampshade (2005) and Dead Man Fake: Bring Your Own Lampshade 2 (2009), came together through contributors on the wonderful Man Without Ties message board, and include both solo and band tracks written by Paul Westerberg. Highlighting both of those compilatons are tracks by our old friend Jeremy Porter.
Besides a handful of recently acquired tunes, the rest of tonight’s show features tracks from two fabulous new Cherry Red Records box sets, Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies and Into Tomorrow: The Spirit Of Mod 1983-2000. Cherry Red always excels at these types of compilations, and these two are no exception.
As for this week’s “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks”, I’ve again opened and closed my show with entries. The show commences with a version by the veteran Irish band The Frank and Walters, and closes with UK pop-punkers Busted.
Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
December 6th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #594 – TONIGHT…..Dion Lunadon stops by to promote his new rekkid and NYC release show at TV Eye! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
Hot steaming piles of metal and punk for all of the metal punx out there. Two great tastes that taste great together.
Get on it and turn it up.
Dazey & The Scouts/Maggot/Wet(Get Better Records)2022
The Delta Bombers/The Delta Bombers/You Got To Lose(Wild Records)2014
Marcel Bontempi/Witches, Spiders, Frogs, & Holes LP/I'm So Lonely(STAG-O-LEE)2015
Carlos & The Bandidos/For A Few Dollars Less/Devilene(Noose Records)1999
The Nitros/Nightshades - Something's Gotta Give/All I Can Do Is Cry(Cherry Red)2009
Them Tornados/Them Tornados/Let Her Rip(Self Release)2008
Reckless Ones/Make Your Move/Red Room(Self Release)2009
The Quakes/Psyops/Never Change(Orrexx Records)2006
The Peacocks/Don't Ask/How Long?(People Like You)2012
Raygun Cowboys/Fortune & Glory, Pleasure & Pain/Had To Go(Stomp Records)2023
Partia/Dziewczyny Kontra Chlopcy/Kim Jestes?(Ars Mundi)1999
Sons Of The Yompin' Cockroaches/Sons Of The YC/Let's Go(KIX 4 U Records)1990
Smell Of Kat/A Dream Of One Thousand Katz/The Man Who Cannot Die(Just for Fun Productions)2015
Tasteless/Rotten To The Core/Working On The Rig(Self Release)2020
The Monster Klub/Act II/Arkham Witch(NOCO)2000
Manic Pistoleros/Manic Pistoleros/Don't Waste My Time(Self Release)2010
Mad Sin/Burn & Rise/Sex, Love, Blood'n'death(People Like You)2010
The Zorchmen/Attack Of The Zorchmen/Operation Timebomb(Diablo Records)2013
Krewmen/The Adventures Of The Krewmen/Bus Stop(Lost Moment Records)1986
Big Boys/The Skinny Elvis/Mutant Rock(Touch And Go)1993
Liquor Beats Winter/Liquor Beats Winter/Journey To The Center Of The Vagrant(Self Release)2014
The Goddamn Gallows/Ghost Of The Rails/Shattered(Farmageddon Recrods)2010
Black Eyed Vermillion/Hymns For Heretics/20/20(1332 Records)2009
Days N Daze/Show Me The Blueprints./Flurry Rush(Fat Wreck Chords)2020
Bridge City Sinners/The Bridge City Sinners/Come On In(Self Release)2016
The Monsters/M/Not Enough(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2016
Dwarves/Concept Album/Terrorist Of Love(Greedy Media)2023
The Ejected/The Spirit Of Rebellion/Russians(Captain Oi!)1995
The Exploited/Punk's Not Dead/Cop Cars(Secret Records)1981
Subhumans/Worlds Apart/Can't Hear The Words(Bluurg Records)1985
The Elected Officials/Death For Sale/Fallout(Grimace Records)2020
Throwing you a little Christmas curve ball with a show chock full of instrumental tracks instead of my usual best of the year episode. Don't worry, the latter will come out later this month. Until then, enjoy the jolly season!
It may be the final new release episode of the year, but there’s no drop in quality. As always, there’s the usual mix of punk, indie, power pop, alternative, and other genres. There’s a Rum Bar Records segment, along with new tunes from our friends at Big Stir Records. There are veteran returns and newbie introductions. There’s something here for everyone with an inquisitive desire for new music.
As for this week’s “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks”, once again we open and close the show with covers. The opening track is The Dead Brothers, a self-described mix of “gypsy folk, death blues, gothic country and dark roots” from Geneva. The closing cover is from The Patsys, a Columbus, Ohio garage rock band featuring former members of Gaunt, Action Family, and New Bomb Turks.
As I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
As one of those lunatics who tends to collect anything and everything asoociated with artists I love, it’s probably no surprise that I have quite a few tribute albums devoted to The Replacements. When Let the Bad Times Roll (a Tribute to The Replacements) was released earlier this month, I did a deep dive in my archives and discovered that I actually owned seven of these types of records.
With that in mind, it was a no-brainer to do a show devoted to nothing but Replacements tribute albums. The seven records represented tonight have been released throughout the last three decades, and include releases originating in Australi and Italy. There’s a few semi-big names but there are as many, if not more, bands whose career I know nothing about.
I also made myself a challenge that I would try not to duplicate any songs…and I succeeded! There are 35 different Replacements tracks covered by 35 different artists. Ok, there is one artist who appears twice – Mikey Erg’s band, Ergs, covers “I’m in Trouble” while as a solo act he performs “Wake Up”
Just because the overall theme revolves around The Replacements doesn’t mean that I’m ignoring the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” series. In fact, you get a double dose of covers tonight to open and close the show. The first version is by an L.A. band called Kolars. They’re a duo that features a drummer that tap dances rhythms with her feet atop a bass drum while simultaneously playing a stand-up kit. The version that closes the show, Freddy Lynxx and the Jet Boys, is led by a Johnny Thunders fanatic who actually allowed his hero to choose his band’s name.
As I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
Doing it again just like we did it last time. Get it while it's hot?
Do it, hard.
Dazey & The Scouts/Maggot/Wet(Get Better Records)2022
The Delta Bombers/The Delta Bombers/You Got To Lose(Wild Records)2014
Marcel Bontempi/Witches, Spiders, Frogs, & Holes LP/I'm So Lonely(STAG-O-LEE)2015
Carlos & The Bandidos/For A Few Dollars Less/Devilene(Noose Records)1999
The Nitros/Nightshades - Something's Gotta Give/All I Can Do Is Cry(Cherry Red)2009
Them Tornados/Them Tornados/Let Her Rip(Self Release)2008
Reckless Ones/Make Your Move/Red Room(Self Release)2009
The Quakes/Psyops/Never Change(Orrexx Records)2006
The Peacocks/Don't Ask/How Long?(People Like You)2012
Raygun Cowboys/Fortune & Glory, Pleasure & Pain/Had To Go(Stomp Records)2023
Partia/Dziewczyny Kontra Chlopcy/Kim Jestes?(Ars Mundi)1999
Sons Of The Yompin' Cockroaches/Sons Of The YC/Let's Go(KIX 4 U Records)1990
Smell Of Kat/A Dream Of One Thousand Katz/The Man Who Cannot Die(Just for Fun Productions)2015
Tasteless/Rotten To The Core/Working On The Rig(Self Release)2020
The Monster Klub/Act II/Arkham Witch(NOCO)2000
Manic Pistoleros/Manic Pistoleros/Don't Waste My Time(Self Release)2010
Mad Sin/Burn & Rise/Sex, Love, Blood'n'death(People Like You)2010
The Zorchmen/Attack Of The Zorchmen/Operation Timebomb(Diablo Records)2013
Krewmen/The Adventures Of The Krewmen/Bus Stop(Lost Moment Records)1986
Big Boys/The Skinny Elvis/Mutant Rock(Touch And Go)1993
Liquor Beats Winter/Liquor Beats Winter/Journey To The Center Of The Vagrant(Self Release)2014
The Goddamn Gallows/Ghost Of The Rails/Shattered(Farmageddon Recrods)2010
Black Eyed Vermillion/Hymns For Heretics/20/20(1332 Records)2009
Days N Daze/Show Me The Blueprints./Flurry Rush(Fat Wreck Chords)2020
Bridge City Sinners/The Bridge City Sinners/Come On In(Self Release)2016
The Monsters/M/Not Enough(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2016
Dwarves/Concept Album/Terrorist Of Love(Greedy Media)2023
The Ejected/The Spirit Of Rebellion/Russians(Captain Oi!)1995
The Exploited/Punk's Not Dead/Cop Cars(Secret Records)1981
Subhumans/Worlds Apart/Can't Hear The Words(Bluurg Records)1985
The Elected Officials/Death For Sale/Fallout(Grimace Records)2020
Ass November arrives, we remember Hank von Helvete, Turbonegro´s epic voice and source of sheer borderless mayhem, Deathpunk & good times. That’s exactly what´s we´re gonna shove up urs on this live recording of an epic concert that took place in June of 2003 in Wiesen, Asstria. We had it all: the good old tunes, Hank drenching Yours Truly in blood, solid thrash-talk, liquor – even trying to pronounce my Turbojugend´s name and failing miserably, yet in style. A previously unreleased concert and 16 songs that pay tribute to the late Hank von Hell. Plus: an epic easter turd, come find out.
This week’s episode is a little peek into the day to day picks I make to get through my day. A few old favorites (ok, quite a few), some fantastic discoveries at the used record store, and some fabulous new vinyl reissues. The main highlight this week is the brand new reissue of Twin/Tone’s Big Hits of Mid-America, Vol. 3. Long out of print, Back Groove Records has just put out a limited edition set remastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering, Milwaukee, WI with vinyl mastering by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN. This is one of the great landmarks of late 70s Minneapolis underground rock.
As for this week’s edition of the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks”, I’ve got a recent discovery by The Main Grains. Led by former Wildheart bassist Danny McCormack, the track can be found on their Don’t Believe Everything You Think EP. Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
Another steaming pile of only the finest in punk and rock. Both at the same time. Dig in and let's get weird.
Do it, hard.
Geza X & The Mommymen/You Goddam Kids!/I Hate Punks(Bacchus Archives)2002
The Weirdos/We Got The Neutron Bomb: Weird World Volume 2/We Got The Neutron Bomb(Frontier Records)2003
The Radiators From Space/TV Tube Heart/Prison Bars(Chiswick Records)1977
Newtown Neurotics/Beggars Can Be Choosers/Wake Up(Puke N Vomit Records)2001
The Adverts/Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts/One Chord Wonders(The Devils Own Jukebox)2002
The Saints/(I'm) Stranded/Demolition Girl(Captain Oi!)1977
Murder City Devils/In Name And Blood/I Drink The Wine(Sub Pop)2000
L7/The Beauty Process/Bad Things(Reprise Records)1997
Cosmic Psychos/Loudmouth Soup/Better In The Shed(Go The Hack Records)2018
Turbonegro/Ass Cobra/Turbonegro Hate The Kids(Boomba Rec)1996
The Vee Bees/Crack Us Anotha/No Worries(Ocker Records)2006
The Onyas/Get Shitfaced With The Onyas/Nightrider(Munster Records)1997
The Pleasure Fuckers/For Your Pleasure/Last Smoke Last Dime(Semaphore)1996
MDC/War Is A Racket/Nihilism And Hope(Cleopatra)2023
The Elected Officials/Death For Sale/Death For Sale(Grimace Records)2020
Angerboys/Against A Wall/Stop Being Poor(Rilrec)2023
The Baboon Show/Betsy's Revenge/Faster Faster Harder Harder(National)2007
G.B.H./City Baby's Revenge/Christianised Cannibals(Clay Records)1984
Virgin Whores/Last Chance To Dance/What's Inside(Two-Bit Records)2023
Maid Of Ace/Maid Of Ace/Dirty Girl(Self Release)2014
The Beltones/On Deaf Ears/Suzi Is Heartbreaker(TKO Records)1999
Those Unknown/Those Unknown/Darker Hours(GMM Records)1995
Noi!se/The Scars We Hide/Rank And File(Randale Records)2018
The Prowlers/Hate Us Ep/Hate Us(Mad Butcher Records)2012
Booze & Glory/As Bold As Brass/Down And Out(Step-1 Music)2014
Lion's Law/A Day Will Come/I Don't Give a Damn(Contra Records)2013
The Subversives/Protest And Dance Anthems For The Lost Generation/Media Whore(Step-1 Music)2002
The Virus/Still Fighting For A Future/Throwaway Kids(Charged Records)2000
Oxymoron/Fuck The Nineties.....Here's Our Noize/Self Rule(Helen Of Oi!)1995
The Discocks/Long Live Oi!/Fucked Up In The City(Knock Out)1997
Rumkicks/Born Rude/Drinking Every Day(Self Release)2023
Toy Dolls/One More Megabyte/I'm A Lonely Bastard(Receiver Records Limited)1997
The second part of this month’s new release series is admittedly dominated by cover tunes. Great bands such as Superchunk, The Feelies, Cruzados, The Routes, Hayley and the Crushers and the Rick White Archive are featured remaking classics by The Cure, The Minutemen, Buzzcocks, and others.
But the main focus of the covers blasted on tonight’s show is the brand new tribute album to, of course, The Replacements. Let the Bad Times Roll, and it’s definitely worth they hype. “December 2022 I was drinking at the Fishtown Tavern and ‘Can’t Hardly Wait ‘ came on the jukebox, and at that moment I knew this tribute to the Mats needed to happen,” Arik Victor from Creep Records says in a press release. “The next day, we invited all the bands we love.”
Of course, tonight’s show is more than cover tunes. We have the return of The Alarm, the second 2023 album by bar italia, and wonderful material from the Netherlends, Australia, Italy, and other countries around the world.
As for this week’s edition of “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks”, I admittedly discovered a real treat on YouTube. Baby Shakes have routinely performed the tune as an encore, and this live version I discovered a few days ago even includes Billy Doherty and Damian O’Neill from The Undertones! Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
November 8th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #593 – TONIGHT…..TONS of two-fers! New Los Pepes, Smooch, The Why Oh Whys, Gina Volpe, and even a three-fer of the new Dwarves!!! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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The Hellacopters – American Ruse
The Dwarves – Feeling Great
The Dwarves – You Lose We Win
The Dwarves – Dead to Me
Los Pepes – Small Time
Los Pepes – I Want You Back
Smooch – Evil Insider
Smooch – Power Desire
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This week’s show, after a 1967 Hollies hearken: brand new The Beatles, New Model Army, Madness, Cloud Nothings, Semisonic, Guest Directors, and Green Palm Radiation, plus John Lennon, 13th Floor Elevators, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Snow, David Bowie, The Electric Banana (Pretty Things), and Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra
Once again, there’s so much great music being released each and every week that this month’s new release show is a two-part extravaganza! Part one is admittedly heavy on the power pop – Uni Boys, The Speedways, The Len Price 3, and many others. There’s also twin blasts from rock and roll buddies Geoff Palmer and Brad Marino, along with tracks from their friends in the Rum Bar Records family. I could go on and on about what’s included in this episode, but why don’t you just dive in and discover your new faves!
As for this week’s “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” segment, I have another unknown treat that I discovered on YouTube. This version is from “The Pauline”, and about all I have found out about this artist is that they hail from Indonesia. I’d love to know more about this musician! Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
November 1st, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #592 – TONIGHT…..You can’t keep a good count down!!! Count Unit returns for a special Day of the Dead Chiller!!! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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Screaming Lord Sutch – Jack the Ripper
P. Paul Fenech – Gimme Gimme Halloween
Koffin Kats – Vampires Curse
The Monsters – The Witch
The JASONS – Do You Remember Static Age R
The JASONS – Judy’s Skull
The JASONS – You’re Gonna Kill The Living Dead
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Dismal weather but a glass of red wine and vinyl spinning on the stereo lights up this mid-week blues. On the playlist this time you'll find some punk, alternative, thrash, soul, hard rock and hardcore. Stay sick!
This week’s show, after a prescient 1993 Bad Religion beckon: brand new Emma Anderson, Dennis Davison, Grandaddy, Plush Machine, Furious Seasons, Craig Wedren, and Colored Lights, plus John Lennon, Nancy Sinatra, Barbara Lynn, Nico, Cat Stevens, Bee Gees, and Patsy Cline; and R.I.P. The Lewd singer J. Satz Beret, and actor Richard Roundtree (1942-2023)
It’s become a Halloween tradition for this show to celebrate the holiday with over two hours of spooky music. As it is the ultimate rock and roll holiday, it’s never hard to find enough new tunes to fill a show, and this year is no exception. This is a show that should be the soundtrack to your Halloween party, or give the trick or treaters a real treat by blasting this at your front door. After all, they need to be “Ledge-ified” at an early age.
Even this week’s entry in the “52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks” fits the spooky theme. Well, at least band’s name does. Ghost Of An American Airman was a Belfast band that formed in the mid-80s, and released a handful of records over the next decade. Like I do every week, however, I must again plead with y’all for more versions of “Teenage Kicks”. If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!
For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
October 25th, 2023. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #591 – TONIGHT…..The Count rises from the grave for an extra creepy Halloween Spoktacular!! Check it out…tunes about graveyards, death, blood, terror, murder, killing and…..well….masturbation! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!