THE INTERZINE

Tokow Boys   A common refrain I have heard over the years is that France is not a “rock-n-roll country”. Someone even pointed out once that talking about French Rock-n-Roll is kinda like talking about British cooking, which is a … Continue reading →

Pre Fix – Underneathica // Ectomorphine (Subterranean Records) 1981. One of the more obscure acts on the amazing Subterranean label out of the post-punk paradise that was San Francisco in the early 1980s, Pre-Fix were actually a Tuscon, AZ band. … Continue reading →

Idoli – Maljčiki // Retko Te ViÄ‘am Sa Devojkama (Jugoton Records) 1981. Ahhhhhh Idoli. What to do with them? One of the bands that the mysterious Neso introduced me to way back in 2007 when I got schooled in the … Continue reading →

Henriette Coulourvat – Rockin’ on the Red Book // Paddy Field (MM Records) 1979. What the fuck is this? Well its a totally whacked out French-synth obscurity, that’s what. Back in the day when all the whacked out synth obscurities … Continue reading →

This is one of the most transcendent moments in the history of Cinema. and this is one of the most disturbing. No matter what other questionable drek you may have ended up in later in life, your performance as Frank … Continue reading →

CAVEAT: if you wanna hear this music, you’re gonna have to buy this LP. Drag City requested I do not share even one track. I’m gonna review it anyway because its a FUCKIN’ ENDTABLES RE-ISSUE
A lot has already been said on various interweb sources about The Endtables recently. See, Drag City has [...]

Crackers – Sir Crackers! Ultimato, I Can’t Have Faith // Light Blue Dress, Your Heart (TwinTone Records) 1980. This one is for Steve Almaas Completists. Well, I guess that is dependent on whether there is any such things as a “Steve Almaas Completist”? But for the sake of this post, lets assume [...]

Undertaker – Malevolent Hostility (Unreleased) 199? There has been a lot of talk about metal lately in various circles that I float around in. Kinda coincidental then that “Christ-O-Fear” Hanson, the guitarist for the Chicago based band Undertaker who I featured back in 2007 recently reached out to me and boasted that if [...]

Moodists – Gone Dead // Chad’s Car (Au Go Go Records) 1982. I was probably a little late for the train on The Moodists. I first discovered them on the great Just Can’t Stop It compilation from Australia where they do the A-Side of this great single. Gone Dead is one [...]