June of 44 - "Of Information & Belief"

Four Great Points

Mekons - Lost Highway (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓) Leon Payne from: "Fear and Whiskey" (LP)

Cowpunk | Alt. Country | Hank Williams Cover

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Tom "Cat" Greenhalgh: Vocals / Guitar / Piano Jon "Don Juan" Langford: Vocals / Guitar / Harp Dick "Sir Dickie" Taylor: Lead Guitar Ken Lite: Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals Susie "Honeybaby" Honeyman: Fiddle Lu Edmonds: Bass Steve "Ghoulding" Goulding: Drums

Produced by Mekons

Recorded: @ Lion Studios in Leeds, England UK 1984–1985

Released: June, 1985 Sin Records (Mekons' own record label) Quarterstick Records (2002 Reissue)

"… credited as being the first alternative country album." - Wikipedia

Tom Greenhalgh commented that as he listened to a great deal of country music in the early 1980s, "pretty soon the difference between the three chords of country and the three chords of punk became blurred." - Wikipedia

"("Fear and Whiskey") … one of the greatest records ever." - Thom Jurek (AllMusicCom)

Throwback Thursday #24- Pegboy- Three-Chord Monte EP (Touch & Go Records, 1990)

Many fans were extremely bummed when guitarist John Haggerty quit Naked Raygun (myself included). Those same fans were then elated to see that Haggerty was in a new Chicago band called Pegboy. This band included his brother Joe on drums, Larry Damore on vocals, and Steve Saylors on bass. The band had a tough, melodic sound with Haggerty's shiny sheet metal guitar sound racing along with Damore's raspy vocals.

This debut EP, released in 1990, was the first release for Touch & Go Records new offshoot, Quarterstick Records. It was a sign of big things to come with four fantastic songs including the soaring "My Youth" and the punchier "Slipped Through My Fingers." Of the other two songs, "Fade Away" has some of my favorite Haggerty guitar work (and great chant vocals, too) and the final cut "Method" slashes and burns with the best of 'em.

Pegboy went on to make three full-lengths and several EPs (all released in the 1990s). They do still occasionally play shows and while I'd love to hear some new music, I don’t think it’s going to happen. That's ok though, the records they have released still get played plenty in my house. This debut EP, though, is definitely among my favorites.

www.pegboy.bandcamp.com 

www.touchandgorecords.com 

De Algemene Verwarring #87 - 21 februari 2023

The eighty-seventh episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Tuesday February 21, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-87-21-februari-2023/

Pictured below are The Flying Lizards. I recently played their cover version of Summertime Blues, and recently also bought the maybe better known 7″ with their take on Money (That’s What I Want). So I’m playing that one now. More importantly, I want to thank all those wonderful people that showed up at last Friday’s party at The Pit’s, the bands Ignatz & De Stervende Honden and Christophe Clébard, the crew from the Pit’s for their help and for offering me their place to do this, and all the bands that I have played before in earlier episodes of this show. I think that most of the records I played Friday night have been featured in earlier episodes of De Algemene Verwarring, and if not, then they certainly will be featured sooner or later. I also hope all of you keep listening to the show and giving me feedback about it. Episode 88 is coming up on March 5, yes that’s a Sunday because I’m not available next Monday. See you then! And below the photo you will find the playlist for this show. Enjoy!

Playlist

TNT: Züri Brannt (LP “Chaos in CH: A Collection Of Underground Swiss Punk 1979-1984” on Beat Generation, 2022)

Wild Zeros: Dig The Dirt (7” Diggin’ It!” on Adrenalin Fix Music, Beast Records, & Heavy Medication Records, 2022)

Kie 13: S'Gegeteil (LP “Chaos in CH: A Collection Of Underground Swiss Punk 1979-1984” on Beat Generation, 2022)

Supercharger: Buzz Off (LP “Goes Way Out!” on Estrus Records, 1993)

Man Or Astro-Man?: Like A Giant Microwave (CD “1000X” on Touch & Go Records, 1997)

Mule: Hayride (CD “If I Don’t Six” on Quarterstick Records, 1994)

Wire: Spent (CD “Send” on Pink Flag, 2003)

Melt Banana: Tapir’s Flown Away (CD “Charlie” on A-Zap Records, 1998)

The Flying Lizards: Money (7” “Money” on Virgin Records, 1979)

JJulius: Hjärtats Slag (LP “Vol II” on Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox & DFA Records, 2022)

Christophe Clébard: Petit Bourgeois (LP “Il Trionfo Della Morte” on Les Albums Claus, 2022)

Nacht Und Nebel: Movoco Synthaca (CD “Casablanca + Beats Of Love” in EMI, 2004, orginally released on LP “Beats Of Love” in 1983 on Antler Records)

Prurient: Chosen Books (split LP with JK Flesh “Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination” on Hydra Head Records, 2013)

Maquiladora: Julian (CD “White Sands” on Lotushouse Records, 2000)

Enno Velthuys: Untitled 4 (side A, 4) (LP “Ontmoeting”, reissue on Dead Mind Records, 2023, originally released on cassette in 1982 on Kubus Kassettes)

Ignatz & De Stervende Honden: Japan Is Romantic (LP “Teenage Boys” on Ultra Eczema, 2014)

Rachel's ‎– Handwriting (Vinyl)

Rachel’s ‎– Handwriting (Vinyl)

Label: Quarterstick Records ‎– QS30 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gainsborough Cover Plus 88lb Olive jacket Country: US Released: 2022 Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Modern Classical Handwriting LP (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue) Tracklist A1 Southbound To Marion 3:11 A2 M. Daguerre 11:28 A3 Saccharin 7:04 B4 Frida Kahlo 1:53 B5 Seratonin 3:34 B6 Full On Night 14:32 B7 Handwriting…

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Sonora Pine II Reissued by Husky Pants and Quarterstick Records.

The Mekons - Where Were You? (1978) Tom Greenhalgh / Jon Langford from: "Where Were You?" / "I'll Have to Dance Then (On My Own)" (Single) "Where Were You?: Hen's Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Unpopular Culture, Vol. 2" (1999 Compilation)

Punk | UK Punk

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Mark “Chalkie” White: Vocals Kevin Lycett: Guitar Tom Greenhalgh: Guitar Ros Allen: Bass Jon Langford: Drums

Produced by The Mekons

Recorded: @ Spaceward Studios in Cambridge, England UK on the 20th and 22nd of October, 1978

Released:

Original Single on November 29, 1978 Fast Product Records Fast7 Records

"Where Were You?: Hen's Teeth..." Compilation on September 7, 1999 Quarterstick Records

2018 Single Reissue on April 20, 2018 Superior Viaduct Records

Pegboy ‎– Three Chord Monte - 12″ - Quarterstick Records - QS-01

Pressing Stats

Pressing #: 1st

Color:  Black

Qty Pressed: ???

Additional Info:  Other Pressings Available

Track Listing

Through My Fingers

My Youth

Fade Away

Method

9.5/10

Today in Bopst Booking & Design: 2012

no love for ned is back on wlur tonight at 8pm for the first show of 2022! we're kicking off the semester with a new theme, so be sure to check it out.

we wrapped up the year a few weeks back with the annual 'best of twenty year ago' show. over the course of four hours we heard from over sixty different records released in 2001. if you enjoyed the show, you can also check out the previous six retrospective shows spotlighting 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995.

no love for ned on wlur – december 17th, 2021 from 8pm-midnight

artist // track // album // label pernice brothers // 7:30 // the world won't end // ashmont sloan // it's in your eyes // pretty together // murderecords belle and sebastian // legal man // push barman to open old wounds // matador dear nora // 'round and 'round // we'll have a time // magic marker dougal reed // second hand news // rumours // kitty kitty beulah // silver lining // the coast is never clear // velocette jetenderpaul // an old pamphlet quote // presents the modal lines // burnt toast vinyl all girl summer fun band // later operator // all girl summer fun band // k the lucksmiths // broken bones // why that doesn't surprise me // candle pipas // bye bye // chunnel autumnal // long lost cousin moviola // rumors of the faithful // rumors of the faithful // spirit of orr annie hayden // slip is showing // the rub // merge ashley park // the great divide // the american scene // kindercore bauer // moving // can't stop singing // wabana holland // american eyes // drums // pulcec barcelona // beautiful // transhuman revolution // pulcec trembling blue stars // the ghost of an unkissed kiss // alive to every smile // shinkansen eels // fresh feeling // souljacker // dreamworks her space holiday // the ringing in my ears // manic expressive // tigerstyle noriko tujiko // white film // shojo toshi // mego rebecca gates // i received a levitation // ruby series // badman jim o'rourke // life goes off // insignificance // drag city dave fischoff // blemish and a bowl of oranges // the ox and the rainbow // secretly canadian idaho // twenty years // levitate // (self-released) low // sunflower // things we lost in the fire // kranky life without buildings // love trinity // love trinity ep // trifekta the american analog set // the kindness of strangers // know by heart // tigerstyle julie doiron // la jeune amoureuse // désormais // jagjaguwar jenny toomey // baby would it matter // antidote // misra portastatic featuring ken vandermark and tim mulvenna // hey salty // the perfect little door // merge burd early // driftwood // magnet mountain // western vinyl st. thomas // the cool song // i'm coming home // misra the strugglers // goodness gracious // done // brightwell simon joyner // insomnia // hotel lives // truckstop tara jane o'neil // sweet bargaining // in the sun lines // quarterstick califone // slow right hand // roomsound // perishable pullman // or otherwise // viewfinder // thrill jockey bright eyes // oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place // oh holy fools (split cd with son, ambulance) // saddle creek slumber party // never again // psychedelicate // kill rock stars pulp // weeds // we love life // island james // getting away with it (all messed up) // pleased to meet you // mercury super furry animals // (drawing) rings around the world // rings around the world // epic weezer // don't let go // the green album // geffen josie and the pussycats // three small words // josie and the pussycats soundtrack // play-tone superchunk // art class (song for yayoi kusama) // here's to shutting up // merge the strokes // barely legal // is this it // rca rizzo // cathy // phoning it in // sympathy for the record industry rally boy // undrest // hooks and crutches ep // jealous butcher built to spill // strange // ancient melodies of the future // warner bros. destroyer // the sublimation hour // streethawk: a seduction // misra june panic // the silver sound // silver sound sessions ep // super asbestos the gerbils // are you underwater // the battle of electricity // orange twin airport 5 // circle of trim // tower in the fountain of sparks // fading captain series the clean // crazy // getaway // merge circulatory system // the lovely universe // circulatory system // cloud mark mallman and vermont // too hot // mark mallman and vermont // guilt ridden pop bardo pond // sunrise // dilate // matador deerhoof // six holes on a stick // halfbird // menlo park the white stripes // fell in love with a girl // white blood cells // sympathy for the record industry furtips // isn't she pretty // when my baby smiles at me, i go to rio // animal world dqe // go bananas // the queen of mean // dark beloved cloud half japanese // patty // hello // alternative tentacles old 97's // designs on you // satellite rides // elektra the ladybug transistor // perfect for shattering // argyle heir // merge the four corners // destination: danger // say you're a scream // kindercore joel plaskett emergency // light of the moon // down at the khyber // brobdingnagian

Vintage punk from somebody’s youth, Roller Queen by Naked Raygun from Throb Throb (1984),

Blast furnace monomania (the end). 'Punk' is preferred to hardcore, but we hate being pigeonholed. It's as bad as being corn holed. We play aggressive, melodic, intense, chanty music... We call ourselves, hmmm, bat cave funk, zydeco bop, twist and ground flailer, closet motown..."  Jeff Pezzati on Naked Raygun.

This live version of Roller Queen was recorded at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago on November 20, 1987.  It was released as a bonus track on the Quarterstick Records' reissue CD of the Jettison LP (1999).  Video from Kansas City Bomber starring Raquel Welsh.

Naked Raygun - Thanksgiving Day 1984, the Metro Chicago.

Spinning Sunday or: The Almost Shortest Haul Ever

Spinning Sunday or: The Almost Shortest Haul Ever

Salutations™!! ©Quarterstick Records Yesterday, The BCPF and I went and did a couple of errands and then went to Underdog Records. Even after sustaining a swollen appendage because of yellowjackets, Jonathan was all smiles and joking around. We had a good time. We didn’t spend a lot of money, though. Every once in a while I’ll have a shopping day when nothing moves me. I didn’t really find…

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Volcano Suns - Blue Rib

De Algemene Verwarring #76 - 27 June 2022

The seventy-sixth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday June 27, 2022, and you can listen to it by clicking on the Mixcloud widget below. And if that does not work, here’s the direct link to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-76-27-juni-2022/

Pictured below is the Australian duo HTRK (pronounced ‘Hate Rock’). My first introduction with the band was when they played as the support act for Liars at De Kreun, according to the Wilde Westen archives in november 2007, so even before they released the Rowland S. Howard produced Marry Me Tonight album. Howard passed away just a few months after the release. Back then the band was still a trio with Sean Stewart on bass and sounded cold, repetitive and clinical with ice queen Jonnine Standish on vocals singing about sexual themes. Don’t get me wrong with the cold and clinical though, the album is still an absolute stunner and one of the records out of the bands discography I still play the most of all. After the untimely and sudden death of bassist Sean Stewart, the band continued as a duo and has undergone quite an evolution, as if they have been peeling off all the layers of their early music into what seems to be the essential: stripped down vocals, acoustic guitars, a silent hum in the background or Jonnine just snapping her fingers. It culminated in the release of last year’s “Rhinestones” LP - an album I finally picked up after the wonderful show of the band in Ghent a few weeks ago. It’s probably the most minimal and sparse sounding album of the band, that moves away from electronic music towards some sort of gothic folk - but it’s a wonderful record and I would recommend you to go buy a copy, you won’t regret it.

In this last episode of this season we’re looking forward to a few concerts the next few weeks (Stiff Richards, Low Life, June Of 44), we dance on the slow rhythms of Silent Servant and Chromatics, and we listen to new sounds of Schisms and super group Luster who just released their debut album on Morc Records. We’ll be back somewhere in August. Enjoy the summer! And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Stiff Richards: Talk (LP “State Of Mind” on `Drunken Sailor Records, 2021)

Freddie & The Vangrails: Wij (LP “Never Really Cared” on Hopvil Records, 2020)

Green Hornet: Maxed Out (CD “Going Down” on Transformed Dreams, 2000)

Low Life: Real Man (LP “From Squats To Lots: The Agony And The XTC Of Low Life” on Alter, 2021)

Les Calamités: Vélomoteur (LP “Encore! 1983-1987” on Born Bad Records, 2022)

Sonic Youth: Tom Violence (LP “Evol” on Blast First, 1986)

The Chills: (Frantic) Drift World (LP The Chills/The Stones/The Verlaines/Sneaky Feelings “Dunedin Double” on Flying Nun, reissue from 2014, originally released in 1982)

The Stones: Something New (LP The Chills/The Stones/The Verlaines/Sneaky Feelings “Dunedin Double” on Flying Nun, reissue from 2014, originally released in 1982)

Chris Knox: SOS (“CD EP “One Fell Swoop & Undubbed” on Flying Nun Records & Mushroom Records, 1995)

June Of 44: Anisette (CD “Tropics And Meridians” on Quarterstick Records, 1996)

Rex: Come Down (CD “Rex” on Southern Records, 1995)

Schisms: Savage Vacuum (LP “Break Apart The Idea Of Separation” on Bergpolder, 2022)

Silent Servant: Invocation Of Lust (LP “Negative Fascination” on Hospital Productions, repress 2013, originally released in 2012)

HTRK: Sunlight Feels Like Bee Stings (LP “Rhinestones” on N&J Blueberries, 2021)

Luster: All Is Dark Inside  (LP “Luster” on Morc Records, 2022)

Chromatics: Nite (CD-R “Death Kiss”, not on label, self released by the band, 2006)