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  • 01. Heute Schlägt Der Bauer Den König
    02. Niemals Wird Heute
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    PROGROMO

    Heute schlägt der Bauer den König

    [engl] PROGROMO was a short lived brain child of Bernd Zimmermann, the mastermind of bands like ADD, DEUTSCHDENCK and maybe most prominent ISOLIERBAND. Zimmermann recorded a bunch of tracks in 1982 at Joswigstudio in Dusseldorf, this happened right after - as story goes - EA80 recorded their famous debut full lenght. Red Lounge Records head honcho Tex Dixigas himself unearthed these recordings durings the time of research with the ISOLIERBAND releases.
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    18.08.2022
     
  • 01. Im Zentrum Der Macht
    02. Die Sterne Fallen Auf Amerika
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    PROGROMO

    Im Zentrum Der Macht

    [engl] PROGROMO was a short lived brain child of Bernd Zimmermann, the mastermind of bands like ADD, DEUTSCHDENCK and maybe most prominent ISOLIERBAND. Zimmermann recorded a bunch of tracks in 1982 at Joswigstudio in Dusseldorf, this happened right after - as story goes - EA80 recorded their famous debut full lenght. Red Lounge Records head honcho Tex Dixigas himself unearthed these recordings durings the time of research with the ISOLIERBAND releases.
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    18.08.2022
     
  • 01. Strange Things
    02. I'll Never Stop
    03. A Place In Your Heart
    04. Night Of Action
    05. You Don't Know Me
    06. Look Out Johnny
    07. I Can Only Dream
    08. Forever
    09. Don't Ring Me Up
    10. Smile And Say Goodbye
    11. Private Lives
    12. Strange Obsessions

    PROTEX

    Strange Obsessions

    [engl] Reissue of the 2010 release on Sing Sing Records, NYC, USA. This is the first album of PROTEX, recorded in 1979-1980 for a release on Polydor records, but the record never came out because the label was interested in the next big thing, after punk rock.... The guys from Sing Sing Records unearthed this masterpiece and put it out in 2010, it was sold out and OOP soon afterwards. So nearly 10 years after you have the possibility to buy this classic for a normal price. The Bachelor Records release of "Strange Obsessions" is not only a simple repress, we managed to improve the sound and speed, thanks to Eric Brady, PLUS the artwork was changed a bit too!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    03.12.2019
    EAN
    EAN 4260016924585
     
  • 01. Waiting for the Sign
    02. Because of You
    03. On the Wire
    04. Even if I Wanted To
    05. Without You
    06. Truth
    07. Tightrope
    08. Fool in my Mind
    09. Stay Out of My Dreams
    10. Shinging Star

    PROTEX

    Tightrope

    [engl] The long awaited new album from Belfast, Irelands Punkrockers PROTEX.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    27.02.2017
     
  • 01. Anti New Wave Liga
    02. Wien
    03. I wü ned
    04. Der Karl
    05. Bla-Bla
    06. 1984
    07. Mutant World
    08. Ein Tag in unserem Lebel
    09. Leichenschändung
    10. Anton
    11. Liebe
    12. Ibiza
    13. Der Papst
    14. London
    15. Polizei
    16. Scheichts Eich
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    PROTEX

    Wicked Ways

    Format
    LP lim
    Release-Datum
    18.07.2022
     
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    QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT

    Ring the alarm / Jamskate

    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    28.09.2010
     
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    REAL NUMBERS

    EP

    [engl] This is the kind of garage punk that makes me glad that I am not completely deaf yet , but I will soon be because I cannot stop listening to these four songs without pumping up the volume just a little bit more after every song. This is the second single of this trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its just not too trashy so you can easily play it when you are DJing at the local hipster hangout and leave the RIP OFFS, PROBLEMATICS, TEENGENERATE and RAYDIOS singles at home cause they have been recorded way to crappy anyways. REAL NUMBERS take the punk edges of before mentioned bands and drench it into a bittersweet juice. Recorded by Brian Hermosillo.
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    03.01.2010
    EAN
    EAN 4260016929894
     
  • 01. There From The Reekys
    02. I Didn't Get Invited To The Party
    03. Teenage Retard
    04. Bam Bam Bigelow
    05. Sweet Little You
    06. I Wanna Be A Sumo Wrestler
    07. OUT - You're Out
    08. Monkey Boy
    09. She's My Girl From The KGB
    10. The Thing She's Got
    11. 327 Impala Let's Go
    12. King Of The Surf
    13. I Don't Wanna Leave The Sidewalk For You
    14. I Can't Stop Thinking About You

    REEKYS

    s/t

    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    03.02.2019
     
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    ROCK AND ROLL ADVENTURE KIDS

    Boobies RnR

    Das sympathische Duo aus Oakland legt auf seiner zweiten 7'' wieder genialen 60s beeinflussten Garagenpunk vor. Anders als so viele Andere in diesem Genre verschwenden die R´n´R Adventure Kids ihre Zeit nicht mit der Suche nach perfekten Retro Outfits und authentischen Sounds. Hier geht's rauher zur Sache, zeitgemäßer und ehrlicher! Zwei Junge Kerls, ein Schlagzeug, ne Gitarre, ungebügelte T-Shirts und viel Link Wray und Sonics im Blut. Yess!
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    03.01.2010
    EAN
    EAN 4260016929863
     
  • 01. Rock Fever
    02. Daddy! Whatcha Doin'To My Sister?!
    03. Tall Girls
    04. My Sugar Pops
    05. Leave Your Mother
    06. Our Time Is Coming
    07. Flames Across The Sky
    08. Who's A Punk (Your Mother!)
    09. Rokker's Lament
    10. Pigeon-Hole Wankers
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    ROKKER

    s/t

    [engl] Welcome to one of Punk Rocks most peculiar and best hidden secrets: ROKKER! Their oddball 1980 Album on Owl Records with 10 enthusiastic raunchy lo-fi cuts is one of the definitive Punk Rock mystery albums out there sold for absurd prices. The songs of the album have been traded on DIY cassette compilations for ages but very rarely you met someone who had the actual record. The relentless teenage symphonies on the platter deal about being a ROKKER having to put up with all the wankers out there, tall sugar girls and Punk Rock themes like anger in classroom, being disconnected or having the Rock fever. The records alltime outright Überhit – Who's a Punk? Your Mother! is the bizzare portrayal of the American middle class “happy family” in the 70's. Listening to these hymns no one would ever think that ROKKER actually had two “careers” up their sleeves in parallel: A Country'n'Blues band in the bright light of day and a fierce Punk Rock band by night. This double burden took its toll somewhen in the early 80's and ROKKER passed over into the happy hunting grounds. A fate shared with so many great bands of the 70's and 80's.
    Format
    LP lim
    Release-Datum
    11.12.2022
     
  • 01. Glasfaser
    02. Mischmaschine
    03. Hochzeit
    04. Ku?hltransporter
    05. Lebenslauf
    06. No Money / Car Song B2
    07. 100 Grad
    08. Uhr Kaputt
    09. Forgotten Keys

    ROLLTREPPE

    s/t

    [engl] Debut record of this post punk band from Vienna, Austria. Tracks taken from the self-released tape, recorded on 4-track, mastered to perfection by Eric Brady. Limited to 500 copies. Post-Punk to dance to, touching the body at the very right places, mostly german lyrics you will know by heart soon even if you are from…
    Format
    LP lim
    Release-Datum
    14.06.2021
     
  • 01. Quvertuere
    02. No Sorry
    03. Ym
    04. Shitty Friends
    05. Losin' My Head
    06. Eyeliner
    07. Hide
    08. Always Depressed
    09. Can't You See
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    SALAMIRECORDER & THE HI-FI PHONOS

    Goods for Conversation

    [engl] What blend of music we like most? GARAGE PUNK! What we dig too in summer while sippin' on Mai Tais? SURF! Why isn't there a group of teenage ne'er-do-wells who can combine these two genres to entertain us and hundreds of other trash loving individuals? THERE IS!!! Oh yes, three very active scenesters who play in maybe 10 other bands as well gave it a shot, and here is a record they cut under the strange moniker SALAMIRECORDER & THE HI-FI PHONOS. I did not ask them about the reason or meaning of this band name. I supposed i won't get any enlightning answers anyway. But well! Here it is! A record full of fresh trashy garage surf punk music with a truckload of reverb and echoes, and cryptic song titles. No mere nostalgia mongers, SALAMIRECORDER & THE HI-FI PHONOS sound old and new at the same time, the songs are sometimes harsh and loud but still contain enough melody to turn every live show into a wylde dance party!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    30.06.2023
     
  • 01. My Baby Can't Take It
    02. Shattered Dreams
    03. Let Me Be
    04. Born Touloose
    05. Fool
    06. You're So Loud
    07. You're Not To Blame (The Horst Song)
    08. Down At Joe's Best Power Food
    09. Sex Drive
    10. Fuck All Haters
    11. Black Out
    12. Get Wild
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    SHADY AND THE VAMP

    The Holy Teachings Of Rock n Roll

    [engl] Switzerlands hottest scheisse right now! After 2.5 singles and a brilliant 10" we are more than happy / proud to let you know that the Bachelor Record Company is putting out the debut album of SHADY AND THE VAMP. Buckle up and prepare for a twelve song rollercoaster ride into garage punk / rocanrol (TM) madness!!!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    02.01.2017
     
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    SHIRLEY MACLAINES, THE

    Want you to go

    Nach einer ausverkauften Single auf einem amerikanischen Label und Konzerten in mindestens (!) vier Ländern schwirren die fünf stolzen Tirolerinnen in Österreich immer noch unter dem Radar der Musikpresse. Und wieso? Weil sie sich einen Dreck darum scheren was man machen muss / soll und was nicht. Aufnahmequalität? Bühnenoutfit? Die Meinung des Publikums? Sinnvolle Antworten auf Interviewfragen? All das sind Sachen über die sich die Shirley Maclaines zwar stundenlang streiten können, im Grunde ist es ihnen aber völlig egal. Den Regler auf 10 und los geht's mit All Girl Garage Punk. Gegründet haben sich die fünf Freundinnen 2005 nachdem man einige Punk Bands live gesehen hatte, und es zum üblichen „Wait! Anyone can do that.... I CAN DO THAT!” (H.Rollins, Black Flag) Moment gekommen war. Ohne entsprechendes Vorwissen in punkto Instrumente... eine gute Voraussetzung! Nach einigen Keller, Proberaum und privat Shows gings dann gleich los: Konzerte in Innsbruck und Resttirol, Vorarlberg... dann Italien, Deutschland, Belgien, eine 7" Single auf HEADS UP RECORDS (Seattle, WA., USA). Bis es zu einer großen Pause kam: Ausbildung, länger Auslandsaufenthalte, et cetera... Im Mai 2011 wurde mit Albert K.Putnik ein Sound Wizard aus München verpflichtet. Er nahm fünf neue SHIRLEY MACLAINES Kompositionen in originalgetreuer NO-FI Qualität mit seinem 4-Spur Gerät auf, mit BACHELOR RECORDS fand man ein renommiertes Garage Punk Label und so gibts nach fünf (!) Jahren wieder eine neue SHIRLEY MACLAINES Platte. Vinyl versteht sich. Und beginnend mit dem 16. Dezember 2011 im SHELTER in Wien gibts dann auch endlich wieder live Shows / Chaos.
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    26.01.2012
     
  • 01. No Substitute
    02. Remember Tonight
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    SHIVVERS, THE

    No Substitute / Remember Tonight

    [engl] Classic Powerpop from 1980! KILLER!!
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    18.08.2022
     
  • 01. Please Stand By
    02. Life Without You
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    SHIVVERS, THE

    Please Stand By / Life Without You

    [engl] Classic Powerpop from 1980! KILLER!!
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    18.08.2022
     
  • 01. Teenline
    02. Please Stand By
    03. Hold On
    04. Why Tell Lies
    05. My Association
    06. When I Was Younger
    07. No Substitute
    08. Don’t Tell Me
    09. Life Without You
    10. No Reaction
    11. Rhonda Wrote To Rita
    12. Remember Tonight
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    SHIVVERS, THE

    s/t

    [engl] Untouchable early ’80s Power Pop from Milwaukee, WI. They only released one 45 during their existence (and reissued by Bachelor Archives), but it stands up as one of the top tier Power Pop singles of all time. This collection plays like a long lost album or maybe even a collection of classic, lost 45s. Timeless, perfect pop songs that echo the Raspberries as much as they do Brill Building hits. Almost every number sounds like it could have, should have been a hit single.This release is a new and improved issue of the collection that Sing Sing Records released in 2014. The LP comes with a 12"x36" double-sided insert with photos, liner notes, etc. and a replica of the original Shivvers bumper sticker.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    26.02.2020
    EAN
    EAN 4260016924578
     
  • 01. Teen Line
    02. When I Was Younger

    SHIVVERS, THE

    Teen Line

    [engl] Classic Powerpop from 1980! KILLER!!
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    03.12.2019
     
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    SKIPPER

    In italy

    [engl] In July / August 2009 Brian, Brianna and Crystal took a trip to Italy. They played some shows, had a lot of fun and…. Recorded 7 songs at Outside Inside Studios with Matteo of the MOJOMATICS! Seven songs that fit so good together that they didn’t want to give them to two different releases, so we decided to put it out on a 10”. After the split 7” with THEE MAKEOUT PARTY and the 7” on Chocolate Covered Records this is the third release of this thee piece from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Powerpop brilliance with a lo-fi touch! Print Run: 500 black vinyl.
    Format
    10''
    Release-Datum
    31.03.2010
    EAN
    EAN 4260016927074
     
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    SLANDER TONGUE

    Server Room / This Time

    [engl] Debut single by this all star band from Berlin, Germany, with members of various garage/punk bands like Bikes, Primitive Hands, Modern Pets just to name a few. Recorded in November 2017, engineered by Toby Lill Hazelwood and mastered by Tim Warren. Two cuts that make you think of the Stones on a trip to Garageville, cool as ice rock and roll with moloko +.
    Format
    7''
    Release-Datum
    23.06.2018
     
  • 01. Under Fireworks
    02. Inspiration
    03. El Nico
    04. Airplane Girl
    05. Shadows on the Back
    06. Neon Lights
    07. Dans L'Matin et Dans L'Soir
    08. Yogi Girl with Gold
    09. Love by the Riverside
    10. Midnight Girl
    11. Sonic Night
    12. Girl From Rio
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    SONIC CHICKEN 4

    s/t

    [engl] After releasing a string of seven inches on NASTY PRODUCT, recieving glowing reviews in magazines, webzines and blogs across the globe, and playing dates in Europe and the USA, SONIC CHICKEN 4 inked a deal with one of the leading garage punk record labels, IN THE RED, to release their first full-length back in 2007. The album got raving reviews so the band decided to tour the USA in 2009. Then they did singles on ROBS HOUSE and TROUBLE IN MIND and recorded another full length that was supposed to come out in 2009 just in time for another US adventure, this one with appearances at Goner Fest 6 (Memphis) and Scion Fest (Portland). When this tour began, the album was postponed by the label. They went back to Europe to do another month of touring… and the album was postponed again... and until now it never came out. In 2010 the band slowly stopped its activity... stopped playing live and stopped practicing. Years later Dusty Medical Records (Milwaukee, MI) and Bachelor Records (Austria) rediscovered this „lost“ 12 song masterpiece, a garage punk gem from a looong forgotten time. Yes its true, only about 5 years ago this thing we call Garage Punk sounded a lot different! That was before this genre was washed down by hipsters, before it was cool to shake bums to primitive beats. Before garage punk bands had booking agencies, five-page hospitality riders and tuners… This album is a document from a not so long-gone era. Recorded in only two days in a Spanish castle in Valencia, produced by King Khan with help from Isidro (Wau y los Arrghs) and mixed by the band in Perpignan, France, the 12 songs serve as a wayback machine. Try it… take a sip and go T-R-I-P-P-I-N-G! SOUNDS LIKE: a fuzzy, ultra primitive brand of garage stomp that owes equally to 60's pop, VU, Back From The Grave comps, girl groups and Jaques DuTronc. Some kind of borderline garage sixties punk...
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    18.03.2015
     
  • 01. Borrowed Time
    02. Hang On Hang On
    03. Disconnection Notice
    04. Red Arrow
    05. Vacation
    06. Bitter Cup
    07. Sunday Take Me Away
    08. Mountain
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    SPACE RAFT

    Rubicon

    [engl] The hallmark of a great band is its ability to progress, to change from record to record. Even a brilliant debut cannot sustain a group throughout their entire career. Thankfully for music fans, Space Raft has that ability in spades. Hints of the best of '60's and '70's rock are combined with the dynamism and immediacy of modern post-punk to produce an ever-shifting backdrop of melodic innovation that moves forward several leagues from their self-titled debut.Their new album "Rubicon" (out April 15 on Dusty Medical Records in the USA and Bachelor Records in Europe) takes the positive attributes of their self-titled debut and expands on every aspect of their sound; from pop-rock hooks (opener "Borrowed Time," standalone single "Paper Airplanes") to drifting melodies ("Vacation") to euphoric instrumental passages ("Disconnection Notice," "Red Arrow").This can be attributed in part to Space Raft's consistent membership; after working together for years Jordan Davis (guitar, vocals), TJay Christenson (keyboards), Jon Heibler (bass) and Tyler Chicorel (drums) have a second sense about what will and will not combine fluidly; this interplay is crucial to their multi-faceted sound. Also integral to their sound is the one-two punch of recording with Shane Hochstetler at Howl Street Studios in Milwaukee, and the mastering skills of Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    15.10.2016
     
  • 01. Never is Enough
    02. Jupiter Calling
    03. We're not alone
    04. Evening Glow
    05. Venus in Transit
    06. Rescue Mission
    07. Anything is Possible
    08. Humboldt Reservoir Blues
    09. Waves in Oscillation
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    SPACE RAFT

    s/t

    [engl] Whatever image that the name "Space Raft" might conjure up for you, just forget it. They are not specifically a psych band, or a retro-glam outfit, or a blatant '70's throwback. They are, instead, a classically brilliant pop-rock combo which incorporates elements of all the above while working by their own rules, beholden to no genre. Space Raft, their debut album, is proof positive of this. Formed in 2012 by ex-Mystery Girls guitarist Jordan Davis, former Temper Temper keyboardist TJay Christenson, Father Phoenix drummer Tyler Chicorel (who currently handles bass duties for the equally awesome Call Me Lightning) and Goodnight Loving bassist Colin Swinney, the band currently includes bassist Srini Radhakrishna (Circles, Football, France Has The Bomb), following Swinney's departure to California. The camaraderie amongst Space Raft's members is obvious upon listening to their music; there is a definite interplay between all of them that contributes to a fully-formed vision. Healthy helpings of melody, rhythmic diversity, and intriguing instrumentation make their self-titled debut LP a constantly shifting, magical entity. There's an almost science-fiction element to many of their songs, such as "Jupiter Calling" and "Anything is Possible" which is completely in line with the effects-laden guitar lines and washes of keyboard. However, Space Raft can abruptly shift gears into songs such as "We Are Not Alone" or "Rescue Mission" which are pop at its finest. Diversity is the key to Space Raft, a quality which, unfortunately, is sadly lacking in many modern bands.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    18.03.2015
     
  • 01. Strange Breed
    02. Pulling Us Away
    03. Black & White
    04. Act Like You Know Me
    05. Heartbreak (Shannon & The Clams)
    06. This Morning
    07. When You're Dumb
    08. Higher
    09. Right Trough Me
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    SPIKE & THE SWEET SPOTS

    Strange Breed

    [engl] DEBUT LP by Chicago's folk rock darlings, SPIKE AND THE SWEET SPOTS! Limited pressing of 300. Also out on Randy Records, USA. At a time when it seems that most rock n roll bands bury their vocals under a mountain of reverb, with the lyrics mostly unintelligible, and the voice treated as just another instrument, Spike and the Sweet Spots stand as a powerful counterpoint. They are a band for whom good songwriting and good lyrics are at the forefront. Above everything, Spencer “Spike” Johnson is a songwriter – a man who idolizes such lyrical heavyweights as Bob Dylan, Daniel Johnston, Lou Reed, or more recently The Dutchess and the Duke, Home Blitz, or Juan Wuaters. And with role models like those, you can rest assured that you will never hear a Sweet Spots song with cliché or rehashed lyrics. And on their debut album “Strange Breed”, every song is thoughtful, heartfelt, clever, and well executed. For the last ten years, Spike has played in Chicago’s favorite party rock band, The Yolks, and lent his pen to write many of their best songs. But at the same time was ripping it up with The Yolks, he was sometimes writing songs that did not match the high energy rock n roll songs in a typical Yolks set. And so he started his own group as a vehicle for these great songs he was writing that were too mellow for The Yolks, but too good to just let lay fallow. Such a path from garage punk to folk rock is not uncommon in rock n roll. Think of Greg Cartwright who went from The Oblivians to the Reigning Sound, or Jesse Lortz who went from The Fe Fi Fo Fums to The Dutchess And The Duke. And the results are similar for Spike and the Sweet Spots: a great folk band with a rock n roll heart that writes great, memorable songs. For the last few years, Chicago has been keeping this amazing band our little secret, but with this debut LP, the secret is finally out! Spike and the Sweet Spots are amazing, this album is amazing, so go out and get it, open up your ears, open up your heart, and let the love flow!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    19.09.2015