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D.O.A. – Talk – Action = Zero (Sudden Death, 2010)
D.O.A. ARE UNKILLABLE
V.A. Ska At The Jamaica Playboy Club 1966 (Island, 1966)
Tell me, at what word in the title did you stop and say “I need that!” out loud?
Graham Parker – Deepcut To Nowhere (Razor & Tie, 2001)
With Rumour drummer Steve Goulding in tow, GP peeled off another set of acidic-yet-melodic originals like “I’ll Never Play Jacksonville Again”.
John K. Sampson – Provincial Road 222 (Anti, 2010)
Even John K.‘s side projects ooze geography.
Sloppy Seconds – Destroyed (Deluxe) (Kid Tested Records, 2010)
A double version of this oft-released 1989 classic obnoxio-punk punk classic that finally includes the devastating acoustic version of “Human Waste”.
Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, 2010)
Having a famous father and a famous namesake (each with a famous addiction) does not give musician’s much of a leg up but young Mr. Earle’s voice, with its echoes of Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams as well as those Texas legends, is becoming all his own.
D Generation – Through the Darkness (Columbia, 1998)
Jesse Malin & co.‘s final album of gutter-pop-punk tunes may not beat their first album but it gives a paddling to much of the rest of 1998.
Candy Hearts – Ripped-Up Jeans and Silly Dreams (Unsigned, 2010)
“Don’t Go Blocking the Sunshine”
The Unforgiven – S/T (Elektra, 1986)
From the ashes of SoCal pop-punk band The Stepmothers, Steve Jones formed this big pop/rock band that can survive superficial comparisons to both U2 and Bon Jovi(!) without actually sucking.
Whale Music by Paul Quarringotn (Vintage Canada, 1989 )
Every person who loves music should read this funny and fucked-up book by this now sadly-departed genius.
