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The Week In 7 Inches
Vinyl reference, innuendo only partially implied.
Voice Of The Puppets – I Don’t Wanna Know b/w You’re All I Wanted (Sing Sing)
30th anniversary repress of the only release from these Brit punks. A must for Buzzcocks fans.
Best Coast – Sun Was High (So Was I) (Art Fag)
Much rawer than anything on Crazy For You but still 3 good tunes.
Devo – Be Stiff b/w Social Fools (Stiff)
Great non-album Devo tracks and a companion single to the classic debut Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Crocodiles – Sleep Forever b/w Groove Is In The Heart/California Girls (Fat Possum)
A-side is the title track to Crocodiles’ fantastic sophomore album and b-side is exactly what you think it is: enjoyable and weird.
Cola Freaks – Mig Mig Mig (Rob’s House)
Energetic danish punk band were the final backing band of Jay Reatard, and it is apparent why he picked them. They have a very Lost Sounds quality to them.
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks b/w Heir Apparent (Matador)
This 7” came exclusively with pre-orders for the Couple Tracks singles collection and it contains to excellent songs sure to end up on FU’s next singles collection.
The Boom Bang – Bummer Camp (Guestroom)
Debut EP from promising punk rockers from Oklahoma.
Iggy & The Stooges – I Got A Right b/w Gimme Some Skin (Bomp!)
At one time, this single was the only way to hear proper versions of these songs and the only proper recordings I know of the post-_Raw Power_ Stooges (James Williamson era).
Wild Nothing – Summer Holiday b/w Vultures Like Lovers (Captured Tracks)
A-side is not close to the best track from the band’s first album, Gemini, but the b-side is Grade A.
Europe – The Final Countdown b/w On Broken Wings (Epic)
33 cents. Worth it. Whether it reminds me of Arrested Development or 80’s hair metal badness, I get a laugh out of it.
