Tokyo's 5.6.7.8's announce new album "Run Run Run" on the way

Great news that The 5.6.7.8's have a new album done! Check out their version of "Come See Me"  here and "Roadrunner" below.

Gary Numan @ The Concert Hall, Tuesday

Watch a few Gary Numan interviews and performances in advance of his sold out Toronto return on Tuesday.  

Remembering Epic Soundtracks on his birthday

Remembering singer/songwriter Epic Soundtracks on his birthday with a couple of interviews, a performance and his Rise Above album. 

Tim Kerr & Mike Carroll's Poison 13 debut album from 1984 due for reissue

The rippin' 1984 garage punk debut album from Austin's Poison 13 is being reissued by Red Parakeet Records on June 5th. Now available for pre-order!

Here's the scoop from Tim Kerr...

"Poison 13 started when Mike asked me if I would help him start a band. The first song we wrote together was One Step Closer. I was the music, he was the words. We were going to play once and it was going to be his night since it was his band. It kept going. This was the first record and came out around the same time as Lime Spiders and the Nomads first. It was all done in one night with Spot at the controls . It's out on vinyl again thanks to Joe at Red Parakeet (smile).  It's up for pre-sale. You can get it at RedParakeetRecords.com."

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Red Parakeet Records are very excited to reissue the 1984 debut album by Poison 13 on vinyl for the first time in over 40 years. This exclusive reissue is available on black or splatter vinyl in a beautiful gatefold jacket with photography by Pat Blashill. Includes inner sleeve with the original handwritten lyrics by Mike Carroll, and brand-new liner notes by Tim Kerr.

Reissue artwork prepared by Aaron Tanner. Vinyl mastering by Sean Glonek at SRG studios, and lacquers cut by Scott Hull at Masterdisk. Records pressed at Gotta Groove Records in Cleveland, OH. 

Watch the 1984 video clip for "One Step Closer" and some live footage from a Poison 13 reunion show from 1996 following the tracklisting below. 

Poison 13 - Poison 13

1. One Step Closer 

2. Seventh Son

3. My Biggest Mistake

4. Spoonful

5. Out On The Streets

6. Big City Lights

7. Die For Me

8. Codeine

9. Grip On My Heart

10. Justice

11. When I Was Young

12. Blank Generation

13. Hellbound Train

Remembering singer/guitarist Leo "Bud" Welch on his birthday

Remembering gospel/blues guitarist Leo "Bud" Welch on his birthday with a few performances you may have missed.

Ohio outsider Tommy Jay's "lost" 1974 recordings unearthed by HoZac Records

Taken from the analog tapes recorded by Mike Rep Hummel, Short Sagas of Sorrow finds Tommy Jay in singer/songwriter mode.  

‘Short Sagas Of Sorrow: The Lost 1974 Tapes’  from Tommy Jay 

A true Ohio outsider legend in every sense, Tommy Jay along with his producer/co-hort Mike Rep Hummel were recording like crazy Dionysian gods in the mid 1970s and we’re so glad they did. 

What we have here before you is an unreleased 1974 studio album with another book of classics intertwined within, and if you’ve been following Tommy’s hypnotic trajectory with Mike Rep, True Believers, and the HarrisburgP layers over the years, it’s another long-awaited reward for your faith in this underground system you’re invested in.

Pure Ohio Gold as they say, and as a recently unearthed recording, we’re proud to present it for the first time anywhere, solidifying Tommy Jay’s pillar-like influence in the sick and twisted Harrisburg underground. 

Forever underrated, Tommy shines hard here for the singer-songwriter era, keeping that creeping “punk edge” just under the surface for extra tension, even in 1974. In another world Tommy Jay would be as well-known as Skip Spence or Ron House, but his star still rises, albeit slowly & surely. Much like a companion LP to 'The Grim-O-Comix Sequence' and his his essential 'Tall Tales of Trauma' LP, 'Short Sagas of Sorrow' fills yet another void with it’s deep lo-fi goodness that has no problem hitting all of your unprotected sweet spots.  

Tommy Jay's Short Sagas Of Sorrow is being released by HoZac Records in a vinyl pressing of 500 copies. Shipping late April or early May. Get it directly from HoZac Records right here. 

Listen to the version of "Gusto Hungry" off Tommy Jay's Tall Tales of Trauma below. 

Happy Birthday Large Professor & DJ Premier!

Celebrating the shared birthday of legendary hip hop producers Large Professor and DJ Premier with interviews and more.