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Two new reissued releases from VTWrecks available now. 35 years later and both these wrecks still sound timeless. Essential Cleveland, Ohio pre-punk / proto-punk sounds, trax recorded in 1975. Although these two trax were recorded in 1975, their release would have to wait until two years later when original Mirrors drummer, Michael Weldon facilitated their release on Hearthan in 1977, the

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“You shouldn’t try to borrow other people’s skin.” - Lucas Gunn “Inspiration: Petertag and Joshua McSmiles in Cheeseburger, OR” (choose yr own adventure: read on, or just split straight to the purchase page or at least to the end of this page where the meat tastes best, i.e. a 'simple' description of the sounds) I just the other nite saw someone ‘online’ sayin' that people need to stop

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This LP is now SOLD OUT from VIOLET TIMES but check out the other items for sale above.  VT is ecstatic to be helping distribute the new album by Nashville's finest in advance of our very own (slowly grinding into production) Hank Tapes LP release. One of America's secret gems of the Underground, John Allingham, Peggy Snow, and company have been sharing their singular

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Founded in 2006, The Offset: Spectacles were hitting some serious sonic heights by the time of this early 2009 performance at Beijing's since shuttered D-22.  Despite this, most of the Earth world are only recently finding out about our favorite "Canto Psych" band.  Usually due to hearing their great self-titled November 2011 vinyl debut which even more heads got onto when we

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Have you guys heard The Offset: Spectacles yet?  They're a Beijing / Hong Kong 3-piece, now splintered for the moment, exiled to parts unknown?  I heard this, the band's debut LP, and got in touch w/ them the very next day.  It's an all-analog affair from the recording start to the vinyl pressing finish w/ the Offsets flying to a UK studio to put their sound on reel-to-reel tape

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The Cherry Blossoms closing performance @ Foggy Notion art exhibition performing "Charlie Primm" and "Rising Tide" in the early evening 6.23.11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Live With Animals gallery space. John Allingham and Peggy Snow, the two main songwriters/voices of this great Nashville, TN group were able to make it to town for a rare out of town performance w/ some local friends augmenting their

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Met the Living Legend, the Baby Bulldog himself, last evening at the Norton Records 'Kicksville Confidential' comic book release party. GREAT comic too- i say check it out. A true hero of epic proportions in the Violet Times multiverse, he's in town to host Norton's 25th Anniversary blowout (featuring Black Lips, 5.6.7.8's, Sonics, Reigning Sound, Question Mark & The Mysterians, Cyril

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Hey hey, a quick one. Flipping thru a back issue of Psychotronic lately that i got from the best used record shop in NYC, my eye caught this tasty bit that i thought i'd share here. Cuz it's a cool bit and even relevant to this here sput that is VTWrecks. Nothing too involved, just exactly what the title up there sez. It's how i gripped my first copy of the classic pre- punk platter and many

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Hello there! If you've been following Vee Tee of late, (and why wouldn't ya?) you must be in the know about a few things we've had going on of late, the upcoming debut vinyl release by the best band in the land, The Blimp from Eugene, Oregon and the big event, the Violet Times curated Foggy Notion art exhibition. You might also know about the interview i did w/ Morton to promote the

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Here's the entry in Drag City's contest for an ad promoting the audiobook version of the great 1997 novel 'Victory Chimp' read by author, and former member of Royal Trux & Pussy Galore, Neil Michael Hagerty (also featuring sounds by his superb current group The Howling Hex) done by the friend of Violet Times and sometime 'art department' of sorts. Sonja did the psychedelic (psychedelicious

STWNDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04727889704431208404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460120325073125238.post-53705989192700616272011-05-29T22:12:00.011-04:002022-02-16T00:43:09.040-05:00

Hey! You might have heard the (teenage) news by now but in case ya haven't, a certain baby animal wants to turn you on, baby. What can a one man 'fan label' do for ya w/ no dough these days? Well, if you're me (and i am) it means you'd hatch a crazed plan to showcase some of my fave musicians and their visual side/s to the unsuspecting public. Who knew? Who cares, let's have some fun and

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Hey! My buds The Whines are on tour from Portland, OR and I booked a couple of shows for the band while the party lands here in NYC for three dates this coming weekend. Come say hello and eat some hot dogs, unless of course a certain spirit known as The Haze has a problem w/ you, in which case i'd watch your neck. I know, he's gone, but a ghost w/ an axe? Even scarier, so please be careful

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VT 103 - Poli Styrene Jass Band - "Drano In Your Veins" b/w "Circus Highlights" 7" w/ hand-stamped sleeves Two new reissued releases from VTWrecks available now. 35 years later and both these wrecks still sound timeless. Essential Cleveland, Ohio pre-punk / proto-punk sounds, these heavily dosed trax were recorded at Owl Studios in Columbus, Ohio, August of 1975 at the same

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I'm a little late in posting this, but be sure to check out The Styrenes on their Dymaxion Tour of 2010 if they're heading your way. Here's what i wrote elsewhere a few weeks ago... THE STYRENES with PAUL MAROTTA, JAMIE KLIMEK and JOHN MORTON 4/17 @ Orion Studios, Baltimore w/ Kohoutek ("In C" performance)4/18 @ Velvet Lounge, DC w/ Kohoutek4/19 @ The Triple, Richmond w/ Kohoutek and two

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Mirrors "Something That Would Never Do" LPI've got the last copies of this LP in this dimension... Here's what i said last year when it came out:Finally! The classic Cleveland, OH sounds from the 70's all on one handy full length- 15 trax, including both sides of the Hearthan 7" single, all but one of the "Those Were Different Times" Scat 10" cuts, and others from "Hands In My Pockets" cd on

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