Mike and Pat - That Zombie Stole My Girl

  

  "I thought that she would be my graveyard girl..."

  I'm sure many of you will be familiar with Vista Blue (https://wearevistablue.bandcamp.com/), the Nashville power pop/pop punk sensations that have featured numerous times on here. They've a new Halloween ep out titled Even Dracula Will Be There but there's only so many times you can say nice things about a band before you just keep repeating yourself so I just settled for playing something from it on this week's show. 

  There is however good reason to mention them as frontman Mike Patton (who's also graced the likes of The Loblaws, Ralphie's Red Ryders, Tambourine Girlfriend, The Robinsons & Sally Stitches) has teamed up with Patrick McVay (Classic Pat, Parasite Diet, The Putz, Rip Taylors, Ghost Party, Practice Run, Beeslys, Spacenoidz, Coruscants & Family Computer) for a timely single. 

  It's a hint of what's to come from the pair who are soon to be starting a new band together called The Green Kangeroos. It's a very promising preview which you can check out (name your price) on the Radiant Radish Bandcamp page :  

https://radiantradish.bandcamp.com/album/that-zombie-stole-my-girl

  Given the history of the guys you won't be surprised to hear a couple of very catchy tunes. This is the A side (it aptly namechecks the Groovie Ghoulies as they're an obvious inspiration in both sound and cover art) it's called That Zombie Stole My Girl...

Golden Shitters - Don't Relax

  

  Golden Shitters are a trashy rock n roll trio from Hamilton, Ontario. The line up of the band is Matt Ellis (Anxious Pleasers and The Vapids), Dave Tyson (Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs) & Kyle Fisher (the Dirty Nil) They play high octane, punk infused budget rock and they've just released a killer Self Titled album. It's available on vinyl (gold or black), cd, cassette and digital download :   https://goldenshitters.bandcamp.com/album/golden-shitters-lp

  They've released a couple of videos from the album 

Drop The Bomb : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mpNoJuYSk

Trash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7PmRpBfxxY 

 

  

  They're a mash up of bands like The Ramones, The Spits and The Control Freaks. Short songs played fast and hard with titles like I Don't Wanna Go To The Mall, City Of Doom and Slaughterhouse Now. The track I'm highlighting is one of the longest but fairly rattles through it's 1 minute 40 runtime. Blink and you'll miss it, this is Don't Relax... 

Problem Patterns - Advertising Services

  

  It's only 4 months since I last featured Belfast band Problem Patterns (https://www.facebook.com/probpatterns) so go check that post out for a bit of info on them   https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/06/problem-patterns-letter-of-resignation.html

  This update's to tell you that the album, Blouse Club, is out now and that it's one of the year's best. It's packed with anarchic, feminist punk ear worms and you can get it on vinyl or digital download here :  https://problempatterns.bandcamp.com/album/blouse-club

  There's a shiny new video for this track so that's what I'm gonna post (though I'll play a different track on this week's show). Have a blousey day, this is Advertising Services... 

Terrorpins - Enough

  

  A new band for you today who Bandcamp describe as playing "a fusion of rock, punk, metal, indie, post-rock and hardcore with influences extending far and wide, creating a sound that displays calculated and lovingly crafted music." They're called Terrorpins (https://www.facebook.com/terrorpinsbanduk/), they're from the north of England and they feature current members of Bruise Control & Roughneck Riot, Ex-members of Bootscraper & Wonk Unit and they're fronted by singer-songwriter/antifolk musician, Tim Loud... (Tim Loud, Ryan (Roughneck Riot), Tommy (Bruise Control) and Dan (Bootscraper)). 

  They've an ep on the way which will be released via Toxic Wotsit and they're just about to kick off a tour...

  They've also released a debut single of which they say "It’s a song inspired by the strikes and collective trade union movement that works under the banner Enough is enough. The movement is striving to improve working conditions and fight back against years of Tory austerity, cuts and outright theft of public funds. The poverty and suffering in this country is not a necessity, it is a decision made by those who lied and cheated their way into power. All of society is a construct and we can do better."

  You can find it here : https://terrorpins.bandcamp.com/track/enough-2

  It's called Enough...

I've had enough. I can't take anymore.
I'm sick of watching my friends struggle to meet the ends while we are fighting their war.
Cos we invented the wheel, they just use it.
And if we learn how to feel, they abuse it.
Their world isn't real, we just choose it.
I've had enough.

I've had enouh of the lies, I've had enough of the ties that fucking bind us to nothing til the day that we die.
Another worn out cog in their shitty machine.
Their machine that can't work without us as the fuel.
Their machine built on prisons and churches and schools.
Their machine that can only consume.

I'm not talking about them as in colour of skin, the place they were born or the one that they live in.
I'm talking about those who would seek to have power, to hold it above us, to cause us to kneel and to cower.
They want knowledge just to make you feel dumb.
Their time has come.

I've had enough. I can't take anymore.
I'm sick of watching my friends struggle to meet the ends while we are fighting their war.
Cos we invented the wheel, they just use it.
And if we learn how to feel, they abuse it.
Their world isn't real, we just choose it.
I've had enough.

I've had enouh of the lies, I've had enough of the ties that fucking bind us to nothing til the day that we die.
Another worn out cog in their shitty machine.
Their machine that can't work without us as the fuel.
Their machine built on prisons and churches and schools.
Their machine that can only consume.

BIG MESS - Walk All Over Me

  

(Photo: Elin Tårnes)

  BIG MESS are Mike (Vocals), Moose (Bass/backing vocals), Rich (Drums/backing vocals) & Tony (Guitar/backing vocals). They're from Copenhagen and they featured on here last year with a Nipple Erectors cover https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/11/big-mess-venus-in-bovver-boots.html

  They return today with an infectious track from their upcoming album Cleaning Up With. It'll be available on vinyl and digital download on November 17th and you can pre order it here :  https://bigmessdk.bandcamp.com/album/cleaning-up-with

  The pre release teasing is very much underway, 3 songs are streaming. Big, brash and bouncy, they do a great job of whetting appetites for what's going to be a top album. I'll post the one they've just released a video for, this is Walk All Over Me... 

Scud - I'm a Punter

  

P.U.N.T.E.R.
You live forever in my rock n roll heart...

  Scud are a new band to me and I'm guessing they're pretty new full stop. They're a quintet from Melbourne who have just released what looks like a debut ep.

  It's titled NO-EP and it's half a dozen energetic punk bangers that should appeal to the many of you who worship at the alter of Amyl And The Sniffers.

  Check it out here :  https://scudsmells.bandcamp.com/album/no-ep

  This song's about loving going out on the town watching bands. It's called I'm A Punter... 

Upchuck - Freaky

  

  Today I'm posting a song I played a few weeks ago on the show which is now accompanied by a cool, horror themed video. 

  Upchuck are KT (Vocals), Mikey (Guitar), Hoff (Guitar), Daniel Lane (Drums) & Ausar Ward (Bass Guitar). They're from Atlanta, Georgia and they've just released their 2nd album, Bite The Hand That Feeds. It's available on vinyl from Famous Class Records :   https://famousclass.com/collections/releases/products/upchuck-bite-the-hand-that-feeds

  The press release sums things up nicely... "Bite the Hand That Feeds offers a sonic portrait of what it feels like to be young and caught up in the thrill of it all, coursing between ripping dance grooves and thundering dirges, anti-self-serious crowd anthems and charming pop hooks. In a world saturated with arbitrary rules and paper-thin moralism, Upchuck offer freedom through sensation, a type of unserious transcendence found through the swirl of bodies melting into one another in the passion of dance."

  A bakers dozen punchy pop songs wrapped lovingly in a cocoon of pounding drums and distorted guitars. You can check it out here : https://upchuckatl.bandcamp.com/album/bite-the-hand-that-feeds

  This is the lead track, it's called Freaky...

I GET FREAKY IN THE NIGHT GOOFY IN THE DAY AND I REV IT UP RUN IT UP REV IT UP AGAIN YA SEEK ME IM FREAKY YA SEEK ME YA NEED ME CUZ IM FREAKY IN THE NIGHT AND I'M NOT ASHAMED I LIKE THE FEELING LIKE THE SOUND LIKE THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL I LIKE THE CROWD I LIKE THE SMILES I SEEK IT OUT THEY WHISPER BOUT ME SWITCH ABOUT ME SING ABOUT ME RISK ABOUT ME THAT THEY WON'T FIND AGAIN SO THEY REASON BOUT HOW SEARCHIN BOUT WHY LURKIN BY MY LAUGHIN BOUT MY SHOUTIN BOUT MY DANCIN BOUT MY CHOICE ALL IN THE END CUZ IM FREAKY THEY SEEK ME THEY NEED ME THEY FREE ME IM FREAKY IN THE NIGHT I'M NOT ASHAMED I LIKE THE FEELING LIKE THE SOUND LIKE THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL I LIKE THE CROWD I LIKE THE SMILES I SEEK IT OUT THEY WHISPER BOUT ME SWITCH ABOUT ME SING ABOUT ME RISK ABOUT ME THAT THEY WON'T FIND AGAIN THEY SEEK ME THEY NEED ME THEY FREE ME FREAKY IN THE NIGHT AND WE REV IT UP YEAH WE REV IT UP ALL OVER AGAIN YA SEEK ME YA READ ME YA NEED ME YA LEAKIN YA FREAKIN YA REEKIN YA LEAVE ME CUZ IM SNEAKY IN THE NIGHT AND THE LONG NIGHTS AND THE CRUEL HEARTS I GIVE MY ALL IN THE LONG RUN BUT I LOSE IT ALL YEAH I LOST IT ALL TO START OVER AGAIN YA SEEK ME YA READ ME YA NEED ME YA LEAKIN YA FREAKIN YA REEKIN YA LEAVIN YA KIKI YA SEEK ME YA FREAKY YA NEED ME CUZ IM FREAKY IN THE NIGHT

Born Shit Stirrers - Alcoholic Lesbian Vet

  

  Just a quickie today to give a shout out to the new album by Born Shit Stirrers (https://www.facebook.com/bornshitstirrers). It's titled Scratch 'n' Sniff and it's available via Serial Bowl Records https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/scratch-n-sniff

  I already featured one of the tracks from it last April  (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/04/born-shit-stirrers-im-in-love-with.html) so basically I'm just letting you all know that you should give the full length a listen. It's exactly what you'd expect... snotty, short outpourings of rowdy bollox. It's great fun. 

  There's 26 songs on the album, the one I featured previously name checked a character from Brookside so today I'm going with one that is about Zoey Tate from Emmerdale. It also featured on the Covered In Shit ep (https://noisemerchantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/covered-in-shit) and it's a cover of a song originally recorded by Keith Burton And His Beef Curtain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRs8OpL4AlA). It's called Alcoholic Lesbian Vet... 

Sex Beat - What Would Hüsker Dü?

  

  Sex Beat (https://linktr.ee/sexbeat) are a post punk band from Berlin who I'd like to think took their name from the Gun Club song (though I've no idea if this is true). They released a demo in 2020 and now return with a debut album titled Call Me. 

  The album's out now on This Charming Man Records and it rocks hard. Shouty vocals are complimented by "driving drums, distorted bass lines and noisy guitars." You can check it out here :       https://sex-beat.bandcamp.com/album/call-me

  This track gets highlighted mainly because of the attention grabbing title though it's a great song and deserves your attention. It's called What Would Hüsker Dü?

The Kurls - Frankenbabes (From Beyond the Grave)

 

  "Mega Babes From Beyond The Grave..."

  Another Halloween friendly tune for you today from a new band called The Kurls. They're a duo from LA featuring Samantha Westervelt (Egg Drop Soup, Death Valley Girls) on vocals, bass and keyboards and Travis Pavur (The Alright Alrights) on drums, guitar and percussion. 

  They've just released a debut single which will also be the theme song from Andrew Bowser's upcoming short film Frankenbabes from Beyond the Grave.

   It's a fun track, perfect for Halloween parties everywhere and you can get it here :   https://thekurls.bandcamp.com/track/frankenbabes-from-beyond-the-grave

  It's called Frankenbabes (From Beyond The Grave)...

Careful what you wish for
It might come true
And any moment
They’ll be after you

Sticks and stones
Could never break their bones
These babes are indestructible
You’re on your own

Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave
Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave

Here they come

They’re not from Mars
They’re not from outer space
They’re not demons
But they’ll eat your face

You’re not a genius
You’re just a man
And the Frankenbabes
Will spoil all your plans

Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave
Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave

Here they come


Float like a butterfly
Swim like a fish
They’re gonna serve you up
As your favorite dish

You can run
But you can’t hide
The Frankenbabes
Are gonna eat you alive

Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave
Here come the Frankenbabes
The mega babes from beyond the grave

Here they come

THE BEATERSBAND - Saturday Night

  

  Italian pop punkers THE BEATERSBAND (https://www.facebook.com/thebeatersvintagepunkrocknroll) are back with a classy new ep titled 52 Ways To Murder which is a timely release with the Halloween season (of the witch) just around the corner. I previously featured the 50's rock n roll influenced trio back in 2019 (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-beatersband-then-he-kissed-me.html) and they've been rather prolific since then with a steady stream of covers and original material. 

  The latest ep sees them tackle 4 Misfits covers with the sultry vocals of Donatella Guide breathing new life into those classic punk staples. 

  This is the opening track, it originally appeared on The Misfits' 1999 classic album Famous Monsters. It's called Saturday Night and it features the line that gives THE BEATERSBAND's ep it's name...

Hm, hm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

There's 52 ways to murder anyone
One and two are the same and they both work as well
I'm coming clean for Amy
Julie doesn't scream as well and the cops won't listen all night
And so maybe, maybe I'll be over
Just as soon as I fill 'em all in

And I can remember when I saw her last
We were runnin' all around and havin' a blast, havin' a blast
But the back seat of the drive-in is so lonely without you
I know when you're home

I was thinkin' about you
There was somethin' I forgot to say
I was tryin' on Saturday night
I was out cruisin' without you
They were playin' our song
Cryin' on Saturday night

As the moon becomes the nighttime
You go viciously, quietly, away
I'm sitting in the bedroom
Where we used to sit and smoke cigarettes
Now I'm watchin', watchin' you die
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I can remember when I saw her last
We were runnin' all around and havin' a blast
But the back seat of the drive-in is so lonely without you
I know when you're home

I was thinkin' about you
There was somethin' I forgot to say
I was tryin' on Saturday night
I was out cruisin' without you
They were playin' our song
Cryin' on Saturday night

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tryin' on Saturday night
Tryin' on Saturday night

Leatherman - Telephone

  

  So, the next cab off the rank as far as awesome new Australian bands go is hard rocking party poppers Leatherman. 

  They're a quintet (Annabel Brown, Ben Redlich, Shauna Boyle, Jarrod Goon and Jake Laderman) from Melbourne who label Legless Records are comparing with the likes of The Exploding Hearts, The Shivvers, Thin Lizzy and Judas Priest. Can I throw a bit of Sheer Mag in there too.

  They've just released a very impressive single which is available on gold or green 7" vinyl and digital download : https://leathermanridesfree.bandcamp.com/album/telephone-tryin-2-4get

  This is the lead track, powerful vocals, riffing guitars, it's a rock beast being battered by a hefty dose of melodic pop sensibility. It's called Telephone... 

Skam - Organized Religion

  

  I don't remember Skam. They were from Bailey's Crossing, Fairfax County, Virginia and were active for a short period in the early 80's. They recorded a bunch of songs before splitting up. It's taken 40 years for those songs to get released but now, courtesy of Drag City Records, we're treated to an album called No Name. It's available on vinyl and digital download :                https://www.dragcity.com/products/no-name

https://skammer.bandcamp.com/album/no-name 

  It's a great "lost" album that I'm happy has finally seen the light of day. Only a couple of tracks are streaming on Bandcamp but you can find the rest on Youtube. 

  A highlight? This one's about the cash cow that is Organized Religion... 

Power Pants - Spider-Man Underwear

  

  Hey! Ho! Let's Go... here's a fun 2 minutes of synth infused Ramonescore from POWER PANTS.

  They're an egg punk/power pop outfit from Winchester, Virginia who I stumbled across in the summer when I played a track (The Aliens Are After Me) from their PP3 album on the show. They've had a very prolific 2023 and if you haven't yet discovered their delights, don't worry, you can catch up with plenty of name your price downloads on Bandcamp. 

  They've just released a new single on local label Sockhead Records and it captures them in all their glory. They're a band you can't help but have fun with. Go check them out...

https://powerpantsrock.bandcamp.com/track/spider-man-underwear-2

  This is wonderful, it's called Spider-Man Underwear...

Strawberry Blondes - My Own Worst Enemy

  

  Hopefully you all remember Strawberry Blondes (https://www.facebook.com/strawberryblondespunx)? It seems ages since they last released anything (although a check back in the Just Some Punk archives reveals that I featured a song by them only last year (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/strawberry-blondes-new-york-neighbors.html). 

  Anyway, the Clash, Manics, roots reggae inspired outfit are back with a new single and they're also about to embark on a tour around the west coast of Canada. 

  Hopefully this is just the first of many new releases from a band that have treated us to classic rebel rousing albums such as Rise Up, Fight Back & New Revolution and eps of the calibre of Kingmob & Nothin' Left To Lose. You can find it here :  https://strawberryblondes.bandcamp.com/track/my-own-worst-enemy

  This is My Own Worst Enemy...