2014. Cleveland's Electric Eels is America's quintessential proto-punk band. Formed in 1972 by singer Dave E. McManus and guitarists John Morton and Brian McMahon, the group enlisted drummer Nick Knox (later of The ..

2023. Here available on CLEAR-BLACK SWIRL VINYL is a generous DOUBLE-LP compilation dedicated to the notorious history of this essential proto punk band from Cleveland, Ohio. Though active during the early-mid '70s,..

2023. Here available on BLACK VINYL is a generous DOUBLE-LP compilation dedicated to the notorious history of this essential proto punk band from Cleveland, Ohio. Though active during the early-mid '70s, these guys ..

2014. Following their legendary punk-as-ever 'Agitated' single, Electric Eels released their second posthumous single, 'Spin Age Blasters'/'Bunnies', on Mustard Records in 1981. Recorded in 1975 and taking the band'..

1996. Cope is also a noted music writer, having written two highly regarded works on "Krautrock" and "Japrock" (post war to punk war Japan). The Head Heritage website is where he describes his id..

2017. On their debut-album these musicians spin eleven tunes of wiry, urgent post-punk, with one foot planted firmly in the nihilistic apathy of '70s and '80s punk (think Wire, Electric Eels, Pere Ubu, Eno, Televisi..

2022. "Post-punk before punk ever happened", that's what Rolling Stone called The Styrenes and they were right. But that only scratches the surface of the unique and uncompromising vision of these musician..

2021. Cactus Lee is the musical project by Austin songwriter Kevin Dehan, influenced by Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley and Guy Clark. 'Texas Music Forever' has two faces: side one brings sometimes mordant sad cowboy ..

2020.  Rsd 2020 release.  "when i say 1980 was a kind of dead zone in the cleveland music scene, i can hear a collective, 'isn't every year a dead zone in cleveland?' go ahead, take your joh..

2017. On their debut-album these musicians spin eleven tunes of wiry, urgent post-punk, with one foot planted firmly in the nihilistic apathy of '70s and '80s punk (think Wire, Electric Eels, Pere Ubu, Eno, Telev..

2015. Incendiary covers set from Thee Headcoats, wherein they take a walk with the ghosts of all manner of punk standards. Remodernist takes on the Clash, Buzzcocks, Johnny Moped, Electric Eels, ATV, Small Faces, Bo..

2015. Kyra's 1998 solo LP is one of the most exciting rock and roll LPs ever. Backed up by Thee Headcoats, and ripping through twelve stunners, including 'It's A Stick Up' and 'Anna K', not to mention covers by Elec..

2015.  .  .  .  In the sixth city - cleveland, ohio: punk and the decline of the mid-west 1975-82'.  Soul jazz records' fifth 'punk 45' album charts the rise of unde..

2015.  = extermination nights in the sixt city cleveland, ohiopunk and the decline of the midwest 1975-82 = - the pagans - street where nobody lives (36),jazz destroyers - love meant to die (35),pere ubu..

2014. Life's greatest pleasures are often its most fleeting. Witness, for example, the ephemeral run of X_X, a turbulent quartet that tore through Cleveland like a Dadaist cyclone for six months in 1978. Preceding h..

2014.  Punk 45- vol.  3 sick on you! one way spit! after the love & before the revolution : proto-punk 1970-77.  - debris - one way spit,george brigman - jungle rot,death - politicians..

2006. The point is talent over ability, ideas over proficiency, energy over competence-action, time, and vision. Add some musical instruments to this confusion and the resulting mess is "Black Time" -shamb..

2010. Here comes a healthy overdose of the kind of poison you can't keep your cold-sweat fingers away from. Entering on atomic number 33 is Francois from The Veines and his new solo-fi one-man pharmacy Arsene Obscen..

2006. The point is talent over ability, ideas over proficiency, energy over competence-action, time, and vision. Add some musical instruments to this confusion and the resulting mess is "Black Time" -shamb..