mc5 - a true testimonial

KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!   

you already know that MC5 is one of the best RnR bands of all time.....but you might not know that there was an excellent documentary made about them called MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL.....  it premiered at several festivals in 2002 but due to a lawsuit (and a stupid one at that) it has never seen the light of day as a DVD....(and you can't stream or rent it either....a certain band member wants it to disappear for good)...but thankfully some music junkie like me posted it on youtube for all of our enjoyment......  yes, the internet will not let a killer film like this go unnoticed!!!!   

SO STOP WHAT YER DOING 
AND WATCH MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL BELOW - 
   (at least until it gets yanked from youtube...)

royal trux - live in nyc 1998

listening to records this weekend made me realize that i've never posted anything on TINY GROOVES about one of my favorite bands of all time, ROYAL TRUX..... nobody made trashy / noise damaged rock n roll like they did, from their s/t debut through their final album, hand of glory......  they are seriously missed,  and though we have BLACK BANANAS and HOWLING HEX records to spin now, nothing was like the whirlwind of destruction that was neil and jennifer's run as ROYAL TRUX.....

so here is a little taste of the band in their full glory.......
ROYAL TRUX live in NYC in 1998, 
right around the time they released their classic lp ACCELERATOR.......  

crank it up and pretend you were there - 

Royal Trux: Live at the Cooler, NYC 1998 from Kimosabbe on Vimeo.

can - the documentary

krautrock / psych / experimental rock legends CAN need no introduction from me.  but if you're looking for a little history on a band that nearly everyone cites as an influence, you need to watch the documentary below.  

CAN - THE DOCUMENTARY tracks the seminal german krautrock band from the early days with malcolm mooney all the way through their reunion album, and through out are tons of classic live performances and interviews that'll blow yer mind.......

so enjoy, and pick up every CAN lp you can get your hands on.  they are classic as it gets.  

iggy pop and the stooges - a documentary film

THE STOOGES are hands down one of the best rock n roll bands of all time...... all three of their albums are MUST OWN CLASSICS, so if you don't have STOOGES, FUNHOUSE or RAW POWER, RUN OUT TO YR LOCAL RECORD SHOP AND GRAB THEM IMMEDIATELY...... even their chaotic live lps have attained legendary status, from METALLIC KO to A THOUSAND LIGHTS.....

the stooges kick started the punk rock explosion and their music remains as powerful, fresh and menacing as the day it was recorded....  i needn't say much more, but i'd be remiss to have a music blog and not have at least one post dedicated to one of the most influential rock bands of all time..... after all, it seems like every other band i review is carrying on the stooges tradition in one way or another.......

so, for all you stooges fans and tiny grooves fans out there, WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY ON IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES BELOW...... complete with interviews from iggy as well as both asheton brothers, classic early show footage and some video of their first reunion tour..... probably not the best film that could be made on such a classic band, but very interesting all the same.......

the undertones - here comes the summer

THE UNDERTONES wrote what are perhaps two of the best rock songs of all time, TEENAGE KICKS and HERE COMES THE SUMMER...both from their self titled debut record from 1979... a record that's hands down a punk rock classic, if not one of the best two minute three chord chainsaw pop lps of all time.....  

the undertones didn't stick around for very long, but they left in their wake a slew of power popped punk singles that not only i can't ever get enough of but remain fresh as they day they were written......  

if you don't know about the undertones yet, 
now is the time to introduce yerself......

watch the BBC documentary HERE COMES THE SUMMER: THE STORY OF THE UNDERTONES below in its entirety - 

tv smith and the adverts - we who wait

THE ADVERTS were one of the greatest bands to explode outta london in the original heyday of the punk movement......though usually overlooked in comparison to the sex pistols, the damned, the clash and others, the adverts' first album CROSSING THE RED SEA WITH THE ADVERTS is one of punk rock's classic fucking lps.....influencing more musicians than you can even list in one blog post.....

and TV SMITH, the adverts' leading man, may be punk's most original and creative songwriter.... from his proto punk band SLEAZE (which is getting some reissue love from SING SING RECORDS) through the adverts' short glorious run and subsequent burn out, and through his post adverts bands, EXPLORERS and CHEAP, all the way to his solo albums, tv smith has been fighting the good fight with biting new rock n roll for years......  he's still up and at it (and very worth the ticket price if he ever rolls through yer town)

lest anyone forget his place in the punk rock canon, the BBC released this awesome documentary titled WE WHO WAIT, so you and me can get all the gritty back story from the legends, TV SMITH and his great snotty punk band, THE ADVERTS.......

watch the entire film below......

husker du - llve in london 1985

thanks to the internet, we can transport ourselves back to the heyday of punk and post punk, and on a cold winter day, what could pass the time better than watching old HUSKER DU concert footage?

one of the best punk / underground rock bands of all time, HUSKER DU was a force to be reckoned with live........ and below is a perfect example - a riotous show from london in 1985..... right before FLIP YOUR WIG and directly after the release of NEW DAY RISING......both classic fucking albums.......  and not to sell themselves short they rip through plenty of high octane favorites from ZEN ARCADE, EVERYTHING FALLS APART and METAL CIRCUS as well.........  even if you've never listened to HUSKER DU, you'll be more than stoked to pogo around to this show........

after all, they influenced everyone from the noise poppers to the grunge rockers, and everyone in between.....yes even the college rockers, emo kids and pop punkers.....  anything with the HUSKER DU name on it is highly recommended by TINY GROOVES......'cause they broke up before they could fuck things up and left quite a string of important records in their wake, ones that still sound fresh today.....

so rock n roll below, and pretend you were there......



here's the track listing from the show, as if you need it.......
1-New Day Rising
2-It's Not Funny Anymore
3-Everything Falls Apart
4-The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
5-I Apologize
6-If I Told You
7-Folklore
8-Terms Of Psychic Warfare
9-Powerline
10-Books About UFOs
11-Chartered Trips
12-Diane
13-Celebrated Summer
14-Every Everything
15-Makes No Sense At All
16-Pink Turns To Blue
17-Ticket To Ride
18-Recurring Dreams / Eight Miles High
19-Love Is All Around

GO BUY ALL THEIR LPS NOW !!!!!!!

replacements - color me obsessed

THE REPLACEMENTS were one of the greatest underground rock n roll bands of the 80s, and maybe one of the best bands ever.....their albums, SORRY MA, STINK and LET IT BE are forever cemented in my list of top LPs of all time.......

so when i heard that they were finally getting the documentary treatment, i was more than stoked...  COLOR ME OBSESSED is riotously fun oral history about one of the only rock bands that matter.... the film follows the REPLACEMENTS from their unruly start as young punks through their drunken heyday as college radio heroes to their unceremonious breakup at a show in chicago and their influence on just about everyone who started a band in their wake.......

you won't find a band with more rock n roll stories than the 'mats...... 
that's for sure....

so go ahead and watch the entirety of 
COLOR ME OBSESSED below.....

and as a added bonus, click here to download THE SHIT HITS THE FANS live album 
(a tape only release) from 1985 on TWIN/TONE.

hawkwind - do not panic

HAWKWIND is one of the most influential and creative bands from the 70s...... their blend of psych , proto metal, space rock and noisy prog was like nothing anyone had ever heard back then, and it still is some of the most astounding and unique rock n roll you can throw on your turntable today.......  quite a few of the bands reviewed here on TINY GROOVES would not exist if not for the ground HAWKWIND broke with their genre defying lps in the 70s........ and if you don't know anything about HAWKWIND, that needs to change right now......

watch the excellent BBC documentary DO NOT PANIC about HAWKWIND below.......  it's super HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.......!!!!!!  and after yer done watching, go buy yerself some HAWKWIND lps......

spacemen 3 - live in '89

the psychedelic noise fireworks of SPACEMEN 3 are legendary and mind blowing....... and their albums SOUND OF CONFUSION and PLAYING WITH FIRE are absolutely CLASSIC FUCKING LPS........ so if you're not HIP TO SPACEMEN 3, you definitely should be........

check out this live concert from 1989 right after the release of PLAYING WITH FIRE.....  just beware, this is some intense drugged out rock n roll..........!!!!!!!!!

End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones

watch the excellent documentary 
END OF THE CENTURY: 
THE STORY OF THE RAMONES below......


this is essential rock n roll history.... 
the RAMONES are one of the best bands of all time......

bare wires - cheap perfume (and fall tour)

BARE WIRES are back with another glammed out garage rocker of a 10 inch vinyl.......it's due in stores OCTOBER 18th via SOUTHPAW RECORDS........

check out two of the new songs from the ten inch below...
       NEVER GONNA CHANGE on youtube....
    CHEAP PERFUME (title track) on soundcloud.....

and see them live in a town near you.......
     bare wires are a band you don't want to miss live.........

10-3 Lager House w/ Death Wish and Johnny Ill - Detroit MI 
10-4 The Crawford w Get nuns - Toronto, CANADA
10-5 Painted Lady - Hamtramck, MI
10-6 Coles Bar w/Tyler John Tyler - Chicago IL
10-7 Quarters Rock n Roll Palace w No Bails - Milwaukee WI
10-8 Favorite Records In-store - Chicago IL early
10-8 Crown Tap Room - Chicago IL late
10-9 Black Sparrow - Lafayette, IN
10-10 Replay Lounge - Lawrence KS
10-11 Unit B w/ Sauna, The Manxx, Knife Fight - Denver, CO
10-12 - Muse Music w/ Don Juan and 90s Television - Provo UT 
10-15 Phono Select - Sacremento, CA
10-16 The Independent with Thao Ngyen - SF CA



  Bare Wires - Cheap Perfume by southpawrecs

cave - NEVERENDLESS and fall tour dates

CAVE's krautrock/noise/psych rock will spin you into another dimension.......

permanent, important and drag city have all clamored to release albums by them, one of Chicago's best up and coming rock n roll bands.... this is music you need to hear......

think wooden shjips, oneida, neu, can, liars and kraftwerk.....and for comparisons, that's good company to keep........

click below to download two tracks off the recently released NEVERENDLESS lp:
     WUJ
   and ON THE RISE
 
and go buy this now.....available on cd/lp/cassette and two digital formats.....!

watch CAVE play on the back of a flatbed truck driving around Chicago.......

Cave - NEVERENDLESS from GONZO CHICAGO on Vimeo.

 and check them out on their fall NEVERENDLESS tour........

9/27/11 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia PA
9/28/11 Floristree Baltimore MD
9/29/11 Tea Bazaar Charlottesville VA
9/30/11 Nightlight Chapel Hill NC
10/1/11 Broadways Asheville NC
10/2/11 New Brookland Tavern Columbia SC
10/3/11 Tin Roof Charleston SC
10/4/11 Burro Bar Jacksonville FL
10/5/11 The Snooze West Palm Beach FL
10/6/11 Boca Fiesta Gainesville FL
10/7/11 Evolution Records Lakeland FL
10/8/11 New World Brewery Tampa FL
10/9/11 Farm 255 Athens GA
10/10/11 529 Atlanta GA
10/11/11 The End Nashville TN
10/12/11 Proud Larry's Oxford MS
10/13/11 Skihouse Carbondale IL
10/14/11 2720 Cherokee St. Louis MO
10/15/11 The Hideout Chicago IL w/ Chandeliers
11/6/11 Mickey's Madison WI
11/8/11 Medusa Minneapolis MN
11/9/11 The Cave (Carleton College) Northfield MN
11/11/11 Mojo's Columbia MO
11/17/11 The Comet Seattle WA
11/19/11 East End Portland OR
11/23/11 Verdi Club San Francisco CA Drag City Thanksgiving Blowup
11/28/11 Pehrspace Los Angeles CA
12/3/11 Solar Culture Tucson AZ
12/5/11 Bryan Street Tavern Dallas TX
12/8/11 Siberia New Orleans LA

drunk pixels- THE NIGHT BEATS (LOLLA AFTER PARTY)

well i thought i wasn't going to be able to show you how fun THE NIGHT BEATS are live, but once again SECRET NOTE came through with the live footage......


here's THE NIGHT BEATS opening up for THE BLACK LIPS @ the empty bottle last weekend for the crazy drunken lollapalooza after party....

drunk pixels- RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS

here's my go at iphone filmmaking.....the riverboat gamblers are amazing live and so we can all pretend these two videos are representative of their set this afternoon at Wicker Park Fest in Chicago....

enjoy......

up and comers: RUNNING

RUNNING are noisy art damaged trash punk......from chicago.  think pink & brown, DNA and the flying luttenbachers.....  with a couple of self released cassettes and a very limited lp from permanent records, not many kids outside of chicago know about RUNNING, but everyone absolutely should......

watch out for a new lp on captcha records later this year......

check out some live footage below......







(....a video of the making of their screen printed album art....featuring a track from the RUNNING LP on permanent records......)

a tour documentary about black flag (from 1986)

"Reality 86'd" A film by David Markey 


A road documentary shot from the inside of the last Black Flag tour ever (the 1986 "In My Head" US tour.) Greg Ginn along with Henry Rollins, Cel Revulta, and Anthony Martinez comprise the final line up of the band. 


Featuring behind the scenes proceedings and live performances from Black Flag, Painted Willie, and Gone (Ginn's side project, then featuring Sim Cain and Andrew Weiss (later of the Rollins Band). 


Filmmaker / musician David Markey was along for the entire trip as the drummer / singer for Painted Willie (with Phil Newman & Vic Makauskas), documenting the six month tour as it happened.  


A crucial turning point in American underground rock, and the end of the line for a trail blazing American band.


THIS IS A GREAT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE 80S DIY PUNK MUSIC SCENE AND TOURING THE USA.....HIGHLY RECOMMENDED......




click here to watch the film in its entirety... 
(on vimeo)....




watch the trailer on youtube below.....

wild billy childish

if you don't know about billy childish, you should. every one of his countless garage / punk bands is worth a listen.

check out this awesome / hard to find documentary about billy childish below..... and click on the link above for a great interview with him via VICE magazine.

the flestones- a documentary film about the most overlooked of garage bands

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captain beefheart: the BBC documentary

spending my saturday evening watching great BBC documentaries on youtube.

thanks to the RIAA for not taking down the video........

i could listen to captain beefheart all day long.......