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Manos Wild

The Trouble with Love

(Velvet Records HMR)

Lyrical scribes across world ages have striven to portray the emotional bondage toward which humans eagerly submit -- knowing of cruel tolls it often exacts -- but none succeeded above modern-day song-pensmen. Grecian Manos -- long celebrated for hunka-hunka microphone wildcatting that borders coolest madness -- settles comfortably in brisk bops and moving orchestral arrangements to muse, lament, and luxuriate in passions poets painted.

Recommended: "That's the Trouble with Love," "I Got Burned," "I Live for You," "Thank You Darling," "Mister Loneliness," "You'll Never Know What You're Missing," "Poor Loser," "Now There's Only Me," "Without You," "The Fool of the Year"

Videos: "I Live for You" "Thank You Darling" "Mister Loneliness" "You'll Never Know What You're Missing" "Poor Loser"

Dr. Ex & the Break-Ups

Moon Motel

(Headshrinker Records)

An astral-carnival sideshow, in upside-down orbit around lucky stars, contrives riotous carryings-on in the key of helium. Funhouse organ swirlings bedeck double-time rockery (wah-wah guitar bows in), as creatures great and small giggle-slide around Saturnian rings. Vocals indicating laughing gas soar and swoop in madcap elation. Perpetrators even go so far as to spray paint boffo Kihn spin. All that to the positive? Absotively! Only three of five cuts exceed two minutes, with none surpassing three, because time flies when you're up to kicks.

Recommended: "Bigfoot Boogie," "99 Breakups," "Red-Eyed Whiskey Girl," "Det. Jack Gavin," "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'em)"

Videos: "Bigfoot Boogie" "Red-Eyed Whiskey Girl" "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'em)"

V/A

Attack of the Rockin' Zombies digital

(Blue Century Records)

"Who's this crazy wise guy, said Rock'n'Roll was dead?," demands Billy Taylor, in an agile exploit accompanied by similarly spooky renderings purveyed by hep creepy-crawlies. "I'm the monster Rock'n'Roll," growls Freddie Pinkhard, in guest turn with snap combo Billy Ford and the Thunderbirds, personifying the culture-jarring creature that knocked stultifying straighties flat off their tintypes. In some undefinable manner, primitive ambiance intensifies playfully eerie character.

Recommended: "Zombie" (The Salmas Brothers), "Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall)" (The Duponts), "Wombie Zombie" (Billy Taylor & the Teardrops), "Night of the Vampire" (The Moontrekkers), "Youngster Meets Monster" (Danny Zellas Rockers), "Janie Made a Monster" (The Fabulous Five), "Rockin' Zombie" (The Crewnecks)

Videos: "Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall)" "Wombie Zombie" "Janie Made a Monster" "Rockin' Zombie"

The document Record Store

PIG BOYS

Living in the Future EP

(Self-issued)

By the moment your eyes find these words, Michigan may have fallen. Rock'n'Roll in quintessence -- shredding and piledriving, as can only be blasted by ten-times-alive provocateurs (in this instance, of Garage Punk blood) who hold indulgence and studio frippery in merited, massive contempt -- erupts omnidirectionally. That they accomplish velocitous ferocity using common means illustrates the powerfulness possible in sidewalk circumstance. Wolverine State, R.I.P.

Recommended: "SUV," "Don't Ya Wanna?," "Make Me a Man" "Living in the Future," "Lovesick"

Videos: "SUV" "Don't Ya Wanna?" "Lovesick"

Punk busts wide university, gallery

Per one Tennessee ABC TV affiliate, Middle Tennessee State University now houses "the world's largest collection of Punk records."

Danny Dean schlepped details: "This is the Tim Yohan collection. I believe he was the creator of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll magazine, and also the radio show up in the San Francisco / Berkeley area.

"(I got to interview on his radio show two times back when I was a teenager, when we would play up in San Francisco. We actually played the first ever US Punk festival there, I think in '81. I have a flyer.)"

For his part, erstwhile Black Flag singer Henry Rollins plans a free, two-day "Cool Evidence" Nashville exhibit. Shown will be items from Rollins' own collection -- including records, flyers, and other artifacts -- that document Washington, DC's 1970s/'80s Punk scene.

"An incredible amount of time, effort, and expenditure has gone into this," Henry wrote on the Radar 615 Gallery's site. "I've either got it extremely right, or catastrophically wrong!"

He continued. "For many years, I've been fascinated with historical markers. Physical objects that still remain years after they were created, become irrefutable evidence of time and place. Memories fade, and retelling of facts often leads to distortion. However, the genuine article remains unperturbed."

One report holds that Henry's Cool Evidence exhibit "serves as a precursor or showcase related to his larger archive and eventual plans for a broader Punk museum/archive."

Danny shared an inside recollection: "Back when [Henry] moved to LA in the early '80s to sing for Black Flag, I used to see him skateboarding down the street. He was just an angry young skinhead kid. He sure has come a long way."

"On display will be things from the 70s-80s Washington DC music scene," Henry wrote. "Tour posters and photos of Black Flag, the Damned, the Cramps, from Lux and Ivy’s personal collection, Iggy Pop, the Stooges and more."

Cool Evidence

November 6 & 7, 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Radar 615 Gallery (MZA Architecture and Interiors) 516 Hagan Street, Nashville, Tennessee

Free and open to the public

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Matt 'Spike' Marble

Solo wax the first from Hula Girl guitar curl-shooter / filmmaker / photographer / designer Spike combines monster mask, trebly splash-foam articulations, and bosomy rapture in minutes of pleasure that simultaneously leave sand pebbles betwixt toes.

Clear orange 45s sold out, but digital beckons still.

Videos: "Creepy Tiki Halloween Surf Nightmare" (Official video) "Theme from 'The Murderqueen'" (Official video)

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