http://www.archive.org/details/ComeOnAndWakeUp.......toBigGuitarsLo-fiIsDead
Welcome to Episode 5 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! I didn't know what I might play in this new podcast, and all week I've felt like big, loud guitars, and that is mostly what's on the show today. Big loud guitars that are discordant and noisey, complex and ringing, and there's a little bit of ska/punk/funk in the beginning of the show. But it's time to return to big, loud, noisey guitars after the era 2000-2008, where Lo-Fi indy rock predominated, and people's politics were apathetic. I like some of the Lo-Fi scene, but it's now time for rackety big guitars and big cabinets, and the assertive politics that comes with it! As it was said, "Kick Out the Jams.....," you can fill in the blank.
I decided to start off the show with Mr. Roger's album, Come on and Wake Up, which is about as early 1970s as you can get, all good stuff for kids. I played a track off The Astronauts album, a surf rock band from the early 1960s, since my high school band teacher played guitar in the group. There's also a great track by the DC band, The Faith, which was released on blue vinyl no less. There's a nice rackety track of Swervedriver to end the show, recorded live. I had to play G.I. three times!
I still don't have a podcast microphone, so I'll keep my editorializing brief.
The playlist is about 85 minutes: Mister Rogers, The Astronauts, Lungfish, The Pretenders, Fishbone, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Minutemen, French Toast, The Damned, Government Issue, Dag Nasty, Dinosaur Jr., The Faith, Bad Religion, Jawbox, Soundgarden, One Last Wish, Government Issue, The Stooges, Beefeater, My Bloody Valentine, Flying Saucer Attack, Killing Joke, Government Issue, Gray Matter, Television, and Swervedriver.
Enjoy!
Doc Rockavoy
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Episode 4: Paisley Underground, Feedback, and Other Technical Difficulties
http://www.archive.org/details/DocRockavoysIndyMusicGarageEpisode4-paisleyUndergroundFeedbackAnd
Welcome to the fourth episode of the Indy Music Garage! I grew up in Southern California, and other than the punk and hardcore scenes, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego had a garage psychedelia scene called the "Paisley Underground" that flourished in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was loosely connected to the punk/hardcore scene, but also quite distinct, since the 60s pop/psyche sound crossed over into more conventional pop tastes. But most of the scene was marked by noisey songwriting, distorted guitars, and lots of reverby feedback.
I finally figured out how to import MP3 files into my podcast program, and there will be some technical difficulties on this podcast until I master the technology. I have analog guitar equipment, so all this digital recording stuff is new to me.
On the podcast, there's two tracks by my old friend Dave Lorenz, who played bass in my band Dona Sonora from Philadelphia in the mid-1990s. His band Crowds and Power is from Brooklyn, New York, so check them out if you live there.
I still do not have a podcast microphone, which is just as well. The show is a whopping 155 minutes!
The bands listed in order are: Embrace, The Yo-Yo's, Rain Parade, The Dream Syndicate, The Velvet Underground, The Crippled Pilgrims, Opal, Mazzy Star, Television, Lungfish, The Cramps, Crowds and Power, Das Damen, 3, 9353, The Snakes, TSOL, Thee Hypnotics, Rites of Spring, Zombie vs. Shark, Edie Sedgewick, Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, The Pupils, Bardo Pond, Low, Lucero, Circus Lupus, Skin Yard, Green River, Ruin, The Hot Snakes, The Meatmen, Turbonegro, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, The Detroit Cobras, Zombie vs. Shark, The Dirtbombs, The Volcano Suns, Mission of Burma, and The Golden Cups.
Next week, I will not know what's in store, so be sure to tune in!
Cheers,
Doc Rockavoy
Welcome to the fourth episode of the Indy Music Garage! I grew up in Southern California, and other than the punk and hardcore scenes, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego had a garage psychedelia scene called the "Paisley Underground" that flourished in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was loosely connected to the punk/hardcore scene, but also quite distinct, since the 60s pop/psyche sound crossed over into more conventional pop tastes. But most of the scene was marked by noisey songwriting, distorted guitars, and lots of reverby feedback.
I finally figured out how to import MP3 files into my podcast program, and there will be some technical difficulties on this podcast until I master the technology. I have analog guitar equipment, so all this digital recording stuff is new to me.
On the podcast, there's two tracks by my old friend Dave Lorenz, who played bass in my band Dona Sonora from Philadelphia in the mid-1990s. His band Crowds and Power is from Brooklyn, New York, so check them out if you live there.
I still do not have a podcast microphone, which is just as well. The show is a whopping 155 minutes!
The bands listed in order are: Embrace, The Yo-Yo's, Rain Parade, The Dream Syndicate, The Velvet Underground, The Crippled Pilgrims, Opal, Mazzy Star, Television, Lungfish, The Cramps, Crowds and Power, Das Damen, 3, 9353, The Snakes, TSOL, Thee Hypnotics, Rites of Spring, Zombie vs. Shark, Edie Sedgewick, Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, The Pupils, Bardo Pond, Low, Lucero, Circus Lupus, Skin Yard, Green River, Ruin, The Hot Snakes, The Meatmen, Turbonegro, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, The Detroit Cobras, Zombie vs. Shark, The Dirtbombs, The Volcano Suns, Mission of Burma, and The Golden Cups.
Next week, I will not know what's in store, so be sure to tune in!
Cheers,
Doc Rockavoy
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