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Soft bullets, what a good idea. What good are hard bullets? They cause such problems. And as Jesse Michaels once sang in Operation Ivy, “once it’s fired no one can control it.” Yes. These soft ones are also punk rock. In the finest tradition of 999, The Damned and the like, Ghost Knife punks out proper and hurls “Soft Bullets” right at your heart. Feels good. I like it.
Ghost Knife
“Soft Bullets” (download mp3)
from “Kill Shelter, Yes!”
“Soft Bullets” (play)
(End Sounds)
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Ah, East Bay Ray, famed Dead Kennedy and innovator of surf punky guitar madness, is back in a new group bearing his name. This is good for the universe. So what does it sound like? Like a guy from the Dead Kennedys, playing guitar in a new band called East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles! I mean it sounds exactly like that. Killer. I’m smiling.
East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles
“Raising the Stakes” (download mp3)
from “East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles”
“Raising The Stakes” (play)
(MVD Audio)
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A foggy AM here in Oakberg. Time for some electro pop to go with the gray fuzzys. Yes, a little new wave Romantica from across the Atlantica will do nicely. They’re actually not from Europa I don’t think, but the sound on this track is pleasantly 80′s Paris London Berlin. It’s the Wolf Who Cried Boy Remix, Coming to Get You baby. From an entire album of remixes of Few and Far Between by various artistes. Approval.
Few and Far Between
“Coming to Get You (Wolf Who Cried Boy Remix)” (download mp3)
from “Farewell Sea”
“Coming to Get You (Wolf Who Cried Boy Remix)” (play)
(Elkion Records)
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In this adventure of mine, in which I try to find one excellent free, legal mp3 to post each day, I’m often blown away by what I find. Whether it’s a new recording hot off the presses, or as in this case, an overlooked gem, I certainly haven’t run out of songs to post. If I do, I’ll stop, that’s my promise! Today isn’t that day. Today I found this amazing, punk-pop new wavey smash from the Stepmothers called “I Dream I’m Innocent.” The lyric is dark and disturbing, yet somehow funny and liberating. The playing is brilliant, the tones and production are brilliant, it’s just a gr8 single. Extra props for the album title “You Were Never My Age.” Heavy rotation, in my innocent dreams.
Stepmothers
“(I Dream I’m) Innocent” (download mp3)
from “You Were Never My Age …And More – The Complete Recordings”
(Posh Boy Music)
“I Dream I’m Innocent” (play)
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Utterly weird and catchy at the same time, “Professor Spence” may force hipsters off their fixies so they can participate in an impromptu dance party. Crazy, crazy, crazy. I love this.
Holland
“Professor Spence” (download mp3)
from “Sodium Fawn”
(Teenbeat)
“Professor Spence“ (play)