Owned since: 2012 Genre: Lo-fi hipster blog punk anno 2008 Where I bought it: Discogs Year: 2008 and 2009 Label/pressing: Woodist and Fat Possum, formerly on cassette These records turned 13 and 14 the year i’m writing this, which is … Continue reading Crate Skimmer #40 Wavves – Wavves & Wavvves
Listen to Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished it rules. DevilDriver still a thing — 2nd Face – utOpium — The Acacia Strain – failure will follow — The Acacia Strain – Step Into the Light — Alfie Firmin – Absentee — Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention — The Amity Affliction – Not Without My Ghosts — Ane Brun – Songs … Continue reading Friday new music 5/12/
The place for all the live chats, between chats and other eurovision stuff during the events itself! From Liverpool! With hosts Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon! Times?First semi final: Tuesday 9 may (9PM EU/ 8PM UK time/3PM EST) … Continue reading Eurovision Central
Not apples here. Big releases today are the new Jessie Ware(seen here hanging out with her mom), Braids and there is a new Indigo De Souza also April 26th: — Bobcat Goldthwait – Soldier for Christ — CHAMPS – Ride the Morning Glass — Elkka – DJ-Kicks — Guest Singer – Divine … Continue reading Friday New Music 4/28
It’s me not apples. Loads of cool stuff today. — 03 Greedo – Halfway There — 6LACK – Since I Have a Lover — Acid King – Beyond Vision — Alé Araya – In Visions — Aoife O’Donovan – Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska — Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile — August Burns Red – Death Below — BABYMETAL – THE … Continue reading Friday new music 3/24/2023
Owned since: 2014 Genre: Shoegaze-tinged slowcore indie-rock Where I bought it: straight from the band Year: 2010 and 2014 Label/pressing: Katzwijm, Subroutine When I first came up with the idea of crate skimmers it was in a list of idea I … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #39 Space Siren-If You Scream Like That, Your Monkey Won’t Come
Happy new music. New Caroline Polachek dropped a few days ago already and today we get a new Screaming females which atsleast got me excited. Also new releases by Avey Tare, Pile and pigs(x6). Reissues of Marshall Crenshaw’s legendary power-pop debut, … Continue reading Friday New Music 2/17
Owned since: 2015 Genre: Devo-core Where I bought it: A beloved punk distro Year: 2015 Label/pressing: Erste Theke Tonträger What a title this one’s got and, honestly, it perfectly paints the music. The Coneheads are/were a band from Indiana who … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #38 The Coneheads – L.P.1. Aka 14 Year Old High School PC-****& Hype Lords Rip Off Devo For The Sake Of Extorting $$$ From Helpless Impressionable Midwestern Internet Peoplepunks L.P.
Owned since: 2022, duh Where I bought it: Streaming baby Year: 2022 Crate skimmers awakes from its coma to slowly ease back into it. 2022 hasn’t been my favorite year for a lot of things but for music it might … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #??: Bresson’s Best of 2022
Owned since: 2016 Genre: Australian indie rock Where I bought it: Straight from the label Year: 2016 Label/pressing: Upset The Rhythm It took a surprisingly long time till I covered another Upset The Rhythm record, with the previous one being … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #37 Terry – Terry HQ
Owned since: 2011 Genre: The Dillinger Escape Plan With Mike Patton-ish Where I bought it: Some record store that didn’t know what to do with their metal records Year: 2010 Label/pressing: Epitaph on Cola vinyl, reissue from the Buddyhead original … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #36 The Dillinger Escape Plan With Mike Patton – Irony Is A Dead Scene
Owned since: 1986-2018 I think Genre: Everything Where I bought it: Various places Year: Various Label/pressing: Various As someone who grew up with hardcore punk, and it being a big part of my vinyl collection, I always hated the 7-inch. … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #35 The Big 7-inch Roundup, No.1
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne … Continue reading Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces
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Owned since: 2008 Genre: Jazzy bossa nova indie pop Where I bought it: A one euro bin somewhere Year: 1984 Label/pressing: Blanco Y Negro It’s funny to look at some bands only in their mainstream or hit success. In this … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #34 Everything But The Girl – Eden
Owned since: 2015 Genre: Heavy country folk played by screamo legends Where I bought it: A friend thinning down his collection Year: 2011 Label/pressing: Lovitt Records/Adagio830 While I write this, we’re still in the middle of the lockdown here. We … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #33 Pygmy Lush – Old Friends
The DC Comics film “Batgirl” will be completely “shelved” by Warner Bros., a top Hollywood source told The Post. That means it won’t hit theaters or the streaming service HBO Max. Fans will not see it. The reportedly $70 million movie (the source … Continue reading Batgirl Movie canceled for release discussion thread
Owned since: 2019 Genre: The most classic of psychedelic garage rock Where I bought it: A trade with a friend Year: 2001/original release 1966 Label/pressing: Get back Boy, that is 30(well 33 now through moving around) of these. As I’m … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #32 The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Owned since: 2012 Genre: Malcom McLaren boyband pop Where I bought it: Thrift store Year: 1980 Label/pressing: Virgin Flogging a dead horse (alternatively beating a dead horse; or beating a dead dog in some parts of the Anglophone world) is an idiom that means a particular effort is … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #31 Sex Pistols – Flogging a Dead Horse
Owned since: 2018 Genre: Proto-GBV, if Bob says he didn’t listen to this he is lying Where I bought it: My favorite punk record dealer Year: 1981 Label/pressing: Fire 2018 repress In the year 2022 it’s absolutely easy to pinpoint … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #30 The Television Personalities-…And Don’t the Kids Just Love It
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