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
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
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: Nov. 27th, 2021 Genre: Shameless SAW Hi-NRG Where I Bought It: Second-hand shop chain 2nd and Charles Year: 1999 Label/Pressing: Kid Rhino Records Sloot Crystal Power, Make Up! First things first, the cover of this album is a … Continue reading Crate Skimmers Sloot Super Special #2 Sailor Moon & The Scouts – Lunarock
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
Owned since: 2009 Genre: Industrial dark ambient noise Where I bought it: Straight from the label Year: 2008 Label/pressing: Aurora Borealis Oh good noise music, or well stuff related to it. I own a lot of noise music, but with … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #29 Burial Hex – Initiations
Through co-lead vocalist/bassist Henry Vrienten passing away at age 73 from lung cancer this got bumped forward. This entry was written around the start of 2021 Owned since: 2006 Genre: Dutch dub influenced guitar based reggea pop? Where I bought … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #28: Doe Maar – Skunk
Owned since: 2015 Genre: Garage rock, the noise rock way Where I bought it: Waaghals, Nijmegen Year: 1994 Label/pressing: Touch and Go If the name doesn’t give it away this is some prime 90’s noise rock which for sure had … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #27 The Lee Harvey Oswald Band – A Taste of Prison & The Fall 1993 Touch and Go mail order catalogue
Owned since: 2020 Genre: Power-pop meets pub-rock Where I bought it: Vinylspot Rotterdam Year: 1978 Label/pressing: Stiff If there is a record of the UK punk-wave adjunct stuff that is known for one song, it is for sure this one. … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #26 Wreckless Eric – Wreckless Eric
“Ok, so we wanna be sponsored by what so far? Beer, a gas station; BP, cause I think it would be easy.” -Daniel Pitout, interview Discorder May 2012 Owned since: 2012 Genre: Punky noise rock Where I bought it: Straight … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #25 Nü Sensae – Sundowning
Owned since: 2017 Genre: 2008 Pitchfork pretty much Where I bought it: A Discogs seller Year: 2008 Label/pressing: Sub Pop 25, the big one. When we reach this point, we’ve been doing nearly a year of these which is absolutely … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #25 No Age – Nouns
Owned since: 2018 Genre: Indie pop? Indie rock? It’s good! Where I bought it: Pêle-Mêle Brussels Year: 2018 Label/pressing: New West Records For sure the most recent record we’ve covered so far, and I think one that has it fans … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #24 Caroline Rose – Loner
Owned since: 2012 Genre: Spoken word eclectic band backed stuff, let’s call it indie rock I guess Where I bought it: Upset the Rhythm Year: 2007 Label/pressing: Upset the Rhythm There are few bands that are harder to google then … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #23 BARR – Summary
Owned since: 2012 Genre: Whispered folk meets some slowcore Where I bought it: The label itself Year: 2012 Label/pressing: Morc Tapes Since we are reaching the number 20+ on this, it’s really becoming quite hard to find a good balance … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #22 Boduf Songs – Internal memo
Owned: since: 2020 Genre: Indie pop rock Where I bought it: Father/Daughter mystery vinyl deal Year: 2015 Label/pressing: Father/Daughter Records, green egg vinyl 2015 sucked, I can be really honest about that. It might have been the worst year I … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #21 Diet Cig – Over Easy & the year 2015
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Owned since: 2016 Genre: 60’s nationally broadcast ‘counter-culture’ comedy Where I bought it: Plaatboef Year: 1968 Label/pressing: Mercury “Mom always liked you best!”, it’s a pretty classic catchphrase these days belonging to likely the most famous musical comedy brothers act … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #20: The Smothers Brothers – The Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour
Owned since: 2011 Genre: Industrial Metal Where I bought it: Roadburn Festival Tilburg Year: 1988 (remastered 2008) Label/pressing: Kreation Records Normally, around April in a city near me a thing called the Tilburg Roadburn Festival happens. Among the biggest alternative … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #19 Godflesh-Godflesh
Owned since: 2015 Genre: Heavy metal, my dude Where I bought it: Some metal record-store in Antwerp Year: 1984 Label/pressing: Roadrunner I own very little metal records to be honest. Metal is a genre that poorly has a crowd that … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #18 Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break The Oath
Owned since: Oct. 23, 2021, 11:31 AM Where I bought it: The local Target while my car was getting shit done on it Year: 2021 Label/Pressing: Capitol Records/The Pokémon Company International Ah yes, the cultural juggernaut that is Pokémon. Birthed … Continue reading Crate Skimmers Sloot Super Special #1 Pokémon 25: The Album
