Crunchy Bones #174: October '10

"Sorry for being late - it seems like I have little to no time for the blog lately. Gape Attack!, Idi Amin + The Amputees and Hidden Spots grace this month's mix." - Dk

Label - Crunchy Bones
Sound - All of the Below
Favorite Track - "October '10"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Right There ↓

Crunchy Bones #173: Onion Flavored Rings

"Collects their out of print LPs originally released on Onion Flavored and No Idea. Brilliant from start to finish." - Dk

Label - Dead Broke *
Sound - Punk Pop
Favorite Track - "Down"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Dead Broke

Crunchy Bones #172: Bad Stain Records Presents...

"An Arizona + California 6-way split of punk pop 90s chum. Yeah, like totally." - Dk

Label - Bad Stain
Sound - Punk Pop + Ska Punk
Favorite Track - "William Wonderful"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #171: The Beat (Paul Collins)

"Bad love outsider tape therapy documenting 2 legendary shows. Magic happens when you're all alone." - Dk

Label - Burger *
Sound - Power Pop
Favorite Track - "Trapped (Old Waldorf)"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print (Check Distros)

Crunchy Bones #170: Television Ghost

"Static snow headaches and vertigo shakes. High beam calamity stuck in the night." - Dk

Label - Die Stasi *
Sound - Weird Punk + Garage
Favorite Track - "Bird Flu"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #169: The Weakends

"The record that continues growing on me with every spin. A current Autumn favorite." - Dk

Labels - Rob's House *
Sound - Garage + Blues
Favorite Track - "Back from the Rave"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Rob's House

Crunchy Bones #168: Autodramatics

"A fiendish fuzz twisting the blades of punk blues chaos. The B-side cover winds the cycle down." - Dk

Label - Goodbye Boozy *
Sound - Garage Punk + Blues
Favorite Track - "Find the Gun"
Bones - x x x x 1/2
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #167: Reigning Sound

"3 strings Cartwright delivers masterful magic on a Monday night. Rock 'n' roll seethin', breathin', coursing through them restless veins." - Dk

Label - Spoonful *
Sound - Garage + Punk
Favorite Track - "Straight Shooter"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #166: Rad Company

"Fast, poppy, kind of crusty. Rad Company fucked up my tape player - cheers! " - Dk

Labels - Self Released
Sound - Punk Pop + Thrash Pop
Favorite Track - "Eat Crow"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Rad Company or TeamHuman

Crunchy Bones #165: Inservibles

"Demo 7" from Mexico's Inservibles. Like drinking psychedelic moonshine while circling hellfire's pit." - Dk

Labels - Shogun *
Sound - Hardcore + Psych
Favorite Track - "Risa de Puta"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Shogun

Crunchy Bones #164: Chinese Takeaway

"Found out about these guys through Kamikaze Tailspin. Staggering sing alongs accompanied by beer." - Dk

Label - New Lifeshark *
Sound - Punk + '77
Favorite Track - "Freakshow"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #163: September '10

"This was my 1st mixtape - given to me by an older punk at the time. No surprises here, but goes to show we all started somewhere." - Dk

Label - Crunchy Bones
Sound - All of the Below
Favorite Track - "Tape Scraps"
Bones - x x x x 1/2
Where To Get It - Right There ↓

Crunchy Bones #162: Foreign Objects

"Their rugged rapture captured raw. The brimstone howl of the coyote 4." - Dk

Labels - Drugged Conscience *
Sound - Punk
Favorite Track - "We Want You"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Drugged Conscience

Crunchy Bones #161: John Cotrona

"Cometbus collaborator John Cotrona sets his awesome novel to vinyl for issue #45 1/2. Whether paper or plastic - it's all good." - Dk

Label - Cometbus
Sound - Audio Zine + Spoken Word
Favorite Track - "Manual One"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print
(also see 'Lost Positives')

Crunchy Bones #160: Negativland

"The sex sounds of an NRA orgy. Bullet contraception cocked and loaded." - Dk

Label - SST *
Sound - Experimental + Sound Collage
Favorite Track - "Then"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Out of Print

Crunchy Bones #159: August '10

"I'll see you guys after my brief vacation. Turkish Techno, Punch and Dirty Beaches are some extras included in this month's mix." - Dk

Label - Crunchy Bones
Sound - All of the Below
Favorite Track - "August '10"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Right There ↓

Crunchy Bones #158: Billy Raygun + Georgian

"The melodic in fun that charms up the sun. A colorful blaze of apple's duress." - Dk

Label - Self Released
Sound - Punk Pop
Favorite Track - "Grand Unification/Song 1,000"
Bones - x x x x x
Where To Get It - Billy Raygun or live