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Look Around You Fall 2015 75orLess Compilation
75OL-231 Look Around You – Fall 2015 75orLess Compilation
36 TRACKS WITH ARTWORK AND INFO – 257MB ZIP FILE
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We have made only 25 copies of this 2xCD collection. These will be included free with any label purchase of $20 until they are gone. These are not for sale.
This is a collection of songs culled from the albums and ep’s released (and to be released soon) by the RI-based 75orLess Records from 2014-15. Also included are some one-off tracks. This is a 36 song free compilation. Some rights reserved. Don’t be a dick.
Track Listing
01 Groundhawgs – “Mr Walks On Water” (from their August 2015 album Let’s Get Dark)
02 Jaguar Hands – “Venom” (from their upcoming self titled Sept 2015 album)
03 The Funcrushers – “HR Nightmare” (from their self titled September 2015 album)
04 Feng Shui Police – “Steps” (from their May 2015 album Thank You)
05 Brook, Bear and the Elephant – “Crushing Clouds” (from their June 2015 album Montreal)
06 Jets Can’t Land – “I Can’t Do That, Dave” (from the upcoming album You Can’t Linger On)
07 Karma Rocket – “Providence” (from their July 2015 album Parts to Pieces)
08 Gavage – “The Suggestibles” (from their October 2015 Self Titled album)
09 The diePods – “Die A Little” (from the July 2015 album II)
10 Sam Hill – “Wait For Me” (from the August 2015 album Sonja)
11 Oughts – “Work Phone” (from the upcoming double EP)
12 Radio Carbon – “Kick Me I’m Shit” (from their September 2015 album Caveman Ballads)
13 Outlaw in Peru – “Profile In The Rock” (from their upcoming album)
14 Black Oil Incinerator – “Cards On The Table” (from their album Live At Dusk)
15 Coma Coma – “Last Night” (from their January 2015 album New American Dream)
16 Suicide Bill & The Liquors – “Irish Eyes” (from the January 2015 album Cricket Wisdom)
17 Chris Evil & the Taints – “9 Lives” (from their Blackout album)
18 Bill Keough – “Back to the Punk Rock” (from his album The Slow Get Up)
19 Jodie Treloar – “I’m OK” (from her May 2015 album Voila)
20 Eric Ott – “Little Wars” (from his upcoming album In Lieu of Flowers)
21 Crotchthrottle – “Hexaflexagon” (from the upcoming album Whatever We’re Calling The Next Album)
22 The Lincoln Tunnel – “Big Decision” (from their September 2015 album Today 2.0)
23 Everett Brothers Moving Company – “Up On The Sun” (Meat Puppets cover)
24 Bob Kendall – “Dazed” (from his self titled album)
25 Jordan Everett Associates – “House Up On The Hill” (from their upcoming Self Titled album)
26 Stan – “(Let) Sleeping Liars Lie” (from the upcoming album Stanland)
27 Matt Fraza – “Too Much Love” (from his Let Trouble Go album)
28 The Spectacular Fantastic – “Wasting All My Time” (from his upcoming album)
29 Lloyd’s Llamas – “The Barker” (from their album Cool The Burn)
30 gladhouse – “Follow You Down” (from their album Goldencloud)
31 Allysen Callery – “Blue Bayou” (Roy Orbison cover)
32 Jacob Haller – “(I’m Sick Of) This American Life (from the May 2015 album Cabin Fever)
33 Thrift Store Ransom – “Cold Blue” (from their self titled June 2015 album)
34 Sick Pills – “Take It All” (from their March 2015 album Under My Skin)
35 Bonnaventure James – “Chinuuk” (from his April 2015 Not By A Mile EP)
36 Melz Durston – “Who Am I?”
The Lincoln Tunnel – Today 2.0
75OL-212 The Lincoln Tunnel – Today 2.0
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1 Damn, I Wear It Well
2 Big Decision
3 All Together Wrong
4 Friend of the Roses
5 Making Cents and Taking Vows
6 Elemental Sun
7 Our Mother’s Sons
8 Ordinary Sky
9 Memphis
10 Line My Pockets
The Lincoln Tunnel is proud to announce the release of their debut record. Comprised of former members of Maria Monk, Garage Sale Picasso, and The Benedictions, The Lincoln Tunnel take their cue from the likes of The Replacements, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, and Modest Mouse. Full of big hooks, loud guitars, and a compelling songwriting, Today 2.0 is the introduction to this versatile rock and roll band.
The Lincoln Tunnel is Christian Caldarone, John Menard, Keith Menard, and Mike Tomasso.
“The debut release from the Lincoln Tunnel is a mess of indie rock, Americana and
mariachi horns thrown together like a Jackson Pollock painting where against all odds,
it somehow works.” – M. Clarkin, Motif
Motif Magazine reviews The Funcrushers and The Lincoln Tunnel
Alt-Nation: Handsome Pete and Lincoln Tunnel
Handsome Pete’s Birthday Shitshow – The Funcrushers – Self-Titled CD Release (75orLessRecords)
Longtime local music fixture Handsome Pete Lima’s annual birthday never fails to live up to its billing. This year will be no exception as it includes a self titled CD Release for Lima’s surf rock band, The Funcrushers, who no longer exist. His new surf rock band, The Anchorites, will play instead. That’s a little confusing so I contacted Handsome Pete to get the lowdown. As far as The Funcrushers CD, I’ve heard bits of the album over the years, but it was always around 4am in a practice space in Olneyville so those memories are sketchy. I feared the record was lost forever in a warehouse next to Dr. Dre’s Detox album. Happily, the lost Funcrushers record has resurfaced and is even better than I remembered. The all instrumental record is very much in the style of Man or Astro-Man? as far as spacey surf punk. Highlight tracks include the sprawling “Rampart,” “Seamantics” and the soothing “Fond Farewell.” The whole album is something one can listen to on repeat because it just has a great chill atmosphere for sunny days.
Marc Clarkin: There are a lot urban legends surrounding The Funcrushers. Who is in the band and how long have they been together?
Handsome Pete Lima: The Funcrushers are myself and Jesse Roy, who I’ve known since the 5th grade. We recorded the record in November 2008, and we only played together for maybe 6 months before that. There were never any plans for it to be an active project; initially we just wanted to document what we had written and I wanted to try my hand at recording and mixing. The entire process was kind of a nightmare up until this past year or so, when I finally learned the “right” way to approach mixing. Somehow a rough mix leaked and since then there has been great speculation that this was the greatest unreleased surf album ever created by two guys from Seekonk.
MC: Some call this record a very political instrumental record. Did it start out that way?
HPL: If you listen closely to the lyrics on this album you would be hard pressed to disagree with any of our political leanings. We are all things to all people
MC: I believe it was Cream magazine that likened the record as the surf rock answer to Dr. Dre’s Detox and GnR’s Chinese Democracy. Do you think that’s fair?
HPL: During the 6+ years it took to finish the record, I can totally relate. The only thing I can say for sure is that it’s better than Chinese Democracy, and I’ve never even heard it.
MC: Oh it was the best thing GnR ever put out! Who is in The Anchorites and how would you describe the sound?
HPL: The Anchorites are myself and Kevin Bowden on guitars, Bobby Gregory on drums, and Chris Monti on bass. The sound is based on the traditional surf rock style, but it’s a definitely a little rough around the edges. Man or Astro-Man? is obviously a huge influence along with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and maybe some of the twang of the Flat Duo Jets thrown in there.
MC: What are The Anchorites’ upcoming plans? And what is it about the band that has publications like The Source magazine saying that The Anchorites are far superior to any band today?
HPL: We’ve already started working on writing tracks for our debut EP. I’m hoping to have it out sometime before 2022. We just wanna show people that it takes a little more than reverb to have a “surf” sound. After such high praises, I’m really hoping they invite us to the Source awards. I wanna take a selfie with Diddy.
Handsome Pete’s Birthday Shitshow featuring performances by Teazer and The Anchorites will rock The Met Café on August 21. The show will also be your first chance to get the new CD by The Funcrushers.
The Lincoln Tunnel – Today 2.0 (75orLess Records)
The debut release from the Lincoln Tunnel is a mess of indie rock, Americana and mariachi horns thrown together like a Jackson Pollock painting where against all odds, it somehow works. On Today 2.0, Lincoln Tunnel come out swinging like Mike Tyson with the frenetic “Damn, I Wear It Well,” which has the gall to sound like a cross between The Gun Club and the Jim Carroll Band. “Big Decision” and “All Together Wrong” are rockers that get bailed out by big infectious choruses, but otherwise would have no redeeming value. The horns on “Friend of the Roses” invoke bands like Mariachi El Bronx, but I can’t picture singer/guitarist Christian Caldarone being able to pull off a sombrero. On “Memphis” they have the nerve to sound like pre-sober Replacements — think “Left of the Dial” on meth. “Makin’ Cents & Takin’ Vows” and “Line My Pockets” turn to Americana folk. Begrudgingly, I’ll admit to really liking the lyrics on the latter. “Ordinary Sun” was probably a mistake because it is just an all around good tune with a soaring skyscraper hook.
75orLess Records presents a triple CD release show featuring new biscuits and performances by Lincoln Tunnel, Karma Rocket, and Groundhawgs. As an added bonus, Jets Can’t Land will also rock the house and it all goes down at The Parlour on August 29.
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The Funcrushers at The Met
CD release show for their self titled album and Handsome Pete’s Birthday Shit Show!
with Teazer and The Anchorites
The Met
Main St
Pawtucket, RI
9pm
Jodie Treloar Six Star General Split – Lathe Cut 7 Inch Single
75OL-217 Jodie Treloar / Six Star General – Split Lathe Cut 7 inch Single
$15.00 S&H Included
Limited to 25 copies. These singles consist of clear poly-plastic with holographic, kraft, white, or clear numbered jackets. The four options are shown in the photo above. All styles while supplies last.
There is no digital download for this release. However, both songs are available on albums.
Tracks
1. Jodie Treloar – Sonic Boom 5:15
2. Six Star General – Christopher Walken 6:00
Jodie Treloar reinvents a song from Six Star General’s vinyl-only release “These Woods Smell Like Grape” and Six Star General contributes a song from their full-length album “Hair Supply,” which features choral vocal contributions from Mark Cutler, Suicide Bill, Jodie Treloar, and Dan Ulmschneider (Coma Coma, Bob Kendall Band) with piano from Tom Chance (The Propellers.)
This is not vinyl.
Brook, Bear and the Elephant ‘Montreal’ Album Reviewed at Foster’s
Here’s what we know. Nate Laban and Eric Ott have both enjoyed individual successes in their own respective songwriting endeavors. We also know that they’re good friends. So, it makes sense then that at some point in time they’d join forces and pump out some creative jams. That time is now.
Under the band name Brook, Bear and the Elephant (joined by other Seacoast musical vets Sean Yadisernia on lead guitar and vocals, and Dan McGary on drums and vocals), Laban and Ott have crafted a collection of nine tunes that push the bounds of each other’s general comfort zones. The result is grandiose, and the collective whole of their debut, “Montreal” is eclecticly interesting and wholly satisfying, from the influences that earned both of them individual praise to the inclusion of a little “Pet Sounds” era Beach Boys psychedelia pop, and contemporary Tweedy-ish playfulness and experimentation.
The most impressive part about the collaborative journey these fellas have embarked on is the successful forging of two uniquely different voices and outputting memorable vocal harmonies throughout the entirety of the record. I’ve long written about how Ott’s voice is reminiscent of Michael Stype, and the same is true of Laban’s Elvis Costello-ish punk-injected croon. Mash ‘em up, and you get some interesting results.
One of the highlights for me is the track, “Normal, IL.” Among the record’s other eight tracks one of the two gentleman take the vocal lead, while the other harmonizes in accordance with the general feel of the tune. On “Normal, IL,” both take the lead for a turn (while the underlying harmonizing still takes place). The track is fairly mellow compared with the rest of the offerings, but is cut right in half by a solo that you might find as a working piece of a Traveling Wilbury’s song structure. Upon completion of that slicing six-string flame, both Laban and Ott finish out the tune in unison, as the lead, levels both equally matched. It’s mighty fine.
Sam Hill – Sonja
75OL-216 Sam Hill – Sonja CD
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Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. 37 Rings 3:06
2. Serpents 3:59
3. Bullet 5:24
4. Scourge of the Warm Blooded 3:12
5. Wait For Me 3:00
6. Lithuanian Maiden 5:34
7. Electric Funeral 4:58
Sam Hill is the devil. The band originally formed in 2013 to be the backing band for some of Nate and Cam’s pop-punk tunes, but with the added influence of Jason and his harder hitting tastes turned into what is now Sam Hill. All members of the band have been playing regionally for 20+ years and have been friends for just as long. Themes on the record range from tree people (37 rings), to life taking a form of a bullet, to ice giants (scourge of the warm-blooded), to the love of the woods by Maine’s own North Pond Hermit: Mr. Christopher Knight (Wait for me). The song ‘Serpents’ refers to an experience of losing 3 friends in a freezing winter river and being the last to see them alive. Lithuanian Maiden was a piece inspired by a piece of artwork by Joshua Belanger, a local NH artist.
Feng Shui Police video for “Shit, Man”
Groundhawgs – Lets Get Dark
75OL-211 Groundhawgs – Lets Get Dark CD
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Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1 Mr Walks On Water
2 Dogs of El Agustino
3 Lets Get Dark
4 Double Nickels On The Dime
5 Floored
6 Mercury and Mass
7 Apartment Down The Hall
8 Oblivious
9 Out Of It
10 Darkwaters
The Hawgs are back with a deftly crafted batch of NUMBERS that will quench your thirst for TIGHT, HARD ROCKING, POST PUNK FARE. From the get go to the final bell, LET”S GET DARK will scratch your rock itch!
Karma Rocket – Parts to Pieces
75OL-203 Karma Rocket – Parts to Pieces CD
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Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Basements
2. Disassembler
3. Providence
4. Telemetry
5. Karma Slut
6. Sun & Sludge
7. In The Car
8. Add It Up
Ingredients:
Sing-along harmonies
Pop-punk songwriting
Killer vocals
Dual guitar solos
Smart, hard-hitting grooves
Directions:
„« Mix together the catchy hooks of pop music with the
energy of new wave and punk. Add a heaping spoon of
post-punk a la The Pixies, Sonic Youth and Husker Du.
„« Swirl in a pinch of industrial New England city grit. Stir
until thoroughly blended.
„« Cook for 22 minutes, preferably in your car with the
stereo volume up and the windows down.
Some or all of us have performed with The Providence Singers, Rudy Ray Moore, The Brimstone
Assembly, What Cheer Brigade, The Panorama Jazz Band of New Orleans, Gallus Mag (Texas
psych rock mavens), The Big Heads of Pluturnas, and Radio Silence Sweetheart.
“Uptempo, fun core, party punks Karma Rocket have been rocking so hard lately they’ve been chipping their teeth. At rehearsal! Very metal.” – Providence Daily Dose