​Well, I am really sad that I can't leave the house to go to shows anymore. So I organized an Instagram Live-streaming event with some of the Related Records roster to all perform and that way we can all have something to look forward to this weekend.
Artists and set times in descending order
7:00pn PST / 10:00pm EST - Treasure Mammal [@treasuremammal]
6:30pm PST / 9:30pm EST - Andy Parada of Human Behavior [@andy_____parada]
6:00pm PST / 9:00pm EST - Yairms [@yairmstagram]
5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST - AlhhlA [@alhhla]
5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST - The Doyénne [@the_doyenne]
4:30pm PST / 7:30pm EST - Dinosaur Love [@dinosaurlovephx]
4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST - Hi My Name Is Ryan [@related_records]

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STAY HOME and ENJOY!

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August 31st marks 5 years since this 7" was released. Featuring original artwork by the late David Bessent (R.I.P.), The 5 and final version of this stinky EP (that has been played multiple times on The Dr. Demento Radio Show) is the special "Fucked Up" edition. 100 copies were given away in RSD grab bags for Stinkweeds last year and the remaining 35 copies are on sale in our store for $6.99

The new split cassette by these artists is available for pre-order and download on bandcamp. You can also get it as a bundled discount rate if you Pre-order it with the new Mooey Moobau Single Sided LP that should be out soon too!

Upcoming Fall tour dates
10/09 - Worcester, CT
10/10 - TBA
10/11 - Manchester, NH
*10/12 - Springfield, MA
*10/13 - Philadelphia, PA
*10/14 - Baltimore, MD (help)
*10/15 - Washington, DC (help)
​*10/16 - Durham, NC

*10/17 - Winston Salem, NC
*10/18 - Charlotte, NC (help)
*10/19 - Atlanta, GA
*10/20 - Ashbille, TN
10/21 - Greensboro, NC
10/22 - Raleigh, NC
10/23 - Baltimore, MD (help)
10/24 - Jersey, NY (help)
10/25 - Brooklyn, NY

New Yairms album "Hope's Stable" is available for pre-order on bandcamp. You can also hear/download one of the songs from the album. Limited edition of 100 on Bright Yellow Cassettes/Black Cases. They will be available on this upcoming tour.

Dr. Demento Covered In Punk– Demented Punk Records​

The first new and exciting thing I heard in 2018 was this Dr. Demento compilation featuring songs from a lot of my favorite bands (Quintron & Miss Pussycat, James Kochalka, The Dead Milkmen, Nobunny… just to name a few) and really this whole thing is amazing but this Suicidal Tendencies cover sung by my favorite Space Ghost character is the most memorable.

Discophilia Belgica – SDBAN

I found out about this compilation from bandcamp, I put it in my wish list and would listen to it all the time. IT took me a while to finally buy it because the label is based out of Germany and shipping is crazy for a 4 LP compilation. But when I finally got it and started to really study it this song stood out the most. It’s so got damn good. Bless the crate digging weirdos that compiled this compilation of bizarre 70s, German disco.

Veteran – Deathbomb Arc

I am really happy Jpegmafia got a lot of attention in 2018 for his album Veteran, it is very much deserved the album is amazing from start to finish. I had mix feelings about having this be the track I selected for this comp but I think its my favorite  so I said “fuck it”

EP – self released

Dem Cauldronz is the new solo project for Phoenix weirdo Ger Bill. I have been friends with and supported this persons art for a couple years now and their last project was an experimental/banjo/folk project called Trash Mullet. I was booking a show for The Emotron (who also had a great release this year) and I asked Ger Bill if they wanted to do something, they said “I got this new goth trap music thing I’m doing called Dem Cauldronz” and I knew it was going to rule. This shit is aggressive, raw and terrifying. A perfect example of Ger Bill and I am so excited to see new things come from this. If you get a chance to see Dem Cauldronz. DO IT!

Off Track – self released

2 Trainz is the side project of some of the guys in the band TOSO. I was in charge of finding promoters for this music marathon festival called “The Indie 500” its roughly 100 artists playing 5 songs each in consecutive order. We were assigning blocks of time to different local bands and promoters to curate a 5-10 band lineup and I asked TOSO to take care of finding 5 bands to play starting at midnight and instead the members each formed their own side projects that each wrote and recorded 5-10 song EP’s that were also only released at this show. SO FUCKING COOL! 2 Trainz is my favorite of the TOSO bands. Dig this track, if you want more you will have to reach out to the band.

Loner – New West Records

My friend Alex Benson showed me Caroline Rose last year and I just loved it. After hearing just one song from her I bought her LP. I don’t know much about her though. This album is one of the most listened to albums by my wife and I, we love the entire thing. The music video for this song in particular is amazing and I highly suggest checking it out when you have time.

Semi-Permanent – Rat Queen Records

I booked a show for Kitten Forever on their first tour in 2009 and I loved them. I bought everything they had at the time (which was a CD-R and a 7”) and I listen to them all the time. They don’t tour the west coast a lot though and due to my house flooding I had to miss them the last time they came to town in 2013. They came through in 2018 though as the supporting act for Screaming Females so you know I had to see them. This new album is the tightest thing they have done. I am really proud of them. When the guitar comes in on this song I can’t help but lose my fucking mind.

Warm Bodies – Erste Theke Tonträger 

Warm Bodies is good . I haven't thought about them for a while and didn’t even know they had a new album until my wife surprised me with a copy of it and said “hey I heard this and thought this is a Ryan band” She rules. This album rules too. 10/10 would highly recommend.

Single – Kerchow Records

One of my favorite shows in 2018 was getting to play with Fatty Cakes & The Puff Pastries. They released a full length album right before the year ended but this is what I heard first.. They are amazing and when I played with them they had a cassette single for their song Panic Attack and it rules! I have listened to it probably 50+ times in the last 6 months.

Garbage People – Kill Rock Stars

Alright, this new Wimps album got a lot of good press this year and I don’t really get it, because especially when compared to their previous two albums (Repeat & Suitecase) Garbage People falls kinda flat. AND so many of these articles have focused on their song OPP which easily the worst part of the album. I DON’T GET IT! All that being said… This album is still real good and has some of my favorite Wimps songs. MY favorite being this song Quitter. But if you have never heard this band before, do yourself a favor and DON’T START WITH GARBAGE PEOPLE. 

Pray For Rain – Related Records

1984 was originally a song used for Rocky Yazzies old band Skinwalkers. I used to lose my shit every time they played it because it is so fun and such an enjoyable song to get wild to. The way Turqouiz Noiz does it is so much fun. I really hope you dig it and buy this LP. A lot of work went into it.

Endlessly Devastating – TV Life Entertainment

This band formed in 2017, released 3 albums between 04/17 and 11/2018, played close to 100 shows all over the state of AZ and then broke up. I already miss them. I have copies of all 3 albums for sale online, If you like this you should pick one up.

Lobotomobile – Self Released

This band was hella busy in 2018 too. This song is from one of 2 albums they released in the same year. Both are good. They got a lot of stuff going on in 2019 already. I’m proud of them.

Want Me! 7” – Related Records

Released this 7” for the bands European tour last summer. Limited edition of 300. IT rules and we are almost sold out. Click here to buy one.

Sing Dark Lullaby – Onus Records

Serene Dominic is one of the worlds most underrated songwriters of all time. Last year he formed a group to play with him called The San Jacinto Death Row Prison Band and then he wrote a musical based around the songs he wrote and was performing with this band. I was in the musical and it was only performed twice but both times it was awful. Except the music. The music is amazing. 

How TO Tie A Tie On The Internet – Self Released

James Kochalka self released a new album this year and it rules. He’s still got it, even if he doesn’t perform live anymore. This is one of his best albums.

The Lost Record – Merge Records

The first Escape-ism record that came out in 2017 was one of my favorite and most listened to albums of the year. This one is real good too. But is surprisingly even more empty feeling. When I saw empty feeling that is not meant as a negative statement, in fact that’s part of what is so nice and refreshing about the project.

I Like Fun – Idlewild Recordings

I Like Fun is the first TMBG album in a long time that I have absolutely loved. I consider myself a pretty big fan, but I also know I am one of those obnoxious fans that tends to stick to the albums Pre-Mink Car and that’s pretty much it. While I give everything they do a chance and I do like everything they do to an extent, nothing has had the same feeling as those first 6-7 albums they released. But I like fun does it for me and this song is a great example of that simple, yet brilliant and multi-layered wittiness that made me fall in love with them when I was a child.

Old – Related Records

It was great to release another Mia Loucks album. This is the title track from it. I got nothing else to say except I love it. I love everything she does actually. Click here to buy a copy.

Wish You Were Here Tour – Sleeper Records

My friend Davin introduced me to this band in October. This album is really great. I don’t really know anything about them. IF you like this song, you will love the entire album, its all great like this.

Skulls Example – Orindal Records

The new Dear Nora record is really really great, it has an obvious iji vibe to it because Zach Burba recorded/wrote with Katy Davidson on the entire thing. I wish this album got more press. I am mostly just stoked to see Dear Nora be an active project again.

B-Sides & Instrumentals 2012-2017 – Melodic Records

Melodic Records has done a great job with releasing/promoting  Stephen Steinbrinks music for the last couple of years. In 2018 they released his latest full length Utopia Teased which has had great reviews written in pitchfork and other “important” magazines…etc  But this digital b-sides release got very little attention and it has some of the most beautiful songs Stephen has done in my opinion. This track in particular is a perfect example of it. If you happened to miss this release go to bandcamp now and download it.

Think Again – Fuzzkill Records / Lame-O Records

Calvin and James from The Pooches told me at the beginning of the year that they had a new project they were really excited about called U.S. HIGHBALL and sent me the songs that would end up being released on this 7”/cassette on Lame-O/Fuzzkill Records. It’s great. Everything these boys do is awesome. I wish we lived in the same city because I wanna be their best friends.

If the posts on Facebook are the thermometer, the Freaks of Nature still enjoy the status of cult-band even among the most haunted garage-sound lovers, at least here in Italy.Moreover, given the absence of magazines and being absent on Youtube and Spotify, I'm not surprised. Same fate touched years ago to Oh No's, whose record I believe is on the net and only my paper on paper, however short as he wanted at the time the director of a magazine that feared unconditional love for the garage-punk and instead suffered the harassment of those who wanted indie rock in power.
  
Come out of Phoenix now five years ago and with a real album (here included in full along with all the tracks of the two singles except one), the Freaks of Nature are faithful to the line of the wildest garage-punk branded Back from the Serious . Stuff that even on digital media, sounds like a troglodyte shit recorded at Sound Ideas or Pharaoh Records Studio by bands like Alarm Clocks and Zakary Thaks while the parents were on vacation

From the covers of It's to Cryin 'Shame , Now You Say We're Through , Do not Blow Your Mind and Can not Tame Me down to Paula (obviously dedicated to Pierce delle Pandoras),Make Me Cry , the Diddleyani What's the Use? , Hurtin ' gruesomesian dementia , the plucked and wobbly Yardbirds of Wonder Why , the Freaks of Nature report garage-punk in the pit.

Arm yourself with shovel.

​Franco "Lys" Dimauro

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