October 2024

The next release from our small (but beefy) Dangerhouse Skylab label hits the shelves on 11 October, with this fantastic new album from Dustburds Use Your Vacation.1... Six years after their debut Lp Summer Pleasures (the band are back with an album in the form of a travel diary, each track a postcard sent from the four corners of the world, from Tokyo to Athens, from Las Vegas to Verona, each time with their magical signature Hammond / fuzz / breakbeat drums, all fed by their fascination with surf / soundtracks / exotica and their signature crazy groove on 10 new tracks, originals and a few covers (Sandy Nelson, Pepe Sanchez, Ennio Morricone, Eddie Cochran, Giuliano Sorgini and Georges Brassens). DSL 077, 500 copies, pink vinyl, inner sleeve, artwork Vangogo Artworks & Stuffs, co-produced with DIG it Records and Odeva Publishing, released 11 October 2024.

The other autumnal release from our small (but beefy) Dangerhouse Skylab label is imminent, as we'll have the Snappin'Brats single in stock before the end of the month. For this single, the Beaten Brats (Lyon/X Rousse, best gang in town!) have invited Don Roberto Lapassade, legendary vocalist for Killdozer and the Snappin'Boys among others, to cover two Snappin'Boys tracks that appeared on the 1988 album Domino Punch Out. The idea is to do justice to these fantastic tracks, which deserved better than Jeff Eyrich's original production, which was very marked by the digital foibles of the time, by giving them a second life via their supercharged glam/punk sound, and the result is fantastic. The guitars of Théo are incendiary, recalling the best moments of Thin Lizzy or Cheap Trick, and the rhythm of Pierrick and Joey set up the perfect screed to welcome Robert's vocals, always at the top of his power and groove. Recorded at the Java Club in Chicago/Rhône by Pierrick Jullin, mastered by Daniel Husayn at the North London Bomb Factory Mastering. The great Charly Markarian was supposed to be part of the project to bring his guitar parts, but he sadly passed away in March 2022, just before the sessions, so this record is dedicated to him. DSL 087, 300 copies with insert, artwork Lulu Lmnt, coproduction with Java Club, FRIGO & CO, Jean Olivier Païssé and Radio Bellevue Web, released 27 September 2024.

Expected return of Stiff Richards with a limited single at Drunken Sailor, GFC/Empty Barrels...

Already a new album announced for Leeds kids Indignation Meeting, A Model World (Damaged Goods)...

The Jackets are back with a new album Intuition (Chaputa)...

The next album from La Femme is imminent, and is entitled Rock Machine (Born Bad)...

Upgraded gatefold repressing and 16-page booklet announced for Jeffrey Lee Pierce's Six Strings Sermon, acoustic session preceding the recording of Fire Of Love in tribute to the delta blues that fascinated him (Bang Rcds)....

The new album from Goat has no title, and will be out in October (Rocket Rcds)...

News Music On Vinyl: Lp Cranes Population Four, Lonnie Smith Finger Lickin' Good, Blue Oyster Cult Spectres, The Call Into The Woods, Beatmasters Anywayawanna, Don Blackman S/T, Alan Parsons Time Machine, InMe Overgrown Eden, OST Bram Stoker's Dracula, Ron Carter & Cedar Walton Heart & Soul, Trio Ternura S/T, Archie Shepp Lover Man, Billie Holiday The Commodore Master Tapes, Tonic Sugar, Thomas Dolby Astronauts and Heretics and Flat Earth, Ray Barretto La Cuna, Ken Boothe Let's Get It On, Dave Stewart & the Spiritual Cowboys S/T and Honest, Benny Golson I'm Always Dancin'To The Music and Corrosion Of Conformity Deliverance...

Sub Pop announce tribute to Margo Guryan Like Someone I Know...

Highly anticipated new album from the Guy Hamper Trio (as a reminder, Billy Childish, Nurse Julie and Wolf Howard accompanied by James Taylor) due in November, Dog Jaw Woman (Damaged Goods)...

Call of The Void announces an Lp repress of the Adverts second album Cast Of Thousands originally released in 1979...

The new album from Godspeed You Black Emperor NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28.340 DEAD is due to hit record stores in early October (Constellatiion)...

Damaged Goods announces an anthology of Chefs (Brighton early 80's), Records and Tea, double Lp...

To accompany the new album, the Gypsy Rose label is reissuing the debut album from Tuk Smith & the Restless Hearts Ballad Of a Misspent Youth...

Staubgold releases a double Lp entitled Perpignan Burning, photographing the city's rich current scene, cover art by Pascal Comelade...

Pentagram sign to Heavy Psych Sound for their new album Review Your Choices, and the label take the opportunity to re-release their album Sub Basement...

Cameleon Rcds is releasing an anthology dedicated to three Dijon bands between '78 and '83, Stand By, Suspect Devices and Boxon Asphyxies....

The Jellybricks are announcing their new Lp for early 2025 via Wicked Cool, Dreaming In Stereo...

The next Levitation Sessions to be released on vinyl will be by Death Valley Girls, Ringo Deathstarr and Boogarins...

The Flaming Sideburns announce a compilation of unreleased and rarities 1996/99 due out on Svart Rcds, Rocket Science...

Penniman repress the Nervous Eaters (Boston)'s excellent second single Just Head/Get Stuffed released in 1979...

Punk rock supergroup Pinhead Gunpowder (with some Green Day in it) are back with an imminent new album Unt (1234 Go!)...

Guerssen releases on Lp a corrected and upgraded version of Andromeda demos and rarities Seven Lonely Street....

Soon on shelves Patrick Foulhoux's new book Enragez-Vous, dedicated to the Black & Noir galaxy, label, shops and bands, editions Metro Beach...

Second volume for the lounge / exotica series The World Is a Party!, thanks Doghouse & Bone...

A new album from the James Taylor Quartet has been announced for mid-October, billed as more rock, presumably following the reformation of the Prisoners Hung Up On You...

Superb debut album for Rennes-based Food Fight, top-notch punk/power pop Zeitgeist Impressions (Juvenile Delinquent / Poch Rcds)....

Repressing in sight for Terry Reid's second solo album, released in 69 (Endless Happiness)... On the same label, a repress of Alice Coltrane's World Galaxy is announced....

Upcoming Shindig, 155 with Gal Costa on the cover, and on the menu Kasenetz-Katz, Elliott Smith, Dead Moon... Followed by 156 with Paul Williams on the cover, and on the menu The Move, Pussy, Richie Havens...

Radiation represses the first two Lp's from the Fuzztones, Leave Your Mind At Home (with bonus), and Lysergic Emanations...

Quite a fine debut for Killer Butterfly, the new project from DJ Pee (ex Peuple De l'Herbe) and Fred Dubois and a few mates, with this 8-track EP, go hop, their tribute to Gainsbourg straight into this month's playlist...

Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs) has put together Everyone Says Hi, with ex Kooks, Dead 60's, and a debut album has been announced for early 2025 (Chrysalis)...

Two very fine anthologies released on the Shellac Rcds label, dedicated respectively to Arthur Alexander and Ted Taylor...

Great new 4-track Ep for Bart & the Brats from La Rochelle, Can't Think Straight....

The new Fleshtones is out on November 1st, it's called It's Getting Late and once again Yep Roc is in charge...

The next Voodoo Rhythm release will be the album from Switzerland's Oh Telephone Kill Kill Kill...

In The Red releases the soundtrack to Ian Svenonius and Alexandra Cabral's The Lost Record...

Finally, after long months of waiting, Alvilda's debut album has been announced, C'est Déjà l'Heure will be released by Static Shock....

Busy B Rcds announce a best of The Prisoners Hurricane...

Two news items from Rogue Records for this autumn, with a single from Shadow Show Baba Yaga / Spy Balloon, and one from The Wrong Society Misery Has Got Me Down / Find Me Gone...

We find Pogy (Pogy and the Kefars) on drums with Le Coeur à l'Index, a super trio based in Brussels who are releasing a top debut album Adieu Minette (La Vida Es Un Mus)...

It's a nice surprise to hear the debut album from Doctor Velvet, an over-efficient Dutch 50's/R'n'B band...

This year-end biggie is going to hurt the wallet a little, but represents a Holy Grail for fans, with this limited box set devoted to the Saints debut album I'm Stranded... Years in the making, and a collaboration between Ed Kuepper, Universal Australia and In The Red, this edition features the original Lp in a remastered edition, 5 live tracks taken from the Paddington concert in March 77, the entire Hope and Anchor concert in London from November 77, tracks from the EP This Perfect Day and the double 7' 1234, and the demo mix of the 76 Lp, a 28-page photo booklet, a 77 promo photo and an I'm Stranded sticker... Out late November, book now (In The Red)...

Our friend François Poulain has a new book ready, Indociles, packed with previously unpublished snapshots of the French rock scene between 1987 and 2007... Participatory funding is up here (AZM)...