Bassholes - When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again - In The Red Records 2xLP - ITR 059.

I've waxed lyrical elsewhere on the blog about Bassholes, so I'll keep it short here...

I have nothing to say.

This is, as always, great stuff. And it's for Bad Brain. Enjoy.

Bassholes - When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again - In The Red Records 2xLP - ITR 059.

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Gibson Bros - Dedicated Fool. Homestead Records LP. HMS 141-1 (237)

It's the end of the month and once again I've failed to get into double figures for records shared. It's not that I've not been busy; the list of discs digitised gets longer, but editing audacity files and tagging the damned things takes time. And when that's done I don't always feel like trying to find something interesting and/or entertaining to say about a record or band. Moan moan moan.

So here's a great and, relatively, rare release from Ohio's Gibson Bros. For the uninitiated, Gibson Bros are one of the great missing link bands of the past twenty years. Their most easily available record, Memphis Sol Today on Sympathy, muddies the waters by having Jon Spencer on it. There's an interesting piece about them here which further explains that.

Members went on to form additionally influential acts 68 Comeback and Bassholes. Enjoy.

Gibson Bros - Dedicated Fool. Homestead Records LP. HMS 141-1 (237).

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Bassholes - Deaf Mix Vol. 3. In The Red Records LP ITR 049. 320K Vinyl Rip (1997).

Another cover stolen from the internet but that's the way it goes when you're too poor to be able to afford a decent A3 scanner (sob sob, boohoo for me). Here's BassHoles tremendous third LP, Deaf Mix Vol. 3. I've no idea where the cover parody comes from, but if it's not a parody/homage then I'm a randy Dutch man. BassHoles for the uninitiated are a two-man blues band featuring Don Howland on guitar and yelling and Lamont "Bim" Sherman on the traps. Howland writes the sarky, corruscating lyrics. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Go buy the vinyl. Enjoy.

Bassholes - Deaf Mix Vol. 3. In The Red Records LP ITR 049. 320K Vinyl Rip (1997).

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Gaunt - Jim Motherfucker. Get Hip Records 7". GH-158.

One of the least celebrated of the Ohio-based garage/blues bands, I saw Gaunt on a triple bill at TJs in Newport, Wales with Teengenerate and The New Bomb Turks and they held their own in such acclaimed company. So much so that Gaunt's drummer sat in for the NBT drummer who has injured himself in some way. I suspect this release is Gaunt's best known (based on no firm information whatsoever) and is super-catchy. Enjoy.

Gaunt - Jim Motherfucker. Get Hip Records 7". GH-158.

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The New Bomb Turks - I'm Weak. Get Hip Records 7". GH-139.

 

The New Bomb Turks were a heavy, heavy Columbus, Ohio punk band who released their first two LPs on Crypt Records. Following this they moved on to Epitaph. They're still going in some form, but activity has been limited over the past few years. Last year, singer Eric Davidson had the book We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 published. A well-intentioned, well-written chronicle of the period, the book is worth reading despite the pointless attempt to rebrand various lo-fi, punk and DIY scenes as 'Gunk Punk'.

The New Bomb Turks - I'm Weak. Get Hip Records 7". GH-139.

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