Rocktober

G’day,

lotsa new vinyl has been entering the record store these past few weeks: Greenhornes, Guided By Voices, Melvins, Black Angels, Powder Monkeys, Sonics, Dirtbombs, Serge Gainsbourg, Velvet Underground, The Replacements, Booker T, The Remains, The Zombies, Thee Oh Sees, The Smiths, Spiritualized, Beasts Of Bourbon, Total Control, 13^th Floor Elevators, Radio Birdman, Billy Childish, too much more…..drop in sometime.

Plus:

ROCKET TO MEMPHIS “I’M BAD” 7” – on our off the hip label

The smokin' new vinyl single from ROCKET TO MEMPHIS "I'm Bad" gets the full voodoo treatment in their video clip, directed by maestro Dominic Pearce. 

This crunchy, sexy, dance-floor stomper also opens the band's 3rd album "Jungle Juice" and was cut in New York with HEAVY TRASH’s Matt Verta-Ray at the controls.

Released this week - the 7″ is on blood-red wax, wrapped in a Lluis Fuzzhound sleeve and limited to just 300 copies - a highly collectable and desirable gem!

And on CD:

THE HOT KNIVES CD – long lost west coast album includes 2 original FLAMIN’ GROOVIES.

THE FIX “OVEREXPOSURE” CD – great powerpop from perth

HUXTON CREEPERS “12 DAYS TO PARIS” 2xCD re-issue

SCREAMING TRIBESMEN “DATE WITH A VAMPYRE” CD

SCREAMING TRIBESMEN “BONES AND FLOWERS” CD

YOUNG MODERN “LIVE AT THE GRACE EMILY” CD

UPS AND DOWNS “OUT OF THE DARKNESS” CD

Gigs for October:

Fri 7th Oct - ROCKET TO MEMPHIS @ The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick  w/ Midnight Woolf and Vivian Marlowe

Friday 7th October- The Moonlight Wranglers (Perth) @ the Old bar w/ La Bastard and Harvest Smoke, 8.30pm

Sat 8^th Oct – Go Go Postal @ Penny Black w/ CRYSTAL THOMAS AND THE FLOWERS OF EVIL

Sat 8th Oct - Mass Cult @ The Retreat, w/ Moonlight Wranglers (W.A)

Sat 8th Oct - ROCKET TO MEMPHIS @ The LuWow, Fitzroy w/ Vivian Marlowe 
 

Sun 9th Oct - THE DUNHILL BLUES @ SANDRINGHAM HOTEL W/- Chris Mazuak (album launch)

Thurs 13th Oct - Mass Cult @ 'Freakout' The Laundry w/ The Hondas + guests

Thurs 13th Oct The Vendettas @ The Nash Geelong, w/ Shanghai Times
 

Fri 14th Oct - ROCKET TO MEMPHIS @ Devilles Pad, East Perth  w/ Boom! Bap! Pow! and Vivian Marlowe

Fri 14th Oct Graveyard Train @ The Loft Warrambool w/ The Vendettas

Friday 14th October - Kim Salmon @ The Empress w/ Crystal Thomas & the Flowers of Evil

Sat 15th Oct The Vendettas @ The Jetty Bar w/ Bad Blood and Broken Bones

Friday 21^st Oct – THEE MIGHTY CHILDISH @ TOWN HALL HOTEL

Fri 21st Oct. Little Murders @ The Vic w/ International Exiles

Sat 22nd Oct - Go-Set @ The Espy, w/ Russian Roulettes

Sun 23rd Oct - THE DUNHILL BLUES @ ROXBURY HOTEL GLEBE W/- Wolfy and the Batcubs

Friday 28^th Oct – BRAT FARRAR @ YAH YAHS, w/ THEE MIGHTY CHILDISH, THE FIX and FANCY BOYS

Fri 28th Oct - CLAIRY BROWN & the Bangin' Rackettes @ Devilles Pad w/ ROCKET TO MEMPHIS

Sat 29th Oct - Little Murders @ Great Britain w/ The Fix

Sun 30th Oct - ROCKET TO MEMPHIS @ Fly-by-Night Club, Fremantle  w/ TWISTED VAUDEVILLE CIRCUS

**Sole Stickers have been shortlisted to play at Falls Festival in Tassie this year. In order to make the final line-up they need your help.  Could we ask a massive favour and get you all to click on the link below, select the box for Sole Stickers and then validate the email they send you to make your vote count.  It should only take about 30 seconds.  Thanks for your support!

http://2011.fallsfestival.com/foster-a-band/

Oh yeah, this Saturday is our last Go Go Postal!!  Swing by one last time, and join us in a few months time at a new venue with a new name!!

SEPTEMBER NEWS‏

Howdy,

Plenty of good local releases coming this month, here’s a few highlights:

ROYAL HEADACHE “S/T” LP and CD

HUXTON CREEPERS “12 DAYS TO PARIS” 2xCD re-issue

SCREAMING TRIBESMEN “DATE WITH A VAMPYRE” CD re-issue

SCREAMING TRIBESMEN “BONES AND FLOWERS” CD re-issue

YOUNG MODERN “LIVE AT THE GRACE EMILY” CD

RADIO BIRDMAN “LIVE IN TEXAS” LP

THEE KNOCKOUTS “SMASH THE MIRROR” 7”

THE LUCKY DIPS “OBSESSION” 7”

UPS AND DOWNS “OUT OF THE DARKNESS” CD

And new from the off the hip label: THE MOONSTONES “FUZZ, FARFISA y FIESTA”CD, great new garage combo from spain!! ROCKET TO MEMPHIS “I’M BAD” 7”, exclusive b-side, red vinyl, hand numbered!!

Gigs for September:

Thursday 8th Sep - THE DUNHILL BLUES @ The Red Rattler Theatre Marrickville W/- River of Snakes EP launch

SAT 10^th SEPT – CHOOK RACE @ PENNY BLACK, GO GO POSTAL

Sat 10th September - Wrong Turn (2 sets) @ the Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea

Saturday 10th September - Crystal Thomas & the Flowers of Evil playing as part of Goddess 3 @ St Kilda Bowlo

Sunday 11th Sep - THE DUNHILL BLUES @ Valve Tempe 

Wed 14th September - JOHNNY CASINO solo @ the Sando downstairs for free! 7-10

Thursday 15th Sep – THE DUNHILL BLUES @ The Railway Club, Parap NT

Friday 16th Sep – THE DUNHILL BLUES @ The Katherine Club NT

Friday 16th September -Aeriel Maps @ Bella Union w/ Crystal Thomas & the Flowers of Evil

Saturday 17th Sep – THE DUNHILL BLUES @ Happy Yess, Darwin NT

SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER   LITTLE MURDERS @ IDGAFF w/ THE UNDERTAKERS

Sunday 18th Sep – THE DUNHILL BLUES @ Humpty Doo Hotel NT

Sun October 2nd - Six ft Hick @ The Retreat w/ Harvest Smoke (3-6pm)

Fri October 7th - Harvest Smoke @ The Old Bar w/La Bastard

GO GO POSTAL @ PENNY BLACK THIS SATURDAY

Off The Hip is proud to present Go Go Postal! this Saturday with special guests Chook Race. Chook Race will be performing 2 sets of Rough & Raw Rock'n'Roll. DJ FuzzBass & Sye Saxon will be spinning the best in 1960's Punk, Garage, Ye Ye, Surf, Soul, Original R&B, Freakbeat & Exotica in the front & back bars. All for FREE!!!

NEWS!

Hello,

 

plenty of vinyl goodness has just hit the racks: Velvet Underground 7” boxset, John Lee Hooker, Love, MC5, The White Stripes, Hits, Undead Apes, Big Star, Remains, Sir Douglas Quintet, Wilco, Beasts Of Bourbon Lp boxset, Stax Funk, Barrence Whitfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Golden Staph, Boomgates/SWH split, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Otis Redding, Monsters, Spiritualized, Baby Woodrose, plenty more..

**and- we’re about to do a Norton Records vinyl order- if you got any wants lemme know by Friday 15^th July and I’ll add them to my order!! Ask me for a catalogue to see what they have on hand!!

 

New Australian albums just out:

RON S. PENO & THE SUPERSTITIONS “FUTURE UNIVERSE” CD- debut album from one time singer/songwriter of the legendary Died Pretty. A stunning record!! **our copies signed by Ron

HARVEST SMOKE “MINOR INDUSTRY” CD- debut album of country-tinged rock & powerpop from ex- Screwtop Detonators.

HAPPY HATE ME NOTS “TIME AND THE STATE” CD- great new studio album from one of Australia’s best bands.

MOLTEN UNIVERSE “THE GREEN RAY” CD-debut album of hard rock from ex-Lime Spiders on Off The Hip.

Party in the record store:

Friday 29^th July w/ Chook Race and Stompbox Rumble

**it’s a BYO party: we’ll supply the party, you provide your booze. **afterparty at Pony with a 2am toga-clad slot from Thee Mighty Childish.

Gigs for July:

Sat 9th July Go Go Postal @ The Penny Black w/ The Yard Apes and Djs Sye Saxon & Fuzz Bass

Sat 9th July - The ALOHAS @ the Phoenix Bar, Canberra, w/ Space Party and David Bath & the Hot Tubs FREE entry 8pm start.

Sun 10th July - Mass Cult @ The Grace Darling Hotel, w/ The Hondas and The Chaos Kids 

Fri 15th of July, King Gizard and the Wizard Lizard, Midnight Woolf +more @ the National Hotel, Geelong.

Sat 16th of July Midnight Woolf and The Velocettes @ The Retreat Hotel

Fri 22nd July - YIS @ Old Bar, w/ Russian Roulettes and Baptizm of Uzi

Saturday July 23rd - Harvest Smoke 'Minor industry' album launch @ Yah Yah's w/Swedish Magazines, Wrong Turn and Nici Blue Eyes

Sat 23rd of July  King Gizard and the Wizard Lizard, Midnight Woolf and more at the Old Bar

Fri 29th of July  Richie1250 & The Brides of Christ, Midnight Woolf, Baptism of Uzi and Julian Montan @ The Tote

Sat 30th July-Little Murders@The Vic

cheers,
MICKSTER

OFF THE HIP PARTY! w/ Chook Race and Stompbox Rumble

Here's a suprise Off The Hip party to you're mark into you're calendar! 

 Chook Race

Stompbox Rumble

Come down from 5 PM to hear DJ's Sye Saxon and Reverend Jack Petty Esq hit the decks and see STOMPBOX RUMBLE and CHOOK RACE hit our humble stage. Suprise guest included... Who? It's a secret.

FREE - BYO - BUY SOME RECORDS

Following their last preformance at Off The Hip, THEE MIGHTY CHILDISH will also be playing a Pony 2 AM show later in the evening so book in the baby sitter stock up on Panadol for Saturday morning.

 (featuring one Off The Hip owner, one Off The Hip worker and two Off The Hip shoppers)

HARVEST SMOKE - 'MINOR INDUSTRY' CD - OTH 7108

HARVEST SMOKE are a gang of four, part Perth born / part Melbourne born, who fell into the same room late 2010 to play some music for main man BENNY J WARD's freshly written songs that had been penned on six month road trip that he and his wife Nici undertook around Australia. 

 

The trip was a sabatical of sorts having spent the majority of his post high school years rockin' and rollin' with his best mates in the Screwtop Detonators on numerous tours, shows, recordings, a re-location to Melbourne, and all the other general punk rock shenanigans the youth of yesterday undertook. 

So, having driven a million kilometers through red dirt and redneck country towns, the red man himself - and one time 'Lone Ranga', (look it up) - stopped in Melbourne, called his Screwtop buddy LEROY FRENCH and said "I'm keen to play again, but this time I've written a stack of hits whilst killing time on the road - gold I tells ya, GOLD!". 

So looking to enlist a bass player and a drummer he called upon good buddies STU (Manchu) BANKO and PUGS LYNGCOLN (aka Knuckles) from Sons of Lee Marvin and before you know it HARVEST SMOKE was born. A few rehearsals and a couple of shows later, all of a sudden they're in A SECRET LOCATION studio in Melbourne's inner north east with Paul Mayberry smashing out their debut album ''MINOR INDUSTRY'. Covering power-pop to punk rock to country balladry, the album is a finely polished piece of work. 

Singing songs about a 'CAT AND A DOG'  being in love to a violent thug protesting he 'AIN'T SUCH A BAD GUY' after all, and even penning lyrical magic about the combined nasal flavoured stench of 'BUSHFIRE AND EGGS' of the drummers' beard. 

 

The album is now done and is ready to drop. It's set to be released on JULY 23rd, 2011 through Off The Hip (physical) and Bridge Sounds (digital).

'Minor Industry' Album Launch - July 23rd @ Yah Yah's (Vic) w/ Swedish Magazines, Wrong Turn and Nici Blue Eyes.

View "Dog and a Cat" flim clip - from the album "Minor Industry"

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150284545992848&oid=166804079997173&comments

MOLTEN UNIVERSE "THE GREEN RAY" CD - OTH 7105

Molten Universe are a garage rock band hailing from Sydney Australia featuring Tony Bambach, Gerard Corben and Tom Corben from the Lime Spiders, Richard Jakimyszyn ex-Lime Spiders, New Christs and Hitmen, Phil Jaquet ex-Celibate Rifles and Damien Stofka ex-Death Mattel. They released the "No Love Around" CD EP through Off The Hip Records in 2008 which received excellent reviews and extensive airplay throughout Australia, Europe and the USA. New Yorks Big Takeover magazine declared that "Molten Universe establishes itself as the latest flame keeper of the rock and roll torch" while WMBR Boston voted it in their top 10 new releases for that year. The lyrics of No Love Around exposed the dark underbelly of urban life and explored themes of sexual perversion, voodoo witchcraft and drug induced psychosis. Molten Universe deals out an uncompromisingly heavy garage rock sound which reinforces their stark and pessimistic world view. It is no wonder that Off The Hip label boss Mickster despaired that "It's no wonder there is no love around".

Against this backdrop, Molten Universe are now extremely proud to annouce the release of their debut album "The Green Ray", 9 tracks of bone jarring garage rock which bears similarities to early Lime Spiders 7" releases, which is no surpise given the pedigree of the bands memebers. 8 of these tracks were recorded in glorious analogue at Tardis Studios in Marrickville and Pirate Studios on the picturesque far South Coast of NSW. The album contains 1 live track, a cover version of the Killer Kane Band tune "Long Haired Woman" which was recorded at The Excelsior Hotels "Sydney Trade Union Club Revival" in 2010. The lyrics of The Green Ray album again are slightly unnerving with the band traversing new subject matter such as Alien Abduction - specifically the bands abduction from their Tarago at The Big Merino Truckstop and subsequent torture and brainwashing by mutant alien creatures while travelling the country supporting the Cult on the 1987 Electric tour, geriatric vigilate squads, NWA pro wrestling - in particular the awesome Flair/ Steamboat fued of the early 90's, Ancient Egyptian Mummification practices and transgender prostitution. The music is as heavy and raw as ever and again features some blistering guitar work by turbo-charged guitarist Jakimyszyn.

Molten Universe urge you to connect with your inner selves as the Green Ray Will Read Your Mind.

Go Go Postal this Saturday!

OFF THE HIP RECORDS presents GO GO POSTAL, a new club nite at the PENNY BLACK (420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick), 2nd Saturday of each month. Next show Sat 9th July 2011 w/ DJs Sye Saxon and Fuzz Bass plus mystery band doing 2x half hour sets. Come along for a garage freakout!! Free entry, no excuses.

June news

Hi all, winter is upon us, and what better time to get cozy at home with some music to warm the soul?!?!

New australian releases you might dig:

THE PAINKILLERS "FEEL THE PAIN" CD - on Off The Hip, and featuring the legendary James Baker.

DENIZ TEK "CITADEL YEARS" 2xCD- great compilation on the Citadel label.

COSMIC PSYCHOS "GLORIOUS BASTERDS" 2xCD - new album, plus bonus disc best of.

LORD STREET SOUND "BEHIND THE DUMB" CD - on Off The Hip, and featuring the talents of Johnny Casino on guitar/songwriting.**Johnny is currently touring thru Spain!!

RADIO BIRDMAN "HOT RAILS TO HELL" 7" - 2 live tunes on the Pitshark label outta France, taken from the recent "live in texas" cd

THE NEW CHRISTS "BONSOIR A VOUS" 10" - 2 tracks on Pitshark, from the recent studio album "Gloria"

THE SCIENTISTS "FRANTIC ROMANTIC" 7" - reissue just out for record store day, on clear vinyl. one copy only sorry.

Plus a heap of vinyl just entered the record store:

BABY WOODROSE "MINDBLOWING SEEDS" LP, BARRENCE WHITFIELD "SAVAGE KINGS" LP, DRAGONSTEARS "TURN ON, TUNE IN" LP, ARETHA FRANKLIN "NEVER LOVED A MAN" LP, LEMONHEADS "IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY" LP, SPIRITUALIZED "PURE PHASE" 2xLP, THE SAINTS "I'M STRANDED" LP, THE MUMMIES "PLAY THEIR OWN RECORDS" LP, INSOMNIACS "JUST ENJOY IT" LP, THE STOOGES "FUNHOUSE" LP, MY BLOODY VALENTINE "ISN'T ANYTHING" LP, DIMI DERO INC "CREMATION DAY" LP, DEMON'S CLAWS "STANS LITTLE PIG" LP, DEAD MOON "HARD WIRED" 2xLP, CHRIS BELL "I AM THE COSMOS" LP, GENE CLARK "S/T" LP, THE CRAMPS "SMELL OF FEMALE" LP, THE MONSTERS "GARAGE PUNK" 2xLP, KING KHAN "WHAT IS?" LP, KING SALAMI "FOURTEEN BLAZIN' BANGERS" LP, HITS "LIVING WITH YOU IS KILLING ME" LP, HUNX AND HIS PUNX "GAY SINGLES" LP, FEELING OF LOVE "DISSOLVE ME" LP, more to be sure......

get in touch for mailorder...or just walk into the record store!!! either way we're ready to serve you!!

Gigs for June: 

Fri 3rd June - The Frowning Clouds @ Ding Dong, w/ Loon Lake

Sat 4th June - The Dunhill Blues @ HEAD ON, Headland's Hotel Austinmer NSW w/ Hoss, The New Christs

Fri 10th June - Mass Cult @ Gertrudes Brown Couch - free party, w/ The Process and Machine

Sat 11th June - GO GO POSTAL @ PENNY BLACK w/ THE FUTURAS plus DJs SYE SAXON and FUZZ BASS

Sat 11th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Mojos, Freemantle WA w/ Brow Horn Orchestra and Them Plasms

Sat 11th June - Harvest Smoke @ The Vic w/Chainsaw Hookers (W.A)

Sun 12th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Manhattans Bar, Victoria Park WA w/ Hootenanny and Them Plasms

Wed 15th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Rosemount Hotel, Perth WA w/ The Kuillotines, Chilling Winston, Scalphunter, 

Thurs 16th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Mojos, Freemantle WA w/ The New Invincibles, The Domnicks and The Long Strides

Fri 17^th June - OFF THE HIP INSTORE w/ THE PAINKILLERS and THEE MIGHTY CHILDISH plus WILD ABOUT YOU BOOK LAUNCH

Fri 17th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury WA

Fri. June 17th - Midnight Woolf @ Yah-Yahs, with The Yard Apes and La Bastard.

Sat 18th June - Molten Universe "The Green Ray" CD launch @ Bald Faced Stag w/ Lollipop Sugar + Infamous Grouse

Sat 18th June - Mass Cult @ The Retreat, w/ The Living Eyes

Sat June 18th - Harvest Smoke @ Grace Darling w/ Damn the Torpedos and Denver Airport

Sat 18th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Judd's Hotel, Kalgoorlie WA

Sun 19th June - The Dunhill Blues @ Botany View Hotel, Newtown NSW w/- Roland K Smith and The Sinners

Fri June 24th- Midnight Woolf @ The Retreat with The Yard Ape

Fri 24th June - Leadfinger @ The Barwon Club (Geelong) w/ Wrong Turn & The Living Eyes

Sat 25th June - Leadfinger @ The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Wrong Turn

Fri 1st July - The Dunhill Blues @ Sandringham Hotel, Newtown NSW w/ The Fireballs