October 14, 2024

Halloween Horrors of Modern Surf Rock XI

Great stuff, 18 in all. The Illumignarly's "Gnarmy of Darkness," the Phantom Dragsters' "Tiki Horror Island," Terminal Sunburn's "Planet of the Spiders," Baja Bug's "Surf and Destroy," The Prodigals' "Sharkskin Buffalo" and X Ray Cat Trio's "Surfin' Sasquatch" to name a few. Enjoy!


October 11, 2024

I Got a Rock! Old & New Spooky Tunes from the Pumpkin Patch

From the Deep River Boys' 1940's "Swinging at the Séance" to the Gig Experiment's 2019's "Shark Attack." Both tracks are favs in this mix. Roky Erickson and The Aliens' "Bumble Bee Zombie" is probably my top favorite in the mix. The Three Suns' "The Creep," Bob and Jerry's "Ghost Satellite," René Hall Orchestra's "Night Fright" and St. Paul & The Broken Bones' "Champagne Halloween" are a few more. 20 in all. Enjoy!


October 10, 2024

Halloween Horrors of Modern Surf Rock X: Freakout!

It's a freakout all right. Atomicos' "Zombie vs. Ninja" is a big fav, especially how it goes a bit funky half way through. Ladrones de Guitarras' "Granja de zombies" is another goodie. And so is The Supersónicos' "Aloha Alien," Mr. Eliminator & The Deadly Vipers' "Nuclear Tsunami," Martin Cilia's "Freakout," Sheverb's "Nowhere Wolf" and the lengthy "Terror I" by Os Aquamans. They're all good. Enjoy!


October 8, 2024

Shock Rockers & Punk Monsters Halloween

Ahh, my favorite Halloween mix of the year. Don't expect the usual classics or anything remotely familiar. 18 tracks of experimental rock, horror rock & punk, rockabilly, and straight up hard rock (and no worries, there's nothing too harsh). The first track (Spectrex's "There's a Monster Loose") however is a funky, hip-hoppity, danceable ditty that's imo, a good mix opener.

Sematary Spawn's "Exorcism of the Dead" reminds me of a subtle Rob Zombie track, or similar. If you like Green Day, check out DieMonsterDie's "1000 Corpses Walk the Earth." Pop-punk fans should embrace The B Movie Monsters' "Mr. T vs. Dracula." Fans of modern Alice Cooper would probably enjoy Monster Mob's "Cannibal Girls." Fronkonstin's straight-up hard rocker "Scary You" is probably my fav.

The last track, Dracula and His Band The Draculas' "Swamp Thing (reprise)" a take on the classic, "Wild Thing" is a hoot. They're all worth a listen or three. Enjoy!


October 7, 2024

Good Time Halloweenie!

20 tracks of blood-curdling terror, for your cat maybe. All 50s & 60s sans a couple of 70s (the disco-ish "Soul Dracula" by Hot Blood, and Lewis Lee's "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"). Baron Daemon & The Vampires' "Ghost Guitars" is a worthy track, mostly instrumental. The Spellbinders' "Casting My Spell" another favorite. Simon T. Stokes' "Cobwebs" and Dave Gardner's "Mad Witch" would be right up there too. And can't forget Bill Carlisle's "Tiny Space Man." They're all good. Enjoy!


October 5, 2024

Halloween Horrors of Modern Surf Rock 9: Terrorsurfer!

If you're a fan, you're going to enjoy. 20 tracks including artists The Centellas, Twangozilla, Thee Space Needles, Surfing Arcanis, Frankie and the Pool Boys, Martin Cilia, The Supersónicos, Plato Zorba, The Terrorsurfs, and more. Enjoy!


October 3, 2024

Halloween Haunts 10: Witchers and Witches

Contining with the Halloween Haunts series, all 50s and 60s sans a couple of 70s (The Wicked's "The Spider and the Fly" and The Wonderland Singers and Accompaniment's "Trick or Treat"). 20 tracks in all including Daddy Cleanhead & The Chuck Higgins Band's "Something's Goin' on in My Room," George Hormel's "Mysterioso (ZR-68)," Hans Conried & Alice Pearce's "The Invisible Man," The Weirdos' "E.S.P. Theme for Shock Theatre" and Annette Funicello's "Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy." Enjoy!


October 1, 2024

Halloween Horrors of Modern Surf Rock 8: Invasion of the Body Surfers!

It's that time of the month once again, and starting off with one of my favorite series - Halloween Horrors of Modern Surf Rock. 20 tracks in all including Urban Surf Kings' "Thunder Robot," The Frogenstein's "Psycho Rodeo," Black Magic Beach Party's "Zombie World of Wonders," Messer Chups' "Insomnia of the Mummies (Faster Version)" and Surf Aliens' "Tentáculos" to name a few. Enjoy!


September 19, 2024

Drive Baby Drive, Vol. 12: Cruisin' Modern Motorik

Note: All the missing volumes (#3, 4, 5, 6, 7) from this series are now re-upped.

14 tracks of modern motorik, bands include Camera, Tausend Augen, Anatolian Weapons, Solar Corona, Can Ràbia, and Verstärker among others. Enjoy!


September 11, 2024

Doo-Wop Ballads 3: Moments Like This [1954-64]

Lots of rare doo-wop this time around. The Hide-A-Ways, The Originals, The Charmers, Arthur Lee Maye, The Baltineers, Gene and Wendell, The Bel-Larks, The Relations (aka The Kac-Ties) and many more. Also a bonus track - I've included two versions of the unreleased '62 track "I Feel So Blue" aka "So Blue" by The Italics. The one version has the usual reverb in the vocals, and the other dry as a bone, as if the mic (vocals) was recorded directly into the mixing desk. It's possible that one or the either is fan made, or a label did a scrub remaster for the dry mix. Regardless, I kinda prefer the latter. Enjoy!


September 8, 2024

Doo-Wop Ballads 2: Love Is True [1951-62]

20 tracks including The Crickets' (not Buddy's old band) "You're Mine," Miriam Grate and The Dovers' "My Angel," Dimples' "My Sister's Beau," The Five Stars' "We Danced in the Moonlight" and The Four Fellows' "Soldier Boy." Enjoy!


September 7, 2024

Get Down on the Funk! 16 Down Home '70s Gems

Gotta get back to seventies funk. A mix of vocals and instrumentals. Big favs O'Donel Levy's "Bad, Bad, Simba," The Nite-Liters' "Cowboy," Jack McDuff's "Moon Rappin'," Niagara's "Kikiriti," Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul's "Give Me Back My Freedom" and Charles Kynard's "Greeze." They're all good. Enjoy!


September 6, 2024

That's What She Said! Volume Seven ('70s & '80s)

Originally not intended for the series, but I had several tracks drawing data dust still awaiting for eons and noticed many with female vocals. I wouldn't necessarily call the tunes the cream of the crop, but most are deeper album cuts. A bit of folk, soft rock, soft prog, pop and funky soul. Standouts include the alternate version of "Hold a Candle to This" by The Pretenders, Melissa Manchester's "Pretty Girls," Fanny's "Soul Child" and Gloria Jones' "Baby Don'tcha Know (I'm Bleeding for You)." Also, Frumpy's "Keep on Going," Mother Superior's "Mood Merchant" and one of the best versions of the Fab Four's, albeit aptly titled, "I Saw Him Standing There" by Maggie Bell. Enjoy!


September 5, 2024

SpookySeptober VI

Back to the oldies ('51 to '67). Carlos Casal, Jr.'s "Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein" from '58; Lord Luther with The Kingsmen's "(I Was A) Teenage Creature" also from '58; The Cherry Slush's "The Wicked Old Witch" from '67; The Fabulous Five's "Janie Made a Monster" from '59 and Boots Walker's "They're Here" from '67 to name just a few. Also, the main title theme to 1966's "Island of Terror," a film that scared the crap out of us back in our youth. 20 chilling tracks. Enjoy!


September 3, 2024

Sunshine, Rainbows & Popsicle Farts 4: The Unsung Gems of the '60s

20 tracks from '66 to '69 and all super, especially The Sundowners' "Always You," Brian Hyland's "Rainy April Morning," The Berkeley Kites' "Alice in Wonderland," Plastic Penny's "Your Way to Tell Me Go," Paul Jones' "Free" and Bubble Puppy's "Lonely." Enjoy!


September 2, 2024

SpookySeptober 5!

Once again, Halloween in September here at the Groovy Library. And starting off this year, gems from the noughties/aughts. A mixed bag of experimental rock, indie rock, electronics, a dub or two, etc, and nothing harsh. Jason Beers' "Sasquatch Beatnik Poetry" is hilarious. I laugh at the title alone. 8-Bit Ninja's "Thriller" is a really good goodie. I used to listen to Chiptune a lot many years back (some call it Bitpop, 8-bit, Nintendocore, etc). The Thriller track is obviously that tune, and I love the 8-bit version, especially that funky groove.

Skunky Beaumont's dnb-tinged "Voodoo Train (Crispy)" is great but unfortunately, only a minute long. Mad Scientist Dorn's "I Know a Serial Killer" is another goodie, mind you the r-rated lyrics. The awesome and somewhat cute instrumental "Halloween Crab Dance" by The Swingsberry Clams is another goodie but too short in time duration. Fans of Tom Waits should enjoy Skeletons Out of the Closet's "They're Coming to Get You." The Holophonics do a good ska take on the popular "The Monster Mash." HEX's "Ghosts & Pumpkins" should appease the hip-hop fans.

20 tracks and all goodies. Enjoy!


August 30, 2024

Sweet Love! The Best & Breast of 70s Heavy Psych II

The fifth volume in the series. As usual, a mix of heavy, regular and unleaded psych, prog, hard but not too hard, etc. 16 unsung tracks and all great; Stark Naked's "Iceberg," Haystacks Balboa's "Spoiler," Charlies' "Tuesday Song" and Life's "Headhunter Blues" to name a few. Enjoy!


August 26, 2024

Smashing! The Best & Breast of 70s Heavy Psych

A mix of heavy, regular and unleaded psych, prog, hard but not too hard, etc. 16 unsung tracks and all great; Socrates Drank the Conium's "Something in the Air," Rockressio's "She Looks Like a Good Girl," Xarhanga's "Smashing Life (In a City)," Kris Kringle's "Sarabande" and Tangerine's percussion-epic "My Main Woman" to name just a few. Enjoy!


August 18, 2024

Rockin' Rollin' Doo-Wop 4: Ka-Ding-Dong-Zing!

20 rare rockin' doo-wop tracks from 1953 to 64. Great tracks including The Du Mauriers' "All Night Long" (probably my top fav of the mix), The Cadets' "Do You Wanna Rock" and The Penguins' "Ookey Ook." More goodies in The Quills' "Going to the Moon," The Crescendos' "Ding a Ling," The Magic-Tones' "Good Googa Mooga" and The Cadillacs' "Zoom-Boom-Zing." This mix is soooo good, a number five may just be in the works. Enjoy!


August 12, 2024

A Modern Motorik Kinda Night

And more yet of the good stuff. Verstärker's "Mit Glück" is a big fav. And so is Kosmischer Läufer's "Die lange Gerade." Sunplus' "RE" should appeal for the progressive electronic fan. The last track, Tausend Augen's "Blühende Landschaften" has vocals, and it smokes. It's also a big fav. Enjoy!


August 11, 2024

Popcorn Mania 15: The Instrumentals

All instrumentals, mostly sixties, a few fifties, and one from the early seventies (Michel Legrand's "Di-gue-ding-ding" - utilizes vocalizations/voice effects). Also, Werner Müller's "Bodybuilding" has spoken lines but no singing. All great stuff including Jack Eubanks, Jack Costanzo, Sonny Scott, a couple from Earl Bostic, and more. Enjoy!


August 3, 2024

A Modern Motorik Kinda Day

Some more of the good stuff. Suralin's "Empathy" is the best of the bunch and unfortunately, the shortest in length. Dechirico's "Kumaso" is another goodie. And so is Vilddjur's "Motorik." They're all good, all 10 of 'em. And how come only 10 tracks? The last track (Rocade's "Cour du château des ducs") is half an hour long, and it's a doozy. Recorded live in a castle, it takes a bit to get going. Around the 9:30 mark, the beat stays steady and around the 10:30, it's all on out. Enjoy!


August 1, 2024

Awesome Downtime 22: Explored Reflections

For such a beautiful summer so far this year, why not another chillout for the beach, backyard, couch, or wherever. Shortwave Sounds' "Why Don't You?" is a big, big fav. I still play the crap out of it. Digby Jones' "151 Lexington (album mix)" is the same deal. Marga Sol's "Reflections of You (Summervibe mix)" is one of my newer additions. It's sometimes listed as Marga Sol & Michael E as the artist. You can't fully trust the info for a lot of those (web) chill mixes floating around the netosphere.

Kaxamalka's "Unconventionality" is another big fav. And so is Towerz's "Tomorrow Never Came." Also, Smote's "Summertime" should appease the drum & bass aficionados. All the tracks in the downtime series are great to super great. Enjoy!


July 1, 2024

Rockin' Heavy, Hard & Steady 6: It's Those Unsung 70s Hard Rock Scorchers Again

Unsung and (mostly) rare, 16 in all. Baby's (from Texas) "Long Legged Woman" is one of my big favs. Light of Darkness' (from Germany) "Soul Francisco" another biggie. UK's Tempest with the awesome cover of "Paperback Writer" is (probably) my favorite of them all. Lots of bands to check out including Switzerland's "Tea," Japan's "The Mops," etc. Enjoy!


June 26, 2024

And It's Whispered That Soon, If We All Call For Some Nineties Tunes III

Another collection of good to great nineties tracks that I haven't heard over the airwaves in years or in some cases, not at all. The majority of tracks are not rare, with a few exceptions. First things first, I've completely forgot about Apollo 440's "Stop the Rock" and strangely enough, I thought it was released post-90s. Lid's "The Dream Is Over" is one of my top favs and like aforementioned, thought another post-90s track. The track is similar to what was released around the early 00s (Trapt, Creed, etc).

The rarest track, and I'll be surprised if anyone has heard it, is Soul Tattoo's "Stutter." I heard it one night from a local college radio, and as the norm, I just had to get the CD. Another possible rare track is Paw's "Couldn't Know." And the other (possible) rare track would be Inclined's "How Deep Is This Well?" Inclined had that Spin Doctors feel/sound going for them. Urge Overkill's "(Today Is) Blackie's Birthday" off  '91's The Supersonic Storybook, their (imo) best album.

Spacehog's "Cruel to Be Kind" was the reason why I needed the CD. And, how come you rarely/never hear Dionne Farris' "I Know" - the track is still solid. Anyway, the whole mix is solid. Enjoy!