A Wicked Rockin' Halloween

Hey folks, the last Halloween mix for the year. As the title implies, a rockin' more modern mix save The Open Mind's "Magic Potion" from '69 (btw, probably the best track of 'em all), 79's Siouxsie and The Banshees' "The Staircase (Mystery)," and a few 80s & 90s including The Coffinshakers' rockabilly "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave," and Forbidden Dimension's unique & fuzzy "All Black & Hairy." A few modern standouts in The Tiberian Sons' take of the Goosebumps (TV show) theme; The Surfle Jerks' awesome surf-rockin' "Grim Surfin' Ghouls" and Mummula's "My Baby's Turnin' Into a Wolfman" to name a few. Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Creepy Freaky Library Music

Mostly 70s, a few 60s and 80s. The majority are a mix of (film) scores, ambience, etc., so don't expect any rockin', hoppin', havin'-a-good-ol'-time, dance tracks. You could either mix it up with other mixes, or play through for an eerie listen. Anyway, the usual names of the genre including Johnny Hawksworth, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, etc. Enjoy!

Orange Whisper: The Modern Experimental Age

All modern tracks. Plenty of experimental but not abstract - it's all rhythmic and grooves. Krautrock, Kosmische Musik, Motorik, a bit of Avant-Garde, Electronica, Progressive and Psychedelic Rock, and of course, Experimental Rock. Favorite favs would be Mint Field's "Contingencia," Village Cucumber's "Salarifarilariland," Mihaly Wulfen's "Slow Morning," and Klas Travelling's "1st Klas." 18 tracks in all. Enjoy!

Kosmische Modern Musik 2

aka Cosmic Music aka Krautrock. A dozen tracks - all modern and as the norm, it grooves! Big fav would be Casi todos los males' "Ser lúdico no es ser ridículo." Zacht Automaat's "Upstairs Downstairs" and Daniel Vincent's "Winter Fades" are a couple of more favs. They're all good. Enjoy!

Weird Oowee Weird

Full title: Weird Oowee Weird aka A Strabismus Cow Licks Grapes & Gravy

Original title: What a Weird Way to Go

18 tracks by artists/bands labelled as weird rock among other genres. Now don't worry - there isn't any abstract, harsh, noise, or any non-music tracks. It's all listenable and frankly, most of the tracks are not all that entirely weird. You could say the band names are more weird in a no-connection-to the-music relation. Let's go with examples...

Kevin's "Ficking E" - a short instrumental ditty with an occasional scream in the background, and a saxophone playing a repeated motif. Not that weird, yet still cool...

Fuscia's "Headphones" - sounds like you'd hear on top 40 radio. There's a bit of scat and not the usual sounding instrumental break mid-way, but really not all that weird if at all...

The Great Journey's "The Meltdown" - okay, it's weird. A short little ditty but cool nonetheless...

Phoaming Edison's "Utilization Management" - love it! A great instrumental with the only thing weird would be the group and song title...

Creat's "I No U Do Not I" - wait for the Die Hard sample. Hilarious, then again I enjoy juvenile humor...

Chins' "Turtles" - more juvenile humor...

Captain's "Gary Larson" - to describe the tune, if Dinosaur Jr. went unplugged...

Soon Li's "Matt C." - another awesome instrumental. Nothing weird here, unless a trombone in a rocking tune...

Schwartz's "Pruen" - I had to recheck and make sure I got the band name and song title correct, lol...

Ben Lewis' "Blue Bubbles with Generators" - another awesome short instrumental, the title being the only thing weird...

Welington Irish Black Warrior's "Don't Blame Me" - just give the track a couple of minutes, and then sit back for a fast, motorik-styled ride...

Louis Jucker's "Attics" - as far as I know, the static near the beginning and the end is intentional.

Anyway, I really do like the tunes in this mix. I hope you do too. Enjoy!

Kosmische Modern Musik

aka Cosmic Music aka Krautrock. A dozen tracks in all. Several tracks have mixed genres (a bit of progressive electronic, math, motorik, space rock, etc) and not necessarily pure cosmic. Favorites include 3rd Ear Experience's "I Am Not Robot," Instrument's "Joke on Me" and Anatolian Weapons' "Heritage" to name a few. Isobel's "Nerve" and the rocking "You and or You or Me" by M185 are a couple more favs. They're all good. Enjoy!

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!

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!