Wikipedia (September 2011) – Shonen Knife, which transliterates as Shonen Naifu, literally “Boy Knife,” is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock acts, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs expressing infectious melodies and simplistic, exuberant... 

Out now and available on Amazon and iTunes – SEX-O-RAMA III!!! Music inspired by Classic 1970s adult film soundtracks! Oglio Records proudly presents SEX-O-RAMA II, Classic Adult Film Music, all instrumental adult movie theme concepts. With SEX-O-RAMA there is no need for parental advisory. This record contains no offensive material, no nudity or explicit lyrics – just fun music inspired... 

Margo Guryan’s 1968 album “Take a Picture” completely remastered with 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Beautiful digipak with 12-page full color booklet which includes lyrics and biographical info, as well as liner notes from current artists and journalists. Routinely selling for huge sums of money on the vinyl market and making its way into the collections of pop fanatics as... 

An emo band in the by now fairly old-school mold of genre forefathers Sunny Day Real Estate, The Story Changes are the vision of singer and guitarist Mark McMillon. Through most of the 1990s and into the new millennium, the Dayton OH-based McMillon was the sole constant member of a long-running act called Rod. When that band’s final lineup split up not long after the release of their final... 

Tracks: Oh Lonely Nights Me And My Thin Promises For The Last Time Oh My Heart In Hand Surrounded Lifetime In The Rain Right Away Email  Read More →

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bob Ferbrache at the Absinthe Studio in Denver, Colorado. December 12-20, 2000. Words and music by Ryan, developed and performed by the campground effect. Except Money Changes Everything, which was originally recorded by Cyndi Lauper and written by T. Gray. A&R Kevin Knight.     Tracks: Take Tanager Famous-Like Flu Season Money Changes Everything Calmly Words... 

  Kitsch value aside, what makes It’s Time for Tina a cut above most celebrity reissues is the album’s conceptual ambition: its sultry songs are arranged in order to create a storyline depicting a night of romance with Tina Louise herself. Plus, it’s got Coleman Hawkins on saxophone — how can you possibly go wrong? Tracks: Tonight Is The Night Hands Accros The TAble Snuggled... 

Tracks: Ganymede “Messages” Color Theory “Hold You” Cosmicity “Bloc Bloc Bloc” Intact “Secret” Electrosquade “Souvenir” Dark Distant Spaces “We Love You” House Of Wires “The Beginning And The End” The Faint “Enola Gay” Colecovision “Joan of Arc” The Virgins “Dream of Me” Liquide... 

Long before his sweeping orchestral scores filled a galaxy far far away, jazz pianist Johnny Williams was a swinger of note. Before his melodies became the music of a swingin’ generation, his unwavering groove was heard on recordings of West Side Story (among others).  As jazz musicians, we consider him one of our own, so in dedication, we invite you to raise your cocktail high and drink one... 

Wesley Willis was a schizophrenic street singer who built up a small cult following with his bizarre, three-chord rants about trivial everyday items, music, and people he knew. Willis was discovered singing on the streets of Chicago in the early ’90s. For the first part of the decade, several independently released tapes of his songs appeared, eventually followed by indie recordings of his...