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The guys welcome Robert Ellis Orrall to talk about Todd Rundgren and “Runt – The Ballad of Todd Rundgren.” Plenty of other discussion including the Infinity Cat label and headquarters/cathouse, JEFF The Brotherhood, Taylor Swift knows how to write a bridge, Clay Walker's first hit, finding a record with a guy sitting at a piano with a noose around their head, layers and layers of vocals, losing points for “yee-haws” and making a lot of money off of one breakup.Check out Robert Ellis Orrall at: https://www.robertellisorrall.com/Check out Todd Rundgren at: http://www.todd-rundgren.com/Buy a t-shirt with the Records Revisited logo at: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/24252293-records-revisited-logo?store_id=868724Check out other episodes at RecordsRevisitedPodcast.com, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, iHeartMedia, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Additional content is found at: Facebook.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast or twitter @podcastrecords or IG at instagram.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast/ or join our Patreon at patreon.com/RecordsRevisitedPodcast
We talk with one of the coolest guys in music you will ever meet. Robert Ellis Orrall is an accomplished recording artist and songwriter, but later in life he founded noted indie label Infinity Cat. So he has worked in the center of the music industry and also at the fringes. He just released his latest solo album, "467 Surf and Gun Club," a sort of concept album about the good times at the "Cathouse." Learn more about Robert Ellis Orrall at robertellisorrall.com Episode editors: Samantha Reed and Jim Lenahan Become a Rockin' the Suburbs patron - support the show and get bonus content - at Patreon.com/suburbspod Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com (c) Artie S. Industries LLC
We're joined this episode by Ale Delgado, label manager for Infinity Cat. Based in our hometown of Nashville, Infinity Cat is one of the best little indie labels in the country. It was started by the brothers of JEFF The Brotherhood, Jake and Jamin Orrall, along with their dad, Robert Ellis Orrall (aka Bob the Fatherhood), who's an accomplished Nashville songwriter in his own right.Home to some of our favorite Nashville bands like JEFF the Brotherhood, Daddy Issues, Music Band, Faux Ferocious, Jawws, and Diarrhea Planet, Infinity Cat is also a crucial link between Nashville and the larger rock and roll scene with releases from artists like Colleen Green, Honey Joy, and Jaill.If you're not already familiar with what Infinity Cat is putting out, Ale has you covered with a playlist of some of her favorite Infinity Cat releases. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
I'm few weeks late this time, but hopefully this selection of jams will be worth the wait! September brings the great news that Memphis weirdo blues rockers the Grifters have reissued their classic 1994 LP, Crappin' You Negative. This hot mess of ugly distortion, bent guitar duels, and loose-limbed grooves might be a bit dated, but it still bleeds passion and grit through the speakers like it did back then. I was lucky enough to see them on a reunion tour last year, and the addition of age, wisdom, and increased precision made them even more powerful. Here's tp the hope that they make more music!Episode #55 of Random Old Records starts off with the Grifters aptly enough, then goes all over the map. You'll hear an absolute jangle-pop earworm from Paperhead bassist Peter Stringer-Hye, a classic Aussie punk jam from Kim Salmon and The Scientists, a brand-new song from Rangers, and a gross, Flipper-lovin' punk plod from Cleveland's Rubber Mate. Finally, in honor of my recent viewing of the Amphetamine Reptile/Tom Hazelmyer documentary The Color Of Noise, you get a ferocious track from Halo Of Flies, and like-minded jams from Laughing Hyenas and Chrome Cranks. As always, thanks for listening! I will be back in a few weeks, closer to a regular schedule I hope, with episode #56. This one will be a special "5-10-15-20" episode where I hop in the time machine to re-visit songs from 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago! 2001 and 1996 were some strange and interesting times, for sure!Random Old Records #55Released 09/18/2016DOWNLOAD HERE1. Grifters - "Rats"(Crappin' You Negative, Shangri-La 1994)2. Archers Of Loaf - "Nevermind The Enemy"(Vee Vee, Alias 1995)3. Owls - "The Lion..."(Two, Jade Tree 2014)4. Josh Rouse - "Winter In The Hamptons"(Nashville, Rykodisc 2005)5. Peter Stringer-Hye - "When My Eyes Are Closed"(Sunday Girls 7", Trouble In Mind 2016)6. Canyon - "Ten Good Eyes"(Empty Rooms, Gern Blandsten 2002)--Heroes of the B Westerns!7. The Scientists - "High Noon"(The Scientists, EMI 1981)8. Savoy Motel - "Souvenir Shop Rock"(Hot One 7", Official Memorabilia 2016)9. Rangers - "Never Again"(Texas Rock Bottom, self-released 2016)10. Beef Jerk - "Move Into The Ocean"(Tragic, Trouble In Mind 2016)11. Colleen Green - "Between The Lines"(Colleen Green, Infinity Cat 2016)12. Kitchen's Floor - "Doomed"(Battle Of Brisbane, Hozac 1970)--Regis vs. the punx!13. Foster Care - "Justify To Me"(Sterilization, Total Punk 2016)14. Rubber Mate - "Floor Licker"(Rub 'Em All 7", Saucepan 2016)15. Halo Of Flies - "You Get Nothing"(Music For Insect Minds, Amphetamine Reptile, 1991)16. Killdozer - "Man Vs. Nature"(Twelve Point Buck, Touch & Go 1991)17. Laughing Hyenas - "Kick"(Life Of Crime, Touch & Go 1989)18. Chrome Cranks - "Little Johnny Jewel"(Chrome Cranks 20th Anniversary Edition, Hozac 2015)
Suenan: Emitt Rhodes - Dog On A Chain (Rainbow Ends, Omnivore, 2016) Brett Harris - End Of The Rope (Up In The Air, Hit The Deck, 2016) Bill Pritchard - Saturn And Co. (Mother Town Hall, Tapete, 2016) Jaill - Paint Me Scary (Wherever It Be, Infinity Cat, 2016) Pete Astor - My Right Hand (Spilt Milk, Fortuna Pop!, 2016) Corzo - Invierno (-, Bandcamp, 2015) Charles Bradley - Changes (Changes, Dunham, 2016) Dino Ratso - En La Portada De Rolling Stone (A Christmas Chin Para Ti Vol. 3, Chin-Chin, 2015) Sea Pinks - Yr Horoscope (Soft Days, CF, 2016) The Goon Sax - Boyfriend (Up To Anything, Chapter, 2016) Los Animalitos Del Bosque - La Momia (Go-Go Animalitos, Chin-Chin, 2015)
Helmed by brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall, JEFF the Brotherhood has spent the last 15 years exploring the realms of garage rock, proto-metal and heavy prog. The Nashville-based band released Wasted on the Dream this year on their own Infinity Cat label, and the band came to KDHX to play old and new tracks and talk about the band's evolution (and its brief major label dalliance). JEFF the Brotherhood recorded the songs "Black Cherry Pie" "Heavy Krishna" and "Voyage Into Dreams." Recorded on April 12, 2015 live at KDHX in St. Louis, Missouri. Engineered by Jon Valley.
So yeah, after over three years and 41 monthly episodes, I needed a little break from Random Old Records Podcast. When I started thinking about EPISODE #42 back in March, there was just too much shit going on, and the inspiration wasn't there, so I figured it was best to take a break (my first!) and stack up tracks for awhile. I never imagined that I would actually get e-mails from people asking when the next episode would be out. Well, it was only two, but still! You guys rule, and I can't thank you enough for listening to Random Old Records and patronizing this blog, even though I haven't posted a goddamn thing for months.Anyway, Random Old Records #42 is out, and I'm super proud of this one. This episode functions as a sort of "BEST OF 2012 SO FAR"-type playlist, featuring new tracks from Wax Idols, Natural Child, Gentleman Jesse, Nobunny, Heavy Cream, and Sugar Stems, a bunch of new releases on Trouble In Mind from The Resonars, The Paperhead, Hollows, and Estrogen Highs, Record Store Day Exclusives from Nobunny and The Black Angels, and so much MORE! Hope y'all dig it, check out the playlist below, and be on the lookout for #43 soon!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via iTunes, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! More classic episodes from the past ten years are being added to the feed as well, so check those out as well. You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. On the horizon is the yearly 5/10/15/20 episode featuring classic tracks from the past, along with an episode of fresh recent punk and garage rock. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records Podcast #42Released 06/04/2012DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. Natural Child - "8 AM Blues"(For The Love Of The Game, Burger 2012)2. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - "Violent Girls"(The Banana Split, Hosehead 2012)3. The Tough Shits - "Birds (Don't Get Tired Of Flying)"(The Tough Shits, Burger 2012)4. Gentleman Jesse - "I'm A Mess"(Leaving Atlanta, Douchemaster 2012)5. Sugar Stems - "Never Been In Love"(Like I Do 7", Certified PR 2012)6. The Resonars - "Sit Right Down"(Long Long Thoughts 7", Trouble In Mind 2012)--Love, architecture, etc.7. Wax Idols - "Schadenfreude"(Schadenfreude 7", Suicide Squeeze 2012)8. Rayon Beach - "Airplane With Tits"(This Looks Serious, HoZac 2012)9. Heavy Cream - "Tunnel Vision"(Super Treatment, Infinity Cat 2012)10. Nobunny - "I Can't Stop"(Maximumrocknroll 7", Goner 2012)11. The Hex Dispensers - "Young Blood In The River"(Parallel 7", Red Lounge 2012)12. Estrogen Highs - "Grass Of Leaves"(Irrelevant Future, Trouble In Mind 2012)--Beauty as a weapon!13. The Black Angels - "She's Not There"(RSD 7", Blue Horizon 2012)14. Allah-Las - "Catamaran"(Catamaran 7", Innovative Leisure 2012)15. Outer Minds - "Gimme A Reason"(Outer Minds, Southpaw 2012)16. The Paperhead - "She Is Above Me"(Pictures Of Her Demise 7", Trouble In Mind 2012)17. Ty Segall & White Fence - "Easy Ryder"(Hair, Drag City 2012)--Deadly spawn!18. Tiger High - "Boys At The Bottom"(Myth Is This, Burger 2012)19. Cosmonauts - "Gillian"(If You Wanna Die Then I Wanna Die, Burger 2012)20. Radar Eyes - "Disconnection"(Radar Eyes, HoZac 2012)21. Hollows - "Up & Down"(Vulture, Trouble In Mind 2012)22. Best Coast - "My Life"(The Only Place, Mexican Summer 2012)
[12/2/2019 note: When I uploaded this episode eight years ago, it contained an audio error that cut off the last several seconds. It has bugged me ever since. So, I went back a couple weeks ago and completely remixed, remastered, and recreated the episode from scratch. I got married a month ago, and these songs were the soundtrack of my wife and I's first year together. They will remind me of that time forever, and I am glad the episode is finally complete.]2011 is almost over, and oh my goodness where did the time go?! The past twelve months were filled with all kinds of good things for me on the life front, and much like last year, there were SO MANY crucial rock n' roll records released and a bunch of killer shows that damaged my eardrums even further. EPISODE #38 of Random Old Records cuts away all of the extra padding and somewhat clever soundbytes and presents an hour of my personal favorite songs of 2011 with no interruptions!You'll hear all the songs I've been raving about since January, including heavy hitters like "Gold Sneakers" by Wax Idols, "Weekend" by Smith Westerns, and "Into Black" by Blouse. You'll hear heavy-duty psychedelic blowouts from The Paperhead, Thee Oh Sees, and The People's Temple, and perfect pop from Dum Dum Girls, Colleen Green, and The Babies. Have a great 2012, and thanks for listening!!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records Podcast #38Released 12/14/11DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. Smith Westerns - "Weekend"(Dye It Blonde, Fat Possum 2011)2. Dum Dum Girls - "Bedroom Eyes"(Only In Dreams, Sub Pop 2011)3. Wax Idols - "Gold Sneakers"(No Future, HoZac 2011)4. Colleen Green - "Y Do U Call Me?"(Green One, Hardly Art 2011)5. Vivian Girls - "Dance (If You Wanna)"(Share The Joy, Polyvinyl 2011)6. Natural Child - "Chris' Blues"(1971, Infinity Cat 2011)7. Black Lips - "New Direction"(Arabia Mountain, Vice 2011)8. Bare Wires - "Sweet Little Stranger"(Cheap Perfume, Southpaw 2011)9. Jacuzzi Boys - "Automatic Jail"(Glazin', Hardly Art 2011)10. Mikal Cronin - "Again and Again"(Mikal Cronin, Trouble In Mind 2011)11. The Babies - "Breakin' The Law"(The Babies, Shrimper 2011)12. The Paperhead - "Can't Keep My Eyes Open"(The Paperhead, Trouble In Mind 2011)13. Thee Oh Sees - "Chem-farmer"(Carrion Crawler/The Dream, In The Red 2011)14. The People's Temple - "Axe Man"(Sons Of Stone, HoZac 2011)15. Blouse - "Into Black"(Blouse, Captured Tracks 2011)16. Widowspeak - "In The Pines"(Widowspeak, Captured Tracks 2011)17. Ty Segall - "Goodbye Bread"(Goodbye Bread, Drag City 2011)18. The Strange Boys - "Mama Shelter"(Live Music, Rough Trade 2011)19. Jeffrey Novak - "Looking Down At You"(4 Track Solo EP, Trouble In Mind 2011)
So yeah, the air conditioning has been broken in my office at work all week long. Neat, huh? It's like eleventy billion degrees outside, so it's a perfect time to drop a brand new podcast of hot rock n' roll jams to sweat out the summer months with! Random Old Records EPISODE #32 features brand new tracks from Black Lips, Wax Museums, Ty Segall, and Cults, each from LPs that are sure to top the year-end lists. Ty Segall in particular has a stunner ready for all of you with Goodbye Bread, which thickens and slows down his bratty garage punk sound and brings the superficial Beatles and Nirvana influences of his past releases to the forefront in a way that will have mainstream rock critics blowing their stacks when they finally get around to checking it out.To be honest, I wasn't much of a Black Lips fan before, but the steady hand of super-producer Mark Ronson guides the band and polishes the shit out of their hooks and sound on the new Arabia Mountain. The blasts of bratty feedback and in-jokey murkiness of their previous releases has been replaced with huge gang choruses, sleazy saxophones, and more refined melodies than ever before. Random Old Records #32 includes "Raw Meat," which is a short and sweet Ramones homage that might be the best song they've ever recorded. Check it out!Also, you may notice some strange and different sounds on Random Old Records #32 that you haven't heard in previous episodes. For some reason, this new wave of dark and moody electronic rock has really been catching my ear in the past month or two, most notably the releases from Brooklyn's Captured Tracks label. On this episode, you'll hear a KILLER track from Portland's Blouse called "Into Black." These folks sound like they're trying to create a late 80s David Lynch movie credits theme with every track, and that's not really a bad thing in my book. You'll also hear darker Suicide-style tunes from The Soft Moon and Led Er Est that are on steady rotation around Random Old Records HQ.You'll also hear new hot blasts of rock n' roll from Wax Idols, The Hussy, Personal And The Pizzas, Brian Olive, Ramma Lamma, The People's Temple, Natural Child, Smith Westerns, Thee Oh Sees, and loads more! Click the links below to stream, subscribe, or download the latest episode and let me know that you think. As always, thanks for reading and listening, and if you're in the Cincinnati area, come out to see The Hussy from Madison, Wisconsin at the Comet tonight! Free show and burritos!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records #32Released 06/08/2011DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. Wax Idols - "All Too Human"(All Too Human 7", Hozac 2011)2. Bad Banana - "Cry About It"(Cry About It 7", Puzzle Pieces 2011)3. Seapony - "Blue Star"(Go With Me, Hardly Art 2011)4. Blouse - "Into Black"(Into Black 7", Captured Tracks 2011)5. Cults - "Never Saw The Point"(Cults, Columbia 2011)6. The Soft Moon - "We Are We"(The Soft Moon, Captured Tracks 2010)7. Led Er Est - "Opto 5"(May, Captured Tracks 2011)--We wanna be free!8. Natural Child - "Easy Street"(1971, Infinity Cat 2011)9. Shapes Have Fangs - "Dinner In The Dark"(Dinner In The Dark, Reverb Appreciation Society 2011)10. The People's Temple - "Keeper (Of Souls)"(Sons Of Stone, Hozac 2011)11. Thee Oh Sees - "The Whipping Continues"(Castlemania, In The Red 2011)12. Ty Segall - "The Floor"(Goodbye Bread, Drag City 2011)--Who gives drugs to robots?13. Smith Westerns - "End Of The Night"(Dye It Blonde, Fat Possum 2011)14. Brian Olive - "Back Sliding Soul"(Two Of Everything, Alive 2011)15. The Greenhornes - "Back Sliding Soul"(The Greenhornes, Telstar 2001)16. The Soledad Brothers - "Downtown Paranoia Blues"(The Hardest Walk, Alive 2006)--See the dirt gang!17. Ramma Lamma - "Truthin'"(Tiger 7", Certified PR 2010)18. Black Lips - "Raw Meat"(Arabia Mountain, Vice 2011)19. GG King - "Incendiary Device"(Esoteric Lore, Rob's House 2011)20. The Hussy - "Sexi Ladi"(Cement Tomb Mind Control, Slow Fizz 2011)21. Wax Museums - "Bruiser"(Eye Times, Trouble In Mind 2011)22. Personal & The Pizzas - "Dead Meat"(Dead Meat 7", Total Punk 2011)
Oh wow, is it really May already? Well, according to the calendar it is, so here's EPISODE #31 of Random Old Records! April was an amazing month for rock n' roll, and I spent it buying a whole pile of records and getting my face melted off at live shows by the Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Ty Segall, The Fresh and Onlys, The Black Angels, Davila 666, Magic Jake and The Power Crystals, and YOWZA! Yeah, luckily a whole buncha sweet bands played around Cincinnati and got a fantastic turnout each time, so hopefully that bodes well for the summer and we'll be seeing even more coming soon!Anyway, Random Old Records #31 is loaded with an hour of new rock n' roll, including a BRAND NEW track from glam pop wizard King Tuff, fresh off a recent Scion A/V split single with the Hex Dispensers. It's called "Hands" and it sounds like a long lost Slade song. His upcoming LP is gonna be something else! The featured label this time around is Trouble In Mind, who should get some kinda award for putting out dozens of records without a single bad one in the bunch! This time around, you'll hear a track from each of their latest releases (Wrong Words, The Paperhead, Jeffrey Novak, and Alex Cuervo), plus Mean Jeans doing a TORRID Sparks cover from the TiM Record Store Day split 7"! That The Paperhead LP is freakin' amazing, by the way. It's a buncha 18 year old kids channeling vintage 60s psych pop through a 90s Elephant 6 lens and wrapping it all in a haze of youthful vigor and pie-eyed optimism. Not to be missed!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Random Old Records via Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or RSS. If you like the show, please rate it and write a review! You can also go the traditional route and stream or download the new episode below. Come back next month (or so) for another episode of Random Old Records. As always, thanks for listening!Random Old Records #31Released 05/11/2011DOWNLOAD HERE (Right-Click, "Save As")1. Magic Jake and The Power Crystals - "Power Crystals"(Magic Jake and The Power Crystals, Burger 2011)2. Natural Child - "Hard Workin' Man"(1971, Infinity Cat 2011)3. Ty Segall - "Buick Mackane"(Ty Rex, Goner 2011)4. Silver Shampoo - "Streaks Of Satan"(Higher and Higher, Krazypunx 2011)5. Alex Cuervo - "Hands Of Glory"(4 Song Solo EP, Trouble In Mind 2011)6. King Tuff - "Hands"(Hex Dispensers/King Tuff 7", Scion A/V 2011)--Werewolves On Wheels!7. Dum Dum Girls - "He Gets Me High"(He Gets Me High, Sub Pop 2011)8. White Mystery - "Good Girl"(Blood And Venom, self-released 2011)9. Shannon And The Clams - "Toxic Revenge"(Sleep Talk, 1234 Go! 2011)10. The Unwed Teenage Mothers - "Change Your Mind"(Blonde Girls, Play Pinball 2010)11. Mean Jeans - "Forever Young"(Record Store Day 2011 7", Trouble In Mind 2011)12. White Wires - "Pogo 'Til I Puke Tonight"(Pogo 'Til I Puke Tonight 7", Ugly Pop 2010)--How do you get to know someone?13. Hunx And His Punx - "Tonite Tonite"(Too Young To Fall In Love, Hardly Art 2011)14. First Base - "She's Boy Crazy"(She's Boy Crazy 7", Play Pinball 2010)15. The Guitars - "She's Got Your Heart"(High Action, self-released 2011)16. The Fresh And Onlys - "Fascinated"(Play It Strange, In The Red 2010)17. Jeffrey Novak - "Looking Down At You"(4 Song Solo EP, Trouble In Mind 2011)18. The Paperhead - "Do You Ever Think Of Me?"(The Paperhead, Trouble In Mind 2011)--You must have a widescreen navel!19. Snake Flower 2 - "You Can't Erase A Mirror"(Memory Castle 7", Southpaw 2011)20. The Black Angels - "At Night"(Phosgene Nightmare, Blue Horizon 2011)21. The Wrong Words - "Wrong Again"(The Wrong Words, Trouble In Mind 2011)22. Sex Clark Five - "Detention Girls"(Strum and Drum, Records To Russia 1986)23. Rockpile - "When I Write The Book"(Seconds Of Pleasure, Columbia 1980)