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Black Lips : We Didn't Know ... "Since the debut of their self-titled record in 2003, these southern kids have made a name for themselves by playing true to form garage rock'n'oll." - Real Detroit "If bands came with parental advisory ratings, The Black Lips would probably have the lot, especially 'Nudity', 'Violence' and 'Adult Themes'.- Your Gigs

Free MP3. Thomas Function : Celebration. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a better guitar-driven record this year." - Pulse "The band's debut is going to be hard to beat for record of the year." - The Unblinking Ear "Four months into 2008 and this one's going to be very hard to beat." - Other Music "Could easily blow up and rival any of the biggest bands of the current day". - Victim Of Time

The Weirdos : Destroy All Music 30th Anniversary Edition.
Limited silkscreen edition, signed and numbered. Compiles the now classic EP and the 1979 "Who, What, When, Where, Why?" mini-LP in its entirety and includes their previously unreleased first demos. AMG - Goldmine - The Guardian - Harp Magazine - Organ

 
Free MP3. Brimstone Howl - We Came In Peace. A Mid-West foursome described by NME as "Beatles-headed psych-nerds with a taste for razor sharp snake-rock". "We Came In Peace" is the follow-up to "Guts Of Steel" an album hailed as "unholy hot-wiring of the Sonics, the Damned and the Blues Explosion" (Magnet) and "cranked lo-fi blues rock from Nebraska's hoodlums" (Uncut).
Sonic's Rendezvous Band : Live Masonic Auditorium, Detroit 1978.
CD version of this great live show, remastered from a Maxwell C-90. "Sounds like a punk Cream, but with a first-rate singer. A must have for Detroit diehards." - Mojo. A release produced for ROCK-A-RAMA RECORDS by Robert Matheu, nominated for best reissue at the 2008 Detroit Music Awards.
 
Free MP3. Ron Franklin : s/t. Ron Franklin's music brings you back to the time when the urban and the rural, the folk and the blues were not far apart. "A young, super talented guitar and mandolin playin singer with a lonesome but rockin' voice, knows music, especially blues and old music, writes great new songs." - Peter Case blog. "Stark, simple, and subtly witty." - AMG

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Free MP3. Nathaniel Mayer : Why Don't You Give It To Me? "Nothing less than an heroic act, being both an extraordinary art statement of cavernous Detroit Psychedelic soul AND a major mission of Cultural Retrieval - Bravo, Lord Motherfucker, and deep gratitude for laying this Righteous Thang upon us." - Julian Cope/Head Heritage