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SWAMI JOHN REIS & THE BLIND SHAKE - Modern Surf Classics (2015)

. Swami John Reis & the Blind Shake pay tribute to the classic surf and Rock ‘n’ Roll instrumentals of the 1960’s and update the genre for today’s more extreme, modern surfer. 13 original, modern surf compositions create this tidal wave of booming tom toms, shrinking saxophones and a chaotic surge of guitars. Let this south swell topple you and may you be pinned in it’s undertow of reverb. Swami…

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Swami & the Bed of Nails - Tour Dates

John Reis, of Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes & Drive Like Jehu brings Swami to town Swami & the Bed of Nails featuring Swami John Reis (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Rocket From The Crypt, PLOSIVS and more) are following the recent release of their debut album All Of This Awaits You (stream/purchase HERE) with their first UK and Irish tour, commencing in Bristol on September 17th and ending in…

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Swami and the Bed of Nails — All of this Awaits You (Swami)

Swami John Reis has been in a lot of bands, but the ones you probably love the most—Hot Snakes and Drive Like Jehu — were joint projects with Rick Froberg, who passed away suddenly in June 2023. The two had made some of the most ferocious, tuneful hardcore on offer in the 1990s with Drive Like Jehu, and, with Hot Snakes, were the real thing in a sea of “rock is back” pretenders through the aughts.

Hot Snakes reconvened in 2018 after a 14-year hiatus for Jericho Sirens, and they were writing more material when Froberg died. All of This Awaits You comes from that set of songs, reconfigured for another band, with members drawn from Reis' storied history. Hot Snakes Jason Koukounis plays drums, alternating with Richard Larson from Night Marchers, while Night Marchers Tommy Kitsos plays drums. Reis sings and plays guitar, with Mark Murino on second axe. Joe Guevara, who played on the last solo Swami album, adds keys and synthesizer.

The songs rip hard, running fast and loud and full of hooks. “How Are You Peeling?” could easily be a Hot Snakes banger, with its ramping, vamping guitar riff, pummeling drums and ragged howling verse. It’s not complicated, but not stupid either. There’s a sweetening in the guitars just before the chorus starts that comes like a rainbow in a pool of diesel, and a wiggy little synth solo, and then it’s back to the gut-slugging pound and rush.

There’s a real—and welcome—blue collar aesthetic to this disc, a perspective sorely lacking lately even in the roughest varieties of rock. One single celebrates hot dog condiments. “I want ketchup and mustard and relish!” Reis shouts along to a very ear-wormy chorus. Simple pleasures. “Harbor Freight” blisters and rages and finds the income divide in home repair. Apparently, we’ve come so far that even dudes in their undershirts wielding power tools can be divided into haves and have nots. Shop at Harbor Freight at your own risk. As Reis gleefully explains, “The shit’s gonna break, the shit’s gonna break, the shit’s gonna break on you.” 

A few of the cuts feel a little bit by the numbers. Doo-woppy “Teen Hate,” for instance, looks at young rebel cliches from the wrong side of 50, but closes in a “yeah yeah yeah” cribbed from the Beatles’ Hamburg days.  It’s fine, but no match for the psychedelic rush of “Lost in Bermondsey,” which is furiously hot but also kind of trippy.

All in all, it’s another very solid outing from an artist who did a lot to define post-hardcore punk and rock (check out the Swami Sound Volume 1 compilation he curated in 2003). Sadly, there will never be another Hot Snakes album, but meanwhile we’ve got this, and it rocks.

Jennifer Kelly

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The Ledge #630: New Releases Pt. 2

The second part of the August new release series carries on right where last week's part one left off. There's still plenty of great rock, punk, power pop, postpunk, and many other genres of fantastic brand new tunes. There's some fun stuff from our friends at Rum Bar Records. There's the return of Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt/Drive Like Jehu leader Swami John Reis. There's tracks from a fantastic compilaton of Danish punk from the late 70's. And there's also the weirdness of Cleopatra Records' new punk rock Rolling Stones tribute.

Along with these releases are the usual mix of both veteran and brand new artists! Also, please head to YouTube and subscribe to our channel - Public Domain Classics 888. We have close to 500 classic films from over 110 years of releases! 

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1. Richard Duguay and the Beautiful Decline - Running Alone

2. The Downhauls - Dragged Down

3. The Downhauls - The Tower

4. Duck & Cover - Girl From Nowhere

5. Duck & Cover - Help Myself

6. Wand - Hangman

7. Wand - Curtain Call

8. Peter Bibby - The Arsehole

9. Program - It's Not the End of the World

10. Swami John Reis - How Are You Peeling?

11. Swami John Reis - Ketchup, Mustard, And Relish

12. Rhinestone Pickup Truck - Grievous Coumo

13. Rhinestone Pickup Truck - Shinighami

14. The Shivas - Through The Day

15. The Meringues - Shambles

16. The Urojets - TLC cagematch

17. The Raveonettes - Venus In Furs

18. The Raveonettes - Leader Of The Pack

19. The Rumours - Cuntrol (U) Freak

20. The Rumours - Sex & Patchouli

21. Geoff Palmer - All the Hits (Live at Edone, Bergamo, Italy)

22. Geoff Palmer - Surfin’ Nebraska (Live at Edone, Bergamo, Italy)

23. Unicorn Dogs - Dumb Stuff

24. Martin Savage and The Jiggerz - On the Run

25. The Mumbles - Poly Vinyl

26. The Tits - Daddy Is My Pusher

27. Mollesters - Plastic

28. Filth - Don't Hide Your Hate

29. Jah Wobble/Jon Klein - Start Me Up

30. Fear - Honky Tonk Woman

31. Reagan Youth - Rocks Off

32. Angry Samoans - Miss You

33. The Members - Angie

34. Neil Young w/Devo - Hey Hey, My My, (Into The Black)

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And here it is my friends, Radio Free California Episode 2432! This week includes the triumphant bowing out of X, Mishell Ndegeocello musing on the works of James Baldwin, plus new music from Illuminati hotties, The Cure, Swami John Reis, Oso Oso, Kississippi, Bleachers, The Ceys and much much more. Enjoy!

58 songs. Whew! As per usual, my blog version will be up later.

FYI, there will be no episode next week.

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Episode 041 - Swami John Reis

We looked at the bands of John Reis including Drive Like Jehu, Rocket From The Crypy, Hot Snakes and more!

Fun Things - Savage

Jesus Lizard - Hide & Seek Melvins - Allergic To Food Ten Ton Slug - Mallacht an tSloda

Painters & Dockers - Holiday On Ice Beasts Of Bourbon - Psycho (live) The Casanovas - The Most Hated Man In Melbourne Totally Unicorn - Parrot

Pitchfork - Burn Pigs Burn Pitchfork - Goat Drive Like Jehu - Atom Jack Rocket From The Crypt - Basturds

Rocket From The Crypt - Flip The Bird Rocket From The Crypt - Sturdy Wrists Drive Like Jehu - Do You Compute Back Off Cupids - Rock N Roll

Rocket From The Crypt - Pushed Rocket From The Crypt - Middle Rocket From The Crypt - Born In 69 Staccato Reads - Stuntman

Hot Snakes - If Credit's What Matters I'll Take Credit Sultans - Just A Fool (Thats Down) Rocket From The Crypt - Straight American Slave Hot Snakes - I Hate The Kids

Sonny Vincent With Rocket From The Crypt - Pick Up The Slack Sonny Vincent With Rocket From The Crypt - Bad Attitude (Live) Rocket From The Crypt - Bucket Of Piss Sultans - Jet Lag Hot Snakes - Brainstrust

The Night Marchers - Jump In The Fire The Night Marchers - Big In Germany John Reis - Ride The Wild Night Plosivs - Hit The Breaks

Hot Snakes - I Need A Doctor

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Swami and the Bed Of Nails

Swami and the Bed Of Nails “How Are You Peeling?” All of This Awaits You (08-02-2024) Debut album, featuring Swami John Reis (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Pitchfork, Rocket From The Crypt).  Believe this is Reis’ first release since the untimely death (reportedly of a heart ailment) of Rick Froberg.  Together, they had formed such great bands as Pitchfork (1986-90), Drive Like Jehu (1990-95,…

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Swami & The Bed Of Nails - "Privacy"

Swami & The Bed Of Nails have shared a new single, “Privacy”, off their upcoming debut album “All Of This Awaits You” out August 2nd via Swami Records. TRACKLIST:01. How Are You Peeling?02. Harbor Freight03. Ketchup, Mustard and Relish04. Teen Hate05. Privacy06. Lost In Bermondsey07. Shock And Awe08. Don’t Wait09. Beware The Halo The video for the song was directed by David Da Cruz. John Reis…

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John Reis Announces Swami & The Bed Of Nails’ Debut Album All Of This Awaits You For August 2024 Release, Shares New Single & Video “Privacy”

https://music.mxdwn.com/2024/05/15/news/john-reis-announces-swami-the-bed-of-nails-debut-album-all-of-this-awaits-you-for-august-2024-release-shares-new-single-video-privacy/

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Swami And The Bed Of Nails (feat. Swami John Reis of Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, PLOSIVS) Releases Debut Single, “How Are You Peeling?”

Swami And The Bed Of Nails (feat. Swami John Reis of Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, PLOSIVS) Releases Debut Single, “How Are You Peeling?”

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De Algemene Verwarring #95 - 10 July 2023

The ninety-fifth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, July 10, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-95-10-juli-2023/

Pictured below is Rick Froberg, here performing with Drive Like Jehu somewhere in the early nineties. It’s always a pity that I have to write something about someone who passed away unexpectedly at a much too young age. Rick Froberg was 55. That’s only three years older than I am, and he died from natural causes. Froberg was an graphic artist but was mainly known as frontman and guitar player for the bands (in chronological order) Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Obits and only that last one wasn’t with his partner in crime John ‘Swami’ Reis. I’ve seen the last three of those bands live, and I have always been most impressed with Drive Like Jehu, who released only two full length albums, but whose influence cannot be underestimated. It’s their brilliant mixture of melody and dissonance that have influenced fellow nineties bands such as Polvo, Trumans Water, and many more. Drive Like Jehu played in the Pit’s in those early nineties, and the day after they played in a garden in my student home town Leuven, saw them twice and each time left me in amazement. Later I saw Hot Snakes in Ghent, and as encores they played two Drive Like Jehu tracks and in all honesty I can say those two tracks blew the whole Hot Snakes set away. Drive Like Jehu was a brilliant, a brilliant band and I cannot recommend you enough to buy their albums. And when you are 55, you don’t die, ok? Laat ons dat afspreken.

Other music in this episode, last one of the season by the way, comes from Avengers, TNT, Nots, Swell Maps, Soft Drinks, The Christian Family, Chrome Cranks, Dinosaur Jr & Lou Barlow, Nova Mob, De Fabriek, and there’s also brand new stuff from Roy Montgomery, Oroskällan, and Leda. Oh and by the way I have to apologize for a short break in the recording of this episode during the Brecht Ameel track. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for this show. Enjoy the summer and you’ll hear me back in September!

Playlist:

Avengers: We Are The One (LP V/A “Dangerhouse Volume One” on Frontier Records, reissue 2008, originally released in 1991, single released in 1977 on Dangerous)

TNT: Subwayscene (LP V/A “Chaos in CH - A Collection Of Underground Swiss Punk 1979-1984 on Beat Generation, 2022, originally released on 7” in 1979 on Voxpop Records)

Nots: Strange Rage (LP “We Are Nots” on Goner Records, 2014)

Swell Maps: Let’s Build A Car (LP V/A “Do It Yourself - The Rise In The Independent Music Industry After Punk” on Soul Jazz Records, 2007, originally released on 7” in 1980 on Rough Trade Records)

Soft Drinks: Misconception (LP V/A “Outer Himmilayan Presents” on Dark Entries & Sacred Bones Records, 2018)

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs: Gettin’ High For Jesus (7” “My 45” on Damaged Goods, 2008)

The Christian Family: Oh My Don’t Cry (LP “The Raw And Primitive Sound Of The Christian Family” on Voodoo Rhythm Records, 2022)

Chrome Cranks: I’m Trash (LP “Ain’t No Lies In Blood” on Bang! Records, 2012)

Drive Like Jehu: New Math (CD “Yank Crime” on Elemental Records, 1994)

Dinosaur Jr.: Back  To Your Heart (LP “Beyond” on Fat Possum Records, 2007)

Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh: Dirty Mind (CD “23 Songs - A Collection Of Previously Released Songs” on City Slang, 1994)

Nova Mob: Admiral Of The Sea (79 A.D. Version) (CD “The Last Days Of Pompei” on Rough Trade, 1991)

Roy Montgomery with Emma Johnston: Dear Imprudence (7” “Dear Imprudence” on Knotwilg Records, 2023)

Ameel Brecht:  The Wrestlers (LP “8-Infinities” on Discos Transgénero, 2021)

Oroskällan: Saknar Dig (LP “Inspirationsfestivalen” on Förlag För Fri Musik, 2023)

Leda: A4 (LP “Neuter” on Discreet Music, 2023)

De Fabriek: Kleeblat (LP “Blecheintopf (Music for Modern Art Exhibitions, Volume II” on Futura Resistenza, 2022, originally released on cassette in 1982 by New Bulwark Records & Tapes)

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The Ledge #546: Runners Up

The process of compiling my annual list of the year's best albums rarely varies. It usually begins in mid-November with a combination of notetaking and mental obsessing. Then over Thanksgiving weekend I begin putting ideas into various categories that I couldn't even try to explain. Finally, the first couple of weeks of December sees this list finally coming together.

As you may expect, that initial list is much longer than the official post of the best of the year. There can be anywhere between 60 and 100 records vying for inclusion. This week's show comprises the 31 records that were in consideration before that final cut.

But that's not to say that these records are not as good as my "chart toppers". No, these days there's a fine line between a what makes the top ten and what makes the lower rungs. All of these records are fabulous albums that deserve to be heard by everybody. This is why the first time ever I've put together this "runners up" episode. 

I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher...or

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1. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Been Lovin' You Too Long

2. Curtis Godino Presents The Midnight Wishers, Always Waiting

3. Dehd, Bad Love

4. Slang, Hit The City

5. Young Guv, Too Far Gone

6. Michael Rault, Neither Love Nor Money

7. Cola, Blank Curtain

8. The Black Angels, Without a Trace

9. Gabbard Brothers, Feel Better Love Better

10. Tijuana Panthers, Helping Hand

11. Lorne Behrman, I Can Burn You Down

12. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin, A Rocket Ship to You

13. Dan Israel, Seriously

14. Popular Creeps, Keep It To Myself

15. The Afghan Whigs, I'll Make You See God

16. Guided By Voices, Alex Bell

17. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ineffable Mindfuck

18. Dropkick Murphys, Talking Jukebox

19. The Sparklers, Late Great Saturday Night

20. El Camino Acid, Get Along

21. Scruff Myers' Superhands, Kissing for Granted

22. Surf Curse, Lost Honor

23. Nervebreakers, I Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand

24. Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, Get It Right Now

25. PLOSIVS, Rose Waterfall

26. Swami John Reis, Do You Still Wanna Make Out?

27. The Trouble Seekers, Cool Liar

28. The Schizophonics, Desert Girl

29. The New Brutarians, The Prettiest Girls Sing The Saddest Songs

30. Suzi Moon, Family Memories

31. The Dirty Truckers, Remember One

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2 Discogs hauls. I will post individually as I go, but is fun to see the cornucopia.

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Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice

The second album by Hot Snakes originally released in 2002. Hot Snakes includes John Reis on guitar (also from Rocket From The Crypt & Drive Like Jehu) and Rick Froberg on guitar and vocals (also from Drive Like Jehu & Obits). Also in the band is Gar Wood (bass) & Jason Kourkounis (drums).

This is a great Punk/Garage Rock/Post Hardcore album. Rocks from start to finish. Great album artwork from Rick Froberg aswell.