Tuesday, December 9, 2014

My Top 25 favorite Records of 2014!





Hey Kids! Yes, it's that time again. As always, no particular order, so don't go thinking that I think the Mothers Children LP is my #1 this year. It's just randomly written out. Enjoy!

~Greg Mongroll
 
1. Mothers Children - Lemon LP
2. Average Times - S/T LP
3. Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts LP
4. Feral Trash - Trashfiction LP
5. Needles//Pins - Shamebirds LP
6. Blank Pages - S/T
7. Steve Adamyk Band - Dial Tone LP
8. The Gaggers - Blame You LP
9. Sonic Avenues - Mistakes LP
10. Legendary Wings - Do You See? LP
11. Shock - Shockproof LP
12. Sugar Stems - Only Come Out At Night LP
13. Maniac - Demimonde LP
14. Gino and the Goons - Shake It! LP
15. Buck Biloxi and the Fucks - Culture Demanufacturer LP
16. Nots - Are Nots LP
17. Hector's Pets - Pet-O-Feelia LP
18. Flesh Lights - Free Yourself LP
19. Off! - Learn To Obey 7"
20. Sick Thoughts - I Got Hands 7"
21. Flintettes - Open Your Eyes 7"
22. Amoebas - Telephone 7"
23. Terry & Louie - (I'm) Lookin For A Heart 7"
24. Barreracudas - Promises, Promises 7"
25. Low Culture​/​Needles​/​/​Pins - Split 7"

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Wyatt Blair - Banana Cream Dream!

This one slipped right by me. I can't believe I am just hearing this for the first time this past week. Enormous thank yous go out to my pal Sean Lynch for introducing me to this album. Sean is a man that always seems to be 10 steps ahead of me in the endless search for killer bands.

Any ways, this thing has 10 tracks, 8 of which are superb power pop/glam tunes. The two others are a bit different, "Ladies Man" is a quirky short number with some great pick up lines in it. "Psychedelic Rock Band" reminds me of The Jesus & Mary Chain for some reason, and turns out brilliant. Check it out below on the bandcamp page. I hope you love it as much as I do.

-Greg Mongroll



https://wyattblair.bandcamp.com/album/banana-cream-dream

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

An early Christmas gift from The Connection!

The Connection are at it again! Today they offered the world a little sneak peak from their forthcoming Christmas record called "A Christmas Gift For". As always, they never disappoint. Go ahead, give it a spin. Oh yeah, the whole record rules, too! But you have to wait for that.

-Greg Mongroll

Be sure to pre-order your copy today and purchase everything else from their back catalog. Check it out at their Bandcamp page below:

http://the-connection.bandcamp.com/album/a-christmas-gift-for



Thursday, September 25, 2014

My Top 10 Double Studio Albums!

In the last few weeks I have been listening to some of my double albums in my collection. While on this listening journey, I decided that it may be a neat idea to compile a list of my favorite double LP's of all time. Initially, I was going to include compilations and "Live" records, but have since decided not to, thinking maybe it would be easier to just select studio albums. It wasn't that easy. Maybe next time I will do the "Live" albums. So, here goes. And as always, my lists are NOT in any particular order.     ~Greg Mongroll

1. The Clash - "London Calling"
2. Husker Du - "Zen Arcade"
3. Minutemen - "Double Nickels On The Dime"
4. Beatles - "The White Album"
5. Rolling Stones - "Exile on Main Street"
6. XTC - "Oranges & Lemons"
7. The Mothers of Invention - "Freak Out"
8. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - "Trout Mask Replica"
9. The Cure - "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Electric Ladyland"


Monday, August 25, 2014

10 Favorite LP's from Boston and surrounding area

Here my top favorite LP's from Boston and the surrounding area. No particular order. This list could change at any given moment. Post your favorites in the comments section below! Hope you've enjoyed my short blog entry this month. More to follow someday.
~Greg Mongroll

  1. The Proletariat - Soma Holiday 
  2. The Fools - Sold Out 
  3. Jerry Kids - Is This My World?
  4. The Real Kids - S/T
  5. Moving Targets - Burning In Water
  6. Dogmatics - Everybody Does It
  7. Dimestore Haloes - The Ghosts Of Saturday Night
  8. The Johnnies - 12 Steps To Nowhere
  9. The Freeze - Land of The Lost
  10. The Outlets - Whole New World