S/D: Teenbeat Records

Teenbeat also put out records by Crispy Ambulance and Vomit Launch that I'd like to hear but haven't.

Sorry, no hidden gems. I'm not real familiar with the label.

true love always should have stopped after the first record. they haven't progressed one iota, except that their lyrics get worse and worse. Aden are similar, "Hey 19" is great but that last one is rubbish.

pocket rockets are great. as is tracy shedd. and a few other things i need to think about

Ropers EP on teenbeat is the band's worst release by far. Rondells stuff generally quite good. i don't really like Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers much at all (everything good they did was on 555 records)

Absobloodylutely! In fact, simply having released the song Forgetting would have been enough justification, imo.

THE SCREAMER!

What's that awful emo band on Teen Beat called?

As for Flin Flon, it's the cheap sounding bass and amazing drumming that sets them apart for me... granted, their early material is a bit dry and unambitious compared to what has followed.

S- unrest, flin flon, tube bar, BOCS (first 3 7"s), aden's "hey 19", dustdevils, TLA's cover of "september"

D- eggs, sexual milkshake (okay- their packaging is pretty cool), butch willis...

Destroy: Aden and True Love Always before I have to suffer through them again at Fort Reno

Remove as an embarrasment to everyone concerned: Jonny Cohen.

Search: Currituck County. The guy is an amazing fingerpicking guitarist. Plus he plays a B-bender, just like Clarence White!

I can't say I'm rabid about them, but I do love the Unrest that I've kept - Malcolm X Park, Kustom Karnal Blaxploitation, plus the Skinhead Girl & Isabel Bishop singles. On the other hand though, I hated Fuck Pussy Galore, and thought that the 4AD album was just bland. Would be keen to hear some of the other early albums if I ever see them around. I only got into them to start with when Byron Coley mentioned them in the same breath as Slovenly in a Forced Exposure review.

For me, I liked them most when they blended both the Dischord-ish and the pop angles, but they lost me when they got deep into the strum-pop stuff. A hard band for us Brits to pin down, never really ever got written about here until the 4AD deal and then only barely. Teenbeat wasn't at all well distributed, Caroline hardly any better. AFAIK they only ever did a handful of gigs at most here; I saw them at a tiny basement venue in London with Huggy Bear, round about the time that Imperial came out and I'm afraid to say that they were sort of disappointing then.

Which is pretty funny seeing as they were essentially a division of Virgin -- a vague UK equivalent would be Hut.

I guess they didn't see us as much of a market for those Uncle Slam albums.

I think Eggs' Bruiser LP is seriously underrated - plus the great Dave Park was the bassist at the time [he of MXP/KKB era Unrest]. There are some good songs on the second album. They released a lot of fine singles.

Teenbeat also put out records by Crispy Ambulance

TeenBeat only put out a cassette of stuff from Crispy Ambulance dubbed from vinyl - not worth seeking out as everything has since been remastered/reissued by LTM [except a song by post-CA band Ram Ram Kino].

Seriously, folks, you should pick up at least these three amazing albums:
Flin Flon: Boo-Boo
Unrest: Malcolm X Park
Versus: The Stars Are Insane

And the Cath Carroll CD is quite good too.

Wasn't there a Red Krayola 7" on some label with the Drag City/Gastr line-up that came out just before the LP on Drag City?

It's on the sale list - I ordered it (along with the new True Love Always) and can report back later. Lois Maffeo sings on the Robinson album, so that sealed the deal for me. (I wondered what she had been up to. She's also part of the duo named the Owl and the Pussycat; they have an album on Kill Rock Stars, released last year.)

Random props to Eggs' Teenbeat Exploder 96. A really interesting record with a lot of gems buried in it.

That "20 Songs Less" single might be the best Gastr release, maybe.

And whenever I feel tired (which is always), the song "Why Am I So Tired All The Time?" sometimes pops into my head. (Also, "I'm So Tired" by the Beatles.)

Is there a verdict on the Fontaine Toups album? I downloaded the two MP3s on her site (http://www.thefontainetoups.com/) - didn't really grab me. I would love another Containe release...one that was as good as I Want It All.

pps. it's on sub-pop

>:-O

Unrest's "Bavarian Mods"

Johnny Cohen's awesome "I'm Not An Anorexic"

(sample lyrics: "I'm not an anorexic I'm not an anorexic not me
when I get down to 70 I'll be a beauty queen")

Cobalt's "Saturday" from Teenbeat 100

and the Sexual Milkshake single for "Space Gnome"

dangles bytes...
m.

Nobody mentioned Romania on this thread? Jeez.

i thought i had their album - but it seems i only have a (great!) track on a teenbeat compilation. must have mixed them up with tel aviv.

Mark's new band with Evelyn, Cotton Candy, is kind of fun: http://www.myspace.com/cottoncandyteenbeat

I get the sense the label's just turned into a hobby, though. There's probably been less than 10 new releases in the last five years.

Maybe Its Reno album is TOPS

S:
Vomit Launch - Not Even Pretty
No Trend - Teen Love: The Early Months
(reissues, not originally on Teenbeat, but great anyway)

BTW, supposedly Dustdevils' Struggling Electric & Chemical is getting reissued on 180 vinyl. I'm happy with my CD, but I guess some people might be interested. Apparently it may get a real sleeve this time, which might tempt me to buy a copy. Liner notes would be nice too. I don't think Teenbeat is doing it.

Search also the Maybe It's Reno song "Sky's On Fire" on some compilation. Got to keep an eye on Teenbeat comps, as they often slip interesting stuff onto them.

Love that Dustdevils record. Wasn't a lot of Teenbeat stuff I dug at the time, though, other than Unrest who were and are one of my favorite bands of the era (late 80s/early 90s). S: EVERYTHING.

Gave Versus, Grenadine, Eggs, and a few others a shot, but they never did much for me. Sexual Milkshake and Blast Off Country Style singles were funny, but kinda useless. Tube Bar = classic.

Oh, random Dustdevils/Teenbeat thing: the only CD appearance of a track of theirs called "Seen Heat" from a 7" is on a Teenbeat compilation called Wakefield / Volume 3 / Superstars On Forty-Five (teenbeat 161/teenbeat 181). It sounds really amazing on CD and makes me wish they'd put the whole "Is Big Leggy" out digitally.

new site

http://www.teenbeatrecords.com

it's.. very very comprehensive

Happy 30th

This anniversary was marked by Mark, Andrew, and Teen-Beat with announcements and commemorations but no celebrations.

That's too bad. Celebration might have been nice

Friday night in Boston Mark did a short "Imperial FFRR" medley, mostly solo (Evelyn Hurley helped out with feedback and backing vocals at points), at Great Scott. It was lovely and a surprise.

So cool!

there's a new(ish) true love always ep and it is very good

Per a post from Andrew Beaujon this morning, 39 years old today.

A Teenbeat Looks at 40