Monumental Tracks

Another month brings another episode of ska, punk, and rock ‘n’ roll goodness from Monumental Tracks. This episode has some great new music from the likes of The Dopamines, Be My Doppelganger, Glory Bound and Boss 501. As well as some not as new tracks from The Toasters, The Skatalites, and The Planet Smashers. I’ve also got a guest DJ set with Jeff of Rocket Fuel. He sent me 3 tracks from the 90′s by bands he’s featured in his 120 Minutes on SAL column over at Sound As Language. Since last time, I was able to check out a few hours of Insubordination Fest – I included a couple pictures below. I had a great time and got to check out some bands that I hadn’t heard of before.

1. The Toasters – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down
2. Jetty Boys – Candy Coated
3. The Skatalites – Outback Ska
4. Glory Bound – This Too Will Fade
5. The Figgs – Favorite Shirt
6. Slow Gherkin – Trapped Like Rats In Myers Flats
7. Engine 88 – Mangos
8. The Dopamines – You’d Make a Good Horsecop
9. Boss 501 – Pop Pop Gun
10. The State Lottery – Coming Alive
11. Be My Doppelganger – Turning Seventeen
12. Matt Wixson – Surely You Can’t Be Serious
13. Joyce Manor - Constant Nothing
14. The Planet Smashers – Life of the Party

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The Dopamines

By My Doppelganger

Jetty Boys

Thanks for checking out another installment of the podcast! This is a great episode with lots of new punk and ska music! Not to mention, an interview with Bobby from Captain, We’re Sinking. Captain, We’re Sinking is from Scranton, PA and seems to be all over the place lately.  Aside from Captain, We’re Sinking this episode has a whole slew of music from PA – The Holy Mess, Glory Bound, Spraynard, Everyone Everywhere, and American Armada all call the Keystone State home.

1. Captain, We’re Sinking – Curse These Long Dancer’s Legs
2. Strung Out – Too Close to See
3. Boss 501 – Na Na
4. Slapstick – There’s a Metal Head In the Parking Lot
5. The Exploding Hearts – Modern Kicks
6. Rude City Riot – Imposter Man
7. Everyone Everywhere – Fld Ovr
8. Glory Bound – Okay, I Get it
9. Captain, We’re Sinking – Crushed By Milwaukee’s Best
10. The Hold Steady – The Weekenders
11. Mixtapes – Sprinkles
12. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Lights Out
13. American Armada – Workin
14. The Closers – The Stand Up
15. We Are The Union – We’re All Dead
16. The Holy Mess – Easy On the Pepsi Fuller
17. Spraynard – Say What You Want About Jesse…
18. Screeching Weasel – Hey Suburbia
19. Captain, We’re Sinking – Gunner Merring Will Have His Revenge

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Credit where credit is due: Photo used as chapter artwork in the podcast for the second part of the interview was stolen from The Switchboard Sessions interview with Captain, We’re Sinking.  Originally by Bryne Yancey.

Correction: I gave the wrong address for Tiny Engines in the episode.  The correct address is http://www.tinyengines.net.

I was fortunate enough to have Eric from Can You See the Sunset? throw down a guest DJ set.  He picked some great songs – as usual.  I think CYSTSFTS was the first “music blog” I started reading and Eric has never led me astray.  Make sure you check him out on Twitter too, @cystsfts.

1. RVIVR - Rain Down
2. RVIVR - Edge of Living
3. Kill Lincoln - Desk Jockey
4. The Slackers - Anastasia
5. The Pacers – Out of Time
6. The Wonder Years - New Years With Carl Weathers
7. Hey Stranger – Pillowtalk
8. We Are The Union - This Is My Life and It’s Ending One Minute At a Time
9. Tegan and Sara - Wake Up Exhausted
10. The Menzingers - I Was Born
11. Slapstick - Broken Down
12. Mixtapes - Nothing Can Kill The Grimace
13. Babylon Party Machine - 2-Tone Freak
14. The Heat Machine - 10 Things I Hate About Your Boyfriend
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

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Thanks for checking out episode 6 of Monumental Tracks.  This is a great episode with a special guest set from Dave of D-Throg Ska Review.  The Slackers track is from 6/16/2005 at The Clubhouse in Tempe, AZ.  You can find it at the Internet Archive right here.  The
picture used in the podcast for that track is from Flickr user ryan_rafferty and is used under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.  The picture used in the podcast for the JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound is from Flickr user Fuzzy Gerdes and is also used under Creative Common license CC BY 2.0

1. The Have Nots – One In Four
2. The Stress – It’s Like You Say
3. Cheap Girls – Kind of on Purpose
4. Broadway Calls - Tonight’s Alive
5. Brand New – Jude Law and a Semester Abroad
6. Snapcase – Energy Dome
7. The Drastics – Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
8. Monkey – Lost at Sea
9. Westbound Train – Check Your Time
10. Something To Do – He’s a Bad Boyfriend
11. Edna’s Goldfish – Veronica Sawyer
12. The Format – She Doesn’t Get It
13. Kill Lincoln – Get Fucked 4 Eyes
14. The Slackers – Cupid
15. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – I am Trying to Break Your Heart

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This episode is bursting at the seams!  I’ve got an interview with the hardest working man in pop punk, Geoff Useless plus lots of music.  Shout out to Andrew Barker at Pressure Drop Soundcast for exposing me to JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound.  Another shout out to DThrog Ska Review for tweeting about The Heat Machine.

1. The Heat Machine – I Just Wanna Have a Good Time
2. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Baltimore Is the New Brooklyn
3. The Wonder Years – When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong
4. The Guts – She’s Gone
5. American Armada – Burn This Town
6. The Hold Steady – Knuckles
7. Geoff Useless – Tell Me What
8. Green Room Rockers – Stay With Him
9. Rancid – Time Bomb
10. The Guts – Cigarettes and Valentines
11. One Short Fall – One Way Trip (To Hell)
12. The Pinstripes – Come On In
13. Anchor Arms – Poison Arrows
14. The Pietasters – Maggie Mae
15. Bomb the Music Industry! – (Shut) Up the Punx!!!

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In this episode I interview Dusty from Rude City Riot.  We chat about how they got started, the album they’ll be recording soon, and their plans for 2010.  This is also the first Enhanced version of the podcast with chapters, artwork, and links.

1. The Valuables – Feel That Rhythm
2. The Sandwiches – I Got “Band” from Punknews.org
3. Ruder Than You – Give the People What They Need
4. Rude City Riot – Don’t Go Away
5. Kill Lincoln - Get Fucked 4 Eyes
6. Red Team Blue Team – Glass Mountain
7. Rude City Riot - Victoria
8. Hey Stranger – Waited Out the Day
9. Kudrow – Blink-182 Reunion
10. Rude City Riot - 25 Years
11. Captain, We’re Sinking – Crushed By Milwaukee’s Best
12. The Slackers - Every Day Is Sunday
13. Banner Pilot - Skeleton Key
14. Dear Landlord – Last Time I Checked

1. The Berlin Project – Faded Memories
2. The Berlin Project – Carry Me Away
3. The Pietasters – Maggie Mae
4. Alkaline Trio - Cooking Wine
5. Rude City Riot – Victoria
6. Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas
7. Less Than Jake – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
8. Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas
9. Fountains of Wayne – The Man in the Santa Suit
10. Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy
11. Westbound Train – Check Your Time
12. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Royal Oil
13. The Aquabats - Super Rad
14. The Swellers – 2009

I put together a mix based on the Best of 1999 lists from Can You See the Sunset?, James, and Sound as Language.  Hit the links to see their lists.  Definitely a fun look into the past.  Enjoy!

CYSTSFTS’ Best of 1999
James’ Best of 1999
SAL’s Best of 1999

1. Saves the Day – Shoulder to the Wheel
2. The Promise Ring – Happiness is All the Rage
3. Grade – The Tension Between Stillness and Motion
4. The Get Up Kids – Holiday
5. Hot Water Music – At the End of a Gun
6. The Casket Lottery – Ever Since Sulfur
7. Superchunk – Hello, Hawk
8. Bouncing Souls – Hopeless Romantic

1. We Are The Union - 5/5 Kids Who Kill Love Slayer
2. The Movielife – This Time Next Year
3. Coffee Project - Oh Sweet Pickle
4. The Pietasters - Biblical Sense
5. GATORFACE - Flak Jacket
6. Foundation - Mona Lisa
7. Landmines - Evil Eye
8. The Rosenbergs - After All
9. The Lawrence Arms - 100 Resolutions
10. Protagonist - 1095 Days
11. Geoff Useless - Tell Me What
12. Franz Nicolay – The Ballad of Hollis Wadsworth Mason Jr.
13. Legitimate Business – 80 on 80

I hope you enjoy the first episode of Monumental Tracks.  Please make sure to check back often for new episodes.

1. Reel Big Fish - Party Down
2. Broadway Calls - Suffer the Kids
3. Blastoff 3.0 - Hipster
4. Less Than Jake - My Very Own Flag
5. Westbound Train - Come and Get It
6. The Constantines - Hyacinth Blues
7. Rude City Riot - Shots and Pills
8. Snapcase - Zombie Prescription
9. The Drastics - I Want You Back
10. MXPX - Doing Time
11. The Guts - Heartbreaker
12. Mustard Plug - We’re Gunna Take On the World