[engl] "What can be said or done about 2020? Here at Bachelor Records we're sticking to what we know and diggin' in, while making every effort to stop and smell the roses, play more records, and take a moment for hindsight – like the year's numeric value suggests – with this trip down memory lane, on The Ar-Kaics' Ar-Kives: Volume 1 LP. Sidelined from touring (they were scheduled for another European endeavor) and recording their third full length because of a worldwide pandemic you might have heard of, The Ar-Kaics are staying home and finally getting around to doing the laundry. It's all here, and fresh as a summer daisy; all of the out-of-print, pre-Wick Records 45s, an early demo standout, and an inexplicably unreleased song from their self-titled album sessions are all on offer. Remastered loud for maximum rock'n'roll, but unlike the late and great rag of the same name, these songs are here to stay, in print! For those not yet indoctrinated, this fine selection of songs brings listeners up to speed on The Ar-Kaics' off-brand of spot-on 60s garage punk originals, something they've been channeling back from the grave and making their own for the better part of the last decade. Now, after no less than ten releases, it's high time to rollout a compilation album of the band’s singles, so you can enjoy these prime cuts without having to go to the record player and flip the platter or pull out the next single from the sleeve. In times like these it’s just nice to kick back and listen to these Virginia garage punk unknowns." Elmar / Bachelor Records

[engl] Famous for their freaked out ride down "Tobbaco Road" (included on the now legendary "A Fistful Of Fuzz" comp), Peabody Co. were a mysterious US band who left behind a set of 10" acetates, collected here for the first time. Late 60s acid–punk / garage–psych, featuring seven self–penned songs plus three terrific cover versions of "I Can’t Explain" (The Who), "Let’s Live For Today" (Rokes / Grass Roots) and the aforementioned "Tobbaco Road" (based on the Blues Magoos cover but including an extended crazed theremin/drum freak out!). NYC psych collector Mike Ascherman recalls how he came to acquire the acetates:

[engl] Back in print!! Another all time Dead Moon classic. The band really hit their stride on this one! The best rock band of the 90’s and 2000’s kicks out some of their finest rockers and ballads. Features all time greats like Diamonds In The Rough, Say It Isn’t So, Running Out Of Time, Somewhere Far Away and Windows Of Time. A must have for any fan of the band and rock music in general.

[engl] Reissue of the 2010 release on Sing Sing Records, NYC, USA. This is the first album of PROTEX, recorded in 1979-1980 for a release on Polydor records, but the record never came out because the label was interested in the next big thing, after punk rock.... The guys from Sing Sing Records unearthed this masterpiece and put it out in 2010, it was sold out and OOP soon afterwards. So nearly 10 years after you have the possibility to buy this classic for a normal price. The Bachelor Records release of "Strange Obsessions" is not only a simple repress, we managed to improve the sound and speed, thanks to Eric Brady, PLUS the artwork was changed a bit too!

[engl] Classic Powerpop from 1980! KILLER!!

[engl] Fast Freight is the new album from Deniz Tek with Art and Steve Godoy. Art and Steve are internationally known skateboard stars, tattooists and punk rockers. They have been in Deniz' solo band for more than 20 years. The first album they appeared on with Deniz was Glass Eye World, billed as Deniz Tek and the Golden Breed . Deniz, originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is known as a founding member of the Australian based band Radio Birdman. He has maintained a prolific career in both live performance and recording. His work spans multiple decades. He has toured extensively in Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia. He is an inductee in the Australian Music Hall of Fame and was voted number 7 of the top 100 Australian guitarists of all time by Australian Guitar Magazine. Fast Freight is basic, no-frills electric guitar rock and roll with a punk edge, recorded and mixed entirely on vintage analog equipment. Following the recent all-instrumental Lost For Words, and the rock album Mean Old Twister, replete with keyboard and horn arrangements, Fast Freight is a return to basic roots.

[engl] Finally, these are the first RADIOACTIVITY recordings after their 2015 acclaimed SILENT KILL album. "Erased was actually written just after we finished recording that record" Jeff Burke reveals. The song sounds like an evolution of that sound, with a driven riff following the classic Burke's melanchonic melodies. Th B-side, FEAR, goes back into the dark tone of the tough and radioactive Japanese days "It was written in 2011 when I was living there, but only got recorded properly in 2018".

[engl] Part Two of the Cellophane Suckers’ 45 RPM session series, 9 Tracks! WHITE VINYL running on 45RPM!

[engl] tour 45 with exclusive songs from this Perth, Australia four piece. Moments of pleasure will be always connected are for us with this release, it was first time meeting and seeing ZERODENT live on stage in June 2019! We´re overwhelmed by this unique sound of Lee Jenkins vocals and performance and Pex' relentless power pop guitar play and Clintons utopian pills overdosed bass lines fused with sped-up early TELEVISON PERSONALITIES riffs. Once they lock into a groove, they stay there and lock in all the energy in a buzzing cage. Songs bleed into one another and leave the audience in rather unmapped garage sonic fields. We never mentioned this but singer Lee Jenkins is original member of THE OPRESSED (1981, sic!). To see this anti-hero give his heart and soul is anything else but not fossilised rock pyrotechnics. Here are four more songs, with a distinctive odd ZERODENT feeling of anxiety and well placed sticky melodies. Mastered by Mikey Young, 150 copies available total in Europe.

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[engl] Th Da Freak is the project of Thoineau Palis, a young musician from Bordeaux who is obsessed with 90's slacker rock and the likes of Pavement, Sonic Youth or Sebadoh, which he mixes with dream pop, garage rock and bedroom pop influences. He's extremely productive (2 albums, 2 EPs and a double album of B-sides since 2017) and quite active in the city of Bordeaux, where he started a collective of musicians dedicated to promoting the local scene through concert organisation and cassette releases. This album is the first one that was recorded collectively as a group, with the musicians who have been accompanying on stage since the beginning. It's called 'Freakenstein' and was influenced by Palis' interest in classic Sci-Fi and Horror films

[engl] The six-song EP features the band's take on cover tunes by Patsy Cline, Jimmy Reed, Wanda Jackson, Gram Parsons, and Glen Glenn, as well as one original (a fresh new arrangement of the Keith-penned "Meet Me on the Corner", which first appeared on Motel Mirrors' 2013 debut). Recorded and mixed entirely on analog tape at Memphis' Electraphonic Recording, Gotta Lotta Rhythm will be available as a limited-edition one-sided 12" vinyl record in Europe, with music on one side and screen-printed artwork on the other, as well as digitally.

[engl] Mondo X play 13 tracks of monster R’n’R, in homage to such notables as Zacherle, The Sonics, Link Wray, Screamin’ Lord Sutch and The Revillos ! They even cover The Tall Boys (Meteors) classic ‘Just Another Half Hour ‘Til Sunrise’. A fine blend of Pop-Punk, Garage Punk, Surf with a nod to 50’s influenced R’n’R which will get even the most zombified up and moving…Tunes to wake the dead indeed ! Features members of The Band From Planet X (Canada) & Mondo a Go Go (Scotland) recorded on Halloween 2017. The fine artwork is by Marcel Bontempi.