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What I’ve Been Listening To (January 2026)

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January:

  1. Formaldehyde Junkies ‎– …Are A Total Wreck EP (2005)
  2. Subjects – Self-Titled Tape (2025)
  3. Happy Farm – Demo (2025)
  4. Hot Chicks – Reloaded (2025)
  5. Science Man – Monarch Joy – Part 3 – or The Laughing Hour (2025)
  6. Wasted Pido – Same Shit Eveywhere (2025)
  7. Puke Pisstols – The Lost Recordings (2026)
  8. Thee Amazing Andy California – Stomp EP (2026, older recordings)
  9. Beatniks – Beatniks EP (2016)
  10.  Bobbyteens – I Wanna Go 7” (1998)
  11.  Supreme Dicks – The Unexamined Life (1993)
  12.  Phil & The Spectras -Every Night 7” (2026)
  13.  Hurts & Noises #19 Johnny Sick Mixtape (2025)
  14.  Sick Thoughts – Goner LP Demos (2019)
  15.  Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments – Bait and Switch (1995)
  16.  Teengenerate – Audio Recording (1993)
  17.  Teengenerate – Savage!!! (1996)
  18.  Mala Vista – Snub Nose .38 7” EP (2025)
  19.  Beer – Beer III EP (2025)
  20.  Pisaur – SZKODLIWY NIZ ZNAD POLSKI 7” (2025)
  21.  Ultimatum – Demo (2025)
  22.  Flippeur – Elastique (2025)
  23.  Tee Vee Repairman – Goner and Total Punk 7” (2025)
  24.  D.I.V.A. and Jacket Burner – Split (2025)
  25.  Big Hog + Resource Network Split (2025)
  26.  Rearranged Face – Rear Ranged Face EP (2025)

Unfortunately, my list didn’t save in Microsoft Word, so I am probably missing some stuff here! I was able to list off the above based on my queues.

Boston’s Puke Pisstols’ debut “The Lost Recordings” is the best thing I heard this month! The latest rock and roll juggernaut from Andy Macbain/Hilken Mancini/Johnny Sheeran/Simon Simard. Supergroup! It has that classic Macbain blown out sound. I don’t know how he gets it! The whole gang is great though. And hey, we the KLYAM get a shout out on “Year of the Rat.” Holy shit!

There’s also a new Andy California release (older songs).

Lots of good shit, current and old, and a handful that were fine, but probably won’t receive a second listen!

Happy Farm had a sick demo! Weird ass, screechy vocals the way I love them! Maybe you’ll see them on a Best of 2025 list if I ever actually get around to that…..

See you soon suckers! – Chris

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What I’ve Been Listening To (December 2025)

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December:

  1. Split System – No Cops in Heaven/Pull the Trigger 7” (2025)
  2. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – Gorilla (1967)
  3. Larry & the Jerks – Kicked in the Head by Joe Devola (2024)
  4. Citric Dummies – “Split With Turnstile” (2025)
  5. The Paris Sisters – Sing Everything Under the Sun (1967)
  6. Angel Face – Out in the Street (2025)
  7. Premier Lawn Service- Pissed Off EP (2025)
  8. Half – HALF Live Demo (2025)
  9. Candypants – Candypants (2000)
  10.  Glueman – Glueman III (2025)
  11.  Outside View – 2025 Cuts (2025)
  12.  Spooky Visions – Unraveled EP (2025)
  13.  The Chocolate Watchband – The Inner Mystique (1968)
  14.  Country Christmas with Buck Owens, Glen Campbell, Ferlin Husky, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Sonny James, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (1967)
  15.  Ray Conniff and the Ray Conniff Singers – We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
  16.  Dean Martin – The Dean Martin Christmas Album (1966)
  17.  Baby Tyler – Sucker with a Dream (2025)
  18.  Freak Phone – Demo (2025)
  19.  Shitcontrol – Hungriga, Frusna och Lamslagna (2025)
  20.  Proglottid – Bodies Change to Dust (2018)
  21.  Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976)
  22.  DISPO – “Idüll” (2025)
  23.  Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments – Negative Guest List (1994)
  24.  Laughing Corpse – Beyond Recognition 7” (2025)
  25.  Cheap Fix – Re-animator Blues 7” (2025)
  26.  Giustino DiGregorio – Sprut (1995)
  27.  Tive – 恥部 (2022)
  28.  Coffin Lids – Live Trash (Abbey Lounge Records) “The Nice Price” (2005)
  29.  Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend (2025)
  30.  Bang! Bros – Hard Rocks Volume 1 (2012)
  31.  Itches – House Animal Included (2025)
  32.  Les Rallizes Dénudés – Heavier Than a Death in the Family (2002)
  33.  Institute – Salt EP (2014)
  34.  Hickey – Us vs Them 7” (1995)
  35.  Enuf – Demo (1988)
  36.  Doc Corbin Dart – Patricia (1990)

I don’t have a year ender for you yet! I’m still compiling that; stay tuned! In the meantime, this is what I listened to for the first time in December. Lots of Christmas music! I got a few new records this year. Dean Martin, Ray Conniff, a sweet Country compilation, in addition to all the usual classics I enjoy!

Angel Face’s Out in the Street was probably my favorite! No surprise with members hailing from the legendary Japanese Garage Punk outfit Teengenerate! I thought it was better than their previous releases. Not as fiery and messy as Teengenerate, but some sick, impressive Power Pop. Gritty and I saw them at Gonerfest in 2024 and we actually met them at the airport. Super kind! Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments is a band I’ve been meaning to listen to forever and have only done in bits and pieces over the years. I finally listened to a whole album! It was awesome! What have I been smoking this whole time? New Bedford icon Mike Mountain’s favorite! Scuzzy, not quite right, but fees too good to be wrong noisy rock and roll comparable to fellow Ohioans Pagans as well as Pussy Galore. To quote Marge Simpson “I Just Think they’re neat.” Freak Phone is a newer local band (Portland, ME) I have my eye on! I’ll see them at Midway on 1/31 and I hope to book them myself in the new year!

Happy New Year fuckers, suckers, bozos, jokers, smokers, uppers, downers, dinos, winos, dryjanuaryers, and keeping wet dreams alive. I’ll be posting my year enders soon enough. Maybe even a movie year ender????? Who knows?! Cheers! – Chris

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What I’ve Been Listening To (November 2025)

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It’s been fun doing these monthly documentations of what music I have been hearing for the first time! I look forward to making this post every month, but more importantly it will be even more enjoyable months and years later to look back and see where I was way back when.

November:

  1. Spoiled Brats – Jackie’s Never Coming Back 7” (1993)
  2. Eye Ball – Gull Songs (2025)
  3. BESTA QUADRADA – “S/T” (2025)
  4. Winston Hytwr’s Perfect Harmony – Perfect Harmony (2025)
  5. Sick Pleasure – Untitled (1982-1983)
  6. Overture – Demo (2025)
  7. Celebrity Sighting – …They’re Just Like Us (2024)
  8. Orange Whip – Orange Whip 7” (2025)
  9. Optic Sink – Lucky Number (2025)
  10.  Snorkler – Hot Dignity Dog and Other Future Classics (2025)
  11.  Puppet Wipes – Live Inside (2025)
  12.  Puppet Wipes – it’s called punk are you stupid? (2018)
  13.  Brenda and The Tabulations – Dry Your Eyes (1967)
  14.  Доктор Лазер – Болимпиада EP (2025)
  15.  Infiltrators – S/T (2025)
  16.  The Mamas and the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966) *I probably heard before in its entirety, but I don’t recall and I just got the record!
  17.  Retail Simps – Tantic Decapitation: 64 Minutes of Trichotomy and Liquefaction (2025)
  18.  Dru the Drifter – The Plumber (2025)
  19.  Jeff Clarke/ Movie Star Junkies Split 7” (2025)
  20.  Malcolm McLaren – Swamp Thing (1985)
  21.  Blondie – Blondie (1976)
  22.  Megan Thee Stallion – Something for Thee Hotties (2021)
  23.  Norm Dogs – S/T (2025)
  24.  The Blisters – Fast Food 7” (1987)
  25.  185 Miles South 1980 Hardcore and Punk Playlist
  26.  The Cowboys – Captain Easy’s Downfall (2025)
  27.  GUM – Demo (2025)
  28.  SLOKS – “FLESH / STAB ME” 7” (2025)
  29.  Thought Partner – Work Cake (2021)
  30.  Jacket Burner – Eat Shit + Die (2025)
  31.  ADMIN – Systems EP (2025)
  32.  Useless Eaters – Egg Shell/Rub 7” (2025)
  33.  Thought Partner – When Your Money Fails (2025)
  34.  Gee Tee – Demo (2022 – unreleased tracks from a few years before that…)
  35.  Odd Future – 12 Odd Future Songs (2011)
  36.  Bitch Boys – Jag Trivs (1980)
  37.  KISS – KISS (1974)
  38.  Adult Learners – Demo 2025 (2025)
  39.  Killer Kin – Killer Kin (2023)
  40.  Hack Hack Hack – Demo 1st (2025)
  41.  Th Fingers – Isolation 7” (1978)
  42.  Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising (1985)
  43.  Teengenerate Live at the Empty Bottle (recorded 1995, released 2025)
  44.  Screen Star – Cop City EP (2025)
  45.  Snooper – Worldwide (2025)
  46.  Triple 6 Mafia – Body Parts (1-4) (1996, 1997, 2005, 2013)
  47.  The Teardrop Explodes – Richard Skinner Session (1981)
  48.  Frantix – My Dad’s a Fuckin’ Alcoholic (recorded 1982-1983, released 2014)
  49.  Butter Swamp – Nightmare On Butter Street! (2025)
  50.  KNEE – S/T EP (2024)
  51.  Whyte Lipstick – Deadbeat (2025)
  52.  P.V. – Behold (A dude) (2025)

A lot of Punk and Garage and blah blah blah as usual. Lot of current releases including some local heads: Whyte Lipstick, P.V., Orange Whip, and Adult Learners! All great live bands too! I tried to also lean into some other genres a bit more like Hip Hop. Meagan Thee Stallion, Odd Future, and Triple 6 Mafia. I listened to Blondie’s debut album (I had previously only heard the singles) and Malcolm McLaren’s Swamp Thing at the recommendation of a friend. I didn’t even know he made music! It was a bizarre one and I don’t know if I’ll revisit or not, but it was worth the ride!

December is here and you know what that means…

Here’s a Christmas playlist I made a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZVqiyAMw1o&list=PL287kpvhH9PxBAs9St-8xzvtgXa5bHUGY

Also, time to start working on those year enders! Cheers! – Chris

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What I’ve Been Listening To (October 2025)

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October has come and gone… way too fast! I often listened to a Halloween mix I made 5 years ago as I do every October!

Anyways, below is stuff I listened to for the first time ever. Lot of new shit, Lot of punk shit. Got into Schizos again. Not sure if I ever listened to their stuff before besides a Live at Hi-Tone record in which they were thrown out of the Hi-Tone venue! I was there! It was a Gonerfest after party. It was a crazy show and then I saw them again there a year later. They somehow managed to sneak their way in under an alias. At THAT show I got a concussion. Records can’t do justice, but they come close enough! Another stand out for me was an album I never thought I’d ever actually see or hear or whatever.  Incoqnekro – Incoqnekromicon (2006). I read about this years ago on the Black Lips’ Wikipedia page, but either it wasn’t linked there before or I’m just a fool. But former Black Lip Joe Bradley apparently produced this Atlanta Hip Hop album and lent his own raps in the mix too! As one G. Gordon Gritty also noted, it sounds like proto 200 Million Thousand (2009) for you Lips fans out there! Give it a listen here. Solid, fun rap album! And pretty damn obscure. I can’t find it from a Google search and can’t find much on it beyond a Myspace page via wayback machine. https://incoqnekro.bandcamp.com/album/incoqnekronomicon

October:

  1. Tall Juan – Raccoon Nights Demos (2025)
  2. Science Man – Monarch Joy Part 2 (2025)
  3. Black Flag – Panic Demos (1978)
  4. Joe Glass – Slither (2022)
  5. Nape Neck – Nape Neck (2020)
  6. Nape Neck – Look Alive EP (2022)
  7. Nape Neck – The Shallowest End (2025)
  8. R.M.F.C. – Ecstatic Strifeby (2025)
  9. The Slash – Demo (2025)
  10.  Life Stinks – Life Stinks (2013)
  11.  The Unknowns – Looking From the Outside (2025)
  12.  The Thought Criminals – Hilton Bomber (Full 7” released 1978, reissued 2025)
  13.  The Reatards – Plastic Surgery 7” (2005)
  14.  Ramones – Subterranean Jungle (1983)
  15.  C4 – Payback’s A Bitch (2025)
  16.  I.C.B.M. – A Nation Ends (2025)
  17.  The Kinks – Muswill Hillbillies (1971)
  18.  Picniclunch – snaxbandwitches (2025)
  19.  Black Lips – Season of the Peach (2025)
  20.  Quintron and Miss Pussycat – Crystal Crunchy EP (2025)
  21. Schizos – Fuck Iggy Pop (2016)
  22.  Schizos – Schizos (2019)
  23.  Schizos – Come Back With A Warrant (2021)
  24.  Grimly Pleased – Here For Pleasure (2023)
  25.  Incoqnekro – Incoqnekromicon (2006)
  26.  Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free (2000)
  27.  Echo, Bravo – Der Tod und das Mädchen (2024)
  28.  Cody Switch – Straight for Pay (2022)
  29.  The Thermals – Parts Per Million (2003)
  30.  Normativ – Demo_1 (2025)
  31.  Atomic Candy Creeps – II (2025)
  32. 1-800 Mikey/Gee Tee – Split (2025)
  33.  Ryan Kidd – Rock N Rule (2025)
  34.  Adam Green – Falling Around EP (2025)
  35.  Shadowing – Body Neutral EP (2025)
  36.  No Peeling – No Peeling 7” (2025)
  37.  Buzzcocks – UK Punk Demos (1976)
  38.  Pack – S/T (1978)

Already working on November! – Chris

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What I’ve Been Listening To (September 2025)

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September:

  1. Pufffer – Street Hassle (2025)
  2. Radical Riot – Anorexia demo (1986)
  3. Bloodstains Across California 02: The Manson & Tates State (1993 – songs from 1977-1982)
  4. Bloodstains Across the Midwest: The Kent State Region (1994 – songs from 1977-1982)
  5. Supercharger – The Singles Party (1992/1993)
  6. See/Saw Best Punk August 2025
  7. The Christmas Bride – The River Teen EP (2012)
  8. The Spaceshits – Full Fisted Action! EP (1996)
  9. Ideal Victim – Rage Letters EP (2025)
  10. Tee Vee Repairman – Patterns EP (2021)
  11. Tee Vee Repairman – Big 4 Mah Boots EP (2023)
  12.  Moron – Live in Captivity tape (2015)
  13.  Maripili – Maripil 7” (2025)
  14.  Magazino – Volume 1 (2025)
  15.  The Flesh Eaters – A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die (1981)
  16.  Borbetomagus – Borbetomagus (1982)
  17.  Minutemen – Paranoid Time 7” (1980)
  18.  GG Allin and The Jabbers – Always Was, Is, and Always Shall Be (1980)
  19.  Black Abba – BL’Abba (2015)
  20.  Pylon Reenactment Society – Part Time Punks Session EP (2016)
  21.  The Darts – I Like You, But Not Like That (2019)
  22.  Silkworm – In the West (1994)
  23.  Cast of Thousands – Useful People EP (2025)
  24.  W.I.T.C.H. – Introduction (1972)
  25.  FAKE! – Four Tunes (2025)
  26.  The Heartattacks – Here Comes The Heartattacks (2005)
  27.  Dona Casque – S/T (2025)
  28.  NASTYFACTS – Drive My Car (Full 12-inch, originally released as a 7-inch in 1981 / Reissued 2022)
  29.  Joy Division – An Ideal for Living EP (1978)
  30.  Liquids – Earthlings Make Piss in the Rock Garden of Despair (2025)
  31.  Dollhouse – Demo (2019)
  32.  Rattle Sharp Candy – Sticky Sam (2025)
  33.  Theeee Retail Simps – Theeee Retail Simps are Sophisticated Doods LIVE! Bootleg tape! (2025)
  34.  V/A – Snap! Crackle! Pop! Where The Action Is, Vol. 1 (2025)
  35.  Dollbait – a revolting simulacrum of femininity (2025)
  36.  The Prize – In the Red (2025)

I keep saying each month I’ll listen to more new (both actual new and older music I have never heard before) shit and I never meet my intentions! Ohh well! This was my best effort. Several of these bands I’ve listened to many times, but I either don’t recall listening to the recordings here or I never heard them before! Lot of good shit, but I can’t pinpoint a favorite. Frankly much of it I have a hard time remembering, because it’s so much. Anyway, cheers to October… – Chris

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Johnnie and the Foodmasters Gigography!

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Johnnie and the Foodmasters recently celebrated 10 years of mayhem! Below is a list of every gig (even if they were debatable!) we ever played to the best of my recollection!

Johnnie and the Foodmasters Gigography:

2015:

  1. July 4 – 1st Annual Lower Allston Rock ‘n’ Roll Speedtrials featuring Nice Guys, Miami Doritos, Dinoczar, Black Beach, Charlie, Drug Dogs, Grave Ideas, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Axe Horders
  2. October 3 – Kids Like You & Me Present: The Shallow End Divers, Drug Dogs, Johnnie and the Foodmasters (first club show!), KLYAM DJ Set – Cantab Lounge/ Club Bohemia DECARLO AND C SOLID 1ST SHOW!!!
  3. October 31 – Gritty’s Grandmother’s 90th Birthday/Halloween Party! – Crystal Community Club (Wakefield, MA)
  4. November 20 – Kids Like You & Me and Bob Records Present: Future Spa (“Girl” CD EP Release Show!), The Double Buscemis, The Rococo Bang, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Out of the Blue Too Gallery
  5. November 21 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: The Lonely Machines,Future Spa, Squash, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Wilder Zangcraft
  6. December 14 – Kids Like You & Me and Rad Castle Present: Gravel, The Nude Party, Adam PC, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – ZuZu

2016:

  • January 14 – David Bowie Tribute Night: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Sun Young, Band Without Hands, Dead Elect, Jarva Land, A. Campbell Payne, Spirit Level, JoJo, Burlesque Poetress, Sophia Belle and Valentin Prince, Sam Apotheker, hosted by Jenny French – Out of the Blue
  • January 30 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Cavemen,Birthing Hips, Steam Traktor, Candy Miami – Black Lodge
  • February 6 – Sleeper Radio Presents: Sleeper Sampler: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Dinoczar,Burglary Years, Wydyde, Black Hatch, Poor Posture – PA’s Lounge
  • April 1 and 2 – Out of the Blue Fools Fest: The Barbazons, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Midriffs,Puzzle Mansion, Magic Shoppe, IAN, The Channels, Sound of Ceres,Pick a Piper, Earthquake Party, Steep Leans,Vanishing DMC, Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth, Sam Gas Can, Procedure Club, Neolibz, Arkm Foam, Horse Jumper of Love, Rosie and the Rosies, Frank Hurricane, Secret Lover, Mardi Kings, Horsehands, Jarva Land, Birthing Hips, Sun Young,Every Kim Parcell, Sunshine, Bat House, Só Sol, Dyr Faser, The Forgotten Jam, The 7th House, Audrey Harrer, John Cushing Trio, Patchouli Mist, Candy Miami, Fat Shuggy – Out of the Blue Too (Foodmasters played on April 2)
  • April 28-30: KIDS LIKE YOU & ME’S RAMA LAMA DING DONG!
    April 30 – Guerilla Toss, Ursula, The Barbazons, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Electric Street Queens – Middle East Upstairs LINDIE’S FIRST SHOW!!!
  • May 12 – B.J. Snowden, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – The Plough ‘n’ Stars
  • May 21 – Porchfest/Hassle Party – The Temple
  • May 28 – Squash, Eliza and the Organix, Rabbithole, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – uncharted

2017:

  1. February 4 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters (return show!!!), Thee Cavemyn, Jim Leonard, Peach Ring – Club Bohemia
  2. February 20 – Streight Angular (EP Release show), Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Viennagram,Jarva Land, Cute Uterus, The Dead Air, Deathhand, Surprise Party, Brian Gordon – P.A.’s Lounge
  3. March 27 – Kids Like You & Me and Rad Castle Present: Birthing Hips, -1, Body Meat, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – ZuZu
  4. April 1 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: A Mouth Is a Mouth Noise Fest Part III featuring Fat Shuggy, Sam Rog, April & the Foolmasters, Picniclunch, Tom Ashton, vbit 32, >>>>>>>>>>> – Trixie’s Palace
  5. May 29 – The Cavemen, Hot Tramps, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Cult Fiction – ZuZu
  6. June 16 – Kids Like You & Me’s Rama Lama Ding Dong featuring The Monsieurs, Creaturos, Littlefoot, Germ House, Jim Leonard, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Middle East Upstairs
  7. October 6 – Kids Like You & Me Present: Johnnie and the Foodmasters (2nd Anniversary), _highlightreel, Picniclunch, Dylan and the Ded Beets – Club Bohemia
  8. October 20 – Andy California and Mr. Airplane Man Record Release w/ Johnnie and the Foodmasters and Sticker Shock – The Jeanie Johnston
  9. October 28 – The Shangri-las (Littlefoot), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Steep Leans & Friends), Pulp Fiction (Johnnie and the Foodmasters), Eminem (James Coarse) – The Farm
  10. November 4 – A Mouth is a Mouth Noise Fest Part IV: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, James Coarse reading from “American Light Beer,” Poacher, Chill City Icon, G. Gordon Gritty, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> – The ratsnest
  11. December 22 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters Holiday Party with American Whip Appeal and an impromptu performance from Request Freebird – Lindie’s Place
  12. December 31 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, American Whip Appeal, New Aura, Phlegm, Scum – The Farm

2018:

  •  March 10 – Burger Revolution RI featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, The Monsieurs, Atlantic Thrills, Harvey Garbage, Strange Fuzz, Super Natural II, Cherry Pit, Clever Girls, Night Nurses – News Café
  •  April 14 – Kids Like You & Me and Dann Lawrence Present: Bashful Slasher, Request Freebird, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, The Glue, Someone Else’ Blood – The Farm
  •  June 23 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: RAMA LAMA DING DONG! featuring The Monsieurs, Nice Guys, Rene Chambers (Jim Leonard – “A Brief History of Slime re-release”), Love Strangers, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, James Coarse reading – Cambridge Elks Lodge
  •  July 13 – Kids Like You & Me Presents American Whip Appeal (“Live in NY” KLYAM Records tape release), Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Bashful Slasher, The Glue – The Farm
  •  October 6 – A is for Awesome 1 featuring Andy California, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Harvey Garbage and the Flowers, Detroit Rebellion, Tall Teenagers, Song Birds – The Parlour (Providence)
  •  December 21 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: Love Strangers, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, American Whip Appeal, The Glue – Dorchester Art Project

2019:

  • February 16 – Kids Like You & Me presents: Mr. Airplane Man, Sticker Shock, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Club Bohemia
  • March 16 – Kids Like You & Me presents A Mouth is a Mouth Noise Fest Part VI featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Evicshen, Birthday Ass, Thighs, Pain Chain, Eric Baylies, Healers, KLYAM Haus Band – Trixie’s Palace
  • June 8 – Kids Like You & Me Presents: Mickey Bliss with Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Life Partners, Love Strangers Duo (LSD) – Club Bohemia
  • June 29 – KLYAM Presents: Booji Boys, Idiot Genes, Sticker Shock, Johnnie & The Foodmasters – Ted House
  • July 5 – The Cavemen / TVO / Johnnie and the Foodmasters – O’Brien’s Pub
  • Rama Lama Ding Dong 2019:
    July 13 – Unnatural Axe, Nice Guys, Atlantic Thrills, Andy California, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Cambridge Elks Lodge
  • July 17 – Gull Boy, Dave Allison, Diamonds, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Sally O’Brien’s
  • August 1 – KLYAM Presents: Andy California, The Swettes, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Hong Kong
  • August 31 – KLYAM Presents: Mavis The Dog, American Whip Appeal, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, F – Dorchester Art Project
  • September 7 – KLYAM Presents: Mickey Bliss, Gull Boy, The Mystery – Club Bohemia
  • October 19 – 4752 Festival – New Bedford – Baylies Band, Life Partners, Bunnies, Carl Simmons, Hill Haints, Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Scarecity, Lazertuth, Leap the dips, Moist Boy, Heavy Gaze, Talvez, Picniclunch – Solstice Skateboarding, Destination Soups, Paradise McFee Gallery, Alison Wells Gallery, Circa, No Problemo (Foodmasters played at Destination Soups)
  • November 16 – KLYAM Presents: M.O.T.O, Electric Street Queens, Sticker Shock, Johnnie & The Foodmasters – Club Bohemia
  • December 20 – KLYAM XMAS FREAKOUT/HOLIDAY HANGOVER PARTY W/ Johnnie & The Foodmasters, The Swettes, American Whip Appeal & The Glue, and Children of the Flaming Wheel – Dorchester Art Project

2021:

  • June 26 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Club Bohemia (Winthrop)
  • September 18 – Kids Like You & Me Present: Somerville Underground Pop Arts & Performance Showcase: Picniclunch, Margaret Garett, Thighs, Sidebody, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Lincoln Park (Somerville)
  • October 5 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Tysk Tysk Task, What Famine – The Jungle
  • November 13 – Rama Lama Ding Dong ft. Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Kathy Snax, The Swettes, Silver Synthetic, and Unnatural Axe – O’Brien’s Pub
  • December 17 – KLYAM Presents… Hungover For The Holidaze Party featuring Colleen Green, Children of the Flaming Wheel, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Kremlin Bats w/ KLYAM Spinning Vinyl! – Club Bohemia

2022:

  • April 18 – Nervous Guys, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, At Stan’s Bris, Dew Myron – Furry Frat (impromptu!)
  • May 16 –, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, The Alaskas, Guppy – O’Brien’s Pub
  • May 26 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters (not whole band) – Gloucester Elks?
  • June 27 – KLYAM Presents: Rong, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Pledge Pins – Charlie’s Kitchen
  • July 23 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters – Club Bohemia (Winthrop)
  • August 27 – KLYAM Summer Series @ Morse Kelly Courtyard (Somerville) w/ Mickey Bliss, Kremlin Bats, Strega Strega, Estradiol
  • September 17 – KLYAM Summer Series – SOMERVILLE UNDERGROUND POP ARTS AND PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE (SUPAPS) @ Lincoln Park (Somerville) w/ Lupo Citta, Picniclunch, Bridge of Flowers, and Johnnie and the Foodmasters
  • September 29 – Bradford Barker & Unwavering Beacon of Righteousness, Mairead, Alasksas, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – The Jungle
  • November 12 – RAMA LAMA DING DONG! Germ House, Children of the Flaming Wheel, Father Hotep, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, KLYAM DJ Doo Wop – O’Brien’s Pub
  • December 18 – KLYAM HOLIDAY PARTY – Nice Guys, Adult Learners, The Swettes, Johnnie and the Foodmasters, KLYAM DJ – State Park

2023:

  • February 11 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters – Cantina La Mexicana (Somerville)
  • March 31 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Gimmick, Merry Merry, Con Tex @ American Legion, Jamaica Plain
  • April 14 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Princess Bleach, Starbath @ News Cafe, Pawtucket RI
  • April 15 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Mill, Amatoxis, Wallfacer, GT Arpe @ Caffeine Underground, Brooklyn NY
  • April 16 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Bungler, Emmett Drueding, Phil Spector’s Gun @ Tincan Bar, Philadelphia PA
  • April 17 – Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Bridge of Flowers, Ian St. George @ 10 Forward, Greenfield MA
  • July 8 – KLYAM Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Dilemma Rose and the Wailing Milfs, Noah Britton, Tiny the Bear, Merry Merry – Powderhouse Park (1-5PM)
  • August 5 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Tyler and the Names, Persistent Fools – Club Bohemia (Winthrop)
  • August 15 – Banana, Skeeter De Milo, Johnnie and the Foodmasters – O’Brien’s Pub
  • September 22 – Andy California, Jack of Heart, Pledge Pins, Johnnie & The Foodmasters – Idlehands (Malden)
  • November 11 – KLYAM Presents Rama Lama Ding Dong 2023 featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Balaclava, Gossip Collar, Nurse Joy, Orange Whip – O’Brien’s Pub
  • December 18 – KLYAM Holiday Party featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Dilemma Rose and the Wailin’ MILFs, Delons – Silhouette

2024:

  • February 25 – KLYAM 2nd Annual Winter Party / Egg vs. Chain Punk Showcase w/ Johnnie & The Foodmasters, Lupo Citta, Loretta, Gossip Collar, Freak – Cambridge Community Center
  • March 16 – KLYAM Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters Party w/ Devil Honey (1st show!) and Jarsch! – Lilypad
  • April 12 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Atlantic Thrills, Orange Whip – Myrtle (Providence)
  • April 13 – KLYAM Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Motorhawk, Red Herrings – Deep Thoughts
  • April 14 - Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Ian St. George, Fragile Rabbit – The Rat Trap (Holyoke, MA)
  • April 15 – KLYAM PRESENTS Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Private Lives, White Knuckle – Casa Del Popolo (Montréal)
  • June 17 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Nurse Joy, K.O. Queen, War Machine – O’Brien’s Pub
  • July 21 – KLYAM Presents: KIDS LIKE YOU AND ME 15TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!! Featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Kremlin Bats (special solo set of hits!), KLYAM DJ – State Park
  • August 2-4: Pissmas! August 2 -Adblocker, Slobbercake, Girl Plower,k DJ Gender – Glue Factory; August 3 in collaboration with Cuck – K.O. Queen, Nurse Joy, Fae Feral, Jarsch, Mae Flux, Panonica, The Front Three, Good Judgement, Dry Talker – Spontaneous Celebrations; August 4 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, The Infinite Wet Secret, Abyss, Qu33rbait, Shinedown2, Besotted, Peekaboo, Drag performance of Moonstruck – Mycelium (Foodmasters played August 4th at Mycellium)
  • October 19 – 4752 Festival (New Bedford) – Johnnie and the Foodmastes @ Play Arcade!
  • October 25 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Casa Del Sicomoro
  •  November 9 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Film and Gender, Slow Job, Signal Chain – Distant Castle (Worcester)
  •  November 16 – KLYAM Presents: Rama Lama Ding Dong! w/ Johnnie and The Foodmasters, Gossip Collar, Adult Learners, KO Queen, and Feeling Figures – O’Brien’s Pub
  • December 20 – KLYAM Holiday Party ft. Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Whyte Lipstick, Puke Pisstols – Lilypad

2025:

  • January 29 -CUCK Presents!: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Hink, The Manglers, Nick and the The Adversaries – Tiki Rock
  • March 14 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Lurchiana, Future Suzie – Jeanie Johnston
  • March 22 – KLYAM PRESENTS: SPRING BREAK PARTY! featuring Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Fugue State (album release show!), Intac, Deuce Club – O’Brien’s Pub
  • May 9 – KLYAM PRESENTS: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, PV, Memory Lame – Ralph’s Rock Diner (Worcester)
  • May 10 – Somerville Porchfest: Johnnie and the Foodmasters – Casa Del Sicomoro (4-6!)
  • May 23 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Grommets, Grimly – Jeanie Johnston
  • June 27 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Jersey Calling, Double Star, Futon Lasagna – O’Brien’s Pub
  • August 14 – KLYAM Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters’ 10th Anniversary!/Tour Kickoff! with K.O. Queen and Electric Street Queens – Deep Cuts
  • August 15 – KLYAM Presents: Johnnie and the Foodmasters, Theee Retail Simps – P’Tit Ours (Montreal)

95 total!

UPCOMING!:

NOVEMBER 22 – RAMA LAMA DING DONG! w/ Film & Gender, Germ House, Devil Honey, Lithophones – O’Brien’s Pub

DECEMBER 21 – KLYAM HOLIDAY PARTY!!! – Midway Cafe (3PM!)

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What I’ve Been Listening To (August 2025)

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August:

  1. Abe and the Shits – Demo 3 (2025)
  2.  Dead Moon – Unknown Passage (1989)
  3.  Ryan Kidd – Remote View/Cracked 7” (2025)
  4. LiveFastDie – Bandana Thrash Record (2006)
  5. Jacket Burner – Tonite EP (2025)
  6. 208 – Nearby (2022)
  7. 208 – Enough Enough! (2019)
  8. 208 – Possession (2024)
  9. Pet Cop – Artificial Stupidity (2024)
  10.  King Khan – Mother Nature’s Plan (2021)
  11.  Bloodshot Bill – So Fed Up (2025)
  12.  Sick Thoughts – Another Piece of Plastic (2025)
  13.  Bottle Rocket OST (1996)
  14.  Justin Lally – We Eat the Doom (2025)
  15.  The Cookies – In Paradise (1954)
  16.  The Crystals – He’s a Rebel (1963)
  17.  Piss Tape – Pissmas 2025 Pelvic Floor Compilation! (2025)
  18.  Fugue State – In the Lurch (2025)
  19.  G. Gordon Gritty/Nervous Guys Split Tape (2025)
  20.  Hunx and His Punx – Walk Out On This World (2025)
  21.  Mr. (Redacted) – Transmission (2025)
  22.  Eurythmics – Greatest Hits (1991, music from 1982-1989)
  23.  Wavves, Zach Hill & Andy Moran – Babes (2009)
  24.  La Isla Electronica – S/T (2025)
  25.  Plusser – citrine (2025)
  26.  Osees – Abomination Revealed At Last (2025)
  27.  Gnomocop – S/T (2025)
  28.  Alley Girl – Peregrine Rambler (2025)
  29.  Registrators – Terminal Boredom (1996)
  30.  Gerinc – REKLAMÁCIÓ (2025)

Lots of great stuff here! I was blown away by Mr. (Redacted)! A Punk/Hardcore band with a tambourine player! That’s how we do it!

Looking forward to September! Gonerfest is right around the corner and we’re getting pumped!

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What I’ve Been Listening To (July 2025)

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Damn, another slow month! Not a fault of any artists out there, in fact there’s too much! Nevertheless, below is a list of music (beyond individual songs) I listened to for the first time. Here’s to August!

  1. Crush Fund – New Fixation EP (2024)
  2. Closet Fairies – No Idea (2015 – recorded 2008 or 2009)
  3. Jarsch – The Going Gets Tough (2025)
  4. Elle Barbara – Délice Créole / Peach Purée (2021)
  5. Elle Barbara – Word on the Street (2025)
  6. Dipzit – Fast Demo (2025)
  7. New Bomb Turks – Pissing Out the Poison compilation (1995)
  8. Black Sabbath – The Master of Reality (1971)
  9. ARSE – COMPLETE (2025)
  10.  Fuckin’ Lovers – Crucifixion of the Masses 7” (2025)
  11.  Artificial Go – Musical Chairs (2025)
  12.  Tunnel of Love Tape (early, unreleased recordings tape personally made for me! 1998-2001 including Power to Kill EP?!)*
  13.  The Langley Schools Music Project – Innocence & Despair (2001 – recorded 1976/1977)
  14.  Pre-1977 Punk and Proto Punk Playlist (185 Miles South Podcast 2025)
  15.  1979 Hardcore and Punk Playlist (185 Miles South Podcast 2025)
  16.  Black Sabbath – Volume 4 (1972)
  17.  New Bomb Turks – Information Highway Revisited (1994)
  18.  New Bomb Turks – Scared Straight (1996)
  19.  New Bomb Turks – Rope’s End (1998)
  20.  Young Adults – Demo (2010)
  21.  Young Adults – Black Hole (2010)
  22.  Waylon Thornton – Hat Made of Hair (2025)
  23.  Waylon Thornton – Sunshine Vampire (2025)
  24.  Waylon Thornton – Screwballs Trip Folly (2025)
  25.  The Space Lady – The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits (2013)
  26.  Finale – Vision de Futuro (2020)
  27.  Hole – Live Through This (1994)
  28.  German Measles – A German Joke is No Laughing Matter (2010)

*Singer Andy Macbain personally made me this tape of early, unreleased Tunnel of Love recordings and it’s ferocious! I’m forever grateful! Sounds amazing as always! One of those bands where you stop dead in your tracks and think fuck, no one else is doing anything like this at least I haven’t heard it! A quality I aspire to have, because let’s face it, I can’t hack in the real world. But, who the fuck wants to live there?

Love,

Chris

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What I’ve Been Listening To (June 2025)

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First post in a long, long time! – Chris

Below is my best efforts to keep track of music I am listening to that is new to me! In other words, I am listening to them for the first time with the occasional exception! LPs, EPs, Comps, etc. Would be too many to list if I included just individual songs! First album may surprise you!

2025:

June (starting June 5th):

  1. Captain Beefheart – Safe as Milk (1967)
  2. Slags – Lick It (2025) EP
  3. No Victim – Self-Titled Tape (2025)
  4. At the Party! 16 Rompin’ Stompin’ Lease Breakin’ Tunes (1986 – songs from 50s, 60s or at least 60s!)
  5. Cult Crime – Self-Titled (2025)
  6. Liquids – Tennessee Rose EP (2025)
  7. SexFaces – Young Team Demos (2023)
  8. SexFaces – Bad Vibes OST LP (2025)
  9. Lightning Bolt – Student Center 1994 1st Show (released in 2025)
  10.  Gay Mayor – Don’t Tread on Pete (2017)
  11.  Tombs – No Fucker (2023)
  12.  King Blood – Eye I Aye Ivy (2025)
  13.  Jean Mignon – Dirty Mean Fast (2024)
  14.  Atlantic Thrills – III (2025)
  15.  The Boys – The Boys (1977)
  16.  The White Wires – WWI (2008)
  17.  Artificial Go – Hopscotch Fever (2024)
  18.  Snorkler – Sleven Songs (2025) *heard before I think! *
  19.  The Intelligence – Live in SF (2016)
  20.  The Hunches – Dance Alone EP (2002)
  21.  The Hunches – Same New (2018)
  22.  The Hunches – The Hunches (2016)
  23.  Gino and The Goons – Gino and the Goons (2025)
  24.  Blacula OST (1972)
  25.  Heavenly Bodies – TAPE (2020)
  26.  Twisted Teens – S/T (2024)
  27.  Cause Commotion – It’s Time! Singles and EPs (2005-2008)
  28.  Patrol – S/T (2024)
  29.  Fib – Heavy Lifting (2025)
  30.  The Swankys – Very Best of Hero (1985)
  31.  The Samples – Demo EP (1981)
  32.  DFX – Four Songs EP (2024)
  33.  The Kirks – Get Out EP (1997)
  34.  Magic Juan – Will Power (1993)
  35.  L’il Bunnies – S/T EP (1995)
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Conference of Musicians – A RECAP!

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Flyer by Simon Simard

Our Conference of Musicians held at the Lilypad on Saturday, February 1st was a great success! We heard a plethora of opinions from a wide variety of the music community. It was truly humbling! We all acknowledged how scary it is out there, but that there is still hope. Some of that hope begins at places like these. We don’t have a one size fits all answer, but some ideas to start. KLYAM intends on hosting another conference in the future and we encourage this ongoing conversation. Below are some thoughts based on the discussion we had that night.

Takeaways:

  • There are people in this city (Boston, MA) and surrounding areas (even states, with some folks from CT speaking) who care about the local music scene and vocalize how much of an impact it has had on their lives – musically, spiritually, socially, ethically, and politically. It is a place for those who feel ostracized from society and a space to find like minded individuals. Also, to share their love of music and their own music/art, but also to be exposed to new music/art.
  • In spite of a mountain of obstacles and issues, we have a great scene here in Boston and the wider New England region; however, it could be MUCH, MUCH greater. It has also been on a decline and we are losing many of our venues/spaces over the past few decades.
  • The scene is fragmented and needs to be more unified through diverse bills, people attending more shows, going to shows in other parts of New England such as Worcester, Lowell, Providence, RI to name a few, and exposing music/fringe genres/shows themselves to friends, co-workers, neighbors anyone – online, but importantly in person.
  • Additionally, make people feel welcomed, included, and make resources such as show calendars and other curated media more widely available to the public. In particular, create a more diverse, equitable environment for marginalized groups. Accessibility – figuratively and literally (emphasis on creating spaces that allow disabled folks to still be able to enjoy the show i.e. chairs for them, ramps, ability to still see the “stage” outside of the pit area).
  • Conversely, while we want to embrace more outsiders, we still want to keep the underground protected with DIY spaces under the radar of the authorities. We still want the scene to maintain it’s alternative character. Constructive criticism and dissent within the scene are valuable and necessary.
  • We need to continue to have more grounded, organized forums for such discussions as these.
  • It’s tough out there financially (and every other way), but spending money to support local artists and the venues and whatever products they have for sale at the venues such as drinks is paramount to keep these places open and thriving.
  • While many of us want a new Great Scott, folks are leery about the presentation of the venue looking like a luxury apartment building. Will the venue continue to serve the community or simply outside corporate interests? We hope this doesn’t change O’Brien’s Pub (will be located next door) as that has been a major hub for both seasoned underground performers as well as new comers. We need both.

Nevaeh Berenato also covered the conference for Cambridge Day! https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/02/18/bands-make-some-noise-about-diy-quandary-getting-audiences-but-not-too-much-attention/