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#684

July 22, 2025

Week seven of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series. If you are just coming onboard, the 6 preceding shows have an equal selection of goodness to what you find here: electronic artists: [Kolo, Violet Nox and Cathode Ray Tube], 90s releases by artists such as 27, SugarBitch, The 360s, Sebadoh, Pie, Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple, Waitiki, Goat Boy, Fearless Pedestrians, 80’s artists such as Turbines, The 2×4’s, Space Negros, Insteps, Art Yard, The Wild Stares, Volcano Suns, Vandykes, Limbo Race, The Peecocks, Siamese Triplets, The Freeze, 70s artists Thrills and W.L.A. Boom Boom Band, plus some more recent artists: Value Added, Ursula, Uranium Daughters, The Very and Unit One. A lot of good sounds to explore.

The 2x4's

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Artist Song Release Label
Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple Clutch (Lifestyle Mix) Meta Varicose Brand
Kolo Triple Agent Diversions of Grandeur C.F.O.M.
Violet Nox Dentscape Nebula Reverb Worship
Cathode Ray Tube Halo Dismount Jazz Decades no label
27 The Cause Let The Light In Hydra Head Records
SugarBitch Venus Headstash Famous Glamorous Artists Coffee College
The 360s When I’m High When I’m High BMG Music
Thrills (I Don’t Want) No Sympathy N.A.F.I.T.C. Original Boston Punk 1977-1981CD Dionysus Records / Bacchus Archives
Turbines Whirlpool Early Turbines Metal Snowball Records
Sebadoh Vampire Sub Pop Promo CD #9 Sub Pop
Pie Plastic Vistas 4th Independent Label Festival Purely Promotional Disc Makers
The 2×4’s Bridgeport Lathe The 2×4’s Metal Snowball Records
Value Added In Session Tell Us Like We Are Harriet Records

Artist Song Release Label
Ursula Cavegrrl Hair Salon no label
Goat Boy Satellite Baby Detect The Mind Control Helicopters 100% Breakfast!
Fearless Pedestrians Wondering Detect The Mind Control Helicopters 100% Breakfast!
Space Negros We Will Fall The Arf! Arf! [El Cheapo] 2-CD Sampler Arf! Arf!
Waitiki L’Ours Chinois Rendezvous In Okonkuluku Pass Out Records
Unit One Pikachoo Altered State Turtle Island
Uranium Daughters Sunshine Underwater When Pigs Fly – EP Pterrr Records
The Very Steve Jobs The Universe Of You Harriet Records
Insteps Broken Broken Boston Underground 1979 – 1982 Moulty Records
Art Yard Sixty Cycle Hum Boston Underground 1979 – 1982 Moulty Records
The Wild Stares My Philosopher The Wasted Years Ace Of Hearts Records
Volcano Suns Tree Stomp Claws! Throbbing Lobster
Vandykes Spring Claws! Throbbing Lobster
Limbo Race There Goes Kafka A Wicked Good Time, Volume Two Modern Method Records
The Peecocks Oh Boy Arf! Arf! Presents Arf! Arf!
Siamese Triplets Worms Arf! Arf! Presents Arf! Arf!
W.L.A. Boom Boom Band At The Rat Live At The Rat Rat Records
The Freeze Time Bomb / Boston Not L.A. This Is Boston Not L.A. Modern Method Records

#683

July 15, 2025

The penultimate Gulls Window Circus New England series show – week six of seven: it is a mostly-90s CD-only show that is fairly guaranteed to introduce new artists to you [John Hovorka and the Dawn of Mechanized Farming, Overboard, Noise Pencil, Paper Thin Stages, The Phenomenological Boys, Planet Queen, Prickly, Rattletaxi, Shrin, The Silver Lining, Jeffrey Simmons, Swinging Steaks, Swizzle, Ten Star General], and remind you of bands you loved [Major Stars, Nervous Eaters, The Paley Brothers, Papas Fritas, The Paper Squares, The Prime Movers, Primitive Romance, The Real Kids, Shiva Speedway, Syrup USA, Tomato Monkey, Sk-70, Spore, Swirlies], or just get a tune stuck in your head you had never run across before.

SK-70

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Artist Song Release Label
John Hovorka and the Dawn of Mechanized Farming Empire State Runs + Drives Metal Snowball Records
Major Stars It’s A Blessing, Brother, I Cannot Lie Space/Time Twisted Village
Nervous Eaters On The Avenue Eaterville #1 Penniman Records
Overboard Got To Get You Into My Life Overboard Presents Help! Overboard
The Paley Brothers Meet The Invisible Man The Complete Recordings Real Gone Music
Noise Pencil This Is The Life Noise Pencil Metal Snowball Records
Papas Fritas Howl Passion Play Minty Fresh
The Paper Squares Large Hotel Of Lonliness The Paper Squares The Paper Squares
Paper Thin Stages I’ll Have The Next Paper Thin Stages not on label
Richie Parsons When It All Began Black Throated Blue Lawless Records
The Phenomenological Boys Clear / Lil’ Red Fire Engine The Rainbow Record Dave’s Cock
Planet Queen Journey to the Stars Sal Si Puedes Polterchrist Records
Prickly Death And The Maiden Velleity Harriet Records
The Prime Movers Chemical Reaction Back In Line Not On Label
Primitive Romance The Spirit’s Still There The Spirit’s Still There: 1981–1986 Ashamed Records

Artist Song Release Label
Rattletaxi Suburban Stories Rattletaxi Truffle Records
The Real Kids Better Be Good The Real Kids Norton Records
Heidi Saperstein Pony Ride Very Special Not On Label
Shiva Speedway Devil Dog Psychic City Fire Eater Records
Shrin Scraps Of Days .. Pages 7 & 8 Rin Liminal Switch Volumes Two And One Spirit Of Orr
The Silver Lining Battered Senseless M.I.A. Heart Well Dressed Blues Eye-Con Records
Jeffrey Simmons Your Best Best Of Luck Black Apple
Swinging Steaks Stick Around Sunday Best First National Records
Swizzle Who’s That Lady Five Songs Swizzle
Syrup USA Parfait All Over The Land Flydaddy
Ten Star General Pocket Knife Hog Fort One Way
Tomato Monkey Fire Escapes Chowcall Ace Of Hearts
Sk-70 Samething Nananoxynol-9 Sonic Bubblegum
Spore Feedback Spore Taang! Records
Swirlies Wrong Tube (Edit) Brokedick Car Taang! Records

#682

July 8, 2025

Week five of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series. This is a CD-only show, with some aha moments as tracks I haven’t heard in some time resurface to bring joy. It feels like a town hall meeting to me, as I have personal history with so many of todays artists, and know that you will find a lot of songs to love in this 2 part seaside hike. Firecat = Tim Sprague of Crow Follow, The Glass Set = Leah Callahan of Turkish Delight/Betwixt and Allan Esser of Primitive Romance, Heavy Stud = Meredith Byam of Poor Little Rich Girl (consignment store), I Love You = Paul Rechsteiner of Pie, Karacter & Lifestyle = Sean Drinkwater of Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple and Freezepop, Kudgel = Mark Erdody and Matt Nicholas of Black Helicopter, The Lune = Jeff Goddard of Karate and Mark Romano of Highland Kitchen (Somerville restaurant), Miskatonic = Paul Wisner of Ghosts and Shadows, The Moving Parts = Erik Lindgren and 2 members of MOB (Clint Conley and Roger Miller). Not at all complete, but a taste of the interconnections in today’s show.

Lifestyle

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Artist Song Release Label
Firecat Dangerous Black On Black ReR
Fur Purse Aid & Abet Fur Purse no label
Ghosts and Shadows House of Cards Full of Stars Ghosts and Shadows
The Glass Set First Image First Image The Glass Set
Heavy Stud Don’t Expect Don’t Expect Good Time Lounge Records
Kenne Highland And His Vatican Sex Kittens My Girl Be More Flamboyant! Stanton Park Records
High Risk Group Katrine Seconds Away Harriet Records
Jeff And Jane Hudson Make It So The Middle Not On Label (Jeff And Jane Hudson Self-released)
I Love You Silly Things Back It Up Baby Magnificent Records
Karacter Telepathy Karacter The Archenemy Record Company
Karate “The State I’m In” Aka “Goode Buy From C0bbs Creek Park” Pockets Southern Records
James Kochalka Superstar Shut Up Sunshine Kissers Highwater Books
Kudgel Dyn-O-Mite Chimp Is Dead Super 8 Records
Kustomized Amy Arrow At The Vanishing Point Matador
La Machine Chop Shop Phases & Repetition Castle Face
Lars Vegas Instinct Meatland Skycap

Artist Song Release Label
Laurels Scrape You Off 90-95 Dot Dot Dash
Lenny And The Piss Poor Boys Can’t Take Anymore Lenny And The Piss Poor Boys Lude Boy Records
Lifestyle You’re Gonna Make It Today At The Risk Of Sounding Pretentious The Archenemy Record Company
Thee Wylde Mainiacs Why Ain’t Love Fair Erik Lindgren – Yin Yang A-Go-Go (360 Degrees of Organized Sound [1972-2005] Arf! Arf!
Lint Something’s Gonna Change Something’s Gonna Change Plumb Records
The Lune Choose Blameless crow point records
Lyres You’ll Never Do It Baby Lyres Lyres Munster Records
Bird Mancini Northridge Tuning In / Tuning Out Second Story Records
Milkmoney Two Hours Wheelie Wicked Disc
Miskatonic Destroy Your Car Life Of The Party Not On Label (Miskatonic Self-released)
Miss Mary The Date Hey Blue! Stereorrific Recordings
Ed “Moose” Savage And His Litany Of Complaints Just A Nickel Is This Any Way To Be? Guinea Pig
Moose and The Mudbugs Can’t Sleep At Night Live At Knights Of Pythius Unbelievable! Records
The Moving Parts Good Oscillations Wrong Conclusion Arf! Arf!
Timworld Making Scary New Gods Out Of Corn Husks Dhoom el: Goat River Productions

#681

July 1, 2025

Week four of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series starts the CD portion, and also provides an in-studio interview with Tommy White of The Mighty Ions, Unnatural Axe, The Fabulous Billygoons, The Beachmasters and The Beachcombers. Most enjoyable new find was the Calef Brown/Clementown CD, which takes the two children’s books Polkabats and Octopus Slacks, and Dutch Sneakers and Flea-Keepers and puts the books to song. Every single track in parts 1 and 2 are rather crucial, I really hope you get to listen to them all.

Flying Nuns

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Artist Song Release Label
Willie Alexander And The Persistence Of Memory Orchestra Bass Rocks The East Main Street Suite Accurate Distortion
The Atlantics Big City Rock Big City Rock ABC Records
Audioscam Get Used to This #Kickingandscreaming – EP Audioscam
The Beachcombovers Satan’s Holiday Shake and Stomp American Independent Records Inc.
The Mighty Ions Andy & Bill Face Rakin’ Rock Dino Records
The Mighty Ions Australopithecus Face Rakin’ Rock Alien Snatch! Records
The Beachmasters Surfin’ Ayatollah Beachmasters Kleen Kut Records
The Fabulous Billygoons The Goons Are Drinking Again Rhapsody In Flatulence Modern Method Records
Betwixt Sundown, Sundown Moustache Archenemy
Big Meat Hammer City Kids Please Keep Portland Clean Goreprod
Black Cat Bone Judas Tree Homework #10 DIY/postpunk/No Wave/experimental: ABC ’79-89 Hyped To Death
Darryl Blood Unsettling Sweet This Isn’t Goodbye Bluesanct
Clementown and Calef Brown The Bathtub Driver Polkabats and Octopus Slacks-The MUSIC! Clementown Records
Clementown and Calef Brown The Lonely Surfer Polkabats and Octopus Slacks-The MUSIC! Clementown Records
Carden & Wallace Untitled The Dinosaur Gardens Music To Dream To…Recordings
Seana Carmody Oh Tokyo Not Foolin You Not On Label
The Cars I’m In Touch With Your World The Cars Elektra

Artist Song Release Label
Cheesecake So What You’re Soaking In iIt Girlie
Cookiepusher The Worst Spy Heavy Is Disheveled Not On Label
Combustible Edison Solid State Schizophonic Subpop
The Complaints Can’t Kill A Killer Chasing Light CompRecords
The Crimson Ghosts Last Caress Some Kinda Hits Necro-Tone Records
Crow Follow Brambles Red Velvet Radio Band 4 Band Records
Cyclones 52 Chief Viva La Sardina Loca! xxx
The Dambuilders Candy Guts Tough Guy Problem – EP The Dambuilders
Peter Dayton Falling In Love With Myself Peter Dayton Smasheasy
The Demon Seeds One Foot In the Grave Have a Date With Death Necro-Tone Records
Dirt Merchants Headdress 4 Song Promo Sampler Epic
Dogmatics Teenage Lament 1981-1986 Vagrant Records
The Ekphrastics A Good Day for Sailing Make Your Own Snowboard Harriet Records
The Elevator Drops Proto People Mover UMG – The Bicycle Music Company
Flying Nuns Submarine Pilot Matador
Drekka Secrets Without Exactioning Bluesanct

#680

June 24, 2025

Week three of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series continues with vinyl releases, both LP and compilations on Throbbing Lobster, Modern Method, Arf! Arf!, and Conflict/Radiobeat. That will cover tracks by Busted Statues, Beanbag, Sorry, Moose And The Mudbugs, Kenne Highland, The Oysters, The Underachievers, Christmas, Wild Kingdom, 21-645, Chain Link Fence, Noise Pencil, and La Peste. On. The LP front, you will hear November Group, Morphine, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters, ‘Til Tuesday, Leah Callahan, Scruffy the Cat, O Positive, Richie Parsons, Mini Dresses, The Secret Stars, Doug Tuttle, The Neighborhoods, Betwixt, Combustible Edison, The Screaming Pope, The Modern Lovers, Karate, Salem 66, and Helium. Much goodness within.

Mr. Beautiful Presents All Hard

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Artist Song Release Label
November Group I Live Alone Persistent Memories Brain Eater
Morphine French Fries With Pepper Live At The Warfield 1997 Run Out Groove
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters I Don’t Want To Know Robin Lane & The Chartbusters Warner Bros. Records
‘Til Tuesday Don’t Watch Me Bleed Voices Carry Epic
Leah Callahan The Red Eye Even Sleepers Baraca
Scruffy the Cat Shadow Boy Tiny Days Relativity
O Positive Weight Of Days Only Breathing Throbbing Lobster
Richie Parsons Blue Sands Honey And Tears Lawless Records
Mini Dresses Emily Mini Dresses Joy Void
The Secret Stars Sister…Brother Genealogies Shrimper
Doug Tuttle Weak Ends Pinecone Wild Honey Records
The Neighborhoods It All Makes Sense Fire Is Coming Mustang Records
Betwixt Stop & Start The Salty Tang Woodside Records
Combustible Edison Carnival Of Souls Forbidden Isle Of Demos Modern Harmonic
The Screaming Pope Ganymede The Old Silk Road Gaia Records

Artist Song Release Label
The Modern Lovers Old World The Modern Lovers Sanctuary
Karate Sever Unsolved Numero Group
Salem 66 Seven Steps Down Salem 66 Homestead Records
Helium Baby’s Going Underground The Dirt Of Luck Matador
Busted Statues Blue Cheer Bands That Could Be God Conflict Records
Beanbag Harassment Bands That Could Be God Conflict Records
Sorry One More Step Bands That Could Be God Conflict Records
Moose And The Mudbugs Crawfish With A Vengeance (Revisited) These Dogs Live In The Garage (The Arf Arf Music Sampler Volume II) Arf! Arf!
Kenne Highland Money These Dogs Live In The Garage (The Arf Arf Music Sampler Volume II) Arf! Arf!
The Oysters Headhunters Mr. Beautiful Presents All Hard Modern Method Records
The Underachievers I’ll Be There For You Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
Christmas Our Mutual Friend Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
Wild Kingdom The Way To Love Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
21-645 Red Red Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
Chain Link Fence The Happening Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
Noise Pencil Weirton, West Virginia Nobody Gets On The Guest-List! Throbbing Lobster
La Peste Lease On Life A Wicked Good Time! Modern Method Records

#679

June 17, 2025

Week two of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series continues with vinyl LP tracks, going back in time as far as Taxi Boys (pre-Real Kids) and up to Swirlies from their 2018 LP and The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries from their 2021 LP. Lots of 80s and 90s records and lots of well-known bands of punk [Nervous Eaters, The Mighty Ions, Lemonheads, Tommy Gun & The Hit Squad, La Peste, Unnatural Axe], post-punk [Neats, Native Tongue, Mission Of Burma, Turbines, The Young Snakes, Vitamin, Band 19, The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, The Neighborhoods, Pixies, Swirlies], garage [The Real Kids, Lyres, Taxi Boys] and hardcore [Negative FX, Straw Dogs, SSD, Psycho, Wrecking Crew, Red Bliss, Kudgel, P.T.L Klub, Outpatients, Slapshot, The Proletariat].

Young Snakes

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Artist Song Release Label
Neats Same The Monkey’s Head In The Corner Of The Room Ace Of Hearts Records
Native Tongue Speaking In Captions Native Tongue Détente Records
The Real Kids Can’t Talk To That Girl Outta Place Star Rhythm Records
Nervous Eaters I’m A Degenerate Eaterville #2 Penniman Records
Mission Of Burma Dumbells Mission Of Burma Taang! Records
The Mighty Ions Pedro Morales Face Rakin’ Rock Alien Snatch! Records
Lyres Buried Alive AHS 1005 Ace Of Hearts Records
Lemonheads Sunday Creator Taang! Records
Taxi Boys Bad To Worse Real Kids / Taxi Boys – Girls! Girls! Girls! Lolita
Turbines That’s The Way Last Dance Before Highway Big Time
The Young Snakes Give Me Your Face Bark Along With The Young Snakes Ambiguous Records
Vitamin Sinner Recordings 1981 Don Giovanni Records
Out Of Band Experience Genius Call Now! 1-800-OUT-BAND Immortal Records
Out Of Band Experience 1-800-OUT-BAND Call Now! 1-800-OUT-BAND Immortal Records
Negative FX Mind Control Negative FX Taang! Records
Straw Dogs In Deep We Are Not Amused Restless Records
SSD How We Rock Intro How We Rock Modern Method Records
SSD How We Rock How We Rock Modern Method Records

Artist Song Release Label
Band 19 No Why Dictate Modern Method Records
La Peste Leave Me Alone Better Off Dead Rave Up Records
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries After You Suns Out Guns Out Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Tommy Gun & The Hit Squad Hail To The Chief! Hail To The Chief! Spit Records
The Neighborhoods The Man I Don’t Want To Be A Tribute To Unnatural Axe – Ruling The World From The Backseat Lawless Records
Unnatural Axe Youth Corps Is Gonna Kick Your Ass Alternative Action Records
Psycho No Way Hosebags From Hell Ax/ction Records
Wrecking Crew In Your Head Balance Of Terror Hawker Records
Red Bliss Towels Fishkill Axis Records
Kudgel Pallet Jack Sea Monkee 100% Breakfast!
P.T.L Klub Real Thing 13 Comandments Mystic Records
Outpatients The Necessary Piece Free Association Incas Records
Slapshot Show The Way Step On It Taang! Records
The Proletariat Bread And Circus Soma Holiday Radiobeat Records
Pixies Dead Doolittle 4AD
Swirlies In Harmony Newfound Freedom (Part Time Punks Session) Swirlies’ Magic Strop: Tonight… Sneaky Flute Empire

#678

June 10, 2025

Week one of seven in the Gulls Window Circus New England series. Most of the bands are Boston-based, but the allowance for neighboring states [ME, RI, NH, VT, CT] was added to allow inclusion of some very worthy bands. The first three weeks are vinyl-only, and last two weeks are CD-only. As usually, Gulls Window Circus only plays physical product [would love to play cassettes, but my player gave up the ghost]. This series focuses on bands that appeared during or after the punk revolution. There are a ton of 80s release, many 90s releases, some 70s, and some post-00 bands. Sperm Bank Babies = Will Alexander, Chord Rockers & Future Dads = Richie Parsons, Hypnosonics are Morphine related (you probably knew all that!). Now lets listen and discover some new music.

Fat Day

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Artist Song Release Label
Billy Bacon Boss City Billy’s Revue Memoire Music
The Sperm Bank Babies Jack The Sperm Bank Babies Featuring Al “Lorenzo” Drake Varage Records
The Bags What Do You Want? Rock Starve Restless Records
E The Projectionist Negative Work Thrill Jockey
The Chord Rockers Subway Salaria Surfin’ KI Records
Girls Pedestrian Walk Reunion Brasch Music
The Gore Hounds Serenade Halloween Everywhere Alien Cactus Records
The Blackjacks Dead Flowers Dress In Black Throbbing Lobster
Big Dipper What In Sam Hill…? Boo-Boo Homestead Records
The Fools She Makes Me Feel Big World Dance Party PVC Records
The Dawgs Chicken My Town Star Rhythm Records
Peter Dayton Stuck On The Same Refrain Love At 1st Sight Shoo-Bop Records
Future Dads Tree Outside 24 Winship Rave Up Records
The Flies Fall Into Your World The Flies Czech Records
Eighth Route Army Outside My Window Nihilist Olympics 1 Dimensional Records
Bullet LaVolta Over The Shoulder Bullet LaVolta Taang! Records

Artist Song Release Label
The J. Geils Band No Doubt About It Ladies Invited Atlantic
The Del Fuegos Missing You The Longest Day Slash
Dogmatics Everything Went Bad Everybody Does It Homestead Records
Dumptruck Friends For The Country Big Time
Gang Green I’m Still Young Older… Budweiser Emergo
F.U.’s We’re An American Band My America Xclaim!
Cancerous Growth Had Enough Late For The Grave Ax/ction Records
Fat Day Cleft My Name Is I Hate You 100% Breakfast!
DMZ Mighty Idy DMZ 4 Men With Beards
Human Sexual Response Pound In A Roman Mood Passport Records
Hypnosonics Where’s The Girl Someone Stole My Shoes: Beyond The Q Division Sessions Modern Harmonic
DYS Closer Still DYS Modern Method Records
Neutral Nation Streets It’s A Bash Bigbone Records
GingerBread Men Battle Bones Witches House Gull Records
Executioner Break The Silence Break The Silence New Renaissance Records
Jerry’s Kids Twisted Brain Kill Kill Kill Taang! Records
Kilslug Tart Cart Answer The Call Taang! Records