Category Archives: CD spinnin’

#725

May 5, 2026

Today’s Gulls Window Circus is a rock show that surfaces some excellent tracks I’ve found while CD surfing in my collection. It ends with the most well-known artist of the bunch, Nada Surf. Outside of Sean Na Na (a Har Mar Superstar side project) the bands had only regional success. Choo Choo La Rouge, The Audiants, Linnane, and Clem Snide had Boston roots. The show is a love letter to 00, with 1 from 2000, 3 from 2002, 3 from 2005, 2 each from 2006, 2007, and 2009, and then 1 each from 2014 and 2017.

Choo Choo La Rouge

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Artist Song Release Label
Colorful Rhythm Everybody Close Your Eyes “Megapixy” Colorful Rhythm
In Fervor In The Spirit Of Self Sufficiency Onward Downward DCXXV Recordings
David LK Murphy If I Goodbye David LK Murphy
Linnane Today Always The Shady Tree Linnanemusic
Sean Na Na My Old France Split: Mary Lou Lord / Sean Na Na – EP Kill Rock Stars
The Primidonnatives Middle of the Night Cafe Go Vague Moon Records
The Audiants Thaw All The Time In The World The Audiants
Choo Choo La Rouge Copper Spoons Black Clouds Kiam Records
Clem Snide The Sound Of German Hip-Hop End Of Love spinART Records
Brazzaville Star Called Sun East L.A. Breeze Vendlus Records
Soft Cactus Hungry Five Ways To Foreshadow Soft Cactus
Pinback Fortress Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix Warner Sunset Records
Nada Surf If You Leave Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix Warner Sunset Records

#724

April 28, 2026

A rock CD Gulls Window Circus show that includes a Rain Parade studio 80s song that never was on an record, an 80s Dislocation Dance Beatles cover that was a 12″ B-side, the Polish artist Kazik, Aquarian Blood, that includes a former Nots member, the pre-Reptar band Co Co Ri Co, a classic Kid Creole And The Coconuts track from their 1st LP, and several worthy lesser known artists.

Hope Boyz

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Artist Song Release Label
Transbeauce Atn You Gotta Get More Alive – A 555 Recordings Compilation 555 Recordings
Rain Parade My Dog’s Last Dream Demolition 090 Records
Kazik Down In The Another Hole Czterdziesty Pierwszy S.P. Records
Dislocation Dance We Can Work It Out Midnight Shift Rough Trade
Co Co Ri Co Popsickle Eyedrops self-released
At / All Night Body Sun Dog Not On Label
Luigee Trademarq Frénésie Bande Original Rectangle
Aquarian Blood Funeral Moon Last Nite In Paradise Goner Records
Vampire Music A Kiss Of Death Vampire Music Volume 1 Terrascape
Bride of Chaotica After the Storm Bamboo Transistor Longview Records
Sad Marvin Stop Drop Acquiantences With Myself self-released
Hope Boyz I Love You Limited Edition EP Magicstreet
Kid Creole And The Coconuts Yolanda Off The Coast Of Me ZE Records

#721

April 7, 2026

ulls Window Circus goes into the spiderwebs of time to extract regional artists from the 00s that either never found audiences outside their cities, or have been forgotten with time. In the latter category, Tampa band Pee Shy (see the Anaconda remake to get the name) were an excellent indie band, The Fly Seville and The Push Stars were Boston/Cambridge based. I can personally speak to all three having enthusiastic followings in their prime. Big Bad Bollocks, with a 1999 track in this show, recently opened for Dropkick Murphys (on St Paddy’s day) so they are still happening. Another Boston band Future Carnivores is here too, and a Long Island band Delights Of Nothing too. Kioku plays experimental jazz, DJ Sid plays dreamy beats, and Dave Coles tells a story about Wisconsin. But leaving alone where the artists are based, every track in this show is a jewel that only requires your ear for validation.

Pee Shy

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Artist Song Release Label
Chris Katris They’ll All Come Around Songs from the Basement Vol 5 Chris Katris
Gretchen Schmaltz The Guards Laced Up Tightly Mia Kat Empire
Delights Of Nothing Crying Shame No Chance Sweet Spot Records
Pee Shy Little Dudes Certain Damage Volume 73 CMJ
Todd McKinney Get Back On That Train, Marie Best New Bands Volume 2 Apache Rose Publishing
Dave Coles Last Chance Ten Tales self-relesed
Kioku Pinari Both Far and Near Quiet Design Records
DJ Sid – The Apocalypze Rain On My Sword (Dance of Death Mix) I Know Kung Fu! DJ SID-the Apocalypze
Future Carnivores There Is So Much Love In My Heart Future Carnivores girl boy girl boy records
Big Bad Bollocks Motorcycle Jacket Student.Compilation Volume 2 Not On Label
The Push Stars Drunk Is Better Than Dead Student.Compilation Volume 2 Not On Label
The Fly Seville Kick It Student.Compilation Volume 2 Not On Label

#720

March 31, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus rock show that finds favor with a bunch of tracks from 93-08 that vary in sound and style but build an interesting hour that is fun to listen to. 10 songs from the 90s, 6 from the 00s. 4 from 93, 2 from 95, 3 from 97, 1 from 99. For the 00s, there are 5 from 2007 and 1 from 2008.

Brullen

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Artist Song Release Label
Goo Goo Dolls Bitch No Alternative Arista
Ultra Bidé Destroy God Is God, Puke Is Puke Alternative Tentacles
Pat Daugherty Galaxy Bombers Dance Of The Hours Buffalo Puppy Records
Home Grown Planet Earth Warped Tour Sampler – Exorcise Your Heavy Metal Demons Mojo Records
The Octagon Carlito’s Way Nothing But Change Serious Business Records
Coyote Quietly Outsides Hot Dog City Records
Stratospheerius Driven To Tears Head Space Fiddlefunk Music
A. Rex I’m Not the Only One Moving Backwards A. Rex
Brüllen Es Ist So Still Schatzitude Buback
Ta’Raach & The Lovelution Montparnasse Esopus #9: Dreams Esopus
Hank Me And My Daddy Are Walking In The Desert Esopus #9: Dreams Esopus
Capsize 7 Western Friese Mephisto Caroline Records
Pavement Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence No Alternative Arista
American Music Club All Your Jeans Were Too Tight No Alternative Arista
Barbara Manning & The San Francisco Seals Joed Out No Alternative Arista
Moog Winnebago Warped Tour Sampler – Exorcise Your Heavy Metal Demons Lifelonglife

#718

March 17, 2026

Happy St. Patricks Day! No leprechauns today, but a Gulls Window Circus rock CD show with tracks from between 1992 and 1999 does await you. The show starts with the biggest name in it (Pulp) then explores a bunch of super-worthy other names. Some you might know, like NY’s The Mommyheads, His Name Is Alive or Inspirial Carpets, but you will hear many that are new to your ears, and none of those are in this set merely for that reason – all have greatness which you will hear.

Inspiral Carpets

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Artist Song Release Label
Pulp Disco 2000 (Remix) Disco 2000 Island Records
Menswe@r Sleeping In Nuisance Laurel
The Mommyheads Broken And Glazed Bingham’s Hole Dot Dot Dash
Catherine It’s No Lie Sleepy TVT Records
Melony Mirror On The Freeway Satisfiction DGC
Fivel Drive Fivel North Of No South Records
Evelyn Swoons The Worker Bee Go Baby Go Jelo-Delite Records
Treble Charger Cleric’s Hip Self=Title Ear Candy Records
¡Carlos! Steamroller Bigger Teeth Headhunter Records
The Knobs Cathy Says happy, sad, drunk Moodfood Records
Inspiral Carpets Irresistible Force Revenge Of The Goldfish Elektra
The Customers Tonight Green Bottle Thursday Vapor Records
Pat Daugherty Hardcore Dance Of The Hours Buffalo Puppy Records
His Name Is Alive Nice Day Country Girl 4AD

#701

November 18, 2025

A Gulls Window Circus rock show that completes the recent run of CD rock shows before starting a new 8 week series ‘The 2000s’ next week. Aside from carefully chosen tracks by artists/bands we know, I dug out a few very under-the-radar discs by Gutterboy , ESS, Hellpop, and Johnny Barnes. They are fun to hear, but the main tracks are where the gold lies. The Ramones covering The Animals, Pale Man Made from Newcastle, Überhund from California, and a lot of others including among others Tin Machine, Harlan T. Bobo, The Rosslyns, Torn Sail, and The Stroppies.

Mark Fry

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Artist Song Release Label
Malcolm Ross With The Delancy St. Group And The Magic Clan Home Street Low Shot The Bus Stop Label
The Mystery Trend Carl Street So Glad I Found You Big Beat Records
The Honey Pot Almost Exactly Beautiful Inside The Whale Mega Dodo
Lloyd Meadows False Senses Oxford Synthesiser Club The Beautiful Music
The Stroppies Sad Sorry Soul Look Alive Tough Love Records
Joe Kafka First Down In The Serengeti Too Young For The Blues Harriet Records
Holiday Just Follow Cafe Reggio spinART Records
Kevin Rowland Rag Doll My Beauty Cherry Red
Mazolewski / Porter Six Feet Under Philosophia Wydawnictwo Agora
Thin White Rope Ruby Sea When Worlds Collide Munster Records
Russ Tolman Do You Like The Way Goodbye El Dorado Lost Records
Harlan T. Bobo Sirens A History of Violence Goner Records
Hellpop Tin Can Honeymoon Penny Dreadful Waterproof Fish Records
The Goops Change Your Mind Lucky Warner Music Group
Johnny Dowd Shack Homemade Pie Mother Jinx Records

Artist Song Release Label
The Rosslyns There’s Always Next Year All We Ever Did Was Try Harriet Records
Überhund The Referee Terrible Obstacles Cream Cloud Records
Johnny Barnes I Got Plans for You Plan B from Outer Space Nightcrawler
Ramones When I Was Young Acid Eaters Radioactive
Torn Sail Consider Your Position The Horizon Is On The Horizon Delia Recordings
Bonnie Dobson The Bonnie Lass Of Kenmore Town Dear Companion Big Beat Records
Everything But The Girl Troubled Mind Amplified Heart Atlantic
Mark Fry Down Narrow Streets Dreaming With Alice Now-Again Reserve
ESS Rossfield Rossfield ESS
The Ferocious Few Crying Shame Juices Birdman Records
Pale Man Made Fluoride Inchberry Sweet Rocket Pinch Records
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Suave And Suffocated Are You Normal? Chaos
Gutterboy A Rainy Day On Mulberry St. A Rainy Day On Mulberry St. DGC
Tin Machine Amlapura Tin Machine II Victory

#700

November 11, 2025

A Gulls Window Circus rock show that starts off in a pop melodic mode, then has a brief foray into Downtown art scene rock, before settling on punky stuff that keeps the melodies strong even as the loudness goes up. Special attention to the Angel Corpus Christi cover of Theme From Taxi Driver, Robert Gordon’s Eddie Cochran cover, Chris Stamey’s Beach Boys cover, Jeff Dahl’s Dead Boys cover (and Dead Boys themselves with the Cheetah Chrome mix of Big City), The Damned’s version of Help, Eddie And The Hot Rods with MC5’s Rob Tyner as lead vocalist, Peter Bagge’s band Can You Imagine?, Defunkt’s track In The Good Times, and the Dictators/BOC-related band David Roter Method.

Can You Imagine?

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Artist Song Release Label
The Flames Fine Line The Flames Hit Records
Artful Dodger Think Think The Complete Columbia Recordings Real Gone Music
The Hollywood Stars Sleeping Giant Starstruck Sioux
Can You Imagine? Steve Says Can You Imagine? Can You Imagine?
The Social Icons Stay I’m There…You’re Here The Beautiful Music
The Mommyheads Race Car Brain No Quietus Fanfar!
Chris Stamey Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) Anything Is Possible Label 51 Recordings
Roy Moller Belong Hindsight The Beautiful Music
Dream Unit A Drop In The Ocean All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 NIGHT SCHOOL
Defunkt In The Good Times Defunkt+ Thermonuclear Sweat+ Hannibal Records
Dog Eat Dog Rollover Dog Eat Dog Claremont 56
The Flying Lizards The Window The Flying Lizards / Fourth Wall RPM retrodisc
Crushed Butler High School Dropout Uncrushed: First Punks From The British Underground 1969-1971 RPM Records
Jeff Dahl Ain’t Nothin’ To Do I Kill Me Triple X Records
The Damned Help The Stiff Singles 1976-1977 Castle Music
Dawson Chuckleberry Cheese Market Gruff Wit Records

Artist Song Release Label
Dead Boys Big City 3rd Generation Nation Bad Boy Records
Debris’ One Way Spit Debris’ Anopheles
Dicks Sidewalk Begging These People Alternative Tentacles
The Dictators Weekend Go Girl Crazy! Epic
David Roter Method Coney Island Baby Find Something Beautiful Unknown Tongue Music
Dim Stars Monkey Dim Stars Caroline Records
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Sweet Gene Vincent Warts ‘N’ Audience (Live: 22 December 1990.) Demon Records
The Hammersmith Gorillas Shame Shame Shame Gorilla Got Me Big Beat Records
Angel Corpus Christi Theme From Taxi Driver / New York New York The 80’s Gulcher Records
Robert Gordon Twenty Flight Rock Black Slacks Bear Family Records
The Flatmates Turning You Blue Heaven Knows The Subway Organization
Gruppo Sportivo Rock ‘n Roll Back To 19 Mistakes Ariola
Eddie And The Hot Rods Till The Night Is Gone (Let’s Rock) Life On The Line Captain Oi!
Hard-Ons Sorry Hard-Ons & The Celibate Rifles – Where The Wild Things Are Festival Records
The Gizmos Mean Screen 1976/1977: The Studio Recordings Gulcher Records
Eater My Business The Album Anagram Records

#699

November 4, 2025

A CD rock Gulls Window Circus show that further (yes, Further is played) digs out stuff I only have access to on CD. Aside from me loving all the tracks here, I want to draw attention to Richie Parson’s recent Eater cover, Uberhund, who take the art of the whammy bar to new levels, The Nettelles that have two members of the 80s band Sally Skull, 45 Grave, who I have recently been enjoying in conjunction with my re-discovery of TSOL, Good Rats, a 70s band from my native Long Island that I knew about but never heard till recently, ESG from their 2002 reunion CD that sounds great today, Benett that used to front Charles Brown Superstar, and Mats Wawa, a contemporary Norwegian band that I love all releases of, and hope their new digital-only album gets a physical release.

The Saints

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Artist Song Release Label
Lmnop Disappear LMNO3 Deluxe Think Like A Key Music
Julian Cope You Gotta Keep Your Halfwits About You Friar Tuck Head Heritage
Richie Parsons Outside View Rhymes With Rock RUM BAR Records
Überhund No Fur The Tarp Isota Records
The Nettelles You Better Go Do You Believe In… Back To Beat Records
Greg ‘Stackhouse’ Prevost Get Myself Home Mississippi Murderer Mean Disposition
The Gun Club Bad Indian (Alternate Version) Fire Of Love Blixa Sounds
Holly Golightly Run Cold Painted On Sympathy For The Record Industry
Certain General Red Ledge Signals From The Source CBGB
Wojciech Mazolewski Czas Odrodzenia Yugen 2 Jestem WMQ Records
Giant Sand Romance Of Falling Ramp Fire Records
Gala Drop Ital Gala Drop GDRecords
Rank And File Rank And File (Alternate Version) Chip & Tony Kinman – Sounds Like Music Omnivore Recordings
JODI Take Me Higher Pop Espontáneo (Homemade Psychedelic Funk & Fuzz-pop From Paraguay, 1969 – 1975) Out-Sider
45 Grave Insurance From God Sleep In Safety Real Gone Music
Josef K Heart Of Song Endless Soul Marina Records
The Saints Take This Heart Of Mine Prehistoric Sounds EMI

Artist Song Release Label
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Cut Me Down 1984-1989 Capitol Records
Fanny Walked The Earth One Fanny Walked The Earth Blue Élan Records
Fotomaker Name Of The Game The Fotomaker Collection Rhino Records
Band Of Outsiders The Graveyard Sound Beach Time Hanky Panky Records
Mud Boy & The Neutrons Codine They Walk Among Us Koch International
Good Rats Tasty Tasty Mondo Records Corporation
John Du Cann Fashion Fantasy The World’s Not Big Enough Angel Air Records
Churchill’s Living Loving Churchill’s = צ’רצ’ילים Hed-Arzi
ESG Talk It Step Off Soul Jazz Records
Benett Must Be The Whiskey Welcome To The Jungle March Records
Further Victim Rock Next Time West Coast 100 Guitar Mania Records
New Math Johnny’s On Top Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds [1979 – 1983] Propeller Sound Recordings
Mats Wawa Good Time Mild Nights Flake Records
Vanilla Fudge Come By Day, Come By Night Psychedelic Sundae (The Best Of) Rhino Records
Ten Benson Sweat Part 2 Benson Burner Jetset Records
The 39 Clocks Shake The Hippie Pain It Dark Bureau B

#686

August 5, 2025

This week Gulls Window Circus is a CD-only show that brings up forgotten discs that bubbled back into my attention such as Iggy Pop’s forgotten 2001 record ‘Beat Em Up’, the 1994 Florida band Meringue (and the winning current FL band The Stargazer Lilies that always have my attention), the 2007 CD from French artist Don Cavalli, a 1996 Postcard Records CD single by Paul Quinn & The Independent Group, roots pub rock band Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, SF bands The Ferocious Few (2010) and Hugh (1995), 1993 NYC band Baby Tooth after changing their name from Fluffy, 2015 Staten Island band Kerbivore and lots more.

Don Cavalli

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Artist Song Release Label
Pawnee Drive Break My Mind Forward Records: The Singles Collection 1969-1970 Area251 Records
Guided By Voices The Official Ironmen Rally Song The Official Ironmen Rally Song Matador
Lucinda Williams Righteously World Without Tears Lost Highway
Harlan T. Bobo Spiders A History of Violence Goner Records
Alex Keenan Tell Her You Love Her Alex Keenan Area251 Records
The Cherry Boys Falling (7″ Session) Kardomah Café Good Time Records
AM & Shawn Lee Automatic La Musique Numérique Park The Van Records
Paul Quinn & The Independent Group Stupid Thing Will I Ever Be Inside Of You Thirsty Ear
Edwyn Collins The Campaign For Real Rock Gorgeous George Bar/None Records
The Lewis And Clarke Expedition I Feel Good (I Feel Bad) The Colgems Collection: The Other Songs… Area251 Records
Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers That’s Alright Mamma Real Sharp (A Thrilling Two CD Anthology) The Last Music Company
Hugh Sleepy Time You Are Here Mafia Money Records
Kerbivore Just Decide All Dressed EP Unblinking Ear Records
Map 71 The Prefab Void Axis Fourth Dimension Records
Yellow Dog Gypsy Soul Yellow Dog Prog Temple

Artist Song Release Label
Eugenius Here I Go Oomalama Fire Records
Sloan Keep On Thinkin’ 4×4 Sampler Murderecords
Pulsars Tunnel Song Pulsars Almo Sounds
Baby Tooth Slide Rare Book Room Personal Favorite
The Ferocious Few As The Days Go Bye Juices Birdman Records
Don Cavalli Gloom Uprising Cryland Everloving
The Dead 60s You’re Not The Law You’re Not The Law Deltasonic Records
Iggy Pop Mask Mask Virgin
Meringue Voglers Magnetic Theater Meringue Cherry Smash Records
Greg ‘Stackhouse’ Prevost Evil On My Mind Universal Vagrant Mean Disposition
The Seeds A Faded Picture The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard – Original Soundtrack Big Beat Records
Spare Snare James Dean Poster Westfield Lane Wabana Ore Limited
The Stargazer Lilies Vibes of Love Cosmic Tidal Wave Floravinyl Records

#685

July 29, 2025

Today’s Gulls Window Circus CD-only show has a one- off feature: Each of the two hours have the exact same artists in the exact same order, with different songs in each hour. So you get two views off each artist’s sound. I frequently wonder about how certain song choices present artists in a way that highlights what is an unusual sound for them. This week really doesn’t address that concern, it just gives you 2 songs I like a lot from each. You will hear The Mommyheads, The Hepburns, Saint Etienne ‎, Pulp, Anthony Rochester, Garlands, Holiday, The Honey Pot, The Saints, Dr. John, The Night Tripper, Paul Haig, Mia Doi Todd, Rachel Stamp, Hussy, Black Bananas, The Lookout Honeys.

The Mommyheads

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Artist Song Release Label
The Mommyheads Architect One Eyed Band Mommyhead Music
The Hepburns Crystal Caves & Ocean Waves Thing Of Joy Magic
Saint Etienne ‎ Missing Pieces Glad Heavenly
Pulp The Trees Forty Odd Years (Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982-2025) Mojo Magazine
Anthony Rochester Did You Lose Weight? Music For In The Spaceship Kaleidoscopic Lights Collective
Garlands Ancient Music (Picnic, Lightning) Mister Records
Holiday Your Very Last Party Cafe Reggio spinART Records
The Honey Pot White Rabbit An Introduction To The Honey Pot With Crystal Jacqueline Fruits de Mer Records
The Saints Swing For The Crime Prehistoric Sounds EMI
Dr. John, The Night Tripper Mama Roux Gris-Gris Real Gone Music
Paul Haig Uncle Sam Metamorphosis Les Disques Du Crépuscule
Mia Doi Todd 88 Ways – DJ Nobody Remix Remixes, Rarities, & Radio Edits Columbia
Rachel Stamp Victory Oceans Of Venus Underground, Inc.
Hussy Easy Cash Hussy Harriet Records
Black Bananas Physical Emotions Electric Brick Wall Drag City

Artist Song Release Label
The Mommyheads Ugly Things New Kings Of Pop Mommyhead Music
The Hepburns Cerulean Blue Thing Of Joy Magic
Saint Etienne Glad Glad Heavenly
Pulp Live On Forty Odd Years (Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982-2025) Mojo Magazine
Anthony Rochester Gigi Music For In The Spaceship Kaleidoscopic Lights Collective
Garlands Huge Weeping Willows (picnic, lightning) Mister Records
Holiday New Year’s Anything Cafe Reggio spinART Records
The Honey Pot Shangri-La An Introduction To The Honey Pot With Crystal Jacqueline Fruits de Mer Records
The Saints Take This Heart Of Mine Prehistoric Sounds EMI
Dr. John, The Night Tripper Jump Sturdy Gris-Gris Real Gone Music
Paul Haig Mad Horses II Metamorphosis Les Disques Du Crépuscule
Mia Doi Todd Digital – Album Version Edit Remixes, Rarities, & Radio Edits Columbia
Rachel Stamp Witches Of Angelholm Oceans Of Venus Underground, Inc.
Hussy Steel Trap Hussy Harriet Records
Black Bananas Powder 8 Eeeeeeeeight Electric Brick Wall Drag City
The Lookout Honeys Empty Stairs Aguacatero Harriet Records