The greater Seattle-Tacoma region has some great record shops, though at times if feels like most are more generalists and it would be nice to have a bit more… uniqueness. Fortunately we have Selector Records in Seattle specializing in electronic music, probably the only such store in the state. And most recently we saw the […]
Tag: Punk
The Plugz – “Electrify Me” (1979)
The Plugz were one of the very first Latino punk bands. Formed in Los Angeles in 1977 they full embraced the DIY ethic, founding their own label Plugz Records (later Fatima Records) to put out their music. Their first full-length album was Electrify Me, a record popular enough to see three distinct pressings in 1979 […]
Rokk Í Reykjavík Soundtrack (1982 / 2025)
Where do I even start? The documentary film Rokk Í Reykjavík explores the Icelandic punk music scene of 1982. It is, quite frankly, a gift – the fact that a marginalized scene populated by young outsiders living in a very insular, small society (Iceland’s population in 1982 was just a bit over 230,000 people) was […]
Sex Pistols – “Where Were You In ’77?” (1985)
This is yet another unofficial live album from our recent trip to New York City. I have a few other Sex Pistols unofficial releases, so I knew not to expect too much. And the sound quality is… well… not great. Flat, some distortion, vocals muddy and buried under the music. But there’s still a little […]
Abwärts – “Amok Koma” (1980)
As I watched the woman struggle with the lock I could tell she was having a rough morning. Eventually it popped open and she was able to pull up the metal barrier protecting the storefront. While she left the front door open, I gave her a couple of minutes to get situated (I too once […]