Tony Rettman
Rettsounds - Bitch Prefect
I'll be the first to admit I might have gone a little cuckoo over the past year in regards to the bands coming out of Australia as of late.
Rettsounds - Nude Beach
Nude Beach make the idea of an honest guy in a flannel shirt with a guitar not seem like such a vomit-inducing concept. And for that fact alone, I thought you might want to know about them.
Rettsounds - Brain Flannel
The two excellent 45s released last year by Charlotte, North Carolina's Brain Flannel have caused many a record-collecting shithead to sweat buckets over where to file them. Are they garage? Punk? Weird punk? Dumb punk? Sambacore? What the hell are...
Rettsounds - Reality 86'd
You probably know Dave Markey, the SoCal wild child filmmaker, from his teen trash one-two punch Desperate Teenage Lovedolls and Lovedolls Superstar, or maybe from his non-Courtney approved documentary, 1991, The Year Punk Broke.
Rettsounds - I Don't Beat Off Dudes
Before we start this week's entry, I would like to make it known that I never--AND I REPEAT NEVER--made any anonymous threats to beat off anyone who leaves negative comments about my column.
Rettsounds - Troops of Tomorrow
Sometime late last year, I blindly purchased a contemporary seven inch by a band who took their name from The Exploited's second full length album, Troops of Tomorrow. It was a really confusing purchase on my part.
Rettsounds - Plowing the Pile
To those who coddle copies of both the Flyboys EP and RKL's Keep Laughing near their crotch: meet your dream band.
Rettsounds - A Lazy Man's Friday Mix
It's been awhile since I did up one of these mix tape type thingies on here and this seems like a helluva week to do one.
Rettsounds - Shoegazer
Slowdive's first two records ("Just for a Day" and "Souvlaki") got a lot of spin time in my lackadaisical days.