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Incredibly, RAR is back for a hot new round of ultra-obscure blogging! More to follow! In the name of full disclosure, I orginally posted this list on The Donnas' fan club message board.
Favorite Records of 2006
Strictly speaking, these aren't all from 2006 but they are all fairly recent...
* The Groovie Ghoulies: Berry'd Alive
Awesome set of Chuck Berry covers - Kepi's vocals and Roach's guitar sound more like Chuck than Chuck does! Faves include Trick Or Treat and Betty Jean.
* Kitty & The Kowalskis: Chinese Democracy
Kitty doesn't release albums very often, but when she does they're consistently brilliant. I love everything about this record. Forget about Axl and get yourself some kick-as melodic punk rock at its finest.
* The Bouncing Souls: The Gold Record
The Souls are a professional band in the best sense of the word and this new disc illustrates that point well. Lots of fun stuff here - Better Things is a fave.
* Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: Sinner
It's been a long time since Joan's last U.S. release, but Sinner proves the wait to have been well worth it. 100 Feet Away and Five are a couple of faves, but this is another record filled to the brim with great songs and The Blackhearts have never sounded tighter.
* The Genders: Virgin No. 72
A new offering of catchy, sweaty, gritty, Stonesy, supremely politically incorrect rock & roll from my favorite band from Tel Aviv. I don't think this has been released in the U.S. yet - I got my hands on it when they played my hometown on their recent U.S. tour.
* The Dollyrots: Love And Revolt (EP)
Got to see the 'rots live for the first time at Warped in Dallas, and it was the highlight of the day for me. Intelligent and irresistably infectious - keep an eye out for a new full-length in 2007.
* Johnie 3: self-titled
Just a thoroughly fun punk rock band. Most of the songs revolve around girls - they're not trying to solve the world's problems, and that's just fine by me.
* Chixdiggit!: Pink Razors
It's a mystery to me why these guys from Canada aren't huge - Pink Razors is a profoundly great record, filled with irresistable songs and clever lyrics. You also get a a very cool full-length band commentary on the same CD. Got to see these guys live for the first time on my summer trip to California - they're the real deal.
* Teenage Bottlerocket: Total
This is their first album and if it's a sign of things to come, we're in for a fantastic treat. Ultra-cool songs from top to bottom, with excellent vocals. Faves include Radio, So Cool and Repeat Offender. Can't wait to hear more.
* Fabulous Disaster: Awesome Fromage (split EP with OC Toons)
Fabulous Disaster has been in the studio recording a new album to be released in 2007, but they released this morsel to help tide us over. I can't say I'm a big fan of OC Toons, but the Fab D side of this record has some tasty stuff. Faves are Black Eye and Suck It Up.
