The Cry! - The Cry!

 

Brian Crace :  Lead Guitar, Vocals
Ray Nelsen:  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Dave Berkham:  Bass Guitar, Vocals
Maus Mersky: Drums

 

The Cry say they are going to save Rock 'n' Roll from the grave and listening to their music I can tell you they are already in command of the undertakers shovels and menacingly looking at the back of Justin Beibers head.....and I am ready to look the other way!

This is brilliant straight up rock 'n' roll with a twist of doo wop , sure, it isn't reinventing the wheel, but it is keeping the wheel rolling (at great speed) greased with a passion and energy that is so often forgotten these days.

 The album is a brilliantly crafted power pop affair with only 3 of the 12 songs going past the 3 minute mark, three part harmonies in a 50's/60's styling and echoing bands such as The Beach Boys and The Exploding Hearts, and listening to the track "Be True" on the album, you could be forgiven for thinking that these guys are the bastard sons of the aforementioned artists! 

This album plays like a dream, from track one to track twelve The Cry! don't miss a beat, look as you might, there isn't one filler track or sub standard track to be found on the album.

The band have a motto and that is "Never Suck!" What a breath of fresh air that is in a world filled with X-factor, Idol type artists that seem to have the motto "Keep Sucking!"

The Cry! are playing loads of live dates from now until June in the States, so do yourself a favour, go and check them out and "Never Suck!" The Cry are rated A+ live!!!!!!

You can contact the band, like them on Facebook and find details of the album and the shows at the following links:

Official Website:  http://www.thecrypdx.com

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/thecrypdx

Reverb Nation: http://www.reverbnation.com/thecrypdx

The Eyes - Arrival of The Eyes

ARRIVAL OF THE EYES.

In 1965 and 1966, the Eyes released a clutch of singles that stand up to the Who's work from the same era in their blend of extremely innovative guitar feedback/distortion and anthemic mod songwriting. "When the Night Falls," "The Immediate Pleasure," "I'm Rowed Out," "You're Too Much," and the dry "My Generation" satire "My Degeneration" are revered highly by British Invasion collectors. The bursts of electronic mayhem were quite advanced for the time, though like the Who they had hooks and harmonies to counterpoint the madness. They weren't as memorable as the Who and didn't approach commercial success. After a much softer fourth single and an ill-conceived album of Rolling Stones covers (recorded under the name the Pupils), the group disbanded. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

1. The Eyes - When The Night Falls (2:34)

2. The Eyes - I'm Rowed Out (2:56)

3. The Eyes - The Immediate Pleasure (2:56)
4. The Eyes - My Degeneration (2:45)

5. The Eyes - Man With Money (2:43)

6. The Eyes - You're Too Much (3:21)

7. The Eyes - Please Don't Cry (2:36)

8. The Eyes - Good Day Sunshine (2:02)

9. The Eyes - My Degeneration Alt (2:36)

10. The Eyes - Man With Money Alt (2:36)

11. The Eyes - When The Night Falls Demo 1 (2:57)

12. The Eyes - I'm Rowed Out Demo (3:18)

13. The Eyes - The Immediate Pleasure (2:41)

14. The Eyes - Radio London (0:30)

15. The Eyes - Shakin' All Over (3:27)

16. The Eyes - When The Night Falls Demo 2 (2:59)

17. The Eyes - I Wanna Be Your Man (1:47)

18. The Eyes - Not Fade Away (2:14)

19. The Eyes - If You Need Me (2:52)

20. The Eyes - 19th Nervous Breakdown (3:42)

21. The Eyes - As Tears Go By (2:54)

22. The Eyes - Satisfaction (3:53)

23. The Eyes - Route 66 (2:16)

24. The Eyes - The Last Time (3:06)

25. The Eyes - Play With Fire (2:23)

26. The Eyes - Get Off Of My Cloud (3:08)

27. The Eyes - Little Red Rooster

28. The Eyes28 - It's All Over Now

 

Get it: EYES

The Incredible Kidda Band - Too Much Too Little Too Late

Remember during the good ol' days of late '70s and early '80s guitar-based new wave and power pop? Remember when the Boys had a new release, and how the raw energy almost ripped holes in your speakers? Prepare to relive those days, cuz here come two CDs of raw, unpretentious energy, dressed up in the catchiest hooks this side of the Boys. Recorded between 1977 and 1981, the Kiddas never got the break they deserved, due to circumstances beyond their control. They certainly had the talent and the songs, but it just didn't work out for them. With 29 tracks, there's something for every guitar pop fan. All the tracks are raw and primitive, but not sloppy. And each song, written by leader Alan Hammonds, has so much snap, crackle, and pop, you'll be stuffed silly by the time Disc Two ends. "Can I Take the Car Tonight" sounds like it could've been at least a regional hit way back then! "While the 1979-1981 material is in stereo, the earlier 1977 recordings are in mono, enhancing the experience for the fan, while irritating the audiophiles at the same time! "Fighting My Way Back" musically resembles a mix 'tween power pop favorites Bram Tchaikovsky and the Records "If Looks Could Kill," "Big Boys Don't Cry," and "Get Off the Telephone" are such nice, hooky little songs, that you have to wonder why no major label snapped them up. Though the sound quality is debatable in a few places, the songs speak for themselves. AMG

Listen: HERE

Ice Cream Man Power Pop And More radio show #49

The Leftovers - Dance With Me (Eager To Please LP)

The Shivvers - Teenline 1 1 (Single)

The Pretty Things - Buzz The Jerk (Get The Picture LP)

Aerial - Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak At School (Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak  At School LP)

Nick Piunti - Farewell Goodbye (13 In My Head LP)

Les Fleur De Lys (Feat. Sharon Tandy) - Hold On (Single)

The Forz - Don't You Cry (The Forz LP)

Quitty And The Don'ts - (She's Gonna) Break Your Heart (Running Out Of Time Single)

The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone (25th Anniversary EP)

The Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (Single)

Neon Cough - Insomnia (Dracuals Mix Tape LP)

The Forz - Out There (The Forz LP)

Aerial - Japanese Dancer (Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak At School LP)

The Nips - Nobody To Love (Single)

Mikey And The Drags - So Fine (Tape)

The Lambrettas - Dance (Beat Boys In The Jet Age LP)

The Merseybeats - Funny Face (The Merseybeats A's and B's LP)

Secret Colours - Get To The Sun (Single)

Ken Sharp - Melody Hill (Sonic Crayons LP)

Lisa Mychols - Go All The Way (?)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #50

#50

Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day (Single)

Barry and The Remains - Why Do I Cry?  (The Remains LP)

REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It.  (Document LP)

The Click Beetles - Bubblegum (Wake Up To Music LP)

Nick Piunti - Time Machine (TBA NewLP)

Attic Lights - Late Night Sunshine (Friday Night Lights LP)

Thieves - How It Goes (Single)

The Retreads - You Said You Knew (Single)

The Cry - The Last Thing That I do (Dangerous Games US Issue LP)

Phenomenal Cat - Modernism (Single)

The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You (The Supremes LP)

The Plastic Pals - Travelling (Single)

The Artwoods - Can You Hear Me (Art Gallery LP)

The Youth - I'll Call Your Bluff (Single)

Modern Faces - Matter Of Time (Single)

The Poor Richards - Remember, Remember (The Poor Richards LP)

The Above - Ordinary Life (Waterbury Street LP)

Propeller - You Remind Me Of You (You Remind Me Of You LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Show. #16 Radio Andra

The Hollies - Set Me Free, The Fire Apes - Let Me Know, Juleah - Neverending Swell, The Frowning Clouds - Purple Heart, The Plagues - The Loss Is Mine, Fabienne Delsol - To You, The Showmen - The Wrong Girl, Baby Scream - Slut, Jay Gonzalez - Luisa, The Greenberry Woods - Super Geek, The Cry - Hanging Me Up, Fuzzy Vox - Ruby Heart Stealer, Grant Lindberg - We Were Young, Sam Page - Release Me, The Del Zorros - Younger Every Day, The Starkins - Roundabout, The Jam - In The City, The Newds - Go Getter, The Who - Heatwave, The Silver Factory - The World May Bring Us Down

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More #277 Best Of 2018 Part 2

1) That Driving Beat - A Little Togetherness (Single)

2) St Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club - I Still Get The Calls (Single)

3) The Genuine Fakes - Even With You (Issues LP)

4) In Deed - Don't Need, Don't Care (Everest LP) Uppsala

5) Dee Rangers - I'm Your Fool (All You Need Tonight LP) Stockholm

6) The Most - It's Alright (Beat Beat Boom LP) Umeå

7) The Hombres - Go Girl, Go (Record Robot LP)

8) Badass Mother Fuzzers - Gonna Get You (Single)e Me A Letter (Single) 

9) Super 8 - Good Times (Hi Lo LP)

10) The Greyhound Factory - The Genie And The Gun (Single) UK

11) The Gunboat Diplomats - IF Summer Could Stay (Single)

12) Bryan Estepa - No Ordinary (Single)

13) Stephen's Ruin - Ophelia Winter (Never Too Late LP)

14) Thrift Store Halo - Every Time With You (Single)

15) Tommy Sistak - You Can't Change Me (Ready Set A Go Go LP)

16) Lannie Flowers - Don't Make Me Wait (Single)

17) Faux Co - Prozac Spaceman (Single)

18) Gleeson - Holding On (The Years Have It LP)

19) Gretchens Wheel - Untethered (Black Box Theory LP)

20) Tomas Nilson - I'm Too Tired To Sleep (Split Single With Roger Arvidson)

21) Chromosomes - Goalkeeper (Single)

22) Pablo Matisse - Wasting Light (Single)

23)The Duke Of Surl - Out Of It (Out Of It LP)

24) Vista Blue - 1621 (Single)

25) Extra Arms - Headacher (Headacher LP)

26) The Papashangos - The Poncho Song (Single)

27) The Bookends - Laugh Or Cry (Far Away But Around LP)

28) RAF - Get What You Get (Single)

29) Emperor Penguin - Halfway to Havana (Rum Pop Engineer LP)

30) GospelBeach- Strange Days (Another Summer Of Love LP)

31) 65MPH - Soaring (Single)

32) Carbon Poppies - Rain On My Face (Single)

33) Psychotic Youth - You (21 LP)  Acoustic set for ICM

34) Psychotic Youth - You (21 LP) LP Version

35) Ken Sharp - Lemons To Lemonade (Beauty In The Back seat LP)

36) The Geezers - Daymaker (Shine On LP)

37)  Three Hour Tour - Pascal The Hypnotist (You Never Know LP)

38) The Newds - Through The Dark (Single)

The Girls of Texas 60's - Various Artists

The best known girl group in Texas during the late 60's was The Heart Beats of Lubbock who are included on this album, along with other great female led bands and that is unfortunately the extent of what I know about this album, but it really is worth a listen!

1. [02:19] The Heartbeats – Crying Inside
2. [02:44] The Heartbeats – Poor Side Of Town
3. [02:36] The Brazen Hussies – Climbing The Wall
4. [02:12] Kay Gramm & The Bandettes – Cross My Heart
5. [03:07] Leisha Brodie – Cross My Heart
6. [06:14] Lou Ann Barton – I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
7. [05:22] Lou Ann Barton – He’s Gotta Use His Head (To Turn Me On)
8. [03:15] The Heartbeats – Choo Choo Train
9. [02:08] The Heartbeats – Little Latin Lupe Lu
10. [02:34] The Bombshells – Treat Her Right
11. [02:24] The Brazen Hussies – Imitation Me
12. [02:03] The Bad Girls – Santa’s Got A Brand New Bag
13. [02:02] The Baxterettes – Why Oh Why Does Barbara Cry
14. [02:18] Friday & The Girls – An Older Boy 

Get it: HERE

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More radio show #280

The Ramones - Suzy Is A headbanger (Leave Home 40th Anniversary Deluxe LP)

Thee Girl Fridays - Too Much Of A Good Thing (Single)

The Screens - Tell Julie To Stay (Single)

Teenage Fanclub - Don't Cry No Tears (Deep Fried Fanclub LP)

South Berkley - Glass And Sparks (Single)

Vista Blue - Always Check The Backseat (Scary Songs To Sing In The Dark EP)

The Vapour Trails - Godspeed It (Godspeed It EP)

The Popravinas - Sofia (Single)

The Thick Un's - Reckless Rider (Greasy Gambit LP)

Proper - Welcome To This Town (Single)

Attic Lights - Kings Of Whatever (Love In The Times Of Shark Attacks LP)

French Boutik - Passe Recompose (Le Ame De Paris LP)

The Prisoners - Mourn My Health In From The Cold LP)

Worlds Apart - This Life (Songs For Sons & Daughters LP)

Phil Yates and The Affiliates - We're Finally Here (How Do You Spell GBV LP)

Tiger Bomb - Don't Forget The Girl (Uproar LP) Dionysus Records

Attic Lights - Never By Myself (Love In The Time Of Shark Attacks LP)

The Reverberations - Dream Catcher (Changes LP)

Jake Starr - All The Mess I'm In (Single)

Elvyn - Ellie (Valley Of The Killowatt Hour LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #194

#194

The Undertones - There Goes Norman (Unreleased)

Colin's Godson - Let's Destroy The Thatcher Brain (Colin's Godson In Space LP)

Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians Of The British Empire - He's Making A Tape (Thatchers Children LP)

Biters - Melody For Lovers (It's Ok To Like Biters LP) From Atlanta

Råttanson - Rejection Hurts (Full Scale Shakeability LP) New

The Bookends - A Girl Like Me (EP Single)

Prima Donna - Puta, Te Amo (Bless This Mess LP)

California Snow Story - Her Ocean Airport (Single) Camera Obscura/ Piggledy Pop Blogspot.

Building Rockets - Unsong (Ice Cream Mix) (Single)

Tiny Animals - Up, Up And Away (Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On LP)

Richard Turgeon - Bigfoots An Alien (In Between The Spaces LP)

The Neighbourhoods - Yeah You (The High Hard One LP)

The Malibus - Cry (Back From The Grave Vol.1 LP)

The Len Price 3 - Keep Your Eyes On Me (Pictures LP)

Råttanson - Transylvania Nights (Full Scale Shakeability LP)

Cola Jet Set - Lo Mejor Esta Por Llegar (Lo Mejor Esta Por Llegar LP)

Proper - Lucky Things (To The Point LP)

The Bookends - Far Away But Around (EP)

The Bopp - This One's For You (Power My Pop LP)

Baby Scream - In A Picture (The Strange Flowers Vs Baby Scream LP)

Picnic Tool - Einstein (Single)

BMX Bandits - Life Without You (BMX Bandits Forever LP) Elefant Records

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #46

Originally aired on Radio Andra, Sweden, 13th August 2014.

Elvis Costello - Olivers Army (Single) 
Jack Johnson - No Good With Faces (To The Sea LP) 
The Solicitors - Pretty Penny (Blank Cheque LP) 
New Mystery Girl - Pirate Radio (Twist City LP) 
The Alarm - 68 Guns (Single) 
RAF - Ready Steady Go (Come On LP) 
The Anydays - Backyard (Beatlesque Again LP) 
Al Greene and The Soulmates - Don't Leave Me (Single) 
New Mystery Girl - Christmas Outta Site (Single) 
The Starkwells - Believe (Take The Money And Run LP) 
The Cry - Wouldn't Last/Be True Medley (Live) 
Paul Messi - Nightmares (Single) 
Doc Thomas Group - I'll Be Doggone (Rare Mod Vol. 1 LP) 
The Go Wows - Gimme Some Fun (Single) 
Balduin - Love Is You (All In A Dream LP) 
Elephant Stone - Setting Sun (Elephant Stone LP) 
The Above - The Girl With The peacock Tattoo (Flake Out Single) 
Attic Lights - Never Get Sick Of The Sea (Friday Night Lights LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop And More Radio Show #191

Richard Turgeon - Watch Me Now (In Between The Spaces LP Bandcamp)

Loaded Dice - Keep Your Dress On (No Sweat LP) 2009

Biters - Born To Cry (All Chewed Up LP) 

The Four Chords - Another Bottle, Another Road (Rock 'N' Roll Salvation LP)

Vista Blue - Wonderboy Bat (Wonderband LP) Bandcamp

The Primitives - I'll Trust The Wind (Single) Elefant Records

Talk Show Host - Dead Meat (Not Here To Make Friends LP)

Hawaii Mud Bombers - Suzxuki Samurai (Mondo Primo LP)

Disconnected Genius - Just Stay, Don't Go (Nirvikalpa Meow LP)

Las Kasettes - La Ola (Bajo El Sol LP) KOTJ records

The Rubinoos - Two Guitars, Bass and Drums (Automatic Toaster LP)

The Lamplighters - I Got No Soul (Soda Pop Soul LP)

The Lovin' Spoonful - Darling Be Home Soon (Karma Sutra Boxset LP)

Grand Archives - Miniature Birds (Grand Archives LP)

Mark Morris - Alcoholiday (Memory Muscle LP)

Locksley - All Over Again (Locksley LP)

The Fireworks - Dream About You (Single)

Mando Diao - The Band (Bring 'em in LP)

The Ivins - Nothing left To Say (The Code Duello LP)

The Chevelles - Murder On Her Mind (At Second Glance LP) Not Lame Records

The Telestons - Fuck The System (Poseidon Knows LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #227

The Coal Porters - Take My Name (Single)

Richard Turgeon - Be My Wife (Single) NEW

The Hazeys - Method (Single) Bandcamp/Australia

Mike Batt - Summertime City (Single)

Paul Messis - Back Against The Wall (Songs Of Our Times LP)

The Vanjas - My Girls (Single)

The Nomads - Hard To Cry (Cold Hard Facts Of Life LP)

I Think Like Midnight - Acolyte  (This Land Is Your MInd LP)

The King In Mirrors - Fall Into Place (Single)

The Yellow Melodies - Don't Think Twice (Life LP)

Teenage Fanclub - Hang On (Edit) (The Ultimate Collection LP)

The Lolas - Plenty Of Dogs (Something You Oughta Know LP)

65MPH - Cheap (Single)

Echowave - Blue (Echowave EP)

The Searchers - I Count The Tears (The Pye Anthology 63-67 LP)

The Yellow Melodies - Life (Life LP)

The Freejacks - Sunny Afternoon (Single)

Smart Patrol - Atomic (Overage Underachievers LP)

Vista Blue - Thirteen (Big Star Cover) (Single)

Orbis Max - Stickin' Around (Single)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio show #288

Psychotic Youth - Oriental Beat

Three Hour Tour - I wanted you around (B Side Oblivion LP)

Cancel The Astronauts - Country Song (I am The President Of Your Fanclub EP)

Slyboots - Kicking the Stars (Single)

Life On Mars - Rabbits (Single)

Lannie Flowers - Anything But Love (Single)

The Maureens - Outta Sight (The Maureens LP)

Attic Lights - Louis (Love In The Time Of Shark Attacks LP)

Andrew Taylor - Won't You Talk To Me (From The Outside Looking in LP)

The Popravinas - Talkin' Out Loud (Willy Nilly LP)

The Jam - Boy About Town (Sound Affects LP)

Reigning Sound - I'll Cry (Too Much Guitar LP)

Vein - Stupid Love Song (Ravens Eye LP)

The False Positives - Good Enough For Rock 'n' Roll (Single)

The Saucy Jacks - Can't Say Anything (Single)

Quitters - Letter To Forgotten Friends (Single)

Phenomenal Cat - The Volume Police (Single)

Farrah - Scarborough (Farrah LP)

Wes Hollywood - Small Talk

The Beat - Ranking Full Stop (Peel Session 5th November 1980)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #264

The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (The Motown Anthology LP(

Lily Was Here - The Letter (If Not Now LP) France, Bandcamp

Locksley - 21st Century (Locksley LP)

Rob Clarke and The Wooltones - Two Lane Black Top (Single)

Teenage Fanclub - Don't Cry No Tears (Deep Fried Fanclub LP) Neil Young Cover

Psychotic Youth - Number 1 In My Heart (21 LP)

Jerry Hull - Foreign Agent Lover (Single)

Lannie Flowers - Where Did All The Fun Go (March To Home LP)

Genuine Fakes - Even With You (Issues LP)

The Records - Hearts In Her Eyes (Crashes LP) John Wicks

The Hollies - I Can't Let Go (Single)

Dodgy - Whole Lot Easier (Homegrown LP)

The Safes - Nobody Cares Anymore (Tasty Waves LP)

The Vulz - Kassablanca (Love Struck Bomb Delay LP)

The Skullers - I'm Your Man (Single) 

Dom Mariani and The Majestic Kelp - Angel Angeline (Hi Seas LP)

The Bradipos IV - Lost Waves (Lost Waves LP)

Dee Rangers - No One To Love You (All You Need Tonight LP)

65mph - Sound (Stories from The Streets Where We Ran LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #232

#232

The Surfaris - Wipeout (Single)

The Difficult Stranger - Illusion (Single) 

Emperor Penguin - Halfway To Havana (Rum Pop Engineer LP) Bandcamp

Pony Death Ride - Who The Fuck Is Ed Hardy (Not A Foal, No Longer A Horse LP)

Slade - Shape Of Things (Sladest LP)

Yvonne Carroll - Please Don't Go (Single)

Ramirez Exposure - Hazel Love (Young Is The New Old LP)

Taggart - Butterly (L'Maskin LP) Phillidelphia

The Wrong Society  - Tell Me Your'll Be Mine (Single) Hamburg, Bandcamp

Nightmen - Velvet Curtains (Can't Avoid Success LP)

The Bishops - Pass Away (For Now LP)

Small Factory - The Last Time That We Talked (For If You Cannot Fly LP) 1994 US

Mythical Motors - Concentric Circles (The Life Stage LP) US.

Velvet Crush - Everything Flows (A Single Odessey LP)

Hemmit - My Room (One Ultra LP)

Ed Ryan - Unspoken (Single)

The Speak - Everytime (Single)

Angst - Dinner With Debbie (Cry For Happy LP)

The Jeanies - I Think You're The Wrong One (The Kids Are No Good LP)

The Letters - Nobody Loves Me (Single)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #269

The Pretty Things - The Sun (Emotions LP)

The Liars - Like A Whistle (Never Looked Back LP) Area Pirata

Go Dog Go - Stop And Think It Over (Old Enough LP)

The Regrettes - Hey Now (Feel Your Feelings Fool LP)

The Dirty Contacts - When You Stop Loving Me (Single) 

Faux Co - Set The Record Straight (Single)

Stephen's Ruin - The Only One (Never Too Late LP) 

The Turtles - Elenore (Single)

Women Of The Night - Moscow Mansions (Single)

Attic Lights acoustic set.

Attic Lights - Don't You (Super De-Luxe LP)

Killer Clowns - A Teenage Mind (Crappy Circus LP) (Area Pirata)

The Ghiblis - Lazy Odyssey (Surfinia LP)

Chris Lund - Tell Me (Great Event Syndrome LP)

Stephen's Ruin - Never Too Late (Never Too Late LP)

Natalie Sweet - Good Love (Oh....By The Way LP)

Marshall Chipped - Little Victories (Time and Distance LP)

The Cyrkle - Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (Neon LP)