les armees de la nuit

taxi-girl/seppuku lp/mankin records/1981:



weirdest music video i've seen in a while, saying a lot.

(why must i be) a teenager in love

dion & the belmonts/1958/live:



"i wonder why":

all about you

scars/author! author! ep/stiff records/1981:



original promotional video:



I AM LOSING MY SHIT OVER THIS BAND

zoo-music girl

the banshee beat overcomes adversity here and here.

1. Ring of Fire- Wall of Voodoo (Ring of Fire/Morricone Themes 12")
2. I Like Boys- Missing Persons (I Like Boys EP)
3. The Safety Dance- Men Without Hats (The Safety Dance 7")
4. Glad All Over- The Rezillos (Can't Stand the Rezillos)
5. Author Author!- Scars (Author Author! EP)
6. Fujiyami Attack- Guitar Wolf (Jet Generation)
7. Zoo-Music Girl- The Birthday Party (Prayers on Fire)
8. Halloween- The Dream Syndicate (I Was A Teenage Zombie Soundtrack)
9. Boy- Moose (Jack EP)
10. Moving- Suede (Suede)
11. Emergency- Family Fodder (Schizophrenia Party EP)
12. Get Out of My Stomach (Song for Ray)- Suzy Saxon & the Anglos (Suzy saxon & the Anglos)
13. Fall In Love With Me- Iggy Pop (Lust for Life)
14. All the Young Dudes- Mott the Hoople (All the Young Dudes 7")
15. Prince Charming- Adam & the Ants (Prince Charming)
16. Shack Up- A Certain Ratio (Shack Up 7")
17. Ringing in the Sane- Ceramic Hello (The Absence of A Canary)
18. Shadows- The Electric Prunes (Psychedelic Disaster Whirl Vol. 2)
19. Ruby- Silver Apples (Contact)
20. Crush on You- Tronics (Love Backed By Force)
21. Butterfly Collector- A.R. Kane (Lollita EP)
22. Hair Shoes- Pale Saints (In Ribbons)
23. The Encounter- The Budget Girls (On A Tight Budget)
24. Heard It All Before- The Death Set (Worldwide)
25. The Meanie Way- The Meanies (The Meanies 7")
26. Adolescent Wet Dream- Pussy Galore (Live: In the Red)
27. Repeater- Fugazi (Repeater)
28. We Had Love- The Scientists (Blood Red River)
29. Why Are We Here- MX-80 Sound (Crowd Control)
30. Waving Hands- Absolute Body Control (Absolute Body Control)
31. Sun Flight- Silicon Teens (Music for Parties)

love backed by force

this week the banshee beat fukked you.
i hope it is as good for you-- as it was for me.

1. Sex (I'm A...)- Berlin (Pleasure Victim EP)
2. Dinosaur Sex- Family Fodder (Schizophrenia Party EP)
3. Sex Head- The Pooh Sticks (Multiple Orgasm)
4. Turning Japanese- The Vapors (Turning Japanese 7")
5. Hey Lover Boy- The Vernons Girls (We Love the Vernons Girls)
6. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine- The Flying Lizards (Top Ten)
7. Too Drunk To Fuck- Dead Kennedys (Give Me Convenience or Death)
8. Sex- Urinals (Negative Capability... Check It Out!)
9. All Sexed Up- 100 Flowers (100 Years of Pulchritude)
10. You Taste Like the Tropics- Bush Tetras (Boom In the Night)
11. Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage- Killer Pussy (Bikini Wax)
12. Fucking In Rhythm and Sorrow- The Sugarcubes (Life's Too Good)
13. Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)- Devo (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!)
14. I'm Gonna Love You Too- Blondie (Parallel Lines)
15. Orgasm Addict- Buzzcocks (Orgasm Addict 7")
16. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll- Ian Dury & the Blockheads (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 7")
17. Sex Drive- The Embarrassment (Sex Drive 7")
18. Sexy Boy (Radio Edit)- Air (Sexy Boy EP)
19. Terminus- Absolute Body Control (Figures EP)
20. Maximum Sexual Joy- Glaxo Babies (Nine Months to Disco)
21. Sex-Eye-Make-Up- The Glove (Blue Sunshine)
22. You Turn Me On- Beat Happening (You Turn Me On)
23. I Like Fucking- Bikini Kill (I Like Fucking 7")
24. Fuck Kitty- The Frumpies (Frumpie One-Piece)
25. Goddess of Love- The Marvelettes (Playboy)
26. She's A Lover- The Pretty Things (Parachute)
27. Boys, Boys, Boys- Nikki and the Corvettes (Nikki and the Corvettes)
28. I Just Wanna Make Love to You- Thee Mighty Caesars (Caesars Remains)
29. Too Drunk To Jerk Off- The Trashies (What Makes A Man Get Trashed)
30. Tired of Sex (Tracking Rough)- Weezer (Pinkerton: reissue)

shack up

this week's episode of the banshee beat will be real sexy sexier than this video i tell ya--

a certain ratio/shack up 7"/factory benelux records/1980:

destination venus

back 4 spring: the banshee beat live saturdays 2-4 pm at rainydawg.org. listen here and here.

1. Destination Venus- The Rezillos (Destination Venus 7")
2. Baby- Iggy Pop (The Idiot)
3. Sound Alarm- Polyrock (Polyrock)
4. Africa Express- Dalek I Love You (Dalek I Love You)
5. Burning Down the House- Talking Heads (Speaking In Tongues)
6. 1989- Spizzoil (6000 Crazy 7")
7. You're A Rebel- Metropak (You're A Rebel 7")
8. Futurama- Metal Urbain (Anarchy In Paris!)
9. Wardance- Killing Joke (Wardance 7")
10. This Many Boyfriends Club- Whorl (Fortune Cookie Prize: A Tribute to Beat Happening)
11. Skeletons- Inflatable Boy Clams (Inflatable Boy Clams EP)
12. Sweaters- Laurie Anderson (Big Science)
13. Flower- Sonic Youth (Bad Moon Rising)
14. Her Jazz- Huggy Bear (Taking the Rough with the Smooch)
15. I Don't Want to Have to Break Your Face- Talulah Gosh (Peel Session 11.1.88)
16. Insects- Altered Images (I Could Be Happy 7")
17. Warm Girls- Girls At Our Best (Getting Nowhere Fast 7")
18. Totally Wired- The Fall (Totally Wired 7")
19. The Upstairs Room- The Cure (The Walk 12")
20. Turnaround- Devo (Whip It 7")
21. Enola Gay- Orhestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Enola Gay 7")
22. Europa and the Pirate Twins- Thomas Dolby (The Golden Age of Wireless)
23. Create and Melt- Dalis Car (The Waking Hour)
24. The Things I Miss- My Bloody Valentine (Ecstasy and Wine)
25. Blackmailer- The Shrubs (Blackmailer 12")
26. Lake of Fire- Meat Puppets (Meat Puppets II)
27. Panties Please- Bogshed (Let Them Eat Bogshed 12")
28. Helicopter Honeymoon- Scrotum Poles (Revelation EP)
29. My Favorite Dress- The Wedding Present (George Best)
30. Firestation Towers- Close Lobsters (NME C86)
31. Disco Pope- The Prats (1990's Pop EP)
32. Sargasso- Big Flame (Rigour)
33. Don't You Want Me- The Human League (Don't You Want Me 7")

just to be clear, i think this cover sucks. the video, however, is something else: