I've been having fun posting Halloween-related videos over the course of the day, so I figured I'd compile them here. Enjoy: Gnaw Their Tongues — Broken Fingers Pointed Upwards in Vain The Cramps — I Was A Teenage Werewolf Frank Zappa & The Mothers — Cheepnis David Bowie — Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) Bad Brains — Fearless Vampire Killers Ronald Stein — Spider Baby The Misfits — I Turned Into A Martian Bauhaus — Stigmata Martyr Ray Parker Jr. (or, Huey Lewis & The News ) — Ghostbusters Dokken's "Dream Warriors" was included, but embedding was disabled.  Bummer. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

As this evening shall be fraught with costumes, candy, horror and diabetes, figured the man for whom every night is Halloween should deliver the evening's soundtrack. Happy Halloween. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Issue #13 of Kicking Against The Pricks is up. You can find that here . My sole contribution to this issue was a review of Bad As Me by Tom Waits . Tom Waits Bad As Me ANTI- Released: 10.25.11 Kicking Against The Pricks review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Some Cramps / Surfaris action: Longboards, punk rock and monster movies. Thee Cormans ' new album, Halloween Record w/ Sound Effects , was released this week through In The Red.  Listen to "Open The Gates" and then absorb some info which comes from Force Field PR.    Thee Cormans - "Open The Gates" by forcefieldpr Just in time for Halloween, Thee Cormans release new LP on In The Red Records MP3: "Open The Gates" - http://soundcloud.com/forcefieldpr/thee-cormans-open-the-gates Fiends! Ghouls! Creeps! In the grand tradition of Frankie Stein & his Ghouls and The Deadly Ones , In The Red is proud to announce the release of Thee Cormans' Halloween Record w/ Special Effects - a bonafide Halloween rock n' roll album being dropped just in time for the only holiday that matters. Southern Californian biker/surf instrumental combo Thee Cormans have been bashing out their brand of Davie Allan & The Arrows meets the Vent...

The lo-fi thing has gotten old, but that doesn't mean every lo-fi band should suffer even if their genre has grown over-saturated and mediocre.  I like "Find Them Empty" by Woods : Subtle tune, Count Five keys, decent voices and psych guitar. Woods will be on tour this Winter, though Philadelphia's off the leg.  All info is courtesy of Force Field PR.    "Find Them Empty" by Woods by forcefieldpr Woods announces Dec. tour STREAM: Woods - "Find Them Empty" - http://soundcloud.com/forcefieldpr/find-them-empty-by-woods VIDEO: "Blood Dries Darker (Live)" - http://vimeo.com/28976600 Woods On June 14th of this year, WOODS released their 6th full-length album, Sun & Shade , on their own Woodsist record label. Recorded Winter to Winter, 2010-2011, Sun & Shade features a helping hand from west coast brother, Glenn Donaldson ( Skygreen Leopards , Art Museums ) and is the first full alb...

The new Factory Records compilation, Fac. Dance , is out and a couple more songs have been made available as pre-purchase appetizers.  I posted about Fac. Dance months ago, but you can find info on the release below along with some music via Force Field PR. Do some dancin.'  Away with you.    A Certain Radio- Wild Party (from Fac. Dance) by Strut Hear a track from A Certain Ratio from FAC. DANCE, a new Factory Records collection of 12" mixes & rarities from 1980 - 87 STREAM: A Certain Ratio - "Wild Party" - http://soundcloud.com/strut/a-certain-radio-wild-party STREAM: FAC. DANCE Bill Brewster Factory Records Mini Mix - http://soundcloud.com/strut/fac-dance-bill-brewster/ A Certain Ratio Strut presents FAC. DANCE , an essential new retrospective covering the dance output of Factory Records, the seminal Manchester record label founded by Tony Wilson , Alan Erasmus and designer Peter Saville . The album turns the spotlight on some...

Russian Circles Empros Sargent House Released: 10.25.11 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead