twin tone Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/twin-tone/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 23:24:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Replacements “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-replacements-sorry-ma-forgot-to-take-out-the/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-replacements-sorry-ma-forgot-to-take-out-the Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:11:11 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-replacements-sorry-ma-forgot-to-take-out-the/ The Replacements “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash” released 40 years ago today, August 25th, 1981. Twin/Tone Records.* Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash was the band’s first studio LP and is considered to be one of the vanguards of the Midwest 80′s punk sound, though for the most part I’d call [...]

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]]> The Replacements “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash” released 40 years ago today, August 25th, 1981. Twin/Tone Records.* Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash was the band’s first studio LP and is considered to be one of the vanguards of the Midwest 80′s punk sound, though for the most part I’d call it power pop with a messy punk mentality and some Sex Pistol-ish riffs (the LP’s cover states it should be “filed under power trash” – also accurate). I’ll admit to never having been a big Replacements fan (partly because I’m not crazy about Paul Westerberg’s voice) but I do have a fondness for most things coming out of Minneapolis, a city I visited frequently as a teenager in the 80′s and we continue to go to every year or so for shows and friends (and a few good record stores). Of the handful of Replacements albums we have, this is probably my favorite, with songs that reference fellow-MN’ers Hüsker Dü (“Somethin to Dü”), New York Dolls’ and Heartbreakers’ Johnny Thunders (“Johnny’s Gonna Die”) and a totally 80′s Midwest punk pastime “Hangin Downtown.”

*edited reblog of my post from 2018

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]]> 9080 The Crackers “Sir Crackers!” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-crackers-sir-crackers-1981-twintone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-crackers-sir-crackers-1981-twintone Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:29:51 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-crackers-sir-crackers-1981-twintone/ The Crackers “Sir Crackers!” 1981. Twin/Tone Records. Four-song EP by Minneapolis-based power pop rockers with Steve Almaas (also of The Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo, others) on bass and vocals, Karen Indiana (aka Karen Haglof, also of Band of Susans) on guitar and vocals, and Jay Peck (also of Figures) on drums and vocals. Yesterday while locating [...]

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]]> The Crackers “Sir Crackers!” 1981. Twin/Tone Records. Four-song EP by Minneapolis-based power pop rockers with Steve Almaas (also of The Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo, others) on bass and vocals, Karen Indiana (aka Karen Haglof, also of Band of Susans) on guitar and vocals, and Jay Peck (also of Figures) on drums and vocals. Yesterday while locating our one and only Cream album, I saw this filed right next to that LP and had no idea what it was. Sir Crackers! is The Crackers only release and has that 80′s Minneapolis power pop sound, kinda jangly, bright and a bit punky, like The Replacements. (The only track from this EP I could find online to link is “Ultimato” which sums up that Minneapolis sound quite nicely.) My favorite track on this 4-song EP is “I Can’t Have Faith,” an excellent pop song whose beat and bass line is reminiscent of The Jam’s “Start.” Also good is “Your Heart” which has an infectious 60′s psychedelic garage rock vibe.

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