I am happy this is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I wish I had known about them at the time.

pretty obsessed with this track right now

Rock 'n' Roll Ice Cube

Los Angeles Police Department - The Only One
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Pollie 
Art by Christian Escalante

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The Only One

More perfect pop from Adelaide that was a favourite demo for airplay among the announcers at Triple M-FM in the 1980s (now 3D Radio).

Southern Latvian Barbeque - Astral Escapes

from Chapter Music's reissue compilation How Far Will You Go? - The S&M Recordings 1973-81, released on vinyl, CD and digital on 23 June 2015.

Chapter Music is excited to present the first ever reissue of wild and outlandish 1970s LA pre-punk icons Smokey. Featuring cameos from James Williamson of the Stooges, Randy Rhoads of Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne and members of the Motels, King Crimson, David Bowie’s Tin Machine, Suburban Lawns and many others, the Smokey story has to be heard to be believed.
In 1973, two wide-eyed young music fans made their way to Los Angeles and were introduced by a notoriously touchy-feely road manager for the Doors. They fell into a relationship that would produce five of the most criminally neglected singles of the decade, as well as a treasure trove of unreleased recordings.
John “Smokey” Condon was a bewitchingly beautiful Baltimore transplant, himself no angel after spending his teenage years partying with the John Waters crowd. EJ Emmons was a budding record producer from New Jersey, already starting to work in small studios around Hollywood.
Condon had marched in New York the night after the Stonewall Riots in 1969, and so by the time he and EJ created Smokey, they weren’t about to hold back. Released in 1974, first single Leather b/w Miss Ray wasn’t just openly gay, it was exultantly, unapologetically gay, examining front-on the newly-liberated leather and drag scenes thriving in America’s urban centres.
The single was shopped around to labels using Emmon’s industry contacts, but doors were regularly slammed on the duo. “We can’t put this out, it’s a fucking gay record, what’s the matter with you,” said one record exec, while adding “it’s really good though.”
So Smokey formed S&M Records, with a logo featuring a muscular arm encased in studded cuffs, and “S&M” tattooed on the bulging bicep. They went on to self- release five singles that span pre-punk, stoner jams, disco, synth-punk and more, all stamped with Smokey’s fearless candour. 1976 single and compilation title track How Far Will You Go...? features guitar from EJ’s studio buddy James Williamson, fresh from his adventures recording Raw Power with Iggy & the Stooges in London with David Bowie.
The live band played almost weekly at Rodney Bingenheimer‘s English Disco, with a band featuring 14 year old future Quiet Riot-ers Randy Rhoads and Kelly Garni.
Then there’s the raft of unreleased recordings, including a 9 minute disco workout entitled Piss Slave, and two versions of Million Dollar Babies, an ode to New York’s notorious trucks where men would go late at night to trick.
All-in-all, How Far Will You Go? is a revelation, lovingly restored by Emmons from original master tapes, and even mastered for vinyl by Emmons on his own cutting lathe. With extensive liner notes and photos, How Far Will You Go? tells the story of America’s greatest 70s should-have-beens, a band so amazing that the only reason you haven’t heard of them is because they were faggots, and they didn’t give a shit.

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Smokey - How Far Will You Go...?

from the album No One Deserves You, released by Chapter Music on vinyl, CD and digital on September 25, 2015.
Pre-order your copy now from:
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Crayon Fields - She's My Hero

first single from The Goon Sax debut album Up To Anything, to be released by Chapter Music in 2016. 

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The Goon Sax - Sometimes Accidentally

A-side of Chapter Music's contribution to the Kingfisher Bluez Buddy System singles club

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Guy Blackman - Camming 4 Each Other

NO ZU “Hi Gloss” is the lead track from their new 4-song "Hi Gloss EP" out November 13th via Cutters on 12” vinyl and digital. (Premiered via @thump - http://bit.ly/1XOeXlM)

Preorder iTUNES > http://radi.al/NOZUHiGloss  //  12" VINYL: http://bit.ly/1Onhly7
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(NO ZU  "Afterlife" album due early 2016 via Chapter Music)

NO ZU extend their very own world of percussive groove and "Heat Beat" into deeper territories than ever on their “Hi Gloss EP” which will be released next week. And to give us our first taste they have unveiled the title track “Hi Gloss” for our listening pleasure. 

Hi Gloss sets the tone for the EP - one of wild-abandon boogie and no-wave styled house that when fused together is uniquely NO ZU. Triple X funk and NSFW moods continue to flow and mutate throughout the EP with hedonistic freedom. 

Nicolaas Oogjes of the band explains; "Hi Gloss has been a live favorite of ours for some time! Just a simple, straight up house jam we can lose ourselves in and feel instinctively as a band. It's a zonked-out blast of a track. The song is inspired by ideas of luxury, high glamour and swimming in bright blue oceans with make-up on - a bit of a departure from some of our more sordid themes. We felt that Hi Gloss needed it's day in the sun and that it was a perfect point to build an extended release around."

The EP comprises four new songs, including an improvised late night jam with Sal Principato of legendary NY group Liquid Liquid, and in addition there is a remix of their recent single “Ui Yia Uia” by LA boogie-man, Moon B (PPU, 1080p).




NO ZU - Hi Gloss

New single from NO ZU's second album Afterlife, released on Chapter Music on vinyl and digital on 5 Feb 2016.

Order Afterlife from Chapter's webstore, Bandcamp or iTunes:

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NO ZU - Spirit Beat

Comment Te Dire Adieu (Cover)

Hate Home off the 7" coming out in feb/march 2017 on sexy romance records.

SXR004 - Sex Drive -  Hate Home

version from debut 'self-titled' LP by sydney band Orion. 
out now on Cool Death Records.

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