Deke’s old band. CD compiles a bunch of this band’s great surf tunes. All the tracks are also available on vinyl in various formats.

As the band name may suggest, this album contains a bunch of songs about smoking dope. This trio is lead by David Nudelman and they do some of his solo songs rock ‘n roll style. Great cover photo. Really dumb lyrics.

After loving Servotron’s latest, and hearing about the similarities with that band, I decided to give Supernova a try. At first I wasn’t too excited. The song lacked the electronics of Servotron and were short on the sci-fi themes but I soon realized the strength of this band. They write funny songs about pop culture that are insanely catchy. The singer sounds like a mix between Mark Mothersbaugh and David Byrne and the guitar hooks never descend to the level of most of the crap on Lookout records.

This bands rocks in a Cramp’s style rockabilly sound with a heavy dose of The Velvet Underground. The mix is stripped down to the barest of essentials. There’s no reverb here, just a raw minimalism that has a lot of charm. The singing and guitar playing take a front seat over the unmotivated (and, at times, intentionally wonky) rhythm section.

Hott DAMN!! Insane steel guitar-guitar combo. It’s kinda like the Ren and Stimpy theme but more insane and with slide guitar. Did I mention INSANE?!?!?

This is a side project by Big Sandy’s guitarist. They rock in swingin’ western rockabilly style, not unlike the Dave and Deke Combo. The album is on Deke’s Eccophonnic label to boot! These songs are fun and you’d have to be a vegeTABLE to sit through this one without tappin’ your toes.

Robot rock! This band is rumored to contain member(s) of Man or Astroman? and Supernova (I’ve since found out that this is not true), and follows those bands in their taste for goofy sci-fi rock. Servotron’s theme is robots and they play in a Devoesque robotic style. Bad birthday is a classic.

Another single from this ManorAstroman?-esque/Supernova-esque project. Not quite as good as the Bad Birthday single but still likeable.

The first full-length outing by Servotron. More songs about the elimination of the human race. Includes songs about Small Wonder, Magnus Robot Fighter, Robbie the Robot, and the much ignored red robot R5-D4. This is a great record, although admittably it could be annoying to some people.

A collection of mildly exotica inspired tune from this Portland surf band. It’s much better than some of their earlier releases. The high point being their cover of the theme from The Godfather.