Artist: Teacher's Pet
Title: Jenny Super Teen
Year: 2001
Label: Flapping Jet Records
Tracks: 1.) Jenny Super Teen, 2.) Pom Pom Girls, 3.) You're Too Young
A long time ago I came across a blog with a download for a band called S'cool Girls. It wasn't great but I filed it away as interesting because back then there weren't many bands doing a budget glam sound.
Some time after that I put in a little research to see who S'cool Girls were. There wasn't a lot of info about them but I did learn that their singer is named Noah Wallace. A little more digging revealed that he was previously in Teacher's Pet.
This was their only release. There are some YouTube videos of songs not on this record that apparently came from a demo CD. Along with The Retardos and The Fevers, Teacher's Pet is in the discussion among the first contemporary bands doing a budget bubblegum sound, going even farther into a heavy Milk 'N' Cookies influence. I think a few people might like this record but I don't think it caught on with the larger scene of bands profiled on here like The Retardos and The Fevers did.
Noah Wallace has continued to be active. He's been doing a band called Hammered Satin since about 2012. They have a few releases and been absorbed under the Burger Records umbrella. They're pretty nonironic hard rock and should be avoided.
Sample: here
Artist: The Goodnight Loving
Title: Cemetery Trails Demos
Year: 2006
Label: none
Tracks: 1.) Easier Than It Is, 2.) Seeds And Stems, 3.) Girl, 4.) Dead Fish On The Banks, 5.) Takes Its Toll, 6.) Fireworks, 7.) Talkin' Tall, 8.) One Too Many Times, 9.) Smoke And Mirrors, 10.) Wreck Yer Nerves, 11.) Join The Order, 12.) Sordid Borders, 13.) Up North Girl, 14.) You Won't Change, 15.) Sinking Like A Stone, 16.) Another Foggy Yesterday, 17.) Wisconsin Avenue, 19.) Shortwave, 20.) Deadweight, 21.) Content To Fall, 22.) Payphone
The Goodnight Loving took the fairly unusual approach of releasing an LP before a single or anything but they were good enough it worked. I remember first listening to them online via the always interesting Dusty Medical Records and thinking they were ok but not really my thing. Then they got added as a last minute replacement at the 2006 Horizontal Action Blackout and they won me over.
While their sound is very polished and not really punk in structure, it is still very manic and played with a high level of energy. All the members sing and they trade instruments throughout their shows. It's a shame they never reached an audience beyond the garage punk subset because they were good enough to be bigger.
Most of their music is available for digital purchase so I won't be posting any of that stuff. This is a collection of demos from the Cemetery Trails era I got off SoulSeek a long time ago.
Sample: here
