Sunday, August 21, 2011

KIDS CORNER


Everyone is looking forward to the start of the National Football League season. Everyone. Perhaps no fans are more excited than those of the Philadelphia Eagles. One young fan even took it upon himself to pen this adorable drawing and send it to this web presence. It was made by a creative young fellow. He's a toddler and his name is John Sharkey IV.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Home Blitz 2011


HOME BLITZ performed a typically rousing set in Allentown, Pennsylvania the other night. Highlights of the evening include cheap beers & shots, menacing patrons at the bar, a video poker machine, and a spirited delivery of City Kids. (or City Kids, if you prefer.)
Lowlights include an impenetrable plume of cigarette smoke, a little league game rather than a Phillies game on television, and a microphone on each instrument at the expense of the vocals.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

FACTORYMEN -- Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit


FACTORYMEN
Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit
Vinyl 12” EP + 25 track mp3 download
RR//TT#30

More Mensa material from the Rust Belt. FACTORYMEN is a sociopathic, meticulously crafted studio project that centers around Steve Peffer (Homostupids, Folded Shirt, Pleasure Leftists, etc.). It involves the targeted misuse of Rock & even Dance Music instruments and it’s certain to test the patience of your roommate, lover, or father. Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit is an obtuse, off-putting, though catchy mini-album. These are the types of tunes that will roll around in your empty head and you’ll recall them, with horror, as you wait for the bus or write a check for rent or when you beg for forgiveness from your boss after your latest fuck-up. This record is the soundtrack to unpleasantness.

305 copies. Covers silk-screened by Neil Burke at Monoroid.

Includes mp3 download for Yellow Eyes... + Shitman + the debut FACTORYMEN 45 on My Mind’s Eye Records.


$16ppd to US
$18ppd to Canada/Mexico
$24ppd to the World

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Live Dates


We're all chasing something. Women? Dollars? Fame? Glory? A dream? All worthy quarry, but failure has the appetite of a defensive lineman and the hopeful are its buffet. This world is littered with sad sacks burdened with disappointment.
Well, here's something to chase. Something that you ought to be able to hunt down and wrap up in your arms for an evening. The only obstacle to success is geography, transportation, and some cash.
So go out and catch Richie Records // TestosterTunes acts and try to have a nice time and enjoy yourself.

PURLING HISS
Aug 11 @ Golden West Cafe in Baltimore
Aug 20 @ Johnny Brendas in Philadelphia
US Tour in Oct/Nov

HOME BLITZ
Aug 12 @ The Sportsman’s Cafe in Allentown, PA

BLUES CONTROL
Aug 5 @ Shea Stadium in Brooklyn
Aug 27 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn

MEGAJAM BOOZE BAND
Aug 3 @ The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia

TACO LEG
July 22 @ Maylands in Perth, Australia

WATERY LOVE
Aug 28 @ The El Bar in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A photo and a Superstore


That's a photograph of Watery Love in the recording studio. Expect more news on that project as it develops.
And please be a doll and click on over to the Richie Records // TestosterTunes Superstore at RRTT-Superstore.blogspot.com.
It's your one-stop shop for RR//TT releases. Vinyl-only, Shipped to the US only for now.
And do you want to know what's coming out next? It'll be Yellow Eyes & the Sound of Vomit by FACTORYMEN.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

A Piano


Hey look, it's a piano. It's got 88 keys and they keep it in the green room on Television's the Jimmy Fallon Show. Just try to imagine all the drug-addicted fingers that have tapped on those ivories.

Friday, June 10, 2011

World War III by HOME BLITZ

Check out this sinister floating feline and the fantastic, measured guitar solo at about 1:45.

Sunday, June 05, 2011

JUNE 14 in Phila: BIRDS OF MAYA, MILK MUSIC, & HOME BLITZ


BIRDS OF MAYA
MILK MUSIC
HOME BLITZ

TUESDAY JUNE 14
@ KFN in Philadelphia

Attendance is mandatory at this event. Throbbing wild punk/psych burners BIRDS OF MAYA will be making their ONLY live appearance of the summer. Like a lungful of smoke, the dudes will dissipate across the earth to spread joy. Bassist Jason "Spacin'" Chillinger will be relocating to the Delaware Beach to lead a seminar in advanced grilling techniques. Drummer Ben L. has accepted an internship as an understudy for the Phillie Phanatic. Guitarist M. Polizze is directing his full energy toward his other band: DIZZY SUN AND RAINBOWS. They're a full-on Band of Gypsies tribute act and they'll be playing the main dining hall on select Royal Caribbean Cruise Vacations.

Also on the bill, Olympia's loud guitar act MILK MUSIC make their Philadelphia debut. And Princeton's HOME BLITZ make a rare trip down I-95 to play classics and to unveil some new tunes.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

June 2011's available titles, the definitive list


Here's a current list of available music from Richie Records // TestosterTunes. Some titles are in dwindling supplies, some just may kick around for a while longer.

Please use paypal, live in the United States, and type the name of the record(s) you would like.

Send funds to TestosterTunes at Gmail

If you live outside the US or if you're looking for wholesale rates, send an email please.

RICHIE RECORDS // TESTOSTERTUNES
available titles June 2011

VIOLENT STUDENTS "Party Addiction" LP $15
PURLING HISS "Hissteria" LP $15
BIRDS OF MAYA "Ready to Howl" 2xLP $21
HOME BLITZ "Out of Phase" LP $15
FACTORYMEN "Shitman" LP $13
KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS "The Hunchback EP" 12" $13

BIRDS OF MAYA w/ HARMONICA DAN "Regulation" 7" single $6
CLOCKCLEANER "Frogrammer" b/w "Early Man" 7" single $6

SOLD OUT, DO NOT ORDER:

BRAINWASHED YOUTH "The Trilogy"
WATERY LOVE "Debut 45"
FNU RONNIES "Meat"

KURT VILE & someone called ROKA

Hey have a look at this hip-wiggler as she paces around the apartment and listens to 'On Tour' by Kurt Vile.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Anonymous, on May 9, 2011 wrote:
WATERY LOVE JUST SOUND LIKE A SHITTY VERSION OF THE LAMPS. CLOCKCLEANER WAS GOOD THOUGH.

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Lost & Found... OOP by HOME BLITZ


Cracked open an unmarked box and look what I found... a stack of Out of Phase by HOME BLITZ. Long suspected to be out of print, this thing was meant for wax, and the esteemed Bob Weston at the Chicago Mastering Service could not have done a finer job cutting the grooves. It's a known contemporary classic and it can be yours (provided you live in the USA) for $15 postpaid to TestosterTunes over at gmail.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

We're Back


Hello again readers. I should apologize for the absence. They say that a spurned lover can only be pushed away so many times before she's had enough. Well I hope that we haven't reached the limit yet, baby. Let me tug at your heartstrings a little while longer.
So what's the story? What do I have to report? Not much.
By now, everybody knows that the WATERY LOVE matinee was an unparalleled success. Dozens of good-time guys and girls showed up for the afternoon of a lifetime filled with beer, loud guitars, and sunshine. Speaking of WL, click over here to listen to and download the tracks from the out of print Debut 45. Thanks to Jason Sigal at the WFMU's Free Music Archive for that.
Most of us have seen PURLING HISS perform a number of times, and those unkempt bags o' bones are picking up steam with each billing. If you knock back a few pints and squint your eyes, you'd swear that the rhythm section is named Scott and Ron. And Dizzy? Everyone agrees that he's the voice of a generation that howls at the moon and talks with its fingers.
Good buddy and friend to the label DJ Sully has retaken the FM dial on Thursday mornings. He's promised slightly more conventional playlists with the same insightful commentary and guest voices. The program is called The Naked Gun and you can learn more over here.
And now let's get down to it. Let's find out what 2011 has in store, what better food you're going to eat, and what you're going to buy that you can't already afford. The Future...
This year will bring tunes from FACTORYMEN, SPACIN', BLUES CONTROL & other select artists.
PARTY ADDICTION is proving to be a hell of an album. It's finding it's way to the top of the charts and we can all agree that it bridges the gap between Kraut and krautrock.
You might as well know that we've joined the social networking site called Twitter. Take a peak at twitter.com/testostertunes if you'd like to keep in touch. No musings on current events or limp stabs at humor, simply relevant information and life lessons.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

VIOLENT STUDENTS 'Party Addiction'



VIOLENT STUDENTS
Party Addiction
RR//TT#29

Here's the last gasp effort from VIOLENT STUDENTS, a defunct Philadelphia-based black hole Punk / HC outfit whose wasters have been and continue to be involved in some arguably more-refined and mature projects. This self-medicated, throbbing set was recorded live at their final gig inside a South Philadelphia firetrap before a crowd of black-clad pencil-necked geeks that shrank with each passing tic of the metronome. Most of those intensely posed youngsters left too early to witness an exploratory stomp through “Seekers of the Truth”. The Students here are joined by BLUES CONTROL’s Lea Cho, who was a last second replacement on guitar when Jim Winters (of Earth Crisis, Conviction, etc) proved tardy. The flip side is A Handy Magician, originally infamously issued as a cassette in 2004 or so. And as a more articulate scribe has famously noted, if you remember a Violent Students gig, then you weren’t there.

Insightful liner notes courtesy of Tony Rettman.

Side A
Intro
Overpower, Overcome
Very Hot & Awfully Wet
Seekers

Side B
A Handy Magician (orig. RR//TT#2)


This record will ship in about 3 weeks, so please show patience or purchase a copy from a trusted mail-order house or chain record store.

U.S. - $15 postpaid
Canada - $18
The Rest of the World - $25

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Monday, March 07, 2011

For those with an unsatisfactory social life...


A monthly event featuring recorded music and a cash bar. It occurs at a reasonable hour on a weekday night so it's ideal for people with jobs.

Monday March 14th's Invited Guest: Max Milgram of AKA Music, Violent Students, Watery Love, & Overt Hostility.