GIGS!

The first gigs of our Spring / Summer 2022 programme have been announced!


Friday 25th March
Burnt Mill Snooker & Social Club – Edinburgh Way – Harlow CM20 2DQ

The Sweeney + Romeo Spy

The Kings of Harlow Town are back!

A special homecoming warm up show ahead of their London reunion for John Otway’s 5000th gig celebrations.

One of British music’s best kept pop secrets, The Sweeney have consistently turned the heads of discerning music listeners since their first year together. Having released five albums, the band matured into a force to be reckoned with, showcasing the songwriting brilliance of singer Murray Torkildsen.

Support from London’s Romeo Spy

Friday 6th May
Burnt Mill Snooker & Social Club – Edinburgh Way – Harlow CM20 2DQ

King Salami & The Cumberland 3 + The Mandelbrot Shakes

London’s greatest and most sensational Rhythm’n’Blues-Punk band. A band that truly represents London, being a mongrel mix of Caribbean, France, Japan and Spain. With a repertoire influenced by many of the great songs of the ’50s and ’60s made to sound fresh and new to modern ears, you won’t be able to help but move your feet when the Cumberland Three are blasting out of the speakers. The King howls like Screaming Jay Hawkins with Bo Diddley chasing his coat-tail whilst Andre Williams tries to offer up some of his bacon fat, and the Trashmen do the Surfin’ Bird behind him. This is a man that never stops shakin’ and twistin’ and groovin’.

Support from Brighton’s The Mandelbrot Shakes

Friday 15th July
Burnt Mill Snooker & Social Club – Edinburgh Way – Harlow CM20 2DQ

The Len Price 3 + The Veras

Black Wax favourites The Len Price 3 return to Harlow. The Medway trio tour in support of their brand new album Ip Dip Do.

Support on the night from The Vera’s making their Harlow debut – you’ll recognise them as The Small Fakers but playing their own material.

The Snooker & Social club in Harlow is a real gem – it’s location right next to Harlow Town train station means its easily accessible for people across Herts & Essex. It’s 5 years this month since The Square closed, and following the last couple of years without much social activity we’re really excited to be putting these shows on.
We’ve pulled in some favours from some bands We’ve worked with previously, but also have some bands who will be making their Harlow debuts.
If ever there was a time for a coming together of live music fans, wanting to see more original and new bands in town, this is it – we’ve a couple more gigs to announce and there’s life in the town yet!

Tickets for all Harlow shows go on sale 9am Monday 17th January available from https://www.wegottickets.com/blackwax

The venue is right next to Harlow Town train station – the video above shows how to find it!

Let’s Go! – September

Let’s Go! returned to TWR after a short summer break on Saturday 25th Sept 2pm-4pm. A shake up to the usual format, the show is 100% vinyl only recorded live in one take. Expect the usual mix of modern punk and garage rock & roll with a brand-new track from Benny Trokan and album tracks off the new LPs from Rata Negra and Chubby & The Gang.

Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Play list:

 The Datsuns – In Love
Chubby & The Gang – Coming Up Tough
Dead Meat – Dead Meat
Cyanide Pills – Big Mistake 
Rata Negra – Venid A Ver
The Gaggers – You Ain’t No Fun
Benny Trokan – Get It In The End
The Bonnevilles – Reflex Liar
Baby Shakes – Sweet N Sour Part 2
The ArKaics – I’m Free
The Branded – She’s My Woman 
Martin Savage & The Jiggerz – Time To Get Out
Los Pepes – I Want You Back
CHINESE JUNK – Bargain Bin Girl
Cute Lepers – Damaging Acts
Tommy And The Commies – One Arch Town
The Ordinary Boys – Awkward
The Queers – Tamara Is A Punk
The Courettes – Hop The Twig 
The Detroit Cobras – Hey Sailor!
James And The Ultrasounds – Robot Love
The Reflectors – All Made Up
Pelazo – Lie To Me
Bad Nerves – Wasted Days
The Speedways – Daydreaming
The Moons – Don’t Go Changin’
The Len Price 3 – Mr Grey 
The Phantom Keys – Just A Little Bit
Muck And The Mires – Too Soon To Fall In Love
More Kicks – I’m On The Brink
Faz Waltz – Kids Are All Wild
Imperial State Electric – (Why Don’t You) Leave It Alone
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – Ace Of Spades 
The BellRays – Fire On The Moon
Giuda – Bad Days Are Back
Newtown Neurotics – Fools
Radiohearts – Decisions
Mary’s Kids – I Started Walking
The Chisel – Not The Only One
The Anemic Boyfriends – Fake I.D.
The White Stripes – I Just Don’t Know What To Do Why Myself

Los Pepes to headline Black Wax Noise Division Launch Night

Finally, following delay after delay we are pleased to announce the official launch party for our record label, the Black Wax Noise Division!

Saturday 27th November at The Herald, Harlow, Essex (CM19 5RD)

Headlining are London based Los Pepes, celebrating the release of I Want You Back/Never Get It Right, the second release from the Black Wax Noise Division.

Special Guests on the evening are Martin Savage & The Jiggerz (feat 2 of King Salami’s Cumberland 3) and Romeo Spy.

Keep an eye out for more live acts and DJs to be announced soon!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Let’s Go! June – Garageland Special

This month’s Let’s Go! show on Totally Wired Radio featured special guest Spike, promoter of London’s Garageland punk rock & roll club night. Talking about his early years snapping punk shows in the USA, moving to Europe and running Garageland for 10 years, soundtracked by the noise that has influenced his life.

We also hear from NixBeat, our regular contributor who reads an excerpt from one of his record reviews.

All of this and the regular mix of new punk, garage and rock & roll including a brand new track from NY legend Sonny Vincent!

Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!


Play list:
The Whiffs – Shakin All Over
Sonny Vincent – The End Of Light
Flash Kicks – Too Late
Lucy And The Rats – Pills
Bambies – Dirty Taint
Pelazo – Lie To Me
Moron’s Morons – Rate Your Teacher
Comino – Criminal
Gino And The Goons – Watch You Shine
Chubby And The Gang – Coming Up Tough
The Mandelbrot Shakes – Your Love
CHINESE JUNK – Your Girl
Wild Evel and the Trashbones – Digging My Grave
Spike / Garageland
Iggy & The Stooges – Search and Destroy
The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
The Clash – Garageland
The Only Ones – The Beast
X – The World’s A Mess It’s In My Kiss
The Specials – Concrete Jungle
Zero Boys – Civilisation’s Dying
Tom Robinson Band – Power In The Darkness
Ten O Sevens – We Are The Brigade
Scene Killers – Not So Working Class
Atomic Suplex – Set It On Fire
Young Francis Hi Fi – I Wanna Hold You Tight (Tonite)
Los Pepes – Let Them Talk
Kool And The Gang Bangers – Killer Kops

Let’s Go! May

Back on Totally Wired Radio for another 2 hours of new Punk, Rock & Roll, Garage and more including brand new tracks from The Reflectors and RMBLR, recommendations from NixBeat and special guest Mauro Venegas of London’s Some Weird Sin club who talked us through the club night’s history, greatest nights and upcoming events.

Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Play list:
The Major – Nonsense
The Reflectors – All Made Up
New Rochelles – Something To Believe In
RMBLR – Main Muscle
The Monsters – I’m A Stranger To Me
The Manges feat. Guida – Tootsie Rolls
Poison Boys – Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind
Irmans – Hermano
Brad Marino – Even The Score
Ugly Sounds – I Can’t Get Out
Kid Congo Powers – I Made You A Clown
Food Fight – Shenanigans
The Erratix – You Don’t Care
Los YaYaz – Sad And Blue
The Datsuns – Dehumanise
Murray Torkildsen & The Sweeney – Chump
Tommy Ray! – Feel The Pain
The Speedways – SOS
Mauro Venegas / Some Weird Sin:
The Briefs – I Hate The World
The Parkinsons – Angel In The Darkness
Sylvain Sylvain – Teenage News
David Ryder Prangley – Black Magic & True Love
High Vis – Altitude
The Sly Persuaders – Control
Radio Days – What Is Life?
Les Lullies – Night Klub
Protex – Don’t Ring Me Up
Iggy Pop – Some Weird Sin

Let’s Go! April

Back on Totally Wired Radio for another 2 hours of new Punk, Rock & Roll, Garage and more including brand new tracks from MÄSH and The Courettes, recommendations from NixBeat and Heatwave along with a sniff of nostalgia from The Count Bishops (via Ace) and Barry Rolfe (via Splattered).

Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Playlist:

The Nomads – Ain’t No King of Rock and Roll
Mash – Water Floods
The Jackets – Steam Queen
Reigning Sound – A Little More Time
Rich Ragany and the Digressions – Heartbreakers Don’t Try
The Reflectors – Act A Fool
The Teamsters – Sharp Suited SOAG
The Revox – Father In Low
The Embrooks – Its Time You Realised
Smalltown Tigers – Girl Can Help It
Radiohearts – Lot To Learn
The Scientists – Outsider
The Bad News – Stop Messin Around
Rata Negra – El Escarmiento
Atomic Eater – Hope U Die Too
The Sex Organs – I Hate Underpants
Ten O Sevens – We Are The Brigade
Chubby And The Gang – Lightning Don’t Strike Twice
TV Crime – Hooligans
Mark Sultan – Let Me Out
The Ladykillers – Give Them What They Want
The Peoples Temple – Miles Away (Live at Third Man)
Duncan Reid and the Big Heads – Kelly’s Gone Insane (Live)
Duncan Reid and the Big Heads – First Time (Live)
The Count Bishops – Route 66
Barry Rolfe – Look The Business
Los Pepes – I Want You Back
Bad Cards – Wasted Days
The Murlocs – Francesca
Martin Savage and The Jiggerz – Time To Get Out
Teen Idols – Every Day Is Saturday (Stripped Down)
The Courettes – Hop The Twig
Prima Donna – He’s A Rebel
Mariachi El Bronx – I Would Die 4 U

Let’s Go! March

Back on Totally Wired Radio for another 2 hours of new Punk, Rock & Roll, Garage and more, 40 mins of which was a live vinyl only rule breaking set I put together on my birthday. The full show can be heard below including the usual recommendations from Adrian of Heatwave Magazine and DJ Nixbeat(.com).
Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Playlist:

The Datsuns – Brain To Brain
Dead Meat – Through The Heart 
Mary’s Kids – Ain’t Got No Life 
The Wheelz – Politicians 
Top Left Club – RIP 
Deathskulls – Big Brother 
Tommy And The Commies – One Arch Town
Jordan Jones – Rumours Girls 
Lucy And The Rats – Stick To You 
The Hypnotics – Soul At Seven
Atomic Suplex – Who Do You Love 
Slander Tongue – Ride 
Liquids – More Thana Friend 
Sister Suzie – What’s Your Deal 
K7s – Tomorrow She Goes Away 
Johnny Madcap And The Distractions – Bad Decisions 
BBQT – Nod Out 
Dan Sartain – Nam Vet 
The Chisel – Enough Said 
Johnny Skalleberg – Train Train
Giuda – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fightingg 
The Paddingtons – 50 To A Pound 
Los Pepes – Never Get It Right
Swingin’ Utters – Taking The Long Way 
The Scaners – I Really Wanna Know 
Miscalculations – The Worst Possible Advice 
Thee Vicars – Every Day

40 mins vinyl only rule breaking birthday set:

Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind – Get Down And Get With It 
The Detroit Cobras – I’ll Keep On Holding On 
Muck And The Mires – I’m Down With That 
Cyanide Pills – Just For You 
The Veras – If You Ain’t Got Love 
Small Faces – Rollin’ Over 
The Rationals – Respect
The Mystery Lights – Too Many Girls 
Bern Elliott And The Fenmen – Nobody But Me
The Fame-Beats – Don’t Tell No Lies
Blues Explosion – Crunchy
King Khan And His Wild Dogs Of Kentucky – Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows?
The Standells – Rari
? And The Mysterians – 96 Tears
Earl Vince & The Valiants – Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite

LOS PEPES NEW DOUBLE A SIDE ON BLACK WAX RECORDS!

BLACK WAX NOISE DIVISION TO RELEASE BRAND NEW LOS PEPES DOUBLE A SIDE!

London’s ‘Motorhead of Power Pop’ Los Pepes will see their next domestic release on the recently launched Black Wax Records. The multi-national band have released through labels based in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Canada and the USA. 

Want You Back / Never Get It Right are the lead tracks from the upcoming album ‘The Hapiness Program’ due later in the year. The single also features an exclusive track ‘Tell Me.’

LOS PEPES – Want You Back / Never Get It Right
Black Wax Records (UK)
Catalogue Number PLOB002
Issue:
150 on black wax with picture sleeve
100 on coloured wax in company sleeve 

Available for pre order from 5th March 2021 – blackwaxrecordsuk.bandcamp.com

Provisional release May 2021