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Blackwell's Record of the Week + Giveaway!

Nov 14, 2025

Blackwell's Record of the Week + Giveaway!
Martian Bigblock 

Galaxie 500 b/w Punk Rods

scum stats: I can find no evidence of this online

From the "shit randomly sent to Third Man HQ pile" is this 7-inch from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The note accompanying it reads "1999 reissue - please give these away or sell them as you wish"

I hear inspired mid-fi garage / punk / rock that honestly was probably pretty inspiring back 25 years ago coming from the veritable backwater. "Galaxie 500" is just a whiff away from perfectly replicating the chugging "Raw Power" guitar of James Williamson. 

There's a different Martian Bigblock record on Discogs, but the veritable non-existence of this with no digital footprint is absolutely wild and nearly beguiling, if just for the mere fact that such relative unknown realms feel few and fleeting more and more each day.

As per the wishes expressed in the note, the handful of copies I've got will be given away (semi)randomly to folks who post a comment here. Criteria is to just type pick your favorite single character from the keyboard. Can be English/standard, or maybe you wanna get exotic and start using the gems that pop up when you hold down vowel keys. Just get it in before midnight central time on November 20th.

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