The beloved sonic riot that is Beer Baby—the explosive LP from Melbourne’s prodigal garage rockers Drunk Mums—is back in circulation, this time reincarnated in a dazzling neon green vinyl edition. A release that first scorched the underground with its unfiltered energy and beer-soaked bravado, Beer Baby has matured into a modern cult classic, now reissued…
Author: Mindy Hecht
RETROSPECTIVELY YOURS!
First-Time Vinyl Release – Out June 2025 on Bachelor Records Power Pop enthusiasts, rejoice! For the first time ever, Ronnie Mayor’s cult-favorite CD Retrospectively Yours gets the vinyl treatment, courtesy of Austria’s premier garage/punk/power pop imprint Bachelor Records. Originally released in 2022 as a CD-only archival compilation on Small Operations and available exclusively via Boiler…
PLASTIC ACT NOW!
We absolutely LOVE doing singles! Bachelor Records started in 2006 as singles-only label, yes thats true, we just wanted to release little records, just because we thought its way more convenient than handling the big ‘uns…. well, about 20 years after … we mainly do full lenght albums, but still we are trying to put…
BATMAN AND THE MIGHTY ANTIHEROES RELEASE A TEN INCH RECORD!
As unusual as this garage punk combo is – as strange is the format of this new BATMAN release. It is the first 10″ vinyl release we are doing since 15 years!!! Extraordinary releases demand going thee extra mile, and as soon as you put the needle on this record you will be delighted that…
THE SHIVVERS ARE BACK
Many many moons ago we asked THE SHIVVERS to reissue their only single, the best power pop single of all time: Teenline /w When I Was Younger 7″, orginally released in 1980 on Fliptop Records. To our surprise no one had ever reissued this hit record before, although it was a solid 150 USD catch…
THE KA-NIVES ARE ALIVE!
Well, kind of. They played some shows recently! In july 2024 they even played as part of the Burger Boogaloo errr… its called MOSSDOWN MELTDOWN these days, in LA CA USA. They even had copies of their only album with them… with a BACHELOR RECORDS logo on it! Yep, I think it was about 5…
FALLING SUGAR – LP OUT NOW
We saw that Toyozo Toyoshima, the guy who seems to be a key figure in the current japanese garage rock scene, and player in many many bands such as THE FADEAWAYS, ANGEL FACE, THE RHYTHM ACES, NERVOUS HEARTS, NIKKI AND THE TOKYO CORVETTES, PAUL COLLINS BEAT, LYRES TOKYO,… posted something about a CD his new…
KIDDA BAND REISSUE SERIES STARTS CIRCA NOW!
Oh yeah, that was quite some preppin time we had with this one, plus we had to keep our mouths shut! We are doing a series of Englands greatest power pop band no one knows: THE INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND! It is not only singles of songs they already released on their brilliant double LP, we…
TOURS – Language School 7″
The Tours were an English new wave/power pop band from Poole, Dorset, founded in the late 70’s during the punk era. The band consisted of Richard Mazda, Ronnie Mayor, Steve Jeff and Mark Spiers. They were unusual because there were two songwriters and two lead singers, Richard Mazda singing his own songs and Ronnie Mayor…
ANNOUNCING A COUPLE OF POWER POP SINGLES!
We are very excited to announce a series of singles with THE INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND! Formed in 1976 in a little town called Nuneaton, UK, did their first single with PSYCHO RECORDS in 1978 with the songs “Everybody Knows” and “No Nerve”, got praising reviews and many people “in the biz” were quite sure this…