With Brian Merrill’s rawer vocal delivery, alongside the band’s just as rawkier approach, compared to the usual (power) pop suspects, it works in a way similar to that of their labelmates, The Shazam. Sometimes, it’s […]
The New Arrivals WERE what their name says, way back in 1966, and it still took more than 35 years for the world to take notice. An article (found on the back cover of the […]
Whenever I’m about to start writing about “various artists” compilations, in order not to end up being too detailed, I tend to pick out its defining moments (IMHO), without which it wouldn’t be the same. […]
It was a long, three year wait since Jupiter Affect’s debut Instructions For The Two Ways Of Becoming Alice and one thing’s for sure, they still LOVE lengthy titles. Besides the album’s name, you’ll find […]
It seems that these days you just can’t get rid of Danny McDonald… thankfully! His catchy hooks are all over the scene, be it the power-pop soundtrack to an endless summer of his band P76 […]
Every region probably could claim one. Dallas’, via southeastern Oklahoma, the Five Americans could be thought of as a real life Wonders, not in being “one hit wonders” but in the wake of the Beatles […]
These imprints were one of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller’s multiple dabbles as record company moguls. They existed between 1962 and 1964 and encompassed just eleven singles, all of which are found here; in addition […]
All these guys have been at it for multiple decades now, dealing out their Rock in time tested idioms. Hell, Steve Cataldo’s of the Nervous Eaters has been slashing away at his guitar since some […]
Though you’ve probably already read comments like this, regarding some other groups, this just seems like another one of those moments when you tend to say that “this isn’t like The Byrds, this IS The […]
After three albums of power-popin’ through the technicolour memories of the sounds long gone by, here’s something of a farewell from an incredible band … at least for a while. Described as a collection of […]
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