– Anthology 1984-2004 – No matter which way around you approach the idea, an overview of the Aussie power-pop/‘60s garage revival scene is pretty much what making a Dom Mariani Anthology-set ends up with. The […]
It’s been half a decade since Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow and Kim Shattuck seems to have matured a bit (though I’d say it’s even odds that you’ll still get a flash of panties or two […]
– 1965-1968 – Coming from Allentown, Eastern Pennsylvania, The Limits were one of those American bunches of youngsters, pioneering the effect of nations garage-band-aesthetics-mutating-into-something-else, under the influence of the British invasion. Right from the opening […]
Nothing new in the Pernices’ camp … thankfully! It’s the same old Blunt-stoned whispery voice, carried on the gorgeous melodies, drawing from the best of pop legacy. Still, the odd ‘80s synth pop sound or […]
– Plattsburgh, 62 And Beyond – There’s a common belief that there wasn’t much a-happening in America after the unfortunate plane crash that took Buddy Holly away, and before The Beatles had hit the big […]
– Charting The Big “L” Fab 40 – If you’re at least an average sixties music fan, most of the songs compiled herein are most likely to already be found on some of your shelves, […]
However they were trying to elude the bubblegum tag given to them, these Texan west-coast harmonizers were still responsible for at least two quintessential classics of the genre, the title tune and the powerhouse of […]
Seeing in the press release that the first rock’n’roll record this guy remembers hearing is Gary Lewis & The Playboys’ This Diamond Ring, and then the first one he actually bought was The Beatles IV, […]
Releasing an album on a record label called Wild Thing, depending on whose reaction are you looking at, might suggest a mid’60s garage punk influenced r’n’beat, or maybe even some contemporary heavy rawkin’, but in […]
As they put it themselves at the headquarters where these musical voyages are being conducted from, this CD series is “devoted to unearthing rare and intriguing 45’s from the mid ‘60s through the early ‘70s”, […]
Copyright © Each writer & PopDiggers 1977-2020