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Various Artists – Sugarlumps
– A Psychedelic Selection Of Groovy Movers And Sweet Freakbeat … – Well, I suppose there’s no possible way for a sixties fan to resist a title like this. Still, the first thing that may […]
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Mascots – Ellpee
After their debut album, where they were mostly sticking to the early Beatle-ish Mersey formula, perfecting it with Words Enough To Tell You, by the time of their ’66 sophomore longplaying release, The Mascots were […]
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Jarvis Humby – Assume The position It’s… Jarvis Humby
The fact that they’re being hailed as the only moderndaze band from Britain to play Little Steven’s Underground Garage Festival, actually speaks more about Little Steven not being informed very well about the British scene, […]
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Paul Collins – Flying High
If Paul Collins’ latter days look, which seems as it could easily secure him a place among the Sopranos cast of characters, isn’t good enough to get this album onto Little Steven’s Underground Garage, there’s […]
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Headquarters – Get Your Head On
Pieced together by, Charles Wallace, for the purpose of providing the musical background for his co-created American Mod movie, about the moderndaze perspective of the mid’60s subculture in question, Headquarters sound exactly like that. A […]
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Sid Griffin – As Certain As Sunrise
Hailed as “Uncut magazine’s Alt-country album of the month”, Sid Griffin’s long awaited follow up to his ’97 solo debut, offers an intimate audio run through his life. As with The Long Ryders’ paisley underground, […]
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Lords Of Gravity – Contact
There’s really not much more to add to the description on the very cover of the album, informing you that this should be “filed under Australian garage punk”, and it’s delivered by the cream of […]
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Dom Mariani – Popsided Guitar
– 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 […]
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The Limits – The Early Daze
– 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 […]
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Pernice Brothers – Discover A Lovelier You
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 […]