The Mockers are not the first one, and certainly not the last one too, of the American power-pop bands that found their second home in Spain, where the public is more than appreciative for this […]
Every now and then, when a new band pops up on the Glasgow scene, it’s not unlikely for you to expect that Francis McDonald is involved in one way or another. While he seems to […]
– New Directions Volume 3 – I must admit that I’ve never laid my hand (or ear for that matter) on any of the Past & Present comps, and now after hearing this one, I […]
Tim Dawe’s real name Jerry Penrod, might be familiar to some psycheads, from being a part of the early Iron Butterfly line-up, and on the contrary to their pioneering heavy psychedelia, here he is with […]
Recorded in 1989, this one didn’t get a proper release on time, to become one of the sixteez garage punk revival classics, but now the time has come to file this piece of vinyl along […]
Being the protégées of The Untamed Youth’s Deke Dickerson, The Real Bad News share that same love for the pre-Beatlemania sounds of the early sixties America, also adding some punky edge of a few years […]
Some might think that an album of the year (2002 according to the Audities mag), must be a hard one to equal, but considering Brendan Benson’s hyper-activity/productivity, as shown through side projects such as the […]
Action Now was actually Paula Pierce’s “action then”, while she was playing an important role in modeling the meaning of the paisley pop genre, before forming the girly garage combo The Pandoras in the second […]
If there is something like “the most surprising re-issue of the year”, then it definitely must be this one! Even though there is a distorted sound or two on it, you can’t really argue with […]
It’s funny that sometimes some of the best music of an era takes the artist’s own record label to be re-released for the first time after thirty years. Taking a line from Chimes Of Freedom, […]
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