Albums

Though arriving a bit later, saying that The Thanes are to the British/European moderndaze garage beat scene what The Chesterfield Kings are to the American one, would be a pretty safe bet. As for this […]

Besides the “foreword” by Batlord himself, as well as an additional “warning” in the liners that The Preachers shouldn’t be taken for Fuzztones-clones, it’s really “preaching” the gospel of fuzz that they’re the best at. […]

Though more than two thirds of The Rookies debut longplayer consists of covers, these Italian retro garage punkers make such a cool choice that you can’t help but forgive it all. However, the four originals […]

According to their own origin, this Italian bunch of mop-topped beatsters, usually finds themselves halfway between Euro-freakbeat and a tad rawer American garage punk, throwing around pebbles’n’rubbles’n’grains. Alternatively, with the resulting sound mostly being reminiscent […]

When it comes to the contemporary beat scene, being lead by a pair of Indikation-related members (one ex and one still with them) might be as good a reference for a band as any, if […]

Volume 1: Groovy British Blue-eyed Soul, Beat, R&B, Hammond Movers Volume 2: Beat, Pop-soul & Freakbeat From Europe 1966-1970 Compiled from vinyl sources exclusively, as they say, by collectors for collectors, both of these comps […]

As they put it themselves, two Beatle freaks teaming up with a Floyd freak and making musical left-turns, would be the easiest way to describe this album, though it’s more than obvious that there’s really […]

– The Complete Recordings 1967-68 – If chasing Paul McCartney through Hyde Park for an Apple publishing deal, impressing Epstein and Lennon with demos, singing about John Mayall, getting a song almost released by Alan […]