Albums

Even if I can’t understand a word they’re singing (well, maybe a word or two, but still not enough to make sense), it’s always good to hear a band trying to retain the national legacy, […]

Right from the very start, you’ll realize that for Shutdown 66, it’s all shut down before and after 1966, with maybe just a peep or two towards the beginning of ’67 or the end of […]

Elsewhere on these pages, I’ve already stated that the name of Michael Carpenter (here in the producer’s role) could be enough a reason for an album to be way above the average and as he […]

After spending some time “undercover” as one of the Double Naught Spies and the Maple Mars’ debut album a coupla years ago, Rick Hromadka comes back with his best work to date. Instead of the […]

All the references about this record make you think of one man, Joe Meek. It’s Honeyrider instead of the Honeycombs, who by the way, also had an album in 1965 with the exact same title, […]

Hailed by many as one of the most authentic sounding mod acts among the mostly punky/Jam influenced fellow scenesters, back then, Small Hours were the closest you could get to the northern soul/Stax roots. Hearing […]

Except for some special occasions, I’ve never considered myself too keen on the boogie, but if this is what the new definition is about, then I wouldn’t mind even if you call me an ultimate […]

If you can imagine what would it sound like to team up two fellow Sacramento acts, Lou Christie and Public Nuisance, you’ll be pretty close to the sound produced by this latest Sacramentan mod sensation […]