– The Complete 1 2 6 & Taboo Recordings, 1966-68 – Combining “verbal paintings” of Dylan-ish surrealism with the Northerners’ “extreme sense of humor”, unlike most of their continental contemporaries, these Norwegian beatsters opted not […]
Scandipop as if played from the top of the Scottish Highlands, with an occasional synth or two, thrown in just for the twee of it. Even though the superb cover-art suggests a kind of a […]
Not much is known about the guys responsible for this “vanished masterpiece of charming rural innocence” from ’69, except that they’re supposed to come from the west coast. Still, they throw in enough of New […]
– The Complete Recordings – However derivative the tag may sound, every now and then a Beatlesque album from the ‘60s pops up, that amazes the shit out of me. I’ve known about them thanks […]
Including “for mysterious reasons” no less than four Stills and two Young songs, it’s no wonder that this ’70 record is being referred to as “an extra Buffalo Springfield album”, and in spite of an […]
There’s no way this Northwestern English modster can avoid being compared to Weller, which is how he’s being “pigeon-holed by the industry” already, but it isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as heard herewith. Terry Shaughnessy […]
The rural surrounding and the early-Band-like outfit on the cover shot suggests more of a rootsy feel, which is audible throughout the album, but most of it in a power-pop wrapping that should appeal to […]
Already proclaimed to be one of THE debuts this year, this is where a bunch of young Mancunians end up, having been raised on equal doses of local mid-to-end’80s sounds, and even more B-bands. Put […]
– The Sound Of London’s Mod/Club Scene – After gaining quite a reputation as one of THE club acts on the swinging mid’60s scene, it’s the latter days’ less dancefloor friendly (mostly unreleased) output that […]
After almost three years the Campanellas and Co. are back with another gem. This time via the Massacree’s Anton Newcombe’s operation; not that Menck wasn’t hanging about, contributing various shaking things on various numbers. They’ve […]
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