When I played The Royal Beat Conspiracy for the 1st time I really didn't know what to think about this band, but I really like their CD. I really enjoy it & "Gala Galore" is really great fun. Their music is pretty strange & something like this you don't hear very often. It's great mix of different 60s & 70s styles. "She's Pretty Thing" is really difficult to describe - it's 70s r'n'r with some eastern sounds. "The Chameleon's Changing Color" is great song. It's early 60s psych with mexican folk influences - one of my favorites. "Tonight" is more MC5/early 70s Rolling Stones honky tonk rock - also great song. But then they play surf/rockabilly "Hollywood Fever" - & I have to say it again - it's a great song. "Satan's Radio" is country pop rock in Royal Beat Conspiracy style with great lyrics. I can go on like this with all 15 songs. They are all great and apart & also different from each other, but still you can hear it's the same band. I can't finish this review not mentioning songs like beautiful "Satellite Child", souly "The Real Thing", acid "It's Not Enough" (one of my favorites), terribly sugary, but great pop "The Sweetest Love", glammy "Spend It All On You" & marvelous "Disco Boy" - 70s disco with great funky wah guitar, violins & all kitchy disco tricks & sounds - it's definitely the craziest song on this CD. Chorus is actually "Stepping Stone" rip off - a-ei a-ei a-ei a-ei a-ei I'm disco boy!!! If you don't have this CD yet - GO AND GET IT!!!! It's really great!!! The Royal Beat Conspiracy RULES!!!
 

Stiletto Boys play power pop punk from late 70s/early 80s with some 90s touch. Their biggest inspiration & influence are Buzzcocks & they don't hide it. They did really nice cover of "I Don't Mind". Anyway "Buzzbomb Sounds" is really nice power pop album with nice old fashioned pop melodies. My favorites are: "Throw Me To The Wolves" (great power pop), "I Didn't Mind" (I must say I like it almost as original), "Killing Me" (great pop punk) & "E=SB2" (70s punk). I think this album would be even better if it was faster & more punky like "E=SB2".
 

This is real international trash release - two bands, one from Canada other from Sweden on Italian label. Dixie Buzzrads (Sweden) play trash r'n'b with some 50s influences, anyway they don't have typical Swedish garage sound. They sound more like Gories or like garage version of The Cramps. I like their side. Scat Rag Boosters are more lo-fi, trash punk. "Nothing To Do" sounds like trashy version of Crawdaddys & similar harp driving r'n'b bands. This split 7" on Goodbye Boozy sounds interesting enough to check their other releases as well.
 

I don't know anything about The Meat Joy, but this song - "Catch (Fire!)" is really great 77/glam punk with great female vocal & mind blowing solo guitar. If there are more Meat Joy releases I must have them. Mensen side is also great. They are one of my favorite new punk bands. I'm really glad I found more from them - anyway this 7" is big MUST HAVE!!!!
 
 

I stopped following & buying Hellacopters stuff after their 2nd album "Paying The Deus". They became too hard rock for my taste, but probably that's why they became so famous. But maybe I should pay more attention to their 7"s & 10"s. Split with Flaming Sideburns is really great. They play 2 covers of Smokey Robinson - really great high energy r'n'r version of "Get Ready" (it's one of my favorite soul songs). 3rd song they do is Flaming Sideburns' cover "Ungrounded Confusion" - maybe they should do more covers - this is great. I'm not very familiar with Flaming Sideburns. Their 3 songs are also great. It's high energy r'n'r with strong early 70s influences. They also do cover of Hellacopters' "Psyched Out & Furious" from "Paying To Deus" album. I dig Flaming Sideburns version more than original. I didn't hear lot of Flaming Sideburns stuff. I only have 7"EP "Get Down Or Get Out" which is really great. Anyway if you see this 10" or CD just grab it - it's great!