| CHAINS "ON TOP OF THINGS" CD, Get Hip Recordings 2003 |
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More stuff for neo 60s garage lovers from Get Hip. To be honest I thought this
was an American band when I heard
this CD for the first time. I now see they are from Montreal. Nicely produced
60s fuzz mod garage r'n'b at its
best. They also remind me a bit of Flamin' Groovies. My faves are:
"Disappearing man" with nice harmonica and
"Nothing Left Behind" with great fuzz riff. There are also few covers: "Baby
What You Want Me To Do", really strange
versions of "Fortune Teller" and "Nervous Breakdown".
Get Hip Recordings: http://www.gethip.com, gethip@gethip.com
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CIRCLE "ALOTUS" CD, Klangbad 2002 |
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Circle are from Finland and their CD is out on Faust's home label 'Klangbad'
(I'm big fan of Faust and krautrock -
I know that may be a bit weird for somebody who is into garage punk - hahaha).
I must admit I haven't been
listening to stuff like this much lately, so I'm glad to hear this CD. It
starts with 2 long trippy kraut psych
songs - "Tyolaisten Laulu" and "Alotus" with hypnotizing rhythm, bass that will
make you move and groove while
psychedelic guitar paints dreams in your mind. "Northern Sky" is short and
dreamy psych. "Lopetus" is some kind of
weird, bit experimental and very dark psych. "Potto" closes this CD with its
great screamy, hard and manic ending.
Klangbad: http://www.klangbad.de, info@klangbad.de
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| THE COFFIN DAGGERS "THE COFFIN DAGGERS" CD, Urko Records 2002 |
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Coffin Daggers are instrumental rockin' surf garage punk madness. For me there
are 2 very important things about
instrumental surf - nice melodies and good playing. Coffin Daggers got them
both - amazingly good musicians and
great songs. It's perfect music to play in your car or at your wild parties,
or even as movie soundtrack. Some songs
would fit perfectly in Italian spaghetti western, some in martian sci-fi and
others in some great 70s action movie.
It's difficult for me to say which are my favorites. I think I prefer songs
with organ just a bit more. Probably
because they sound creepy and psychotic. Specially cover of Pink Floyd's
"Interstellar Overdrive" - great spacey
apocalyptic psychedelic surf - strange and weird - surf the way you never
heard before!!
Coffin Daggers: http://www.coffindaggers.com, info@coffindaggers.com
Urko Records: 81-21 166th St., Jamaica, NY 11432
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| CREATURES OF THE GOLDEN DAWN "BLOOD FROM A STONE" 7"EP, Butterfly Records 2003 |
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"Blood From A Stone" is really beautiful neo 60s psych punk tune. It sounds
like your favorite tune from US 1967
garage psych records. Really cool fuzz wah acid guitar. "Almost Grown" is more
up tempo psych rhythm and blues with
harp. B side is more or less in the same style - psych folk punk, fuzz psych.
Really nice sleeve and one more nice
7" from Butterfly Records.
Butterfly Records: http://www.butterfly-records.com, butterflyrecords@retemail.es
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| CURLEE WURLEE "SOS MESDEMOISELLES / (THERE COULD BE) ONLY ONE / BLACK HAIR /
THANK YOU" 7"EP, Butterfly Records 2003
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One more great record of Curlee Wurlee - German band fascinated with French
60s ye ye beat, power pop, bubble gum
and late 70s punk new wave. Cecil's vocal and keyboard give special dimension
to Curlee Wurlee music. It's easy to
recognize their style among tones of other bands. They are also good song
writers and what else do you need?! Great
catchy record for hot summer days.
Curlee Wurlee: http://www.curleewurlee.de
Butterfly Records: http://www.butterfly-records.com, butterflyrecords@retemail.es
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