| 69 CHARGER "FROM IDEAL SON TO LOW-LIFE SCUM - THE FIRST FEW YEARS" Roulette's
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I suppose I should have checked this band long time ago - shame on me
(heeheehee). They play quite a lot lately, so
I'll definitely go and see them. This CD contains songs from 2000-2002. It's
super fast 'low-life scum'
rock'n'roll, pretty much like Zeke or Motosierra. Band definitely worth
checking out. They will put you on speed
with their dirty and fast punk rock. My favorite on this CD is "Pussy Rawk".
There will probably be a split 7" with
Motosierra - so watch out for that one!!!!!
69 Charger: sixty9charger@hotmail.com
Roulette's Records: roulettesrecords@hotmail.com
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SHUTDOWN 66 "WELCOME TO DUMPSWILLE" CD, Get Hip Recordings 2002 |
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Shutdown 66 are from Melbourne. 66 in the name says it all I guess. If you
like bands like Pretty Things, Missing
Links or similar 60s garage freakbeat r'n'b stuff, Shutdown 66 is definitely
something for you. This CD was
originally released on Corduroy Records as vinyl only. Well if you ask me
Shutdown 66 is good band, but little bit
too retro for my taste. It's good fun to listen to them and this CD is pretty
enjoyable, but I miss a little bit of
craziness that bands like Satelliters or many Japanese bands have. Shutdown 66
play music of their idols really
good, but unfortunately they don't put much of their own touch in it. All
songs are their own and I really
appreciate that. I think that this band is probably great attraction live.
Unfortunately I didn't had a chance to
see them.
Get Hip Recordings: http://www.gethip.com, gethip@gethip.com
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| LES SLOW SLUSHY BOYS "SLUSH PUPPY / DAS WEISS DER TEUFEL" 7", Butterfly Records 2003
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Wow, one more great 7" for long hot summer days. It seems Slow Slushy Boys
changed their style a bit on last two
7"s. It's great and I like it a lot. Great instrumental groovy soul with cool
organ, brass section and sexy female
la la vocal (in "Slush Puppy"). Great tunes to dance, go crazy and have wild
party.
Butterfly Records: http://www.butterfly-records.com, butterflyrecords@retemail.es
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| THE SPECTORS "BEAT IS MURDER" CD, Get Hip Recordings 2002 |
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Honestly I never heard about Spectors before this CD. I think it's pity
because they were really great band with
Eric and Keith from Funseekers. This CD is collection of 1992-1996 recordings.
It's not easy to say what this CD
includes 'cos there is no discography. Press note says that this collection
includes 45s + unreleased demos and
other recordings. Musically The Spectors are not so easy describe. They have
their own style strongly inspired by
60s garage punk and beat. You need song or two to get into it and really start
to enjoy it. For me it was the 3rd
song - Monk's cover "Oh, How To Do Now" - super cool version. "That Girl Is
Leaving Town" is also great Spectors
original song - beautiful beat; "Gotta Sow My Wild Oafs" is great wild garage
punk ... So I can go on through each
song, but there is no point in doing that 'cos everything I can say would be
"cool, great, beautiful, ...". I'm
afraid that The Spectors were great band in wrong time. They were too
different
from grunge scene from begin 90s.
This CD is here to make things right 'cos Spectors really deserve it. They
remind me a bit of Thee Cybermen - great
UK band from mid 90s - I hope somebody still remembers them. CD ends with 4
Thor's Hammer covers - 60s garage punk
from Iceland (I'm still trying to hear something from this band). These 4
songs were supposed to be released as
"Tribute To" EP, but unfortunately that never happened.
Get Hip Recordings: http://www.gethip.com, gethip@gethip.com
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| SUPERHELICOPTER "MY SOUL / FUCKED DOWN / A LOT OF US / LIVING IN HOLE" 7"EP,
Yakisakana Records 2002
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I heard lot of praise about this band, but I'm a bit disappointed. Well, it's
the first record I heard from them and
it seems they have much more. It's trashy, punky, bluesy, lo-fi, but a bit too
chaotic, and maybe too hardcore for
my taste. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad at all, maybe I just expected too
much.
Superhelicopter: superhelicopter-recorder@web.de
Yakisakana records: http://www.yakisakanarecords.fr.st
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