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Bananas profiles The Blind Owls, a Corpus Christi quartet blending garage rock, beat music and early rock ’n’ roll. The band discusses its formation, influences, DIY recordings, first 45 release and touring experiences. Following their Hidden Volume EP and festival…
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The Jackets’ 2017 double-sided single showcases their high-energy garage-rock style. “Be Myself” combines buzzing fuzz, frantic drums and controlled chaos, while “Queen Of The Pill” explores quirky, inventive beat and freakbeat influences, recalling distinctive 1960s Dutch sounds. Together, the tracks…
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The Wrong Society’s 2018 Market Square Records single delivers two compelling garage-punk tracks. “Tell Me You’ll Be Mine” is an energetic, fuzz-driven punker, while organ-led B-side “I Really Don’t Care” offers brooding New England Teen Scene influences and memorable melodies.…
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Thee Œarly Dayze Of Hyghe Knyghtes Madrigals befitting a Royal Court and Adventures In Noble Warfare. Strive to be stylish, elegant and sophisticated at all times. “THEE ŒARLY DAYZE OF HYGHE KNYGHTES” is my curated selection of songs from the psychedelic…
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MFQ’s 1966 Dunhill single, ‘Night Time Girl’/‘Lifetime’, was their second entry in the author’s Los Angeles top 100. Blending folk-rock with raga influences, the A-side used five-string banjo and bouzouki to create an Eastern flavour. The single achieved modest sales…
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Greek garage band The Sences return with their first releases since last year’s debut, Better Than Before. Their two-sided single, Emilia / The Fall, retains a 1965–66-inspired sound. Emilia is a plaintive, organ-led beat ballad with jangling guitar, while The…
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Mae West’s 1966 album Way Out West paired the septuagenarian actress with young rock group Somebody’s Chyldren. Blending spoken, sung and purring vocals, West tackled contemporary hits including “Day Tripper”, “Boom Boom”, “Treat Him Right”, “When a Man Loves a…
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The Shindogs, Shindig!’s house band, released “Who Do You Think You Are” backed with “Yes, I’m Going Home” in June 1966. Though the single briefly reached the Billboard Top 100, its subdued vocal arrangement weakened the promising garage-rock A-side. The…
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The Gaunga Dyns were a New Orleans garage band who released two Busy-B singles in 1967. Their debut featured the jangly, unusually themed “Rebecca Rodifer”, about teenage abortion, backed by the punkier “Stick With Her”. Their final single included the…
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Tommy Roe’s 1967 singles marked his shift from mainstream pop towards richly produced soft psychedelia. “It’s Now Winter’s Day” and “Sweet Sounds” failed commercially, despite Curt Boettcher’s inventive production. Their flips, particularly the lysergic “Moon Talk”, featured notable Los Angeles…
