Category: Albums
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The Deep’s Psychedelic Moods, recorded in Philadelphia in August 1966 and released by Cameo-Parkway, is an early, pioneering psychedelic rock album. Led by Rusty Evans and featuring David Bromberg, its twelve original tracks combine fuzz guitar, vivid lyrics, unusual percussion,…
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Greek garage punk band The Sences impress with their debut album, Better Than Before, released by Lost In Tyme Records. Across twelve original tracks, they combine fuzz-heavy aggression, raw analogue production and anguished vocals with jangle folk-punk and melancholic melodies.…
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The Fuzztones’ 1985 publicity material promotes Lysergic Emanations, their debut studio album on ABC Records, presenting the New York five-piece as a dynamic revival of psychedelic garage rock. Influenced by sixties groups, voodoo, R&B and rockabilly, they built a strong…
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The Miracle Workers’ 1985 album Inside Out delivers raw, energetic garage rock, featuring original songs and a striking cover of The Barbarians’ “Hey Little Bird”. Recorded live in just two days, its aggressive sound was shaped by engineer Gary Bomb.…
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The Baroques, a Milwaukee psychedelic quartet, released their sole Chess album in 1967 after recording at Chicago’s Ter Mar Studios. Despite questionable bootleg packaging and a mono-labelled sleeve concealing a stereo pressing, the record’s original folk-psych material remains compelling. Led…
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The Basement Wall were a Baton Rouge group whose energetic 1960s garage-pop blended influences from The Beatles, The Zombies and The Association. Their regional hit, “Never Existed”, and unreleased album tracks showcased original songwriting by George Ratzlaff and Richard Lipscomb.…
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The Higher State’s sixth album, Internecine Free, released on 29 November 2024 through 13 O’ Clock Records. Its twelve tracks blend 1960s garage rock, jangly folk-punk, fuzz, Farfisa and Rickenbacker guitars. Featuring a new quintet line-up, the record combines timeless…
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Reviews of Anti-Nowhere League’s 1982 debut portray it as crude, obscene and deliberately provocative, blending biker punk, rock ’n’ roll and theatrical parody. Critics noted its repetitive, primitive music and offensive lyrics, but often found the band’s outrageousness too exaggerated…
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Reviews of The Lords of the New Church’s 1982 debut offer sharply divided verdicts. Some praise Stiv Bators’ distinctive vocals, Brian James’ minimalist guitar, and tracks including “New Church”, “Russian Roulette”, “Li’l Boys Play With Dolls” and “Holy War”. Others…
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Reviews of Stiff Little Fingers’ 1982 album Now Then were sharply divided. Sounds praised it as the band’s first consistently great record, highlighting its melodic, powerful post-punk, mature production and socially engaged lyrics. Record Mirror found it dull and directionless,…
