Category: Singles
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Bobkat ’65’s 2023 shared EP features two new tracks showcasing their enduring primitive 1960s teen-garage sound. Ana’s Spanish-language original, “Solo Tenias Que Quedarte”, delivers raw guitars, drums and organ, while their cover of Los Shakers’ 1965 beat song “No Fuimos”…
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Paul Messis’s 2021 limited-edition single, “Win Or Lose” backed with “Please Don’t Tell Me Why”, was recorded alone at home during lockdown. Eschewing promotion and commercial polish, Messis creates authentic mid-sixties garage-inspired soundscapes through jangling guitars, tremolo and reverb. The…
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The Beau Brummels formed in San Francisco in spring 1964, bringing together vocalist Sal Valentino, guitarist and songwriter Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, drummer John Peterson and guitarist Declan Mulligan. Signed to Autumn Records, they chose Elliott’s harmonica- and tambourine-accented…
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A 1967 article introduces “flower children” as a youth movement centred on love, happiness, vitality and inner beauty. British-born DJ Lord Tim Hudson coined the term and promoted “flower music”, managing The Seeds. Actress and singer Marcia Strassman became the…
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This April 1969 Super K release showcases bubblegum masters Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz alongside vocalist Ritchie Cordell. Its title track delivers a forceful caveman beat, fuzz-heavy bass, tremolo guitar, rallying vocals and a psychedelic guitar break. US pressings featured…
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The post praises New England Teen Scene, a 1996 compilation rescuing rare acetates and demos through Erik Lindgren’s efforts. It highlights Connecticut band The Roadrunners, whose sole studio session produced four British Invasion-inspired songs. Their surviving acetate preserves “You’re Thinking…
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The writer explores a 1991 compilation of 1960s New England garage-psych recordings, recently acquired after years of collecting. Although several tracks stand out, they favour Euphoria’s Id’s “Deception’s Ice”, a frantic 1967 single driven by aggressive percussion, trebly guitar and…
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Stanton Park Records’ 1993 compilation Relative Distance documents 15 obscure mid-1960s New England recordings, including The Instincts’ previously overlooked “No, No, No”. Featuring moody folk-rock, psychedelic touches, minor-key vocals, guitar, tambourine and organ, the track appeared on a rare Connecticut…
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The Id formed in Massachusetts’ 1960s teen scene, recording at AAA Studio with producer Charles Pinckney Reed. Their Cinema Records single paired a reworked “I Just Don’t Understand You Baby” with “Morning Dew”, featuring dual drummers, 12-string guitar, harmonica and…
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The Plagues were a popular Taunton, Massachusetts, high-school band and former Cotillion Ballroom house act. Active briefly in the mid-1960s, they recorded a self-financed 45 in Boston in 1965. Its standout, “To Wander”, is a mournful, funeral-paced garage-rock lament featuring…
