Category: Singles
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The Will-O-Bees were a three-piece Richmond, Indiana group, despite links to New York management. Originally a teenage folk trio called the New Ports, they evolved into a garage-psych act. Their December 1966 Date single paired a punchy cover of The…
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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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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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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…
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Carnival Connection, a Montreal group formerly known as J.B. and the Playboys, The Jaybees and Peter and the Pipers, released the pop-psych single “Poster Man” on Capitol in August 1968. Written and produced by Artie Kornfeld, it was backed with…
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The 1’s April 1967 Kapp single, “The Collector”, is a dark, baroque psychedelic ballad written by Sonny Curtis, formerly of Buddy Holly’s backing band, The Crickets. Originally from Ridgefield, Connecticut, the group had recorded as The Blue Beats. Their version…
