All hail my brother for this suggestion. After spending a couple of days in Las Vegas with Ralph, he made me the year’s best recommendation so far, in my humble opinion. Sisters of Black Mountain are a Los Angeles-based psychedelic music-tinged giallo-influenced rock that sounds like French pop seasoning a Continue Reading
Garage Rock
Los York’s – Abrázame / Abrázame Baby
Los York’s were Peru’s contribution to proto-punk and had far more rawness and power than a lot of what was coming out of the United States and the United Kingdom during their peak, well-documented here.
Fleur – Jour D’été EP
Fleur is a Dutch singer who brings yé-yé music back to life with this EP, due for release on June 12. There is one track available, and I was pleasantly surprised to hear yé-yé, psychedelic pop, and garage rock melt together into something wonderful to listen to.
Messer Chups – Visiting the Skeleton in the Closet
This is a release I owe to my brother, a connoisseur of fine garage rock, among a slew of other genres. Messer Chups come from Saint Petersburg, Russia, and have a sound the brings together garage rock, rockabilly and surf in a campy, lo-fi way.
Beyond From Within – Love Whispers To Be Free
Although Beyond From Within offers only one track on this release, it is a scorcher that will appeal to Hawkwind fans.
Various Artists – Canary Records: Honduras Recuerda los 60s
From the golden ears of Ian Nagoski and his wonderful Canary Records label, we have a compilation of 1960’s garage rock from Honduras. From the release’s Bandcamp site: “This album of Honduran bands who recorded ca. 1966-69 under the influence of American and British rock and soul was released as Continue Reading
Los Robbins – La maravilla musical de Honduras
Spain’s legendary Munster Records introduces the world outside of Central America to Los Robbins! From the Bandcamp site: “Los Robbins revolutionized the Central America music scene with their mix of rocksteady, ballad, flamenco and surf music. Ten songs recorded between 1967 and 1970, reissued for the first time.”
Various Artists – G.O.D. RECORDS (Garden Of Dreams): Mondo Farfisa Garage Psycodelico
I was a big fan of bands like The Bomboras and The Lords of Altamont during their heydey in the 1990s and 2000s, but there is such a deep, rich reservoir of farfisa and hammond organ-based garage rock that it boggles the mind. The ever-excellent Greek record label G.O.D. RECORDS Continue Reading
The Basements – Sounds Of Yesterday
The Basements are a heavy psych-garage band out of Greece who sound authentically garage while managing to avoid clichés of the genre.
The Jagaloons – Ruin The Party
The Jagaloons are an instrumental surf/garage-rock band out of Albany, New York. They have the energy of a punk band, the suaveness of those who play exotica, and can work in spaghetti western themes into their music. Brilliant stuff.