As usual, Sundazed has some interesting releases lined up for Record Store Day this year. Gene Clark fans should be particularly pleased to see a trio of 7" single releases featuring the late Byrd. Recorded under Gene Clark's name, "One In A Hundred"/"She's The Kind Of Girl" is actually something of a long-lost Byrds reunion. Recorded in 1970, the other four founding members of the Byrds backed up their former leader for these recordings. This single features the songs in their "unsweetened" form, sourced from the surviving, original rough-mix mono reels. "Why Not Your Baby"/"Lyin' [...]
Ho ho ho, assholes! With the Christmas holiday coming up this weekend and we're already two days deep up on the Hanukkah tip, it's very much time to drop the annual The Decibel Tolls Holiday Mixer . You know the deal - a carefully curated collection of skewed, brain-burning, monolithic Christmas gems that totally sleigh. Get it?! Sleigh? Slay? It's a homophone, you guys! Ugh... never mind. Tough crowd. Anyway, these yule-time canticles exalted on high can crush shopping malls and magically spike egg nog, true story. For this year's mixer, you'll recognize you'll recognize some jams from previous year's mixers, [...]
I absolutely love when there is a good remaster or reissue of a forgotten disc. Sundazed's 2011 version of the Blues Magoos 1966 classic is without fault. A quick glance of this 1,000-print limited edition disc showcases absolutely brilliant and vibrant cover art, while sticking the album into one's player will show a similarly intense [...]
Chef d'œuvre. The Blues Magoos - Tobacco Road [extrait de l'album Psychedelic Lollipop ]
Sorry I have been M.I.A. for the past few weeks. I have actually been in the hospital, since apparently 22 is the new 78. Lots of backlogged posting to get caught up on, so keep an eye here over the next week for some stuff, including the long-awaited debut of derpferdheisshorst's "Ziggy Stardust" cover. In honor of my days as the youngest person in the cardiac ward, this week's theme is hearts. The medical accuracy of some of these songs may be suspect, but the sentiment rarely is. Amilia [...]
As I was browsing my collection I came across two albums that exemplify the idea of overlooked classics. Both bands were rooted in garage to be sure but they lead the charge in a transition into more ambitious territory. Definitely the best of the class of 66. The Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded Widely recognized for their efforts and innovations now, at the time The Misunderstood were sorely overlooked by many. The band moved to England with [...]
The Sonics have (mostly) reunited, Seeds songs are being used in deodorant commercials and Green Day just put out a "garage" record under a pseudonym. 60's rock n' roll is seemingly more popular now than it was during the initial decade. I know a lot of people are up in arms about this, but I'm not. This shit WAS and IS popular music and it's kinda neat that it's "coming back in style", if only for a split second. I mean, really. Would you rather Nickleback be shooting out of your TV or The Seeds? [...]
So, not only was my experience flying first class from Newark "Liberty" Airport to Los Angeles kind of shitty, I apparently caught an illness along the way! Although I've flown first class (what about me doesn't say "first class citizen"?) between Newark and Seattle twice before, this time was easily the worst. The seat configuration was two-and-two, which sucks because having only ten people in the section made the plane (which is already a claustrophobic place) seem that much smaller. The added leg room was nice, but who gives a shit, right? I was seated next to some [...]
I awoke to the sound of my alarm clock as it struck 9:00am. Last night was another night of deep, dreamless sleep, only without the benefit of awakening refreshed and ready to greet the day. Although I longed to roll over and return to wherever the fuck my consciousness escapes to when I sleep, my desire to keep all the plans I've made this week got the best of me, and I instead rolled out of bed and threw on some clothes. My mother yelled to me from downstairs to declare she had made breakfast for me, and asked if [...]
FADE IN CLOSEUP of a man's face, eyes open. Camera begins to pull back slowly, at a slight incline, revealing him to be recently dead, face up and lying on sand. Dried rust-colored blood trails originate from each ear. A metal cylinder clutched on his chest reflects the bright sun. EXT. DIRT ROAD IN THE DESERT Camera pulls back quickly, straight up. A tall figure is revealed walking toward
Hell yes, back to an eclectic Jukebox this week. Filled with delights that skew towards the garage, to the glam and on a short trip through scraggly skronk. Every once in a while I remember that I started this feature to shake out the musical skeletons from my collection. [MP3] Be-Bop Deluxe - Third Floor Heaven Quite possibly the best glam homage to prostitution and one of the better forgotten songs of the genre. Be-Bop Deluxe had the style, the swagger and the makeup, but what really helped their sound was [...]
Who's pouring, because this collection deserves a drink. Nashville's own original psyche-pop weirdo John D. Loudermilk gets the treatment here on this 2006 twenty seven track anthology. Regarded as an accomplished sixties Nashville songwriting fixture, it turns out Loudermilk was as at home with a sitar as a banjo, and left to [...]
I put another quarter in the re-released jukebox to see what it had to offer up this week. Well, since it was not only common to cover the hits of others but almost a prerequisite for survival in this era I thought it only fitting to showcase a few reinterpretations on the RSTB Jukebox. So, classic covers it is this week. [MP3] Yvonne Elliman - I Can't Explain 70's songstress Yvonne Elliman takes this Who classic and simultaneously injects it with a big polished rock flair [...]
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