Swiss independent label A Tree in a Field Records is hitting you this time with a triple reverb attack from Roy & the Devil’s Motorcycle. The four piece around the three Stähli brothers unveils a most unpolished garage/basement sound on their new 7 inch single I’ll Sing You a Song. The title track and Sweet Reputation both lead us back to good old Velvet Underground but with an unmistakable 21. century appeal and a juvenile charm.

After switching to another side (and to a speed of 33 rpm) things get a bit peculiar  with Rock’n’Roll Soldier – it’s a bright psychedelic tune infused with traditional reggae sound. It made me ponder a bit about this strange combination, although I’m aware that this is far from unprecedented… Actually, the term Jamaican fusion sounds like a horrible idea in theory (with numerous mainstream examples supporting this notion) but if you consider Bad Brains, Serge Gainsbourg or Polish post punk pioneers, Brygada Kryzys for example, the outcome can be the coolest thing ever. Roy & the DMC’s  effort is by all means within the cool league!

Order the vinyl from A Tree in a Field Records and check it out for yourself!

Cosmic Trip, France’s wildest underground rock’n’roll festival, gets underway tomorrow in Bourges, France. Headliners include US-based garage rock’n’roll band Swingin’ Neckbreakers, extra-terrestrial surf afficionados Man or Astro-man? , garage rocker kings Fleshtones,  Voodoo Rhythm’s very own Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers, indie garage punk trio Shannon and the Clams. The festival will also feature a few bands who had already played at previous RNR666 shows, such as Italian psych/punk duo Go!Zilla and Greek outfit Bazooka (as a last-minute change due to the pull-out of Gravedigger V), and Bob Log III will also be given a worthy opportunity to prove his shit is still perfect.

Berlin based Indo-Canadian notorious garage rocker Arish Ahmad Khan aka King Khan and his big band The Shrines

in BUDAPEST at KUPLUNG on APRIL 27 with a Brazilian one-man-blues-trash-rock’n’roll band XTREME BLUES DOG and WATTICAN PUNK BALLET.

Before the show XTREME BLUES DOG will playing on the air at Bang Bang Radio Show on Tilos Radio from 3pm.

About Herr KHAN     Facebook event

There are some dates for France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Holland.

Double A side split single by

GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH
„surf sex sludge garbage”

SHANNON & THE CLAMS
„a heartbroken John Waters trying to be a good girl”

dirty sweet rock and roll on Suicide Squeeze Records

Record Store Day will be on 19 April.  Participant stores on your location.

A Tree In A Field is a Swiss independent record label.
One of their latest releases

FAI BABA – SHE’S MY GURU

At first I overlooked that this album is a great one because I was wonder-struck by doomenfels so much.  But when I edited the (very coming soon) radio show from these albums on the first round I wrote to a paper the number of selected songs during the listening. On the occasion of Fai Baba I selected almost the full album.

Fai Baba was founded by Fabian Sigmund in Zürich, 2008, after he came back his spititual journey from India as „Psychedelic, Garage and Soul man.” He writes and plays very strange and highly enetertaining music. Krautrock-like psych pop, drenched with noisy space rock, spiced with a little 70s disco pumping sometimes. In short: very indie rock. Beside the drums and guitars you can find a heep of old keys intstruments as Farfisa, Ace Tone and Hammmond organs, Rhodes and Crumar electric pianos, Omnichord and Moog on this album.

Fai Baba is influenced by John Lee Hooker, who rarely played on a standard beat.

More trees in a field

RNR666 co-founder’s one man rockabilly blues project, the Szentcsalád Oral Orchestra ( = Holy Family Oral Orchestra) teamed up with the one woman psych garage Piresian Beach and made a dirty garage blues. Guitar solo is played by a special guest, Zoli  from  nohopekids

We hope there will be continuity.

Piresian Beach/JC Satán split 7″ by RNR666 Records

Mystical oriental minimal garage beats by the 4 pieces Brooklyn based all girl band, Habibi

debut LP by Burger Records

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Psychedelic guitar noise by the New Zealander experimental musicians, Antony Milton

This digital album is one long track split in two. It was recorded at the same time as his brand new album‘s session.

„Erin plays guitar, Mick plays drums and Brad played drums too. Together we have played 7 shows now.” Primitive, clamorous punk music as I like it

Straight Crimes 7″ by Smart Brains Records

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The Monsters – Alpine psychobilly and Swiss trash rock’n’roll. First EP from 1987. This was the first record with appearance of Reverend Beat-Man.

Vinyl only reissue by Bachelor Records. Just 300 copies. Nightmare.

The reissues of first two Monsters’ albums by Voodoo Rhythm Records

6th of June in 1944 was the D-Day. Its aim was Berlin. Some decades later almost same allies dropped bombs on Belgrade.

Sixth June is a Berlin based („Here, you’d think about where to go out,”) Serbian („in Serbia you have to think about making a place to go out to first. Art is one of the last things there, still. Nobody thinks it’s important.”) duo of Laszlo Antal and Lidija Andonov. 80s style cold minimal synth pop

Pleasure EP by Mannequin Records

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La Secte du Futur is a French garage rock band with the members of Catholic Spray, JC Satán, Black Bug and more.

Greetings From Youth LP by XVIII Recdords

„There are some happy songs, some love songs, some creepy shit. There’s everything. We got funky.”

The Growlers – Not. Psych! EP by Fat Cat

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Two idiotic versions of the song „Lambada” by the genial burlesque band Sieur et Dame

and Gregaldur, a guy who improvises on keyboard, guitar and looper and drinks beer simultaneously: La Lambaldur – feat. Charles Trenet. Trenet (1913-2001) was a French singer and songwriter. He had the greatest success between the late 30s and the mid 50s. Self-released split 7″

Free Download Gregaldur tracks

The Ballantynes are a seven piece Canadian garage soul funk band. United by the common goals of dancing, drinking, and reveling in each other’s company. No Love

from Liquor Store Gun Store Pawn Shop Church EP by La-Ti-Da Records

While I was watching the video it occurred to me that one of my favourite countries from the point of view of music is Canada.

„I guess there’s quite a dark side to me. It always comes out when I’m writing songs. I love Sylvia Plath, and I love listening to songs that have that haunting darkness that really pulls you in, so it’s probably something that I want to create in my songs.” She plays every instrument on her recordings, from bass to piano, guitar to sitar. Strange bitter-sweet haunted folky pop songs or “grungy abstract folk with a playful darkness” by Marika Hackman

Sugar Blind EP by Dirty Hit

Trivia: Marika Hackman was 14 years old when played her first gig with school friend Cara Delevingne. She played drums while the supermodel played guitar and sang. But Ms Hackman also get involved in the model business. She was a sun-glasses model of the British luxury brand, Blueberry in 2012.

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If a band’s record is released by In The Red Records it’s certainly a good garage punk rock band like the Pampers. From their debut LP