„Eat cactus, don’t go away”

Psych garage noise wave from our Italian friends, Trio Banana. Cactus

from the EP ‘Arthur Dent‘ by Bubca Records

It’s a band of Luca from Trans Upper Egypt (somewhere between Silver Apples, Suicide and Dead Moon), The Ultra Twist (garage rock, free download), E.X.P. (psychedelic rock, free download), The Nackers (60s fuzzy garage rock, free download) and many more. All is recommended.

The „vintage rocker” Michael Yonkers is one of the greatest hidden underground musicians like Seasick Steve, who won the Award for Best Breakthrough Act at his age of 66, or the 81 years old bluesman, Leo Welch with his debut album. Yonkers was born in Minneapolis in 1947. He has been making music since the early 60s, self-releasing some albums in the 70s, and stayed fully unknown until 2003. Then his unreleased album, the Microminiature Love, which was recorded in 1968 was released by de Stijl and Sub Pop. And boom. Fresh, fascinating psychedelic garage rock with a very unique sound, thanks to own made effects and a reshaped Fender Telecaster. It’s „like a fusion of stripped down Black Sabbath, The Troggs, Pere Ubu, and The Cramps.” It also comes the Stooges, the Godz and Joy Division to my mind. His previous albums would be reissued one after the other beside his new and unreleased materials.  Among his new stuff there are two collabs with the garage punk band, Blind Shake.

A marvellous acoustic chamber folk album The Borders Of My Mind with Jim Woehrle from 1974 is the brand new reissue by Drag City. Look!

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Texan harsh punk on drums, guitar and electronics. Burnt Skull

Sewer Birth LP by 12Xu

I thought I’m a garage rock specialist, because I instantly recognized that Martyr Privates is a British minimal psych garage rock band, but it’s Aussie. Well, I have to listen to the languege better. You Can’t Stop Progress

from their self-titled debut album by Bedroom Suck in March 2014.

You can listen to a single

English bassist and drummer duo met a volatile French guitarist in London after he left an ad in their studio listing Television, Ennio Morricone and „everything at DFA Records” as influences. They are the Felt Tip, a new favourite of the British indie scene

Debut single by Fierce Panda

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Good noisy psych garage rock from Portland: Coma Serfs

EP by Citrus Tapes

Our friends gave a show at Marsatac Fest yesterday. Look!

You can find the record of the year, the JC Satán / Piresian Beach split 7″ by RNR666 Records here.

on the RAZORCAKE by Rick Ecker: „JC SATAN start off with two garage-rock-mixed-with-pop songs that are fuzzed-out jams. They have a nice groove to them and get your head bobbing. PIRESIAN BEACH’s two songs are more experimental and trippy, but really flow well on this single with the other songs. Both bands really did a great job. If you’re into the more out-there and non-traditional punk bands, you’ll like it too.”

Rick’s personal mixed style musical blog, the ALTERED FREQUENCIES.

You can order JC Satán / Piresian Beach split 7″ HERE.
„Investment of the year!”  (The Big Issue) 

“We’re too punk for the psychedelic bands and too psychedelic for the punk bands.” The sound of Cosmonauts like Spacemen 3, early Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground spiced with surf tones and oriental psychedelic tunes. “It could be one chord the whole song and to us it can still have more movement than a wild improv jazz record.”

from Persona Non Grata LP by Burger

They are in Euro Tour! “We usually don’t use any pedals and just have our amps loud.”

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Absolutely loud, hard, angry synth punk. Absolutely Not

Mister Something LP by Chain Smoking

After 12 years the space surfers came back. Here is the new album of Man or Astro-man?

Cosmonauts. „Offer glimpse of drug-addled Southern Californian rock n roll in the 21st century.” „We’re too punk for the psychedelic bands and too psychedelic for the punk bands.” 7″ by Volar:

7″ by Trabajo:

In the beginning „I had a little tiny room with like a bed and a karaoke stereo next to it, and a little like keyboard I had since I was ten or something, and I started just trying to record with it.” (…) He spent several years recording his debut album, The Phoney. It makes a big senstaion in North-America. Experimental pop by Rollin Hunt

His backing band is the current incarnation of the Brian Jonestown Massacre minus Anton Newcombe. You can find 2 free songs here.

Easy little psych glam garage rock on the second Burnt Ones album

 by Burger Records