Category Archives: Garage Rock

SONG OF THE DAY Thee Ludds – Go Outside

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Leicester’s finest purveyors of psych-punk, Thee Ludds, struck a chord in my heartstrings from the very moment I first heard them earlier this month, and their rather dark and menacing punkadelic sounds have been pleasuring my ears ever since!! Emerging with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Rock, Garage punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Thee Ludds – Gog and Magog

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

Thundering drums brings with it clouds of lush darkness and ominous foreboding, make sure you are prepared for a storm when you press play on this one!  I hasten to add, however, this is the kind of storm that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Rock, Garage punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

SONG OF THE DAY Night Beats – Messiah

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

The best way to get low-down grimy and scuzzy this side of midnight!!? Any side of midnight to be fair, this song is just ravishingly sexy-dark and I love it! Seattle’s purveyors of all things psychedelic create some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage punk, Garage Rock, Psych punk, Psych rock, Psychedelic, Punk | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Billabong Valley (Live on KEXP)

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Give me a song about ruthless outlaws, desolate landscapes and brutal tendencies and I’m a happy girl.. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have ticked more than a few boxes on my happy list with this gun-slinging glory box of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Psych rock, Psychedelic | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY The Sonics – Santa Claus

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

  The Sonics festive offering, Santa Claus, is pure vintage.  Musically this could be any one of their fantastic psych-fuelled songs with its gruff garage-rock guitar and robust vocals, but the lyrics are the give-away that it’s a Christmas tune. The track … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Paul Revere & The Raiders – Rain, Sleet, Snow

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

I’m not the most Christmassy of people, if at all to be honest, but the challenge to find some decent Yule sounds was quite tempting, so here goes.  Rain, Sleet or Snow appeared on Paul Revere & The Raiders 1967 album, … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage Rock, rock n roll, Psych rock | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Mr Airplane Man – Sun Sinking Low

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Purveyors of sexy swamp blues, psychedelic pop and garage rock, Boston’s Mr. Airplane Man formed in the late 90’s.  Consisting of Margaret Garrett on guitar/slide guitar/vocals and Tara McManus on drums/ vocals/occasional Farfisa organ, the duo derive influences from blues greats … Continue reading →

Posted in Blues, blues rock, boston, garage, Garage Rock, swamp blues | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

SONG OF THE DAY Grinderman – Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey and Jim Sclavunos unleashed this violent beast on Grinderman’s 2010 album, Grinderman 2. Opening track Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man is a story of two sibling psychopaths and their nameless prisoner.  Out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative, Alternative pop, blues rock, Garage Rock, Mute Records | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Cool Ghouls – Gord’s Horse

Posted on November 27, 2018 by

Perhaps a far more sedate and laid-back affair to what I generally post, but Gord’s Horse struck a chord in me today and perhaps was the serene escape I really needed but just hadn’t realised!? San Franciscan 4-piece Cool Ghouls consists of members, … Continue reading →

Posted in Country, Empty Cellar Records, garage, Garage Rock | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY The Sonics – He’s Waitin’

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

The Sonics were the essence of rock’n’roll: loud, raw and uncouth!  Some would say that they were one of the first proper punk/garage bands to emerge out of the 60’s and that their aggressive sound, brash presence and unconventional style … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , | Leave a comment