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SONG OF THE DAY The Babe Rainbow (AUS) – Johny Says Stay Cool

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

Describing their 60’s-inspired sound as “God picking sunflowers,” The Babe Rainbow are a colourful and dashing trio hailing from Byron Bay.  Colourful by name, this retro trio are most definitely colourful by nature and create a cosmic sound that falls somewhere … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Ovef Ow – Working Girl

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

This track has something warming and attractive about it right from the start! As the guitar strums a gentle melody and soft vocals tunefully hum into relaxed chords, you instantly get a feeling that something nice is about to happen! … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Growlers – Wandering Eyes

Posted on August 3, 2017 by

Judging by the comments below this video on Youtube I’m not the only one mesmerised by Brooks Nielsen and his ‘wandering eyes!’ I read a review once describing how The Growlers front “man works the stage like a hippie Dean Martin” … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Little Barrie – Love or Love

Posted on June 24, 2017 by

Ever since the London-based trio Little Barrie emerged from Nottingham in 1999 they have been cooking up their very own unique blend of surf-rock, blues and good old-fashioned psych-infused garage and feeding it to hungry psych fans such as myself!! Their latest … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Cobra Lamps – The Indicator

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

I have a very soft spot for the superb garage surf-rock sounds of Nottingham-born Little Barrie, (see my pages here and here) so naturally I was rather ecstatic when I discovered that the bands front man, Barrie Codagon had launched his … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Joe Gaston & The Crew – Without You

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

This little gem of a song has been in one of my playlists for ages now and after it came on yesterday in a random selection, I found I couldn’t get it out of my head for the rest of the … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Echo Oh’s – Up The River

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

An email alert came through last night to tell me that psych-surf rockers, The Echo Oh’s, had released a new song and I was rather eager to give it a listen! It’s not often a band comes along where you … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Buttertones – Dak’s Back

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

If any day is worthy of a kick up the tush, it’s a Sunday.  I was looking for something to liven things up and suddenly remembered this song!  LA’s Buttertones really know how to rock with their fuzzed-out, garage-rock sound … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Buttertones – Sadie’s A Sadist

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

The Buttertones are a young LA-based, 5-piece who arrived in the winter of 2012 in a psychedelic haze of fuzzed-out garage rock, reviving the supersonic sounds of the 50’s and 60’s in a blast of melodic, retro reverence as they … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Wytches – Digsaw

Posted on December 29, 2016 by

Brighton 3-piece The Wytches have often been referred to as a Psychedelic rock band, but anyone who has listened to them will know that this title is merely the tip of the ice berg as far as genre description is … Continue reading →

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