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The Eyes / The Pupils
LP + 7inch / The Arrival of The Eyes / A Tribute to The Rolling Stones / Essex Records
The Eyes were a Mod band from 1965-66 in London. They have quite the sound: all jangly guitars, cool vocals, and tight beats. This LP comes with a bonus 7' of The Eyes recording as The Pupils.
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The Homosexuals
LP / The Homosexuals' Record / A Black Noise
The Homosexuals sound a bit like a more manic version of the band Fashion, but with jangly guitars like Josef K. Die Trip, Computer Die is the new project of L.Voag, one of the three members of the band.
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The Psychedelic Experience Volume 2
LP / various / Mystic Records
All the releases in this series share the same back cover collage of printed blotter acids. I think that Volumes 2 & 4 are among the strongest psyche comps I know.
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Remixen Die Welttraumforscher
LP / various / Gagarin Records
If you had to characterize the sound in a word, you'd say 'electro pop.' But the complexity of the tracks on this collection really need to be explored by ear.
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Irritant Number Nine
CD / various / Irritant
Much of the compilation is electronic hardcore with no vocals (or using samples containing some type of voice) along with radical beats and extreme transitions.
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Max's Kansas City 1976
CD / various / ROIR
The songs on this CD are already hard wired into my head from countless listenings. Every single song from the original 1976 Ram Records Max's LP is golden.
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Jim O'Rourke
CD / I'm Happy and I'm Singing / Mego
Three untitled laptop tracks by Jim O'Rourke
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Sauron Speaks
CD / Fat Beats from the Dark Tower / Suckadelic Reckids
The same person who put together Star Wars Breakbeats has turned his attention (in a timely fashion) to The Lord Of The Rings.
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The Sunshine Company
CD / The Best of The Sunshine Company / Collectors' Choice Music
The first American-released cd collection of the late-1960s LA- based sunshine pop group Sunshine Company includes 22 tracks taken from their three albums, and the various singles they released.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands