Shunning such modern devices as digital electronic sounds are Michigan garage throwbacks The People's Temple and their new single 'Looter's Game'. It sounds like it's dropped straight in from 1967 and combines crunching beat-era guitars and psych-rock tendencies to fashion a retro wonder that has a timeless sound from the warming hum of the analogue electrical gear it was recorded on.
Free download: 'Looter's Game'
The People's Temple's website
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Blonds - Run
Free download: 'Run'
Blonds' website
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Beat Connections - Saola
Over on the other side of the US, Seattle-based quartet Beat Connection are also dropping their debut album, and 'The Palace Garden' is made from altogether different elements. This is high-end alt-pop that you can dance to. I'll get the inevitable Friendly Fires comparison out of the way and tell you that this record contains tracks that have the potential make a big splash, including the slightly tropical 'Saola'.
Beat Connection's website
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Redd Kross - Researching The Blues
Around the time that Californian veterans Redd Kross were releasing their debut EP, I was being born. So they've been knocking around on and off for quite some time. New album 'Researching The Blues' hits stores this week and the title-track sounds fresh as a daisy and mixes punk with some searing blues-rock. They might be into their fourth decade but they're sounding as vital as ever.
Free download: 'Researching The Blues'
Redd Kross' website
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OBLIGATORY RECORD OF THE WEEK
Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows
Last year (with a little help from the production team behind the mighty Raveonettes) lo-fi bubblegum fuzz-rockers Dum Dum Girls stepped up a gear and produced the absolutely wonderful 'Only In Dreams' album. With a brand new EP, 'End Of Daze', set for a release on September 25th, the quartet have given us it's first cut for free. Again it's a step up from their early tracks, and 'Lord Knows' cuts back on the fuzz and turns on the raw emotion. Even without that glorious production to hide behind, these girls know how to pen a powerful pop track, and this slowie is really quite beautiful.
Dum Dum Girls' website
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