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THE BROKEN VINYL CLUB I Want You Girl/In My Mind THE METHOD Whip Around/Consider This Your Warning Both See Monkey Do Monkey
www.seemonkeydomonkey.com The top of The BVC’s double A-sided charmer features bouncy guitar pop with a Byrdsian jangle, Beatlesque
harmonies, and a nifty little guitar solo. The back is more languid – there’s a slight spy theme aura to the backing that wouldn’t be out of place on the back of an old Johnny Rivers tune. Nice atmospheric guitar solo adds to the period flavour. Cardiff quintet The Method have dosed
their recording with Happy Feet pills, bringing ska-styled horn trappings to bear on slashing guitars, a catchy chorus, and throaty vocals from Richie Hayes. Guaranteed to work up a sweat just listening to it. The flip opens with a stalking surf guitar riff and Richie’s Julian Cope meets Billy Idol snarl before wailing horns and a pounding backbeat threaten to
BARBARA LYNN I’m A Good woman/I Don’t Want A Playboy JORDAN VALENTINE & THE SUNDAY SAINTS Tell Me What’s On Your Mind/ Follow Me ORIGINAL BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY Original Black Sheep Of The Family/Do You Wanna Dance All Cultures Of Soul
www.culturesofsoulrecords.com Cultures Of Soul is a new label from Boston, US dedicated to releasing rare soul and funk alongside
contemporary artists. Their 7” singles look destined to become collectors’ items. Barbara Lynn’s 1966 sister funk classic, ‘I’m A Good Woman’, is a great start and let’s hope there is more of this to come. The flip is a rare track from ’67 in a similar vein with some nice drum fills and a driving beat. Jordan Valentine is a new singer looking
to cross over in the same fashion as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings did with her debut single for the label. The A-side is competent cover of Cyril Neville’s funky ‘Tell Me What’s On Your Mind’ and wouldn’t sound out of place played out in clubs amongst original funk sides. The Sunday
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knock the needle off the turntable. Heavy stuff with a bit of a punky garage pedigree. A new single is due shortly and if it’s as exciting as this, the album should be a killer. More proof that Cardiff is an exciting
place for music these days. Jeff Penczak
THE DOWNLINERS SECT Brite Lights – Big City Hand Of Glory
www.handofglory.co.uk
Following the release of their Nite On Great Newport Street EP, The Downliners Sect recorded a follow-up to be titled Brite
Lights – Big City. However, upon turning up to the record label to see the finished product, the place was closed, boarded up, the master tapes nowhere to be found. The disappointment quickly faded. They were picked up by EMI and, despite not achieving the success of some of their contemporaries, they continue to perform live to this day – the only evidence of that long-lost recording being a handful of sleeves kept by band
Saints sound fantastic, giving the original a looser vibe with stabbing horns and Meters- like organ that captures the spirit of New Orleans. Jordan’s voice though sounds a bit thin and lacks the punch of contemporaries such as Sharon Jones. The rockier flip ‘Follow Me’ shows Jordan is more adept at letting rip but there is still something missing.You are more likely to enjoy this band in a live setting than on record, I’m afraid.
Bad boys: Original Black Sheep Of The Family
members as mementos. Now, found by a collector nerd in a batch
of reel-to-reel tapes put up for sale on eBay, those recordings have resurfaced. And Hand Of Glory have issued these four tracks – ‘Brite Lights – Big City’, ‘Mona’, ‘Do The Dog’, ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Music’ – with a label and sleeve as close as is possible to how it would have looked 46 years ago. This is an unashamedly raw and wild lo-fi recording of a 1964 R&B beat group firing on all cylinders. It’s only available via the label’s website
so get it while you can! PJ Crittenden
GARY LUCAS Music For The Eden Project Snakefork
www.myspace.com/snakefork With the recent tragic passing of Captain Beefheart, Gary Lucas has again found himself expounding on the man he worked
for around 30 years ago but, since then, this ferociously prolific guitarist has unleashed a mind-blowingly diverse barrage of
Pick of the bunch are the two unreleased
tracks from the oddly named Original Black Sheep Of The Family. Dating from ’78, the A- side has a nice mellow mid-tempo groove with atmospheric harmonies and a neat organ sound underneath. The flipside, ‘Do You Wanna Dance’, has a great intro with some heavy bubbly bass lines and inventive funky disco beats. At two minutes 19 seconds though it finishes way too soon for the party
collaborations and solo projects, all connected by his incandescent guitar salvos and barrier-crunching excursions. His latest statement was composed for “a psychedelic environmental installation” in collaboration with UK visual artist Paul McGowan, appearing as a limited, turquoise vinyl 7” single. One side sees Lucas cleave a breathtaking hall of mirrors flight path aided by a deftly operated electronic arsenal, which accentuates rather than dominates. The other serves as a similarly captivating example of his steel-string mastery, sometimes echoing the virtuosity and unknown pleasures of the great John Fahey, the late genius who defined the form nearly 50 years ago.Well worth tracking down. Kris Needs
THE MAHARAJAS Sucked Into The ’70s Crusher EP
www.crusherrecords.com Can these guys do any wrong? No way, Jose. In fact, they just get better the older they get. The garage purist days have certainly passed and the 2011 Maharajas are more than happy to do what the hell they want.
to really get going. Both sides don’t sound like the finished article but that’s all part of the charm. The band from West Medford, Massachusetts certainly looked the part with their big hair and flamboyant outfits. Find out more about this band and
other exciting new releases on the label’s website. Paul Ritchie
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