The Monocles - Spider and the Fly

The Higher Elevation - The Diamond Mine

During a remarkable period of “welcome back pipedreams” - I admit I was no longer feeling it - I listened to, and (re)discovered, garage bands full of soul and blood, with influences ranging from beat to punk, from psychedelia to R&B - from power pop to folk, from rockabilly to mod, including soul and even hard rock. In short, the essence of rock'n'roll from true beasts to the wild scream of “screw your virtuosic and super-fast scales and your ridiculous four-octave vocal range.” Since 1990 onward, with some comebacks of old relics, savansadir.

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A tantalizing compilation released quite a few years ago tells the story of this band, one of the thousands of very unique rock’n’roll tales. Starting as a beat group, but of the mod-style, cravat-wearing kind, with slicked-back hair … by the mid-sixties they finally began to savor interesting candies, releasing some truly compelling singles… from ridiculous psychedelia to so-called sunshine-pop and jangle-folk-rock…
Going to concerts in a customized Cadillac hearse…