French garage label Rogue Records release two new stomping 7″s for all those under the spell of those classic garage-rock sounds.
The Basements: Feelings
(Rogue)
7″ | DL
Out now
If you never lived through it, as I didn’t, that heady sixties garage heyday where a straight three chords through a punctured speaker cone was the sound that captured a generation, the new single from Greece’s The Basements is a total trip back in time. On Feelings, and on b-side Foolish Lies, they are channelling the likes of The Seeds and The Elevators to fine effect, hammering home that the sound launched from a thousand garages has never, and will never, leave us. As long as there are new ears pricked to that fuzz-tastic infectious groove, the spirits of Saxon and Erickson will continue to influence. Anyone looking for the next generation of Teenage Shutdowns, Back From The Grave, future (unfortunately) Garage Unknowns, need look no further. Rogue Records have got you covered.
The Basements: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
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The Maharajas: Just Drink Wine
(Rogue)
7″ | DL
Out now
But if what you’re after is a hefty dose of RnB in your garage-rock, Just Drink Wine, the latest single from Sweden’s The Maharajas is just the medicine. It is a killer A-side that proves that whatever is drunk that far north, it is keeping the world in some pure riff-ripping, foot-tapping and hip-shaking rock n roll. Does any country really do it better? Over on the flip-side, they push the pedal to the metal to ramp through Broken Teller, a fantastic pub-rock, powerpop, garage-rock number. As our own Louder Than War radio show Left Of The Dial is so keen on stating: This is where the cool it at.
The Maharajas: Bandcamp | Facebook
Rogue Records: Bandcamp | Facebook
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All words by Nathan Whittle. Find his Louder Than War archive here.
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