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5.0 out of 5 stars
Primitive , 10 Aug 2006
The music business is in dire straights. Everybody knows. We only hear bands that the media are paid to promote, and the radio/TV are paid to play. Even most "indie" labels are a subsidary of a major desperately trying to tap into every possible financial provider in their struggle. The internet has brought justice to the greedy music business, and people are becoming very aware that the best things are happening underground. The music on this CD not the kind of music thats gonna unwillingly pollute your body via optic fibre cables, satellite transmissions, and whatever digital means they use nowadays. This music is real, raw, rare and bloody. It's certainly not polished clean for mass manipulation. No sir! It's rough as guts, and that's what's so fresh about it.
This musical savior is a compilation of garage/punk/blues/trash/lo-fi bands from all over the world by the title of Blood On The Scratchplate '65, brought to you by Motor Sounds Records.
Hmmm... Comparisons are very difficult, but I'll give it a shot:
You have ROCK N ROLL MONKEY AND THE ROBOTS from Detroit USA bringing you a very strange brew homemade lo-fi, reminiscent of Jon Spencer, Pixies, Beck, White Stripes. Their songs are really catchy and raw, yet very cool (Shaky Jake is class).
Sonic Youth meets Captain Beefheart for a surf at the beach ending in grit with well established UK band THE SURGENS. They got a great blues harp player, and the slide guitar is spot on.
A very Sky Saxon and The Seeds sounding outfit called THE URGES from UK. Backing vocals bring to mind Evil Hoodoo. I've never heard of them, but their contribution to this album is one of my favorite tracks here (being a sucker for The Seeds).
THE CHILDISH THOUGHTS from Northern Ireland provide us with a lobal assault of merciless fuzz infested garage punk. At the opposite end of the spectrum, they provide the final track on the compilation entitled Long Gone. It brings to mind Neither Fish Nor Fowl by Thee Headcoats, but sounds nothing like Thee Headcoats or Neither Fish Nor Fowl. Just got a nice nostalgic feeling to it I guess. Really good contrast to their other 2 songs featured.
THE ROUTES from Japan are on a raw 50s/60s style production vibe, oblivious to modern day music, nearing the sound of The Yardbirds meets Link Wray. From listening it's obvious that they are doing their own thing regardless to the fads and trends of music today(same can be said for most bands here), and you've gotta respect them for that.
MUDLOW? UK proprietors of gritty Beefheart-esque blues.
THE KEEPERS? Hailing from Northern Ireland, I hear they got quite a cult following. Very tight combo with good tunes. Money has a similar riff to Have Love Will Travel, transforming into Action Woman for the solo. That ain't a bad thing cause they're 2 boss tunes.
From Italy we have SUPER SEXY BOY 1986, with a Stooges-esqe approach, and representing Belgium we have SECRET AGENT MEN. Also featured are THE TUPELO INCIDENT.
The thing I love about this compilation is it's concept, it's originality, and it's rawness. The choice of bands and the music is great. Every track and every band are completely different, yet the raw elements of primitive rock 'n' roll, blues, DIY make everything relative. Really reassuring to know that underground bands worldwide find a way to the surface, thanks to small pioneering labels such as Motor Sounds Records. If you are one of millions of people bored with current music like myself, give this album a shot and you'll get the shot you need.
21 tracks at just under a tenner? That's a cheap fix for my primitive rock 'n' roll trash addiction!
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