DAS ALDI COMBO
The Dirt On The Ground (Butterfly; Vinyl 7" EP)
     This Dutch combo provide a feast for Hammond fans, presenting two covers and two originals. 'Bag of Bones' is a highly percussive number, but elsewhere the organ is king and you gotta swing.     The original title tune is my favourite, a smouldering groover that builds well. Like jazz versions of standards, the covers are almost unrecognisable but fun. You've certainly never heard The Cramps 'Human Fly' like this before!
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Phil Suggitt

LOS WALKYSONS featuring SHARON JONES
Do The Crank (Butterfly; Vinyl 7" single)
     Spanish band Los Walkysons back powerful Soul vocalist Sharon Jones on this single. I don't know The Belgianettes original version of 'Do The Crank', but in Sharon and the boys' hands it's a real 60's Soul dance floor filler that I warmed to immediately. The flip is Ike and Tina's 'I Idolize you' which is a good take on the Ike Turner ballad, more than just a straight cover. Now have Sharon and the band recorded a whole album of this kind of stuff?
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Phil Suggitt

VARIOUS ARTISTS
S. American Teenage Garage Punk, Vol.2 (Butterfly; Vinyl 7" EP)
     This is a sampler for four contemporary South American bands, resplendent in a great Darren Merinuk cover that shows a groovy Hispanic babe surrounded by four troglodytic garage punk types slashing, hanging, poisoning and shooting themselves for her love. …Nice.
La Cosa De Venus present 'Arana', a primitive Cramps inspired rave-up in Spanish. Tren Fantasma have an enjoyably authentic 60s light fuzz'n'farfisa pop sound, with plenty of harmonies (also in Spanish). The Tormentos' 'Spy Games' is a driving surf instro with good musical dynamics. The only band I have heard before, Thee Butchers Orchestra, contribute 'Stop Talking About Music' which is less heavy and more interesting than a lot of the songs on their CD. Collect the set.
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Phil Suggitt