Lil' Lisa & the Finks

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(Work Whorse / Wavy Gravy)

If it weren't so that these four road-burning mean-kick celebrations of absolutely unhindered hedonism (with mindbending groove accentings) arose as a side project of Chicago punk band The Dyes' Lisa Louise, greasy greenbacks would bolster supposition that they'd swung onto the scene from the soundtracks of a late-60s American International drive-in biker flick, one whose lurid banner cried Wild, Mama, Far-out, Stompers, and Savages.

Recommended: "Chopper," "Have Love Will Travel," "Henrietta," "No Good to Cry"

Videos: "Chopper"   "Have Love Will Travel"   "No Good to Cry"

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The Forty Fours

Among Where the Action Is airs refreshed in scant bubbly minutes are Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" and a plethora of early-days Lennon/McCartney ones. And, just as chipper '60s harmonies fully bloom, scrupulous attention is paid attire, clipped coifs, and general comportment - all the way to toothy noggin-joggling.

Video: "Now She's Gone"

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The Sparkles

The Complete Recordings

(El Vidocq)

These 1960s Levelland, Texas, Garage personages are prized by afficianados of that unique, gritty sound. They slouch in the rank of Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, and Roky Erickson's 13th Floor Elevators; at least certain of the combo's cracking wax was produced by Norman Petty, he of Buddy Holly and Crickets renown. Employing two drummers, they put to vinyl some of that era's coolest racket, a truth known to owners of Pebbles, Nuggets, and other sub-genre compendiums. Included among somewhat obscure riches is "No Friend of Mine," the Sparkles' biggest triumph. (Occasional surface noise only accentuates vintage.) They are even said to have inspired the '80s Fuzztones. Indeed, that group covered several Sparkles numbers.

Previously a 2019 Jukebox Music Factory release. JMF is also the property of El Vidocq owner Laurent Laffargue.

Recommended: "The Hip," "He Can't Love You," "The U.T.," "Oh, Girls, Girls," "No Friend of Mine," "Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)," "I Want to be Free," "Something That You Said (Makes Me Cry," "Daddy Gonna Put the Hurt on You," "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Videos: "The Hip"   "No Friend of Mine"   "Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)"   "Jack and the Beanstalk"

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Joanna & the Dropouts

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(Self-issued)

Now emanating from the same wig-flipped garage that offered up NYC thrill-wretches the Cramps are UK ministers of groove, bent on twisting innocent musical notes to their own rave-up purposes. It's as if the go-go discoteque 1960s had crashed through some darkened-castle, funhouse mirror. Organ sweeps imbue guitar-flamed flights with eerie substance. Here somersaults dynamism.

Recommended: "Worst Enemy," "Moving Forwards"

Video: "Moving Forwards"

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Stompin' Riffraffs

"Horror Show" b/w "Parabellum"   7" vinyl

(Time Bomb Records)

When the party swings this madly, nobody cares what decade it is. '50s Rockabilly strut and runaway '60s Garage whimsy meld and exult in symbiotic revelry. Fun shimmies in the middle of the floor.

Time Bomb advises just 500 copies of this single were pressed. (It was first issued by Miz Liz in 2010).

Videos: "Horror Show"   live (34:14)

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