The Chocolate Watchband were one of the most important garage bands of the '60s, which makes the lack of an in-print anthology of their work all the more puzzling. Sundazed has released their three albums with copious bonus cuts and Rhino had a nice compilation in the early '80s, but is now out of print. 44 is a decent overview of their best cuts, including the rare singles released as the Hogs. The sound isn't as good as the Sundazed titles and there are no liner notes, but this may b...   [ read more ]

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The classic lineup of the Chocolate Watchband, with David Aguilar on vocals, was arguably the best garage punk band of the mid-'60s, as well as one of its most short-lived. This live reunion from 1999 is therefore a most welcome addition to the band's canon. It gave the group a chance to refashion some old tunes that may have been rushed by producer Ed Cobb when they were first recorded. For example, "She Weaves a Tender Trap" seems more fully realized than the original, and it's nice to hea...   [ read more ]

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Pop that top and get ready to rock, baby, ROCK!...'cause Raleigh, NC's resident robot killin' machinehead, THE CHERRY VALENCE, have taken a breather from their non-stop rock n' roll missionary work just long enough to record their debut full-length slab, the self titled, THE CHERRY VALENCE LP/CD! Eleven tracks of down n' dirty double drum/dueling guitar propelled wango tango that's been described as a mutant crossbreeding of The Chocolate Watchband AND Black Flag. These southern fried foundation shakers al...   [ read more ]

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