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VARIOUS ARTISTS - S. AMERICAN GARAGE EP  Various Artists"S. American Garage EP" Butterfly (BUT 16) File under Singles and EP's For further details and full tracklisting click here This is the first in a new series of releases from Butterfly Records showcasing the South American Garage Punk scene. Featuring five songs from four of the continent’s finest teenage bands; the lineup includes Argentina’s The Tandooris, Los Peyotes and Elio & Thee Horribles and Uruguayan act The Supersonicos.
The Tandooris (best band name I’ve heard in ages) have a hard and direct style with repetitive hooks reminiscent of MC5 on 'You complain too much'. The melodic choruses take the edge off slightly and brighten up the overall sound. 'Vampiro' by Los Peyotes features a crazy organ riff and manic drumming on a real blinding onslaught of a track. The whole thing builds to a mad guitar solo before dropping to a percussion and chanting break. The track ends with bongos playing out – just like The Yardbirds ‘For Your love’ – great stuff! Elio & Thee Horribles are positively the scariest band I have ever seen (and that includes Slipknot!) Singer Elio dresses as a Mummy and other members include Flackula (Vamp-Guitar), Kike Wolf (Riff Guitar), Zenith 'The Phantom' (Bass), Sir Alfred 'The Fumigator' (Drums) and Christian 'Blindfingers' (Keyboards). 'Ain’t No Friend of Mine' is a two minute, shouting, foot stomping anthem with hard guitars and screaming vocals. The Supersonicos are very different to the other three bands here – their sound is instrumental, sci-fi influenced and less heavy. 'Taxi Lunar' could easily be the theme tune to a sixties Gerry Anderson show with swirling sound effects and echoed guitars. 'Bikini Chip' has a faster pace and is more down to earth whilst still sounding interesting. Another good EP from Butterfly and a rare opportunity to sample the South American take on Garage Rock.
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