Singles Released This Week Years Ago

 

Without further ado, here are some of the songs released this week.

1967: Jimi Hendrix

1967: Nancy & Frank Sinatra

1967: The Who

1977: The Clash

1985: Tears For Fears

1971: Richie Havens

1973: Jim Croce

1969: Simon and Garfunkel

1970: Guess Who

1977: Peter Gabriel

This Year's Records 4/18

Mattiel sounds as if Nancy Sinatra on the Black Keys would sing. The debut of Mattiel Brown from Atlanta is retro without end. Why not? Retro is good when it discovers new in the old person. And this is here the case. It is of course a retro sound that she offers but who will care if it is true to the origial sound? Of course one of the best retro-sounded albums of the year and I still listen to it with great joy.

Mattiel - Whites In Your Eyes
Mattiel - Bye Bye

Another New Voice For Your Ears

Another new name came to my ears the recent days. I didn't know anything about Mattiel before she released her first album these days. She's working as an illustrator for commercial companies and music was more or less a hobby until she decided to make a full-length record. Her songs are deeply based in vintage Rock 'N' Roll and could appear on different Tarantino-soundtracks. There are many other influences in her sound but the songs are often dominated by a picked electric guitar strings and her voice that reminds me to Nancy Sinatra.

Twanging Tuesday # 71

Today it won't be the real twang but a little rockabilly The Astro Zombies a French psychobilly band from France. Known as a warm up band for rockabilly greats like The Meteors or The Misfits. They were not too bad, playing their songs very well and might be great when you see them live. I found this cover by searching the internet and it was only a question of time when this song was covered in this genre. It has the same charm as Rumble On The Beach's cover of Purple Rain.