Suffering from what I considered an infestation of zits in my youth, I was once informed that toothpaste, applied liberally to each blemish, would erase them quickly. During an application one morning, I was distracted by something or other and forgot to wash the gooey cream from my face, arriving at work with white spots all over my forehead and chin, garnering odd looks from fellow employees too polite to point out my gaffe. Isn't this the same flustered feeling one gets when
No Smoke Records (who can't be bothered to create a website)
once again informs us, to our disbelief, that Africa was once a hotbed of '60's garage rave-ups?
Zulu Stomp: South Africa Garage Beats contains more great tunes than you can shake a
rungu at. From
Get Your Baggies On (by
Bats) to
I've Got News For You (by the oddly-monikered
004's), you'll find yourself standing slack-jawed at the wealth of garage-y goodness dripping from every groove. Personally, I find myself returning again and again to
Freedom's Children's take on the overplayed Stones classic
Satisfaction--with a breathless rhythm so primal, so urgent, I could almost swear it was
The Monks taking a turn at this haggard horse. The entire comp rolls along at a clipped pace. It's as potent as a shot glass of Proactiv acne treatment served on the rocks. Or at least a similar pimple-themed punchline which hasn't occurred to me yet.
