Hot Tub Time Machine

 

"Old Guy," Wimps (2015): Kill Rock Stars. House party in a rec room bar; mustachioed and non-mustachioed peoples strutting their stuff. Old time rock&roll as in Amerindie cross-dressing punk rock thriftshop nerds. Also, the Wimps are "The mountains are out today" true-blue Seattleites. Making the most of your frustrations; post-punk power pop. 

"Yes I'm the old guy
at the party, alright
All the stuff you have done
I've seen one thousand times before
No, I'm not your dad
No, I'm not the landlord shutting you down
No, I'm just a man with no plans 

trying to spend some time at night getting out of the house"

Liberatory Zambian 1970s interpretation of American R&B, 1950s-1970s, vocal groups, hard rock, and electric garage jam band soulfulness. WITCH stands for "We Intend To Cause Havoc." Makes me think of Eddy Grant's '60s group, The Equals ("Baby Come Back," "Police On My Back) or The Wailers doing "Simmer Down" (1963). Original Zamrock. 

"It Happens Everyday," The Lemon Drops (1966): From Chicago, formed in high school. Hard-edged sunshine pop. The fuzztone guitars are exquisite. The vocal group next door Nuggets attitude another psychedelic pop ideal in single form. They don't want to hear about it anymore but bash it out with punk style nonetheless. 

"STOP," B.W.H. (1983): Also known as Blackway and Helene; a Dj-producer and his film actress wife. The groove is impossibly tight but it's the spare woozy vocal chorus that throws everything off kilter and gives it that trippy psychedelic feel. Minimalist electro funk masterpiece. Some of the best of Italo-Disco. 

Medley: The Great Brain Robbery/Glimpses of the Next World's World, Autosalvage (1968)

Sure, for every choice psychedelic Nugget there were 10 comically pretentious trend hopping posers. But this hard psych workout is proof the vein of golden psych Nuggets (1966-1969) is in fact big and varied; hits and groups came and went like forgotten college art projects. I suppose that's why Rhino put out 15 volumes of the Nugget's comps of the stuff in the 1980s; and the Pebbles' series is near 30 volumes. Let's just say they were not wrong. Frank Zappa suggested the Autosalvage name, an early band song he especially liked.