The Volcanos - Pompeii 7" (Estrus)
The Volcanos are back with their 3rd release on Estrus, featuring 2 instro tunes and one vocal rave-up. Housed in a full-color sleeve that has to be seen to believed. If you wanna hear one of the best bands of today's instro scene doin' what they do best, check out this lil' slab! (Continental #5)

The Volcanos - Surf Quake (Estrus)
"Twelve titanic tracks of fuel-injected beach-o-matic all-instro mayhem with enough reverb charged energy to spark a ground zero go-go-rama from the get-go!"
Hell, I should just have Dave Crider do all of the reviews here - he has such a way with words. Anyway, this is the debut release from Michigan's best (perhaps only) all-instro combo. I loved their last Estrus 45, and this one has more of the same cool instro madness drenched in layer upon layer of reverb. It just doesn't get much better than this! (Estrus Records, P.O. Box 2125, Bellingham, WA 98227.) (The Continental #1)

The Volcanos - Wine Wine Wine/Girls Girls Girls 7" (Get Hip) It seems like a lot of instro bands are surprising the world by doing vocal tunes. Jackie & The Cedrics do two of 'em on their TV Hop 7" and now The Volcanos do two on this 7". Wine Wine Wine is great (although I gotta say after The Volcanos' and Surf Trio's versions ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!) and Girls Girls Girls is even better. What surprised me about the latter is that it isn't the tune that Elvis made famous - instead it's an excellent beach party song with hilarious lyrics. (Continental #5)

Voodoo Martini - Exotic & Mysterious, The Sounds Of Voodoo Martini (PreFab)
"Their soaring vocals, dynamic guitars, and throbbing percussion seduce and transport you to another world…"
I was expecting something similar to Combustible Edison after looking at the cover art for this new release from New York's Voodoo Martini, yet this is a much moodier affair. You can just feel the smoke seeping into your pores as you listen to this, a ten track collection of songs filled with heartache, lost love, and plenty of booze to chase 'em away. These tunes sound like soundtrack music to a film only seen in singer Phil Gammage's mind, filled with romance, intrigue, and plenty of cigarettes and alcohol. (Continental #4)

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