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Review: Dutch club jazz band New Cool Collective returns with a tasty 7" featuring two cinema classics. On the A-side, they serve up their own fresh and super funky cover of 'Enter the Dragon,' the iconic theme associated with Bruce Lee and his martial arts masterpiece of the same name. The B-side features their take on 'Misirlou' which is a legendary surf rock track by Dick Dale & The Del-Tones that was made world famous when it was used as the theme from Quentin Taranto's chef d'ouevre, Pulp Fiction. This double-sider is standout for its nostalgic movie associations but also on a purely musical level it oozes class.

Review: Tacoma garage rock legends The Sonics are revisited here across seven 7" singles, covering their key material from 1964 to 1966. The set includes foundational tracks from the Etiquette years - 'The Witch', 'Psycho', and 'Strychnine' - alongside Jerden-era cuts like 'Head On Backwards' and 'Like No Other Man', all remastered and sequenced with clarity. It's the first time material from both periods has been presented together on vinyl. 'Keep A Knockin' and 'Louie Louie' sit comfortably beside the band's originals, which are leaner, noisier, and often more aggressive. 'Boss Hoss', 'Cinderella', and 'Shot Down' showcase the group's punchy rhythm section and blown-out recording style, while 'Have Love Will Travel' and 'High Time' ride the line between r&b cover and full distortion assault. 'Maintaining My Cool', long circulating in other formats, makes its vinyl debut here in its rare Audio Recording version. The pressing includes a booklet with photography by Jini Dellaccio, but the real appeal is in the sequencing - no filler, no novelty, just the most direct catalogue survey of a band that never needed polishing.

Review: One of the rarest singles from 1960s Venezuela sees its first official reissue, a garage nugget by The Pets-an obscure Caracas outfit active during the boom of the local nueva ola. Formed in the wake of The Beatles' worldwide success, the group left behind just one LP and this impossible-to-find 7", issued in 1967 and long coveted by collectors. The A-side, 'El entierro de un hombre rico que murio de hambre', is a raw, fuzz-laden standout-equal parts social commentary and proto-punk bite, its warped organs and sneering vocals earning it cult status across Latin garage circles. On the flip, a Spanish-language version of The Doors' 'Hello, I Love You' finds the band leaning fully into the era's beat influence with jagged charm. Sourced from original master tapes and newly remastered, this is a vital piece of Latin American garage history-delirious, political, and burning with youthful revolt.