The UFO Club - "Be My Baby" (Ronettes cover)

If you dug those Night Beats tracks I posted last week, you'll absolutely love this psych-rock version of everyone's favorite Phil Spector classic, "Be My Baby," by The UFO Club—a collaboration between the Night Beats' Lee Blackwell and The Black Angels' Christian Bland. The song appears on a UFO Club and Night Beats split 10" out now via Austin's Reverberation Appreciation Society. The record features 4 tracks from each band and is pressed in an edition of 500 on 140 gram vinyl with handcrafted and screen-printed artwork by the bands. Go pick up your wax or digital download now at Austin Psych Fest. Stream all 8 tracks on the Night Beats' Facebook page.

The UFO Club - "Be My Baby" (from The UFO Club / Night Beats Split 10")

Look Out For: The Night Beats

I caught the Night Beats last night in an opening slot for JEFF The Brotherhood and the Greenhornes, and man, were they great. The Seattle via Texas trio play psychedelic garage rock dredged in the urgency and fervor of great punk music. The manic drumming of James Traeger and the adept play of bassist Tarek Wegner make for a heavy foundation for lead guitarist and singer Lee Blackwell to basically go nuts over. When Blackwell's not wailing on his guitar ripping intricate blues riffs, he's howling away like some Marc Bolan meets Robert Plant hell demon. Look out for the band's debut LP this summer via Chicago's Trouble In Mind.

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