Jokers Wild interview
Jokers Wild recorded three singles between 1967 and 1969 in Minnesota. Their complete album Liquid Giraffe was never released. Starting as a five man band, most of the...
Eets Feats interview with Michael Goodwin, Erik Camacho and Ricky Bianchi
Did you ever want your favorite garage-band from 1965 to get into a time-machine so they could hang out with guys like Ty Segall, Charlie Moothart and The...
Iron Butterfly – Heavy (1968) review
Iron Butterfly "Heavy" (Atco Records, 1968) Bred in San Diego, California, Iron Butterfly spent more than a year paying their dues on the local live circuit prior to...
The Wands interview with Christian Skibdal
© Jonas Bang Ever wondered what a stripped down, less insane version of The Brian Jonestown Massacre might sound like? I’m pretty sure The Wands are a good...
Big Brother & the Holding Company “Live at Carousel Ballroom” (1968) review
Big Brother & the Holding Company "Live at Carousel Ballroom" (Music On Vinyl, 1968/2013) The first thing that struck me about this live recording was that I thought...
Various Artists – Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (2013) review
Various Artists “Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (CD/2xLP on Analog Africa, 2013) As the title indicates, this marks a return to the West African nation...
Arborea interview
The fifth album of Maine duo arrived as a fresh air to the modern folk rock scene. Album connects artist's views of life with melancholic sound. Buck and...
High Speed & the Afflicted Man interview with Steve Hall
In 1982, the mysterious Steve Hall, a self- proclaimed hippie- punk who had previously released a couple of D.I.Y basement- punk albums with his band Afflicted Man, recorded...
Mater Dronic – Mundo Espectro (2013) review
Mater Dronic “Mundo Espectro” (Discos Juana, 2013) Exquisitely packaged, limited edition (200) double-vinyl reissue of the debut psych monster from these Spanish phenoms, boasting the incredible mind-melting...
Shooting Guns interview with Christopher Laramee, Jim Ginther and Steve Reed
It seems that every time I hear mention of Shooting Guns in any sort of article, the author seems to be arguing with themselves the entire time, utterly...