Spaced Out: The Story of Mushroom Records
(Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEG036D; 77.38, 75.04) Label retrospectives are released nowadays thick and fast as smog in Poland. Some compilations put together what doesn’t always seem to be linked,...
The discovery of Stonewall, the great lost artefact of hard rock
Stonewall recorded one of the most obscure hard rock albums of the 1970s. It was released in 1976 on a label called “Tiger Lily.” According to Assalti, drummer...
Fapardokly – ‘Fapardokly’ (1967)
Formed from the remnants of Merrell and The Exiles in 1967, Fapardokly was formed, and is a both delightful and important documentation of musical growth of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Merrell...
Glitterbust – “Glitterbust” (2016) review
Glitterbust - Glitterbust (Burger Records, 2016) Glitterbust is one of the more odd and energetic albums that’s come my way in a very long time. It’s impossible to...
“Pharmacopious” (Part 3) by Jenell Kesler
Wouldn’t want to speculate, but there must have been something in the wind that reached out, turned up my collar and set me here peering in through Gram’s...
Lichen Gumbo
Think 'Half Machine Lip Moves' by Chrome. Think 'Twin Infinitives' by Royal Trux. Think 'Hairdryer Peace' by The Hospitals. Now stop thinking. Now play 'Boilin’' by Lichen Gumbo....
Drunk Elk
“How I one day woke up and decided to live life again” Ten years after its first release, Drunk Elk’s the self-titled debut gets a re-release on the...
Maybe It’s Time To Take Art Jackson’s Atrocity Seriously
When it first surfaced over 10 years ago on MySpace, the album Gout, by Art Jackson’s Atrocity, was mired in mystery and confusion. It originally purported to be...
Tomutonttu
Jan Anderzén talks about his work as "a minuscule part of this enormous hive mind project that strives towards more harmonious existence in the mama matrix most mysterious",...
‘A Melange Of Musical Pipedreams And Pandemonium’ by Vernon Joyson (2017)
Having outgrown its britches, or binding capacity, as the case may be, author Vernon Joynson’s title “Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmares from Far Away Lands Revisited” has been put...