From The Vault: The Rain Parade – ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’ (1983)
When the psychedelic 60’s faded into the sunset during the early 70’s, there were many who still clung to those beautiful bits of naive ideals and nostalgia for...
Pierre Berthet
“To hit anything” Pierre Berthet is a 59 year old inventor, instrument builder, musician and composer from Liège, Belgium. He’s also one half of Dead Plants And Living...
Luna – ‘A Place of Greater Safety’ (2017)
One of my earliest introductions to rock was through the instrumentals of The Ventures, though I will confess, after adding a couple albums to my collection, I didn’t...
“Cast Off Your Tired Old Ethics,” story about Coyote
For enthusiasts of privately pressed Southern Rock, there has been little information available about the Morganton, North Carolina based band Coyote and their 1983 LP Cast Off Your...
Luna – ‘A Sentimental Education’ (2017)
With Luna’s splendid final release Rendezvous coming out in 2004, the band subsequently went on a world tour and then disappeared into a haze of blinding snow after...
The Liquid Sound Company interview
Liquid Sound Company was formed in 1996 by John Perez and Jason Spradlin. John Perez is better known for his doom metal band Solitude Aeturnus, but has also...
Bruxas – “Más Profundo” (2017) review
Bruxas’ debut EP, Más Profundo, is a psychedelic romp through bewitching Balearic house music. Portuguese for witches, Bruxas is enchanting yet playful. After performing as backup artists together,...
Anti-Friends David Ivar Herman Dune and Jeffrey Lewis, Part One: On Bob Dylan
© Jeffrey Lewis I forgot to make mention of the French band Herman Dune in that article, “How I Met Anti-folk”. At first, I thought Herman Dune was...
Hiele Martens – “Lips” (2017) review
Hiele Martens - Lips (Ultra Eczema, 2017) Dennis Tyfus must have a short concentration span because the best Ultra Eczema releases are the single sided LPs: Marcel Van...
The War on Drugs – ‘A Deeper Understanding’ (2017)
With summer winding down there’s nothing like something exceptional to move you into the fall, and carry a bit of that August warmth through the winter … hence...