Johnny Strike on Crime interview
Having kicked off in the late sixties on the East Coast, with bands like the Stooges, the American punk wave came to San Francisco late, circa 1976. One...
Novo Line
“I have learned to find the joy in cheap and free things” With Dyad Novo Line made a post-New Beat and industrial pop record that, as the liner...
The Rolling Stones – “On Air” (2017) review
The Rolling Stones - On Air (Universal, 2017) Surprised I was by last year’s release by The Rolling Stones, a return to their roots with the album Blue...
The Yardbirds – “Yardbirds ‘68” (2017) review
The Yardbirds - Yardbirds ‘68 (Jimmy Page Records, 2017) Nearly fifty years after the band called it quits, the mythical, often bootlegged, 30 May 1968 live performance of The...
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017) Readers of this website likely don’t need to be told what the Monterey Pop Festival is. The three-day...
An Interview With Andy Aldridge
Creator of the Site: A Head Full Of Wishes Jenell: Dearest readers, I’ve always felt that Galaxie 500 represented the first successful take on the neo-psychedelic sound, and...
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (2014) review
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (Taschen 2014) Measuring 550 pages in length, “Rock Covers” is a hardbound coffee-table sized book containing photographs...
Billy And The Kids – “The Two Singles 1965-67” reissue
Billy And The Kids - The Two Singles 1965-67 (Julian Records/Feathered Apple) Here are the kids from East Wenatchee (WA), who recorded two fabulous 45s on the Julian label....
The Telescopes – “You Can’t Reach What You Hunger” + “Something in My Brain”
The session was recorded at Tapetown Studios in Aarhus, Denmark in November. The band was touring Europe and because of Copenhagen Psych Fest being cancelled they had a...
Interview With Psychedelic Artist John Hurford
John Hurford was born on a farm in Devon in 1948 and began painting soon after he left school in 1964. Self-taught and with no formal training, he...