From The Vault: The Serpent Power – “The Serpent Power” (1967)
Many thought there would be much to follow and progressions to be made when Serpent Power (a seven piece band that often morphed into ten during live shows)...
Cymbeline interview with Michael Journath
Previously unreleased DIY homemade psychedelia by Cymbeline from Sweden. Formed in the industrial town of Norrköping in the mid 1960s, Cymbeline (also known as Motala Ström and W&J) only released...
Moonweevi – “Verticle Tide” (2017) review
Moonweevi - Verticle Tide (Fruits De Mer Records, 2017) https://craniumpie1.bandcamp.com/album/verticle-tide This is a side project from the keyboard player of Cranium Pie. It is an LP plus CD,...
The Black Sand – ‘Into Forever’ (2018)
Black Sand has delivered perhaps their most contextual, evolving and softly haunting album to date, one filled with intoxicatingly delicious music that sits like jars of honey warming...
Automatic City – “Bongoes & Tremoloes” (2017) review
Automatic City - Bongoes & Tremoloes (Stag-O-Lee Records, 2017) One of the most unique bands of today, and one that simply defies definition, Automatic City, is a most...
Hibushibire interview
Hibushibire is an Osaka-based Japanese hard psychedelic freak-out rock band. Who’s in Hibushibire and what do you all play? Have you all made any changes to the lineup...
THE SPIRIT OF 1968 — 50 YEARS ON!
Reflections on The Last Internationale When the eponymous Stooges album was released, the first track on the A side was “1969,” on which Iggy Stooge (Pop) proclaimed: “Well...
Regent – “Lost In California”/“Returning To The Sun premiere”
Regent are excited to share not one but two new singles; ‘Lost in California’ and ‘Returning to the Sun’, the first snippets from their forthcoming album, due for...
Yachts – Suffice To Say -The Complete Yachts Collection (2018) review
Yachts - Suffice To Say - The Complete Yachts Collection (Cherry Red Records, 2018) Having supported The Sex Pistols at Liverpool’s Eric’s Club, the seven-piece band Albert Dock...
Ross Beattie presents It’s Psychedelic Baby podcast #26 (May)
A brand new podcast hosted by Ross Beattie (The Night Tripper) Brian Beattie & Daniel Johnston - Nobody Understands Me Simply Saucer - Mole Machine Plastic Crimewave Sound...