Interview with Justin Jackley
Justin Jackley is an artist from Austin, Texas. He’s a great friend of our magazine and also our official illustrator. He made all the headlines and logos for...
Various Artists – Dis Cover – Donna Regina As Recorded By (2015) review
Various Artists – Dis Cover – Donna Regina As Recorded By (Karaoke Kalk, 2015) With this, their twelfth album, Donna Regina [Günther and Regina Janssen] continue to evolve...
Inside The Velvet Illusions, by Randy “Jimmie James” Bowles
[This is my version of the history of the Velvet Illusions, for hard-core fans, journalists and other crazy people. In this story, I sometimes use the term, “we”,...
White Light interview
White Light was an American progressive rock group originally from New Orleans. They reformed in Austin, Texas. The trio was signed by legendary Sonobeat Records. The recordings include...
The White Birch – The Weight Of Spring (2015) review
The White Birch - The Weight Of Spring (Glitterhouse Records, 2015) Nine years ago this month (August), one of Norway’s finest psychedelic bands dissolved, leaving four remarkable albums...
VCSR – Tape #4 (2015) review
VCSR - Tape #4 (Permanent Records, 2015) Where to even begin with the enigmatic VCSR that I doubt many of you all have ever actually heard before? That’s...
Hawkeyes/Shooting Guns – ‘Brothers Of The Nod’ (2015)
I don’t know how an instrumental psych album could get much better than this for me. It combines two of my absolute favorite bands onto alternating sides of...
Umberto – From The Grave (2015) review
Umberto - From The Grave (Permanent Records, 2015) The past two years have seen an explosion in the soundtrack genre, specifically in what is commonly referred to as...
Dave Mihaly’s Shimmering Leaves Ensemble – Euro and Solo (2015) review
Dave Mihaly’s Shimmering Leaves Ensemble – Euro and Solo (Self-Released, 2015) Mihaly is a multi-instrumental percussionist with San Francisco’s prog-psych jazzbos Mushroom and this is his third release...
Pastor interview
Out of the remains of long forgotten heavy psych monstrosity arise Pastor, which is a new band influenced by good ol' dirty rock'n'roll. We spend some time to discuss...