The Troyes – Rainbow Chaser (2014) review
The Troyes "Rainbow Chaser" (Cicadelic Records 2014) Based in Battle Creek, Michigan, the Troyes existed from 1965 to 1968. Although the band produced only two singles during their...
Goddamned Rock ‘N’ Roll
Henrik Björnsson, originator and composer of the compellingly provocative Singapore Sling gives a glimpse into his netherworld. Do you remember the moment you fell in love with rock...
The Velvet Illusion’s Randy Bowles Interviews The Velvet Illusion’s Randy Bowles!
Hello, psych music fans! We managed to track down Randy Bowles, co-founder of Yakima, Washington’s Velvet Illusions, to ask him a series of probing questions. We found him...
The Muddy Brothers interview
In this interview, The Muddy Brothers, a heavy-psych blues band from Brazil, speak about their musical influences, recording their latest album Handmade, and the psychedelic scene in Latin...
Salem’s Pot interview
Here's another band coming from Sweden. Salem's Pot are a wicked doom band, clearly influenced by Electric Wizard and their obsession with b-horror films, especially Slasher films from...
PYPY Interview with Roy Vucino
© Val Bessette PYPY is an all out psych punk attack from the get go. The moment the needle hits the grooves of wax for the first time...
WatchOut! – Flashbacker (2014) review
WatchOut! "Flashbacker" (Permanent Records, 2014) (Limited to 300 copies) In my continuing adventures exploring the Chilean psych scene we come to one of the coolest bands I’ve wandered across...
Mark Deutrom interview
Dark atmospheric voyages into the abyss of the human mind, that’s as an apt a way as any to describe multi-talented rock veteran Mark Deutrom’s solo work. A...
Causa Sui – Pewt’r Sessions 3 (2014) review
Causa Sui “Pewt’r Sessions 3” (El Paraiso Records, 2014) This third round of studio jams and technical tomfoolery between Sunburned Hand of The Man’s Ron Schneiderman (Pewt’r) and...
Scott R. Miller Illustration interview
While I spend a lot of time talking to the people behind the music, I’ve been trying to branch out recently and there’s a lot more to an...