Wooden Shjips – Back to Land (2013) review
Wooden Shjips "Back to Land" (Thrill Jockey, 2013) Wooden Shjips, San Francisco’s neo-psychedelic hippy-dippy pirate band have been around long enough to be the centerpiece of hazy inspired...
Sick Thoughts interview with Drew Owen
Normally I would use the term lo-fi to describe Drew Owen’s one-man band alter ego Sick Thoughts. The Mummies own the term “Budget Rock” and besides, most bands...
Le Femme – ‘Psycho Tropical Berlin’ (2013)
This is a good year for psychedelic music coming out of France. With bands like Wall Of Death and Aqua Nebula Oscillator we were treated to some more...
‘Enjoy The Experience’, an interview with author Johan Kugelberg
Enjoy The Experience is the largest anthology of American private press vinyl ever amassed and presented, featuring over one thousand cover reproductions from 1958-1992. Special 2xLP and 2xCD...
The Lad Mags – Various Singles (2013) review
The Lad Mags "Various Singles" (2013) http://theladmags.bandcamp.com Not much I can say about the Lad Mags that these singles haven't already said. These gals plus one guy craft...
Bad Liquor Pond – Blue Smoke Orange Sky (2012) review
Bad Liquor Pond "Blue Smoke Orange Sky" (2012) I sincerely doubt that any of the songs lifted from Blue Smoke Orange Sky could pass a drug test, as...
Harald Grosskopf interview
Harald Grosskopf worked with Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel, Cosmic Jokers and was also a member of Wallenstein. In the late '70s he began working on his solo...
Tough Age – Tough Age (2013) review
Tough Age "Tough Age" (Mint Records, 2013) http://tough-age.bandcamp.com/ Very few records had came out this year that I knew I would be obsessed over, the self titled album...
Monster Magnet @Mill City Nights, Minneapolis(US) – 17/11 Live Report
Monster Magnet – Citizens of the Cosmos Loyal fans in the US have been waiting more than ten years for the live sounds of the now Ed Mundell-less...
Secret Colours – Peach (2013) review
Secret Colours "Peach" (2013) Secret Colours stumbled out of the studio hazed and dazed ... well, at least that’s how I like to imagine it. But truth be...