From The Vault: The Plastic Cloud – “The Plastic Cloud” (1968)
The Plastic Cloud have much going for them, so considering the band just one of so many softer rock outfits from the mid 60’s would be a mistake....
Coming From Reality — A Sixto Rodriguez Interview
Sixto Rodriguez’s amazing story was brought to the world’s attention in the 2012 Oscar-winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man. This talented musician, whose two sublime early ‘70s psychedelic...
Astrodome – “II” (2018) review
Astrodome - II (YaYa Yeah, 2018) https://yayayeah.bandcamp.com/album/ii Astrodome is a four piece instrumental band from Porto, Portugal. I really loved their debut and have been waiting quite a...
Marc Jonson | Interview | “I’m a junkie for pop music”
For the uninitiated, Marc Jonson is a hugely gifted US singer, instrumentalist, producer and performer originating from the town of Merrick, New York, and whose 1972 album for...
Vymethoxy Redspiders
“My own theatre” Vymethoxy Redspiders released a black hole new age 7” on Lexi Disques. Why did you use the moniker Vymethoxy Redspiders for this release (and not...
Joel Jeronimo and Jim Cabeza De Vaca – “Atlantis Airport 1982” premiere
Atlantis Airport 1982 is an album that synthesizes realism and fantasy. Written and recorded in Los Angeles on analog and digital instruments it tells the story of a...
From The Vault: Friend & Lover – “Reach Out of the Darkness” (1968)
The year was 1968, incense was burning in every teen’s bedroom and even those such as me, who couldn’t play a musical note, carried around a green tambourine...
Tashi Dorji – “but a night that ends, as all nights end, when the sun rises”
Tashi Dorji is a celebrated free-form/improvisational guitarist. Born and raised in Bhutan, but transplanted to Ashville, NC in the early 2000’s. He is a musical force that is...
Bror Gunnar Jansson: Blues Tradition for the 21st Century
One of the rarely lauded treats of mass media is that different cultural genres can be explored and experienced simultaneously. Watching the T.V. series Damnation I was struck...
From The Vault: Spacemen 3 – “Sound of Confusion” (1986)
For me, the cover says it all, what could be more psychedelic then the entire band looking off into the distance and one member turning just as the...