Crooked Flower – “Blooming: The Light Rail Sessions” (2018) review
Crooked Flower - Blooming: The Light Rail Sessions (Self-released, 2018) The West Coast rock group Crooked Flower is back with a new LP, this time featuring seven tracks...
Healing Spells – “Sanctuary” (2018) review
Healing Spells - Sanctuary (Self-released, 2018) Healing Spells is back with an EP chock full of extraordinarily breathtaking IDM. There’s bits of Oneohtrix Point Never, Dan Deacon, and...
Send Medicine – ‘Mermaids on the Verandah’ (2018)
With the opening track 'Corduroy' from Mermaids on the Verandah rocking me back, I was awash in a super intoxicating piece of psychedelic British pop music that held...
Los Lobos @ The Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA., June 22
On a lovely post-Summer Solstice Friday night in Ojai, CA., Los Lobos took the Libbey Bowl stage to celebratory cheers from an admiring audience which had packed the...
Sailor – “The Albums 1974-78” (2018) review
Sailor - The Albums 1974-78 (7TS, 2018) Formed in 1973 by Norwegian-born multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/songwriter Georg Kajanus, the original configuration of Sailor comprised Kajanus and three Brits, guitarist/vocalist Henry Marsh,...
Harlan Jay Ellison 1934-2018
“The Beast That Shouted Love” He was vast, he contained multitudes. He hated being called a science-fiction writer even though he was acknowledged as one of the great...
Sam Gopal – “Escalator” (1969) review
Sam Gopal - Escalator (Morgan Bluetown, 1969/2017 reissue) It has been fifty years since the formation of UK psychedelic rockers Sam Gopal, a quartet who took their name...
Cheval Sombre – ‘Had Enough Blues’ / ‘Hitch a Ride’ (2018)
Drifting back from his nocturnal wanderings, Cheval Sombre has floated in with a very limited edition single from his shimmering side of the great beyond, a blissful and...
Sun Voyager – “Seismic Vibes” (2018) review
Sun Voyager - Seismic Vibes (2018) https://sun-voyager.bandcamp.com/album/seismic-vibes Sun Voyager, a psychedelic fuzz band from the great state of New York, has an album out called Seismic Vibes. The 8...
Raw Thrills – “Anne” premiere
Zak Mering has recorded music under the Raw Thrills moniker for past 7 years or so, ever since he relocated to Brooklyn in 2009. He also runs GunkTVRecords....