Automatic City – “Bongoes & Tremoloes” (2017) review
Automatic City - Bongoes & Tremoloes (Stag-O-Lee Records, 2017) One of the most unique bands of today, and one that simply defies definition, Automatic City, is a most...
Hibushibire interview
Hibushibire is an Osaka-based Japanese hard psychedelic freak-out rock band. Who’s in Hibushibire and what do you all play? Have you all made any changes to the lineup...
THE SPIRIT OF 1968 — 50 YEARS ON!
Reflections on The Last Internationale When the eponymous Stooges album was released, the first track on the A side was “1969,” on which Iggy Stooge (Pop) proclaimed: “Well...
Regent – “Lost In California”/“Returning To The Sun premiere”
Regent are excited to share not one but two new singles; ‘Lost in California’ and ‘Returning to the Sun’, the first snippets from their forthcoming album, due for...
Yachts – Suffice To Say -The Complete Yachts Collection (2018) review
Yachts - Suffice To Say - The Complete Yachts Collection (Cherry Red Records, 2018) Having supported The Sex Pistols at Liverpool’s Eric’s Club, the seven-piece band Albert Dock...
Ross Beattie presents It’s Psychedelic Baby podcast #26 (May)
A brand new podcast hosted by Ross Beattie (The Night Tripper) Brian Beattie & Daniel Johnston - Nobody Understands Me Simply Saucer - Mole Machine Plastic Crimewave Sound...
The Jack Cades – “Don’t Let Them Bring You Down” premiere
The Jack Cades is a mix of a shared passion for inspirational sounds such as 1960s Garage bands, Snotty Punk from the 1970s, Sun-kissed sweaty Rhythm ‘n’ Blues,...
Temple – “Temple” (1976) review
Temple - “Temple” (Guerssen Records, 1976/2018 reissue) review https://guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/temple Temple was released in 1976 on the German Pyramid label and featured Zeus B Held from Birth Control on...
Chatham Rise – “Meadowsweet” (2018) review
Chatham Rise - Meadowsweet (Picture in My Ear, 2018) https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/meadowsweet-2 Once again we find Chatham Rise breathlessly breezing into our subconscious with an ever present sense of longing...
The War on Drugs – ‘Rough Drafts (2014)
Released in November of 2014, 'Rough Drafts' epitomizes all that’s wrong with the those who ‘collect’ and don’t play the music. Consisting of two differing versions of previously...