The Hanging Stars – ‘Golden Vanity’ / ‘Floodbound’ (2015)
When this single arrived at my door I was rather stuck by the sincerity and hazed splendor of the neo-psychedelic jangle pop held within these groves, riding on...
Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, & John Jorgenson
( l to r: John Jorgenson, Chris Hillman) © Pam Baumgardner Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, & John Jorgenson @ The Lobero Theatre,Santa Barbara, CA., February 16 Chris Hillman,...
Heaven – “All Love Is Blue” (2018) review
Heaven - All Love Is Blue (Little Cloud Records, 2018) https://littlecloudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-love-is-blue As with All Love Is Blue, Heaven’s first album Telepathic Love also featured the word ‘love’ prominently...
Television Personalities – “Beautiful Despair” (2018) review
Television Personalities - Beautiful Despair (Fire Records, 2018) https://televisionpersonalities.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-despair With Beautiful Despair the world now has what is essentially a brand new Television Personalities album bestowed upon them;...
Aritomo interview
Aritomo is a Japanese singer/songwriter. He released quite a lot of LPs so far. All of the music of Aritomo is recorded analog. He never uses digital. Aritomo’s...
Zuma Birds – “Contact Light” (2017) review
Zuma Birds - Contact Light (2017) http://zumabirds.bandcamp.com Zuma Birds are a new trio from Madrid lead by guitarist and vocalist, Shakin’ Dave. The band’s main inspiration are the...
Werner Herzog: Sound & Vision
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht--screening and Q & A Hollywood Berlin: Exiles and Immigrants @ UCSB Pollock Theater Visionary German director Werner Herzog was present at UCSB’s Pollock Theater...
Ty Segall – “Ty Rex” (2015) review
Ty Segall - Ty Rex (Goner Records, 2015) Ty Rex combines Ty Segall’s six-song Ty Rex 12” EP and two-song Ty Rex II 7” EP (originally Record Store...
Father Sky Mother Earth interview
Father Sky Mother Earth is a drone doom duo from Hamburg, Germany. The Drone Doom Duo has released two monumental meditative albums since the beginning in autumn 2016....
From The Vault: Vanilla Fudge “Rock & Roll” (1969)
Vanilla Fudge “Rock & Roll” (Atco Records 1969) Formed 1966 in Long Island, New York and initially called the Pigeons, Vanilla Fudge arrived at a time when rock...