The Yardbirds – “Yardbirds ‘68” (2017) review
The Yardbirds - Yardbirds ‘68 (Jimmy Page Records, 2017) Nearly fifty years after the band called it quits, the mythical, often bootlegged, 30 May 1968 live performance of The...
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017) Readers of this website likely don’t need to be told what the Monterey Pop Festival is. The three-day...
An Interview With Andy Aldridge
Creator of the Site: A Head Full Of Wishes Jenell: Dearest readers, I’ve always felt that Galaxie 500 represented the first successful take on the neo-psychedelic sound, and...
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (2014) review
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (Taschen 2014) Measuring 550 pages in length, “Rock Covers” is a hardbound coffee-table sized book containing photographs...
Billy And The Kids – “The Two Singles 1965-67” reissue
Billy And The Kids - The Two Singles 1965-67 (Julian Records/Feathered Apple) Here are the kids from East Wenatchee (WA), who recorded two fabulous 45s on the Julian label....
The Telescopes – “You Can’t Reach What You Hunger” + “Something in My Brain”
The session was recorded at Tapetown Studios in Aarhus, Denmark in November. The band was touring Europe and because of Copenhagen Psych Fest being cancelled they had a...
Interview With Psychedelic Artist John Hurford
John Hurford was born on a farm in Devon in 1948 and began painting soon after he left school in 1964. Self-taught and with no formal training, he...
Varkenshond
“Pan-ethnic ritual improvisation” Hargawaan Por Shail by Varkenshond is a beautiful, mystical record of improvisations based on structures and tunes from different parts of the world, released by...
Air Formation – Vanishing Act premiere
After 2015’s triumphant return with the ‘Were We Ever Here’ EP, Brighton shoegaze luminaries Air Formation, are set to release their fourth long-player ‘Near Miss’, on March 2nd...
Helicon – ‘Helicon’ | Album Premiere
Glasgow’s Helicon have been staples of the UK’s underground rock scene since they formed back in 2009 and from then they’ve gone on to release eight EPs, tour...