Pearls Before Swine – “City of Gold”
Tom Rapp Pearls Before Swine: City of Gold / Beautiful Lies You Could Live In (BGO Records BGOCD 1285) Pearls Before Swine are placed in the liner notes...
The New Tweedy Brothers interview with Fred Lackaff
Originally from Portland, the New Tweedy Brothers were formed by brothers Fred and Danny Lackaff plus Dennis Fagaly and Steve Ekman. In 1966, they relocated to San Francisco,...
Heroin in Tahiti – “Remoria” (2017) review
Heroin in Tahiti – Remoria (Soave Records, 2017) https://soave.bandcamp.com/album/heroin-in-tahiti-remoria Fade in. The echoes of a jaw harp cloak you in a deep apparitional enigma. Shakers and sporadic percussion induce a...
The Raised By Wolves – “Sadie Hawkins” (2013) review
The Raised By Wolves - Sadie Hawkins (2013) http://music.theraisedbywolves.com/album/sadie-hawkins This DC-based group has been described in the past as reminiscent of The Flaming Lips with a bit of The...
“We Hear You’re Leaving, That’s OK…”
“We Hear You’re Leaving, That’s OK…” Walter Carl Becker 1950-2017 Steely Dan. Frank Zappa once famously referred to them as “downer surrealism”. I never got that. They weren’t...
Barry Davis, drummer from The Legend/Dragonfly
Hi Barry, thanks for taking the time to share the story of your musical adventures, especially your time with The Legend, the band that cut one of my...
Interview with David Fore, a legendary Texas drummer: Zakary Thaks, Bubble Puppy, Demian and more
Hi David, thanks for taking the time to share your story as drummer of two of Texas’ most famous psychedelic rock bands, Zakary Thaks and Bubble Puppy. For...
Ross Beattie presents It’s Psychedelic Baby podcast #18 (September)
A brand new podcast hosted by Ross Beattie (The Night Tripper) A Middle Sex - Cry Waves Jean Jacques Perrey - Space Light Quicksilver Messenger Service - Gold...
Interview with Dan McNabb of The Beginner’s Mynd
Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dan McNabb of Washington, D.C. trio The Beginner’s Mynd recently took the time to answer a few questions about himself and the band for It’s Psychedelic Baby...
Anti-Friends David Ivar Herman Dune and Jeffrey Lewis (part two)
Something unexpected happened in my conversation with David Ivar Herman Dune, when he expressed an admiration for the darkness of Jonathan Richman. Certainly it was true Richman had never...