MSB – “Nope” (2017) review
MSB - Nope (2017) https://brownbass.bandcamp.com/album/nope The appearance of jazz in the early 1900s – with its inconsistency-as-structure whereby uncertain melodic propositions are driven to ideal resolution via brave...
Jamie & Steve – “Sub Textural” (2017) review
Jamie & Steve - Sub Textural (Loaded Goat Records 2017) Although most people know Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel as one-half of the Spongetones, they also record as...
Soft as Fire in The House of Love (2016) review
“Soft as Fire in The House of Love” (Blog That Celebrates Itself, 2016) https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/album/va-soft-as-fire-in-the-house-of-love House of Love are one of those bands who’s music entered this galaxy with...
From The Vault: The Optic Nerve – “Lotta Nerve” (1994)
A great band too many folks have never heard of ... For more reasons than I can count, it’s nearly impossible to realize that this album burst on...
Daybreak – “Daybreak” (1971) review
Daybreak - Daybreak (Gear Fab Records, 1971/2017) Operating out of Pearl River, New York, Daybreak came together in 1969. The band played local gigs to enthused audiences, and...
“Blues Rock Festival”/“Beat Club International” (1970) review
“Blues Rock Festival”/“Beat Club International” (Gear Fab Records, 1970/2017 reissue) Exploitation albums were the underground of the underground. Pressed in miniscule quantities on vanity labels, these offerings were so...
Temples – “Volcano” (2017) review
Temples - Volcano (Fat Possum Records, 2017) There’s no way I’m saying that the music found within the grooves of Volcano isn’t good, what I am saying is...
Various Artists – ‘Psychedelic States: Missouri in the 60s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2’ (2017)
Following its long time tradition May 19, 2017 marked the release of the latest installment of Roger Maglio’s Gear Fab Records’ Psychedelic States series. Missouri releases of the...
Adrian Shaw talks about Magic Muscle, Hawkwind and The Bevis Frond …
Adrian Shaw has an absolutely incredible music career. He’s been involved with many different bands including Magic Muscle, Hawkwind and for the past 30 years with The Bevis...
The Aliens – “Luna” (2008) review
The Aliens - Luna (2008) Rising from the ashes of the Beta Band, a band eternally being discovered, rediscovered and then forgotten again, only to swing back when...