Sunlight interview
Sunlight’s jazzy psychedelic pop instrumentation easily draws parallels to the Doors and Iron Butterfly. It’s not hard to hear the joy Sunlight experienced cutting the record, and we...
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Weed Demon – “Astrological Passages” (2018) review
Weed Demon - Astrological Passages (Electric Valley Records, 2018) https://smokeweeddemon.bandcamp.com/album/astrological-passages This is a very intense record from Columbus, Ohio based quartet Weed Demon. Their first release Stoned To...
Meanr Mynr – “Park Hill Prophet” (2018) review
Meanr Mynr - Park Hill Prophet (Self-released) https://meanrmynr.com/album/park-hill-prophet As the opening track to Park Hill Prophet hints, guitar virtuoso and producer Meanr Mynr has honed his musical skills...
From The Vault: Pink Floyd – “The Wall” (1979)
It’s taken me years to write this review for The Wall, an album from the world’s premier psychedelic band, one that was anything but sweeping in its expanse,...
Lasso Spells – “Be What You Want” premiere
Lasso Spells breathes new life into old-school sounds, swirling together a range of influences — including garage rock, ‘60s and ‘70s psych, and cosmic country — into music...
‘Try A Little Sunshine’ (2018)
The popular interpretation of 1969’s musical landscape evokes a number of epochal keystones of recent collective memory. Woodstock, the Stones in Hyde Park and the Beatles performing on...
Alice In Chains – “Rainier Fog” (2018) review
Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog (BMG Rights Management LLC) Ok, here we go. Alice In Chains. In 2018. Their first album in half a decade. It’s a...
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann - The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann, Mann Made, Mann Made Hits, Soul Of Mann (Umbrella Music LP/CD) These four “artist approved” albums constitute what is the earliest...
Echo and The Bunnymen – “The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon” (2018) review
Echo and The Bunnymen - The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon (BMG, 2018) We probably should have seen The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon coming, an album...
‘All You Need Is Fuzz’ (2018)
Garage bands, especially of the psychedelic variety, were a phenomenon that flourished in the 1960’s and saw a resurgence in the 1980’s. The lifespan of most was rather...