Marble Sheep interview with Ken Matsutani
Marble Sheep were founded in the late 80s by Ken Matsutani who had various of projects and is a label owner of Captain Trip Records. It's hard to...
Beige
Beige is the duo of Liam Kramer-White and Stella Silbert. They made an improvised, abstract and minimal tape together. How did you got to know each other? Liam...
Kalacakra interview
Kalacakra (the “c” is to be pronounced “tch”, like in “stitch”) is Tibetan and means “Wheel of time”, a name two friends from Duisburg in western Germany, who...
1968 Brit-Psych B-Sides
As 1967 drew exhaustedly to a giddy close, it became gradually apparent that the childlike optimism of the Summer of Love had dissipated, never to return. It was...
Paul McCartney – ‘Egypt Station’ (Explorer’s Edition) (2019)
Back in March, a couple of Wings’ reissues were covered here. Wings was Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles group that recorded seven studio albums and one live album between 1971...
Quilt – ‘Spirit of the Golden Juice’ (2017)
Many bands cover a song on an album, yet here on Spirit Of The Golden Juice, Quilt manger to cover the entire obscure album laid down in 1969...
Mellow Yellow – ‘Mountaintop’ (2018)
Here on Mountain Top, Mellow Yellow present the deeply romanticized hypnotic number “Near Love Experience,” suitable for an enchanted evening of couch-bound intoxication. This lovely track is far...
Blackberries interview
Blackberries are a psychedelic four-piece from Germany. The band grew from the seeds of early Motown records, mid-60’s pop groups, psychedelic rock and German-based 'krautrock'. They are fusing...
White Manna – ‘Ape On Sunday’ (2019)
The California psychonauts expand to a quintet with the return of Anthony Taibi and Michael Dieter who reinstate their trademark expansive space rock sound. Dieter’s synths are particularly...
From The Vault: Lee Michaels – ‘Recital’ (1968)
A big, demanding voice seeping with melody, combined with crafty keyboard exercises were prime factors engraved in the songs of Lee Michaels. Prior to adopting such a stance,...