Olli Aarni
“Looking straight at the sun on a bright winter day” Finnish artist and musician Olli Aarni made two great records again: the noise album Loputon and the feedback...
Peter Fengler
“Just fist that chicken” Vegetarians is a one-sided 7” which contains a phonatic imaginary language sounding like English. I mainly know you from your performances, but recently bought...
‘Hexagon’ by Perhaps
New album by Boston’s Perhaps is currently being pressed over in Germany. The LP will be officially released by Riot Season Records in mid October and is a...
REO Speedwagon – ‘The Early Years 1971-1977’ (2018)
In 1966 University of Illinois students Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer, who lived in the same dormitory, met and became friends. Gratzer was the drummer in a couple...
Mountain – “Flowers of Evil” / “The Road Goes Ever On” (2018) review
Mountain - “Flowers of Evil” / “The Road Goes Ever On” (BGO Records, 2018) Your first image of Mountain might be their natty hippy clothes ransacked from Haight...
Buzzsaw – “From Lemon Drops to Acid Rock” review
Buzzsaw - From Lemon Drops to Acid Rock (Out-Sider, 2015) The Lemon Drops were one of those 60’s pop bands that disappeared from the musical map, with nearly...
Bikini Beach – “Tombstone” premiere
Founded after losing a local band-contest, German garage rock trio Bikini Beach, consisting of Nils (voc, guit), Charlotte (voc, bass) and Manu (drums), kicked quite a few asses...
Faintlife – “Remudadero” premiere
In a desert shadow of cityscapes and Midwest dreams, three caged children found themselves in a mathematical wave of wet tar. The collision of volcano steam and needles...
From The Vault: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – ‘Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request’ (1996)
I think most people don’t get it. I love that they picked the name of one of the greatest albums of all time. But as I’ve said before,...
Crimen – “Six Weeks” premiere
Earlier this year Italian trio Crimen released their long-overdue debut full-length Silent Animals. After over a decade as a band, spent honing their dizzying kraut-infected psych freak-outs into...