Guru Guru interview with Mani Neumeier
The release of Rotate! celebrates 50th anniversary of Guru Guru. Album is available on vinyl via Adansonia Records. The 32nd album in the long history of Guru Guru pulls...
Sound Strider – “Occult Electric” (2018) review
Sound Strider - Occult Electric (Red Tent Records, 2018) https://soundstrider.bandcamp.com/album/occult-electric Sound Strider describes his own sound as “Psychedelic Ethno Trigga Funk for the Information Generation,” which may seem...
The Moody Blues
There are certain groups who began in the 60’s whose music has continued to be re-released time and again in audiophile editions and repackaged in various CD and...
Mooner – “Kelana” premiere
Second full length from Indonesian heavy psych superstars Mooner! The reaction to Tabiat, their debut LP, was incredible, it was sold out within days of its release. O.M. continues in the...
Hasting’s Street Opera interview
Unknown until now US private pressing from 1969. Underground psychedelic electric jazzrock/improv sound with mellow folk-rock moves and homemade/basement atmosphere. Mostly instrumental with some cut-up vocal sounds and...
Tropical Strength – “Drone Song” premiere
“Drone Song” is the first Tropical Strength song to spawn from the live experience, having become a staple in the bands live set, the track has organically taken...
From The Vault: Teenage Fanclub – “Bandwagonesque” (1991)
After twenty years, Bandwagonesque certainly needs a second look, not simply a revisionist look, but a critical and influential look. With that in mind, I could easily say...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Emanative – “Earth” (2018)
Emanative - Earth (Jazzman Records, 2018) https://emanative.bandcamp.com/album/earth Seems that Emanative finally had the courage to step out on their own on this their fourth album Earth. Previous albums...
Missing Waves – “Post-Crash” (2018) review
Missing Waves - Post-Crash (Brocoli, 2018) https://missingwaves.bandcamp.com/album/post-crash Missing Waves explained their choice of album title by saying, “Crash refers to when a computer unexpectedly stops functioning, where in...
The Bangles / The Dream Syndicate / The Three O’Clock / Rain Parade – “3×4” (2019) review
The Bangles / The Dream Syndicate / The Three O’Clock / Rain Parade – 3x4 (Yep Rock, 2019) Boy, do we need this – a perfect time for...