Los Bravos – “Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969” (2017) review
Los Bravos - Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969 (RPM Records, 2017) Formed in 1965 by members of Madrid’s Los Sonor and Mallorca’s The Runaways, Los Bravos, in 1966,...
The Eddies – ‘Best Of The Eddies’ (2017)
For the past decade or so, the Eddies have reaped universal acclaim with their perfectly punchy pop rock tunes. Consisting of twin brothers Dale (vocals, guitar) and Dean...
Skinny Milk – “Creatures” premiere
From the Lo-Fi, fuzzy depths of Brighton’s underbelly emerges the brand new single “CREATURE” from the heavy psych/garage two-piece: SKINNY MILK. A disgustingly heavy yet catchy King Gizzard-esque 2m...
Rick Deitrick left his solo LP’s on hiking trails, “so people would find them.”
Tompkins Square is proud to release two solo acoustic guitar albums by Rick Deitrick, out August 25th. Gentle Wilderness was released as a private press LP in 1978. River Sun River Moon consists...
Morels – “Drift” (2017) review
Morels - Drift (2017) https://morels.bandcamp.com/releases Stepping out from behind the hazy blue smoke curtain and dripping orange sky of his tripped out band Bad Liquor Pond, Dave Gibson...
Asimov – ‘Truth’ (2017)
Truth is the third album from Lisbon, Portugal’s heavy psych monsters Asimov. Their heady brew of heavy psych stew is generated by just two dudes, Carlos Ferreira and...
Surf City – “We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This” (2013) review
Surf City - We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This (Fire Records, 2013) For Surf City’s Jekyll Island I wrote: “With ever present jangling guitars,...
Sky Saxon and the Vibravoid – ‘A Poetry Of Love’ album premiere
In late 2008 Sky Sunlight Saxon, the Vibravoid and Atomic on guitar teamed up for a 5 weeks period to record and play some shows. Over 8 hrs...
Clear Blue Sky – “Clear Blue Sky” (1970) review
Clear Blue Sky: The First Album Now Remastered Back when there were less cloudy horizons across the world, global record labels were actually eager for new music (what...
Balagan – “Moonlight” premiere
Balagan come from the hebrew for “chaos” and this is how the sound of this Berlin based Israeli/Icelandic garage outfit can be described. The songs of their debut...