Cobracalia – Cobracalia (2014) review
Cobracalia “Cobracalia” (SlowBurn Records, 2014) Born from the ashes of Arizona’s legendary freak folk psychedelicists Black Sun Ensemble, Cobracalia (named after a track from BSE’s debut album) reunites...
The Flight Reaction – The Flight Reaction (2014) review & interview
The Flight Reaction "The Flight Reaction" (13 O’Clock Records, 2014) Not only is this debut long-player a rather magnificent achievement by one of the best groups that Sweden...
Charles Degeyter interview
Sometimes you just see something and are instantly hooked, that was the case when I saw Charles Degeyter’s designs for his Desertfest 2014 poster. There’s something about his...
Bakerloo – Bakerloo (1969) review
BAKERLOO PASS STILL VALID Bakerloo: Esoteric / Cherry Red Records ECLEC 2468, 71.00 mins Nowadays one of the secondary, supplementary pleasures of music listening can be the background...
Dead Sea Apes – ‘High Evolutionary’ (2014)
DSA’s sophomore effort opens in the expanse of deep space as ominous electric buzzing fades into the room like a slow-motion trawl through the outer regions of the...
Buffalo Killers – Fireball of Sulk (2014) review
Buffalo Killers "Fireball of Sulk" (Sun Pedal Recordings, 2014) Cincinnati, Ohio’s Buffalo Killers have been one of my favorite current bands since I turned on to their...
Thunders interview with Ryan Reidy
Get some fun in your life. Get some Thunders. With all of the “goodtime” bands that have popped up over the past few years, filtering pop and garage...
Bo-Dogs – Bad Bad Dog! (2014) review
Bo-Dogs "Bad Bad Dog!" (Low Impact Records, 2014) Producing instantly recognizable sounds and feels while still making it all seem fresh is not an easy thing to...
Walking Bicycles interview with Julius Moriarty, Jocelyn Summers and Jason Leather
© Cassandra Bialek at HeyBob Photography There aren’t a lot of bands kicking around these days that have been decimating the landscape for more than a decade like...
Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky’s Edge (2012) review
Richard Hawley "Standing at the Sky's Edge" (Parlophone, 2012) Without dropping his romantic persona, Hawley takes a step both sideways and back, harking visions of his neo-psychedelic, neo-hippy...