Nallo interview with Andrew Ranallo, Blake Pederson, Jac Cornelius and Patrick McCabe
There are bands that set out to try and sound retro, and there are bands where that just naturally happens. Call them old souls, call them eclectic. Call...
Foxygen – … And Star Power (2014) review
Foxygen "… And Star Power" (Jagjaguwar 2014) There’s a lot to take in here. There’s over 20 tracks that run in excess of 80 minutes. There’s a variety...
Psychedelic Attic #12
Vinyl: Alain Pire Experience "Cambridge" Hot Knives "Hot Knives" (Got Kinda Lost, Records) Astral Sun "Gurumaya" (Headspin Records) Three Seasons "Grow" (Headspin Records) Joel Magid "Hyenas" Joel Magid...
The Lemon Drops – Sunshower Flower Power (2009) review
The Lemon Drops "Sunshower Flower Power" (Cicadelic Records, 2009) This little gem winged onto my stereo like a half forgotten dream, turning the calendar pages backwards to 1967...
Growwing Pains interview with Zak Bratto, Jeff Urcheck, Jake Kmiecik and Adam Hunter
This shit is fun. I could say a lot more about it, and I’ll say some more here in a second, but the best thing, the thing that...
Soccer96 interview
Soccer96 bring us futuristic soundscapes pierced by extremely groovy jazz-influenced drum beats. The duo firstly bonded over a mutual love of John Bonham's drumming while in college, where...
Twink & The Technicolour Dream – ‘You Reached For The Stars’ (2014)
GOD Records Garden Of Dreams from Greece recently sent me a vinyl copy of You Reached For The Stars by Twink & The Technicolour Dream. Twink is a...
The Sand Pebbles – Dark Magic (2011) review
The Sand Pebbles "Dark Magic" (2011) In another time and another place, say the latter half of the 1960’s, fueled by Sandoz Blue, and other substances heretofore lost...
Faux Ferocious interview with Terry Kane, Dylan Palmer, Reid Cummings and Jonathan Phillips
Every once in a while, I need to listen to some real good old fashioned garage rawk. Something fun, not overly complicated, but encompassing the mid-fi punkish, manic...
Two Step Horror – Nyctophilia (2014) review
Two Step Horror "Nyctophilia" (2014) Two-Step Horror, duo Thordur Grímsson and Anna Margrét Björnsson, have released their third album, Nyctophilia. For listeners of this group, the work may...