Spaced Out: The Story of Mushroom Records
(Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEG036D; 77.38, 75.04) Label retrospectives are released nowadays thick and fast as smog in Poland. Some compilations put together what doesn’t always seem to be linked,...
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Drunk Elk
“How I one day woke up and decided to live life again” Ten years after its first release, Drunk Elk’s the self-titled debut gets a re-release on the...
Texas Songwriter Will Beeley’s Rare LPs from 1971 & 1979 premiere
Reissued by Tompkins Square On June 30th, Tompkins Square will reissue two albums by Texas singer/songwriter Will Beeley - the self-released mega-rare (only 200 copies) private press LP...
Adam Cadell
“Thinking, talking and listening is more beneficial than hours spent in a practice room” Adam Cadell is an Australian fiddle player, writer and educator with a bristling mistrust...
How I met Anti-Folk
© Jeffrey Lewis Anti-folk is among the new breed of authentic, organic counter cultures. Some people call it acoustic punk. It wasn’t until 2004 I decided to explore the genre,...
Doctors Of Madness interview with Richard Strange
Recently, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Richard Strange of the 1970s UK band the Doctors Of Madness shared his memories of the band and its place in annals of rock and roll...
Huellkurven
“The most radical poetic grip on the subconscious” Huellkurven is an online sound poetry magazine and a series of events dedicated to sound poetry, poésie sonore, lautpoesie, noise...
Mick Softley – ‘Any Mother Doesn’t Grumble’ (1972)
At last a classic of the time before the Punk dam burst has a first CD release, from an era when a singer-songwriter could get a three-LP contract...
Ulrich Rois interview
With the Along The Belt, Around The Bend tape, Ulrich Rois made a beautiful banjo record between folk and avant-garde. Why did you decide to make this record...
Dies Irae interview with Rainer Wahlmann
Dies Irae was a short-lived band from Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. Started as a blues inspired band, soon to become a heavy psych band that was driven by progressive guitar...