Toomorrow (Soundtrack) – Real Gone Music (1970) review
Toomorrow (Soundtrack) "Real Gone Music" (Real Gone Music, 1970/2013) So, not all of Don Kirshner’s musical projects went off as successfully as, say, The Monkees, Archies, or...
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Temples – Sun Structures (2014) review
Temples "Sun Structures" (Heavenly UK/Fat Possum US, 2014) Every current band who can be said to play psychedelia shouldn’t get compared to Tame Impala; just as too...
Bayeté (Todd Cochran) – Worlds Around The Sun (2014) review
Bayeté (Todd Cochran) "Worlds Around The Sun" (Omnivore Recordings, 2014) I generally hesitate to review jazz music. To do that you...
The Warlocks – ‘Skull Worship’ (2013)
The makeup of their membership has changed lots since their 2000 debut EP on Bomp!, but The Warlocks’ approach never really alters all that much. This is clearly...
Beautify Junkyards | Interview | “Acid-tinged, autumnal folk”
Lisbon’s Beautify Junkyards specialize in playing acid-tinged, autumnal folk. They released a fantastic single for the Fruits de Mer label in 2012, and then followed up on that...
Karhide – Remember Remember (2013) review
Karhide "Remember Remember" (Field Records, 2013) This EP is a brief listen at just over a half hour,...
Triptides – ‘Predictions’ (2013)
Listening to the 13 tracks on this pleasurable album is like taking a visit through three separate yet connected eras of pop/rock music. In Triptides’ sound I hear...
Ye-Ye Girls of ‘60s French Pop by Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe
Ye-Ye Girls of ‘60s French Pop by Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe (Feral House Press, 2013) In the early-to-mid ‘90s a bunch of us got turned on to the groovy wonder...
Horisont -Time Warriors (2013) review
Horisont "Time Warriors" (Rise Above Records, 2013) The best song on this, the third album by the Swedish heavy rockers, is called “Ain’t No Turning Back.” That’s...
Stay – Mersey Dream 7′ EP (2013) review
Stay "Mersey Dream 7' EP" (Fruits de Mer Records, 2013) Of the three covers Barcelona’s Stay undertakes on this four-song EP, they go from the extreme of interpreting...