Mayflower Madame – Into The Haze EP (2013) review
Mayflower Madame “Into The Haze” EP (Stamp, 2013) The debut 4-track EP from these Norwegian psychedelic shoegazers creates...
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Various Artists – Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (2013) review
Various Artists “Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (CD/2xLP on Analog Africa, 2013) As the title indicates, this marks a return to the West African nation...
Mater Dronic – Mundo Espectro (2013) review
Mater Dronic “Mundo Espectro” (Discos Juana, 2013) Exquisitely packaged, limited edition (200) double-vinyl reissue of the debut psych monster from these Spanish phenoms, boasting the incredible mind-melting...
Teeth Of The Sea – Master (2013) review
Teeth Of The Sea “Master” (Rocket Recordings, 2013) Beat-driven, electronic techno mayhem abounds on Teeth of The Sea’s third album, from the motoric drumming and gristly, throbbing basslines...
Shortwave Broadcaster – Everything You Do Is Deja-Vu (2013) review
Shortwave Broadcaster “Everything You Do Is Deja-Vu” (Saint Marie, 2013) Shortwave Broadcaster is the ambient solo project from Keith Canisius, one half of Danish shoegazers Rumskib. The name...
Montibus Communitas – Hacia Aquellos Bosques de Inmensidad (2013) review
Montibus Communitas “Hacia Aquellos Bosques de Inmensidad” (Trouble In Mind, 2013) This third release from the Peruvian spiritual collective (roughly translated as Mountain Community) continues to deliver deeply...
Lantern – Rock n Roll Rorschach (2013) review
Lantern “Rock n Roll Rorschach” (Cardinal Fuzz, 2013) Emily Robb’s banshee-wailing vocals spit lightning bolts around Zachary Devereux Fairbrother’s snarly fuzz guitar pyrotechnics amidst gut-punching Iggy/Stooges influences (check...
Carta – The Faults Follow (2013) review
Carta “The Faults Follow” (Saint Marie, 2013) Following two well-received albums on Resonant and Silber, Carta join the Saint Marie family with more of their dark atmospherics. Vocals...
Drowner – You’re Beautiful, I Forgive You (2013) review
Drowner ‘You’re Beautiful, I Forgive You’ (Saint Marie, 2013) The debut full-length from this Houston quartet builds on their earlier EP to cement their place amongst the best...
Dream – Get Dreamy (1967) review
Dream “Get Dreamy” (Shadoks, 2013) Dream was a short lived Norwegian psychedelic pop band featuring legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal. They recorded their lone album for Polydor in 1967,...