Oh Sees – ‘Smote Reverser’ (2018)
Yet another act hampered with a silly name (in fact, they’ve rummaged through over half a dozen variations in their two-decade career and released albums under five different...
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Kikagaku Moyo – ‘Masana Temples’ (2018)
Well, you had me as soon as I popped this on and felt Kurosawa Ryu’s headswirling sitar wash over me, but ‘Entrance’ is just one of the reasons...
Automatism – ‘From The Lake’ (2018)
Debut album (not counting their eponymous track downloadable on their Bandcamp site) from the Swedish psych quartet that grew out of Kungens Män, both of whom specialize in...
Frankie Teardrop Dead – “All You Need Is Love and F*cking Peace” (2018) review
Frankie Teardrop Dead - All You Need Is Love and Fucking Peace (Panther Records, 2018) https://frankieteardropdead.bandcamp.com/album/all-you-need-is-love-and-fucking-peace Another band in love will adopting rather silly puns for their name (cf.,...
The Limiñanas interview
They’ve Got Trouble In Mind – An Interview with Lionel Limiñana Your base of operations is in the south of France in Perpignan. Were you both born in...
Donovan’s Brain – “Convolutions of The Brain” (2018) review
Donovan’s Brain -“Convolutions of The Brain” (Career Records, 3CD/2018) Essential career retrospective, “Convolutions” spans 25 years, 49 tracks, and four hours of inspired insanity from the Montana mindmelters, buoyed...
Mad Timothy – ‘A Very Snug Joiner’ (2018)
Completely unknown dumpster dive acetate rescued from a US thrift shop. Best guesses at the label suggest it may have been recorded in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, but...
The Moth Poets – “Doll” (2018) review
The Moth Poets - Doll (Bearsuit, 2018) The always fascinating Bearsuit label are back with the debut release from The Moth Poets, the nom de group of Edinburgh-based...
Dead Sea Apes & Adam Stone – ‘Warheads’ (2018)
Cardinal Fuzz favourites Dead Sea Apes are no strangers to It’s Psychedelic Baby and their latest finds them reuniting with multifaceted singer/actor/musician Adam Stone for an apocalyptic dystopian...
Czech Up! Vol 2: We’d Be Happy (2018) review
Various Artists – Czech Up! Vol 2: We’d Be Happy (CD on Vampi Soul/2018) This second volume of soul, funk, beat and psych from Czechoslovakia is bursting with...