From The Vault: Jefferson Airplane – “After Bathing At Baxter’s” (1967)
There’s nowhere to begin with After Bathing At Baxter’s than with the cover art, where for a sixteen year old in 1967, I was completely captivated by a...
Jenell Kesler
From The Vault: The Soulbenders – “Hey Joe” / “I Can’t Believe in Love” (1967)
The Soulbenders - Hey Joe / I Can’t Believe in Love (1967) Tracking the number of covers for the musical standard “Hey Joe,” made famous by Jimi Hendrix,...
Gyasi – “Peacock Fantasies” (2018) review
Gyasi - “Peacock Fantasies” (Escaped Peacock Records, 2018) https://gyasimusic.bandcamp.com/album/peacock-fantasies What would happen if the psychedelic guitars of Traffic’s “Mr. Fantasy” met glam-rock … with the answer bing Peacock...
Ten Years After – “Live at the Fillmore East 1970” on vinyl (2018) review
Ten Years After - Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (Pledge Music, 2018) Another vinyl experience that shouldn’t be missed … Ten Years After were relentless, proving for...
Israel Nash – “Lifted” (2018) review
Israel Nash - Lifted (2018) Despite being laced with Brian Wilson inspired harmonies and bigger than life symphonic enhancements, Nash seems to be channeling the spirit of Neil...
Send Medicine – ‘Mermaids on the Verandah’ (2018)
With the opening track 'Corduroy' from Mermaids on the Verandah rocking me back, I was awash in a super intoxicating piece of psychedelic British pop music that held...
Cheval Sombre – ‘Had Enough Blues’ / ‘Hitch a Ride’ (2018)
Drifting back from his nocturnal wanderings, Cheval Sombre has floated in with a very limited edition single from his shimmering side of the great beyond, a blissful and...
Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre (2018)
If there’s one thing you can count of from Dean Wareham, yet alone with Cheval Sombre standing by his side, it’s that these two wayward musical travelers of...
The Building – ‘Reconciliation’ (2017)
Anthony LaMarca, late of Dean & Britta and now with War On Drugs has never strayed from from his personal sonically textured band The Building. Anthony has always...
From The Vault: Forever Amber – “The Love Cycle” (1969)
If ever there was a place on the map where I could put down a finger, and say, “This is the place where Lo-Fi began ...,” it would...