The Beatles – “The Beatles in Stereo” (2009) review
The Beatles - The Beatles in Stereo (Parlophone, 2009) To my way of thinking, one can’t say enough about the most influential band of my life, and for...
Jenell Kesler
From The South / The Newsletters interview
I discovered Conor Hutchinson’s band From The South completely by accident, when a green vinyl copy of “Cool, Cool Memories” showed up at my door with an unsigned...
Melody Fields – ‘Melody Fields’ (2018)
If you were like me, discovering the Melody Fields by way of their first single 'Morning Sun' in 2017, you know I was highly anticipating the release of...
From The Vault: The Church – “Priest = Aura” (1992)
Hypnotic, surreal, moody, self reflective, intense, psychedelic, a sound track of sorts, way too long, excessive filler ... all these statements could easily describe the release of Priest...
Lamp of the Universe – ‘Hidden Knowledge’ (2016)
Very similar albums, yet with hidden gems ... Being a child of the psychedelic 60’s, there’s no way I could have avoided the sitar and the musical influences...
The Hanging Stars – ‘Golden Vanity’ / ‘Floodbound’ (2015)
When this single arrived at my door I was rather stuck by the sincerity and hazed splendor of the neo-psychedelic jangle pop held within these groves, riding on...
Heaven – “All Love Is Blue” (2018) review
Heaven - All Love Is Blue (Little Cloud Records, 2018) https://littlecloudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-love-is-blue As with All Love Is Blue, Heaven’s first album Telepathic Love also featured the word ‘love’ prominently...
Mt. Mountain – ‘EP’ (2014)
Mt. Mountain’s self-titled EP is a lazy sounding hypnotic hazy drugged space adventure, provided the space you seek is no wider than your listing area, as Mt. Mountain...
The Black Sand – ‘Lost in a Dream’ (2017)
Floating in from New Zealand, The Black Sand deliver a hypnotic series of fuzzed out sustained neo-psychedelic songs that are heavily washed in reverb and effects to enrapture...
From The Vault: Pink Floyd – “Animals” (1977)
An album we need now more than ever ... It’s taken me a very long time to consider both the effects and truth behind Pink Floyd’s release of...