From The Vault: Neil Young with Crazy Horse – “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (1969)
Without a doubt, Neil Young’s first three albums stand as markers for which all of his music will be judged. Whether that’s a good thing or not is...
Jenell Kesler
Sula Bassana – ‘Dark Days’ (2012)
Sula Bassana [Dave Schmidt] does a most interesting hypnotic and almost ambient take on the genre of space rock, where here on Dark Days, more than on any...
From The Vault: Tyrannosaurus Rex – “(A Beginning)” (1972)
Reviewing any of the early Tyrannosaurus Rex albums would essentially be reviewing all of them, say for “Unicorn” which was their most successful / commercial, and being the...
Morels interview with Dave Gibson
Stepping out from behind the hazy blue smoke curtain and dripping orange sky of his tripped out band Bad Liquor Pond, Dave Gibson heads straight into the intoxication...
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians – ‘Amerikana’ (2017)
Landing nearly nine years after their last outing Life & Death, the album Amerikana [another play on words for Americana] takes a decidedly more electronic and aggressive posture,...
From The Vault: Texas Fog Society – “Texas Fog Society” (1998)
Texas Fog Society - Texas Fog Society (Nasoni Records, 1998) Coming off as a cross between more low-keyed Cream meets dreamy atmospheric Jimi Hendrix, The Texas Fog Society,...
The 17th Pygmy – “Ballade of Tristram’s Last Harping” (2007) review
The 17th Pygmy - Ballade of Tristram’s Last Harping (Trakwerx, 2007) I think that over the years, for better or worse, I’ve become more selective in the music...
The Sand Pebbles – “Pleasure Maps” (2017) review
The Sand Pebbles - Pleasure Maps (Kasumuen Records, 2017) This is a 5 Star Vinyl Worthy body of music ... Pleasure Maps by The Sand Pebbles, their first...
Neil Young – “Hitchhiker” (2017) review
Neil Young - Hitchhiker (2017) If anything, Neil Young is predictably unpredictable … and truth be told, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a drawback,...
The Dream Syndicate – ‘How Did I Find Myself Here?’ (2017)
In all honesty, after all this time, I never expected to hear another Dream Syndicate album, so when How Did I Find Myself Here? found its way to...