Hard Working Americans – Rest in Chaos (2016) review
Hard Working Americans - Rest in Chaos (Melvin Records, 2016) Has the new working class American hero just walked into the room or what? Rest In Chaos...
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Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America by Jesse Jarnow (2016) review
Being a child of the 60’s, and having done my fair share of LSD, both when it was brilliant and legal, illegal and fun, then heading off to...
The Karovas Milkshake – Low-cow-motion (2010) review
The Karovas Milkshake - Low-cow-motion (2010) Listen: https://karovas.bandcamp.com/album/low-cow-motion OK kids ... I’m shaking my head with delight listening to this four song EP, unable to believe it’s not 1966...
William Tyler – Modern Country (2016) review
William Tyler - Modern Country (Merge Records, 2016) Listen: https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/album/modern-country William Tyler, along with a notable cast of characters, including Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and Phil Cook of Megafaun, has...
Secret Colours – Secret Colours (2010) review
Secret Colours - Secret Colours (2010) Listen: https://secretcolours.bandcamp.com/album/secret-colours With each track being somewhat similar in their liquifying nature and structure, Secret Colours does not lose the conceptual...
Various Artists – ‘Parallelogram’ (2015)
While most albums or compilations depend on, and draw from their artists similarities, 'Parallelogram' makes more use, and gets more milage out of the tension and juxtaposition these...
Sir Robin & The Longbowmen – Sir Robin & the Longbowmen (2016) review
Sir Robin & The Longbowmen - Sir Robin & the Longbowmen (2016) Listen: https://sirrobinandthelongbowmen.bandcamp.com/ Drenched with the vibe of lysergic infused fuzzed out and haunting surf guitars that...
Mudcrutch – 2 (2016) review
Mudcrutch - 2 (Reprise, 2016) Opening the new Mudcrutch album is the vintage song “Trailer,” which like the rest of the album goes down easy, and is a...
The Long Ryders – Final Wild Songs (2016) review
The Long Ryders - Final Wild Songs (Cherry Red Records, 2016) If you’ve missed The Long Ryders on your alternative country rock journey, Final Wild Songs will be...
Eric Clapton – I Still Do (2016) review
Eric Clapton - I Still Do (Bushbranch Records, 2016) The phrase “Clapton is God ” originated during Eric Clapton's tenure with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Eric was a member...