Utopia PKWY on Astral Projection and ‘I Sleep In Moving Colors’
The second single from Utopia PKWY’s forthcoming album Debut turns the idea of astral projection into a drifting piece of psych pop. Utopia PKWY release their new single,...
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‘Armageddon’ Revisited: Adonis Mitzelos on P.L.J. Band’s Greek Progressive Rock Rarity
When 'Armageddon' appeared on Vertigo in 1982, it received little attention in Greece. Its English lyrics, passages in ancient Greek, long instrumental sections and dark biblical themes placed...
Glenn Morrow: From Hoboken and The Individuals to Bar/None and Cry For Help
Glenn Morrow remembers a Hoboken where trash blew down mostly empty streets, the waterfront was lined with abandoned piers and six rooms could be rented for $80 a...
Hypnolovewheel Interview: “The Story of Our Life Was Being the Odd Band Out”
Hypnolovewheel once put up a drummer ad listing Moe Tucker, Chris Partridge, Micky Dolenz, Charlie Watts, Jughead and "Simon (Alvin’s Brother)" as reference points. Peter Walsh was the...
Luke Bainbridge | Inside the Palindromic World of ‘PETSTEP’
Luke Bainbridge spent five years making his second album, 'PETSTEP'. During that time his ideas about composition were changing, as was his life outside music. The death of...
Finchley Boys Interview | ‘Everlasting Tributes’: “We Never Fit Neatly Anywhere”
The Finchley Boys were part of a busy music scene around Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, during the second half of the 1960s. The university brought people into town, local promoters...
Red Rockers Interview | Darren Hill and John Thomas Griffith on Punk, Politics and Growing Up in New Orleans
Red Rockers emerged from New Orleans at the end of the 1970s, first playing as the Rat Finks before taking their new name from The Dils' 'Red Rockers...
Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto: From Einstürzende Neubauten and the Love Parade to hackedepicciotto
The duo discuss Berlin, nomadic life and their new album, 'LICHTUNG'. Alexander Hacke joined Einstürzende Neubauten as a teenager and remained a central member of the group for...
Dave Bixby on ‘Ode to Quetzalcoatl’, the Void, the Group and the Long Road Back
Dave Bixby's 'Ode to Quetzalcoatl' has spent most of its life outside the history of American popular music. Recorded in a Grand Rapids living room in 1969, with...
The Fox: The Story of ‘For Fox Sake’, the 1970 Brighton Psych-Pop Album Newly Reissued with Unreleased Demos
Stephen Brayne can still remember standing outside a Brighton milk bar as a boy, too young to go in, listening to the rock and roll records coming from...