13th Floor Elevators – ‘Live Evolution Lost’ (2014)
Let's talk about the presentation first as it's not every day that such a lavish box of colourfully presented psychedelic and mystic grooviness makes itself physically known. The...
Reviews
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Faces . . . by Glyn Johns (2014)
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Faces . . . by Glyn Johns (Blue Rider Press,...
Native North America Volume 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-85 (2014) review
Native North America Volume 1: "Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-85" (Light in the Attic, 2014) This is a revelation. A collection of two decades of music made...
Cobracalia – Cobracalia (2014) review
Cobracalia “Cobracalia” (SlowBurn Records, 2014) Born from the ashes of Arizona’s legendary freak folk psychedelicists Black Sun Ensemble, Cobracalia (named after a track from BSE’s debut album) reunites...
The Flight Reaction – The Flight Reaction (2014) review & interview
The Flight Reaction "The Flight Reaction" (13 O’Clock Records, 2014) Not only is this debut long-player a rather magnificent achievement by one of the best groups that Sweden...
Bakerloo – Bakerloo (1969) review
BAKERLOO PASS STILL VALID Bakerloo: Esoteric / Cherry Red Records ECLEC 2468, 71.00 mins Nowadays one of the secondary, supplementary pleasures of music listening can be the background...
Dead Sea Apes – ‘High Evolutionary’ (2014)
DSA’s sophomore effort opens in the expanse of deep space as ominous electric buzzing fades into the room like a slow-motion trawl through the outer regions of the...
Buffalo Killers – Fireball of Sulk (2014) review
Buffalo Killers "Fireball of Sulk" (Sun Pedal Recordings, 2014) Cincinnati, Ohio’s Buffalo Killers have been one of my favorite current bands since I turned on to their...
Bo-Dogs – Bad Bad Dog! (2014) review
Bo-Dogs "Bad Bad Dog!" (Low Impact Records, 2014) Producing instantly recognizable sounds and feels while still making it all seem fresh is not an easy thing to...
Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky’s Edge (2012) review
Richard Hawley "Standing at the Sky's Edge" (Parlophone, 2012) Without dropping his romantic persona, Hawley takes a step both sideways and back, harking visions of his neo-psychedelic, neo-hippy...