The Cryan’ Shames – Sugar & Spice (1966) review
The Cryan' Shames "Sugar & Spice" (Now Sounds, 1966/2014) From Hinsdale, Illinois came the Cryan' Shames, who were one of the top bands of the fertile Chicago music...
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Culpeper’s Orchard – Culpeper’s Orchard (1971/2014) review
Culpeper’s Orchard “Culpeper’s Orchard” (Shadoks Music, 1971/2014) The debut album by this Danish progressive psych band (named after the British botanist who studied hallucinogenic plants) was originally released...
Slash Dave – Tomb Of Horror (2014) review
Slash Dave "Tomb Of Horror" (Bellyache Records, 2014) http://bellyacherecords.bandcamp.com/album/tomb-of-horror Okay so this isn’t going to be the normal, rock filled entry that I usually come at you all...
Steve Gunn – ‘Way Out Weather’ (2014)
The music of Steve Gunn’s newest release 'Way Out Weather', is ebbing from my speakers like some hypnotic high tide, inching across my floor, enveloping the space in...
James Gang – Yer’ Album (1969) review
The James Gang "Yer' Album" (ABC Records 1969) As far as debut albums go, this disc is one of the best of the best. The roots of the...
Alejandro Jodorowsky – The Holy Mountain soundtrack (2015) review
Alejandro Jodorowsky "The Holy Mountain soundtrack" (Real Gone Music, 2015) In seeking direction for the musical score to his 1973 epic surreal film The Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodrorowsy...
Papercuts – ‘You Can Have What You Want’ (2009)
Let’s face it, the Papercuts are/is Jason Quever, an artist who hands out lyrics that are occasionally decipherable, nearly always dealing with an internal depression of self-worth and...
Slushy – ‘Pastime Gardens’ (2014)
I don’t exactly know how it’s possible for a band to sound so freakin’ punk and yet so poppy and surfy at the same time. Usually it leans...
Kurt Vile – ‘God Is Saying This to You…’ (2009)
If anything, Kurt Vile’s 'God Is Saying This To You …' will instantly spark memories of the godfather of low-fi, John Fahey, and though more than half of...
Bass Drum Of Death – Rip This (2014) review
Bass Drum Of Death "Rip This" (Innovative Leisure Records, 2014) Over the past few years Bass Drum Of Death has transformed from a lo-fi home recording project into...