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...
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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...
Merrell Fankhauser – ‘Signals From Malibu’/’Message From The Dome’ (2014)
A series of UFO sightings have been reported off the coast of Malibu, California, prompting belief an underwater base inhabited by an otherworldly species exists. Enigmatic signals have...
‘Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes’
With the emergence of CD box sets, two specialities seem to be rising to the top like natural selection. Perhaps one’s a direct result of the other, who...
The Chemistry Set – ‘Elapsed Memories’ (2014)
The first thing that stands out about this new three-track EP from living legend neo-psychedelicists The Chemistry set is that two of its songs are originals; this being...