WatchOut! – Flashbacker (2014) review
WatchOut! "Flashbacker" (Permanent Records, 2014) (Limited to 300 copies) In my continuing adventures exploring the Chilean psych scene we come to one of the coolest bands I’ve wandered across...
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Causa Sui – Pewt’r Sessions 3 (2014) review
Causa Sui “Pewt’r Sessions 3” (El Paraiso Records, 2014) This third round of studio jams and technical tomfoolery between Sunburned Hand of The Man’s Ron Schneiderman (Pewt’r) and...
The Artwoods – Steady Gettin’ It: The Complete Recordings 1964-67 review
The Artwoods “Steady Gettin’ It: The Complete Recordings 1964-67” RPM Records, UK RPM BX 524 (28 July 2014) (http://www.cherryred.co.uk) Known alternately as the namesakes of Ron Wood’s...
The Posies – Failure (2014) review
The Posies "Failure" (Omnivore Recordings, 1989/2014) This is a reissue you have to listen to with perspective. You have to imagine that it’s 1988 and someone handed you...
Original Soundtrack Blow-Up (1966) review
Original Soundtrack Blow-Up (Music On Vinyl, 1966/2014) review I won't dwell too much on the film itself other than to say that it's a seriously groovy piece of...
Secret Colours – Positive Distractions (2014) review
Secret Colours "Positive Distractions" (2014) If I could say just one thing about the Positive Distractions, the new release from the Chicago based neo-psych band Secret Colours, it’s...
Quilt – Quilt (2011) review
Quilt "Quilt" (Mexican Summer, 2011) I’ve gotten rather tired of asking myself why reviewers need to connect some artificial dots and timeline, suggesting that new psych bands are...
Kikagaku Moyo – ‘Forest Of Lost Children’ (2014)
The latest flame to shine brightly on the Japanese psychedelic scene is this two-year old quintet, whose limited-edition, multimedia (cassette, LP, CD, digital download), hard-to-find releases (their debut...
Elephant Stone – ‘Elephant Stone’ (2013)
Much like the work George Harrison did in the 60’s, on all of The Beatles albums, Elephant Stone weave an eclectic exotic mix of classic psychedelic rock, along...
Kurt Vile – ‘Wakin on a Pretty Daze’ (2013)
By no means is 'Walkin On A Pretty Daze' a lazy album, though it does have that feeling, that same feeling The Kinks tried to capture on 'Sunny...