Send Medicine – ‘Mata Hari Honey’ (2022)
Send Medicine are on the scene with their newest outing 'Mata Hari Honey', a low-keyed, delightfully meandering hazed adventure that flows effortlessly, filled with sonic harmonic presentations meant...
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Hooveriii – ‘A Round of Applause’ (2022)
The return of L.A. psych-rock troupe Hooveriii (pronounced ‘Hoover Three’) arrives in the form of ‘A Round of Applause’, a record of unexpected turns that occur not just...
Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – ‘Long Nights Of Summer: The Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera Anthology’ (2022)
Long recognized as a band who truly deserved much better than they received, late 1960s British psychedelic rock quartet Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera left behind a musical legacy...
Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte | New Album, ‘This Savaging Disaster’ | Adriano Vincenti’s Best Doom-Jazz Albums
The new Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte album 'This Savaging Disaster' is the thirteenth in the long history of the Roman band and comes in two versions: LP (8...
Stray Singles
The albums of hard-gigging English groups (Stray, Medicine Head, Edgar Broughton, Groundhogs, Strife etc.) were consistently good value. A well-kept secret back then was that their (often non-LP)...
Mystic Braves – ‘Pacific Afterglow’ (2022)
Cleaning dust off their shoulders, Mystic Braves re-emerge from the haze of rocky roads with their 5th studio album, 'Pacific Afterglow'; a guiding light in the sky leading...
Beau – ‘Al Killem’s Final Show’ (2022)
Two hundred years ago (i.e. B.G., Before Google), he’d have been a contributor to The Republican, a paid-up member of the Dissenters perhaps, a participator in the Peterloo...
Various Artists – ‘Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968’
A four hour overview of the Los Angeles music scene between 1965 and 1968, ‘Heroes And Villains’ the new three disc box set on Cherry Red Records’ Grapefruit...
Chicken Shack – ‘Crying Won’t Help You Now: The Deram Years 1971-1974’ (2022)
After releasing four albums and several singles on producer Mike Vernon’s Blue Horizon label, British blues guitarist Stan Webb and his band Chicken Shack signed a recording contract...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA — April, 22, 2022
The Brian Jonestown Massacre played at the Wiltern Theatre--a historic building of Art Deco splendor--in Los Angeles on Friday, April 22 as part of its current North American...