The PeΔrls – The PeΔrls (2013) review
The PeΔrls “The PeΔrls” (Rijapov 2013) This Italian imprint’s brief meteoric flight across the musical landscape resulted in a dozen 7” singles and EPs between 2006-2009. Now they’re back...
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Marc Bolan – Demos From The Underworld (2013) review
Seeing as lo-fi is so fashionable nowadays, the climate is right for the posthumous release of a new compilation of Marc Bolan demos adequately named Demos From the...
Lotte Kestner – The Bluebird of Happiness (2013) review
Lotte Kestner “The Bluebird of Happiness” (Saint Marie 2013) Lotte Kestner is the nom de rock of Trespassers William vocalist Anna-Lynne Williams. Her sophomore solo album is a...
Panda Riot – Northern Automatic Music (2013) review
Panda Riot “Northern Automatic Music” (Saint Marie 2013) These Philly-born, Chicago-based shoegazers started out writing soundtracks to homemade films and there are cinematic elements (particularly on instrumentals “Golden...
Lento – Anxiety Despair Languish (2012) review
Lento - "Anxiety Despair Languish" (Denovali 2012) Italian Sludge-Doom-Progressive collective Lento, active since 2004, have released not too long ago their third full-length album, going by the title...
Iron Butterfly – Heavy (1968) review
Iron Butterfly - "Heavy" (Music on Vinyl 2012) Debut album by legendary San Diego band Iron Butterfly was released in 1968, two years after the band was formed....
The History of Colour TV – Emerald Cures Chic Ills (2013) review
The History of Colour TV “Emerald Cures Chic Ills” (Saint Marie 2013) The graphic cover art and punny title of these Berlin-based shoegazers’ debut album gives a good...
Ohio Express – Ohio Express (1968) review
Ohio Express “Ohio Express” (Buddah Records 1968) The history of this Mansfield, Ohio band is riddled with knots. So rather than take you down a long and winding...
The Black Angels – ‘Indigo Meadow’ (2013)
Indigo Meadow, filled with spacey hypnotic splendor, channels the mystic ethereal delights of The Doors and early Pink Floyd, overflowing the grooves with a heartbeat pounding bass that...
Gene Clark – Here Tonight: The White Light Demos (2013) review
Here Tonight: The White Light Demos or White Light Demons as I continually misread the title, but that may just be a series of Freudian slips on my...