John R. Miller – ‘Depreciated’ (2021)
No way I’m gonna tell you that Miller invented alternative country music, what I am gonna tell you is that John Miller (and his band the Engine Lights)...
Reviews
Nala Sinephro – ‘Space 1.8’ (2021)
It would be easy to call 'Space 1.8' minimalist, though there’s hardly anything here that would fit the minimalist format, then again it would be easy to call...
Liam Gallagher – ‘Acoustic Sessions’ (2020)
It’s difficult to know if 'Acoustic Sessions' (released in 2020) should be considered an album or a bootleg, as the material is drawn from a music documentary of...
The Lower Depths – ‘Trip Hazards’ (2022)
Anyone who knows me is aware that I go out of my way to collect even a single couchbound psychedelic number to add to my ever-growing list, all...
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...
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...