Various Artists – ‘Funky Chimes: Belgian Grooves From the 70’s Parts 1 & 2’
I’ve been told, “This sort of music was available to the ordinary consumer in 1970's Belgium, with a delivery that was sort of mind-boggling. If you saved up...
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Neil Young’s Vaults Never Sleeps
In the last year or so, Neil Young has been very busy issuing music from his vast archives. Most of the music has been released in various audio...
The Sorrows – ‘Pink, Purple, Yellow And Red: The Complete Sorrows’ (2021)
The Sorrows story spanned five years in its original incarnation, divided into two distinctive eras, first as a garage based R&B band in the UK, then as a...
Infra / Treklöver – ‘Infra / Treklöver’ | “A mind-bending musical discovery!”
This Swedish power trio (aka Three-Leaf Clover) kicks off Subliminal Sound’s new 'The Swedish Hard Rock Underground – A Smorgasbord of Heavy Sounds' series geared towards unearthing unknown...
The Prefab Messiahs – ‘Music For Concerned Citizens’ (2021) | 40th Anniversary Album
Massachusetts-based “garage psych cult heroes” The Prefab Messiahs celebrate their 40th anniversary (!) with the release of their fifth album (OK, so there was this 30-year self-imposed exile!)....
The Forty Nineteens – ‘The New Roaring Twenties’ (2021)
Although the new decade began on a bum note, The Forty Nineteens maintain a sunny outlook. Not only has the Los Angeles band christened their current album 'The...
Eamon The Destroyer – ‘My Drive’ c/w ’Silver Shadow’ (2021)
Silver shadow, indeed! The mysterious Eamon has released challenging instrumental whiz bangs as Annie & The Station Orchestra ('Bingo Halls') featuring a guy named “Annie” and another named...
Kohoutek – ‘Jurad’ (2021)
Recorded nearly a decade ago, Kohoutek’s fourth album celebrates their improvisational skills while immersing the listener into a heady stew of mind-numbing prog, psych, and krautrock. The sidelong,...
Send Medicine – ‘By Telepathy & Reputation’ (2021)
'By Telepathy & Reputation' by Send Medicine carves out a very intoxicating space, where with the band’s crystal-clear notes, hushed vocals and fuzzed guitars, the record manages to...
National Flag – ‘Thank You & Goodnight’ (1976)
By now, my short relationship with National Flag is the stuff of legend, at least in my own mind, which went sort of like this: I was on...