From The Vault: Lee Michaels – ‘Recital’ (1968)
A big, demanding voice seeping with melody, combined with crafty keyboard exercises were prime factors engraved in the songs of Lee Michaels. Prior to adopting such a stance,...
Reviews
The Yardbirds – ‘Live And Rare’ (2019)
Released in conjunction with three 180 gram limited edition LP’s ‘Live And Rare’ is a collection of The Yardbirds, live and in the studio, featuring performances with all...
The Building – ‘Just for Once’
The Building, which here is essentially Anthony LaMarca, lays out a short sentimental EP in the character of unencumbered low-keyed psalms, though Just For Once is far more...
Baker Gurvitz Army – ‘Since Beginning: The Albums 1974-1976’ (2019)
Composed of former Cream, Blind Faith and Ginger Baker Air Force drummer Ginger Baker, and brothers, Adrian and Paul Gurvitz, previously with The Gun and Three Man Army...
From The Vault: Captain Beyond – ‘Captain Beyond’ (1972)
The real-deal! Some underground albums don’t justify their hype, but this, this is a collection of memorable songs, relentless riffs and clever compositions one after another that not...
Psychic Bloom
Risen from undergrounds and basements in Tehran, Iran, Psychic Bloom was formed in 2012 to fulfill long-held ambitions and unexpressed burning desires of a young-hearted sun child, Aref...
‘Ascend, Ascend’ by Janaka Stucky
Janaka Stucky is the founding editor of Black Ocean Books and the author of the newly-published Ascend, Ascend, an act of ritual magick embodied in a work of...
From The Vault: Fraction – ‘Moon Blood’ (1971)
It’s no surprise that this LP is considered by many the Holy Grail of heavy psychedelic rock. Five tracks. Five timeless behemoths that seem to come from an...
The Talented Ms. Highsmith
Two old photos of the young Patricia Highsmith taken during the summer of 1942 depict her—aged twenty-one, just after graduating Barnard College—as a kind of a sphinx. In...
The White Album & Badfinger reissues
There has been a plethora of Beatles and Beatles-related CD and vinyl reissues and books released in the past several months. While past years have featured one or...