Beautify Junkyards – ‘Nova’ (2024)
Back in 2013, Lisbon’s Beautify Junkyards introduced their first full-length album, which was a collection of nine cover versions. The sublime eponymous debut was a statement of intent...
Reviews
1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock’s song lyrics are often jarringly surreal, startling listeners with their absurdist observations. And so, it should be no surprise to those familiar with his music that...
The Loons – ‘Memories Have Faces’ (2024)
Fifth album by San Diego-based garage / psychedelic practitioners the Loons and, in terms of the songwriting / performance as well as the overall sonic balance and production,...
Eamon The Destroyer – ‘Alternate Piranhas EP’ (2024)
Eamon apparently doesn’t subscribe to the theory that you can’t go home again. More like, if at first you don’t succeed, release the outtakes. We loved last year’s...
Baikida Carroll – ‘Orange Fish Tears’ (1974)
Parisian label Souffle Continu keeps on strolling through the history of the capital’s jazz undergrounds. With its work on the PALM catalog, it is tackling one of the...
Dando Shaft – ‘Shadows Across The Moon’
There aren’t many bands whose birthplace might, idiomatically, seem like an embargo from a period’s genre. Not always in this case either, but often. They were never (officially)...
Re-release of David Rosenboom’s 1981 ‘Future Travel’
The soon-to-be-released recording 'Future Travel' (1981) is a still up-to-date pondering into the movement(s) of human culture and evolution of consciousness. The recording includes 7 pieces, the titles...
Donald Beaman – ‘Fog on Mirror Glass’ (2024)
'Fog On Mirror Glass' was recently laid on me, the new hauntingly atmospheric album from Donald Beaman, touted to bring to mind the likes of Cass McCombs or...
The Things – ‘Coloured Heaven’ (Expanded Deluxe Edition) (2024)
For those old enough to remember, the mid-1980s experienced a complete deluge of records by groups from all across the USA, with many infatuated, fixated, obsessed — take...
‘For You The Old Women’ by Mirthrandir Resurrected
The recent vinyl reissue of Mirthrandir's seminal album, 'For You The Old Women,' is thrilling news for all progressive rock fans. Released by PQR-Disques plusqueréel, this long-awaited revival...