Various Artists – ‘Sunny Spells’ EP
Last year, the wonderful chaps at Fruits De Mer (hello Keith Jones!) released a 3xLP set of wonderful 21st century updates to some of my favourite British psychedelic...
Reviews
‘Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire: 50th Anniversary’ Reissue from The Kinks
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Arthur, from the Kinks. Not necessarily lauded as a landmark in pop music history, it is, like everything else...
The Fox – ‘For Fox Sake’ (1970)
Not to be confused with Bob and Carole Pegg’s contemporary folk rock band, this Brighton quartet are mostly remembered, if at all, for the magnificent, sitar-drenched ‘Butterfly’, a...
Pauwel De Buck
Pauwel De Buck is a tape collagist- and manipulator from Belgium. His latest release is a self-titled mini-album on Kerm. It’s pointless to still call it ‘experimental’ or...
From The Vault: ‘Highs in the Mid-Sixties Vol.3 L.A. ’67 Mondo Hollywood A Go Go’
Launched in 1983, Highs in the Mid-Sixties was a compilation series composed of wildly obscure songs from the sixties. Over the course of three years, a staggering twenty-three volumes...
Automatic City – ’Triple Ripple’ (2019)
In their followup to 2017’s ‘Bongoes and Tremeloes’ Automatic City has released a new twelve track LP ‘Triple Ripple’ that like its predecessors is so unique and original...
Stone Harbour – ‘Emerges’ (1974)
One of the most heralded private-pressing gems of homegrown psychedelia gets the typically thorough remastering and repackaging from Guerssen imprint Out-Sider music. Now you can relive the experience...
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver ‘The Albums’ (2019)
The history of rock music is filled with artists who were incredible songwriters but lacked instrumental prowess and others who were amazing performers but were not as strong...
The Electric Banana – ‘The Complete De Wolfe Sessions’ (2019)
Originally formed during a lull in recordings by British R&B rockers The Pretty Things, the band’s alter-egos, The Electric Banana, did several series of recordings for the De...
A 2018 Album More People Need to Hear: ‘Ajna’ by The Saw Range
With the end of the calendar year closing in, it’s the time when many music journalists will be writing up their best of 2019 lists. For this writer,...