Rose City Band – ‘Rose City Band’ (2019)
Traveling down the same mellow cosmic path as Wooden Shjips, yet with a bit more structure and the feel of rambling 70’s stoner rock, Rose City Band amble...
Reviews
Cavern of Anti-Matter – ‘Hormone Lemonade’ (2018)
While all of Cavern’s albums sound as if they’re about swim across electric fields of sound, none more so than here on Hormone Lemonade, were the band take...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: David Friesen – ‘Amber Skies’ (1984)
David Friesen’s music always sounds like the soundtrack for waterfalls. There is an environmental sensibility that evokes rushing waters, gentle breezes, hurricanes and lightning. Yet he has never...
Hawkeyes – ‘Last Light Of Future Failure’ (2019)
The Canadian sextet returns after four years with another monolithic head cruncher, highlighted by their swirling four-guitar onslaught. Opener ‘The Lickening’ is full of encroaching martial beats that’ll...
Paul McCartney – ‘Egypt Station’ (Explorer’s Edition) (2019)
Back in March, a couple of Wings’ reissues were covered here. Wings was Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles group that recorded seven studio albums and one live album between 1971...
Quilt – ‘Spirit of the Golden Juice’ (2017)
Many bands cover a song on an album, yet here on Spirit Of The Golden Juice, Quilt manger to cover the entire obscure album laid down in 1969...
Mellow Yellow – ‘Mountaintop’ (2018)
Here on Mountain Top, Mellow Yellow present the deeply romanticized hypnotic number “Near Love Experience,” suitable for an enchanted evening of couch-bound intoxication. This lovely track is far...
White Manna – ‘Ape On Sunday’ (2019)
The California psychonauts expand to a quintet with the return of Anthony Taibi and Michael Dieter who reinstate their trademark expansive space rock sound. Dieter’s synths are particularly...
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,...
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...