Ten Years After – “A Sting In The Tale” (2017) review
Ten Years After - A Sting In The Tale (2017) Several things come to light on A Sting In The Tale, with the first being that Alvin Lee...
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Weed Demon – “Astrological Passages” (2018) review
Weed Demon - Astrological Passages (Electric Valley Records, 2018) https://smokeweeddemon.bandcamp.com/album/astrological-passages This is a very intense record from Columbus, Ohio based quartet Weed Demon. Their first release Stoned To...
Meanr Mynr – “Park Hill Prophet” (2018) review
Meanr Mynr - Park Hill Prophet (Self-released) https://meanrmynr.com/album/park-hill-prophet As the opening track to Park Hill Prophet hints, guitar virtuoso and producer Meanr Mynr has honed his musical skills...
‘Try A Little Sunshine’ (2018)
The popular interpretation of 1969’s musical landscape evokes a number of epochal keystones of recent collective memory. Woodstock, the Stones in Hyde Park and the Beatles performing on...
Alice In Chains – “Rainier Fog” (2018) review
Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog (BMG Rights Management LLC) Ok, here we go. Alice In Chains. In 2018. Their first album in half a decade. It’s a...
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann - The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann, Mann Made, Mann Made Hits, Soul Of Mann (Umbrella Music LP/CD) These four “artist approved” albums constitute what is the earliest...
Echo and The Bunnymen – “The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon” (2018) review
Echo and The Bunnymen - The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon (BMG, 2018) We probably should have seen The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon coming, an album...
‘All You Need Is Fuzz’ (2018)
Garage bands, especially of the psychedelic variety, were a phenomenon that flourished in the 1960’s and saw a resurgence in the 1980’s. The lifespan of most was rather...
From The Vault: Jefferson Airplane – “After Bathing At Baxter’s” (1967)
There’s nowhere to begin with After Bathing At Baxter’s than with the cover art, where for a sixteen year old in 1967, I was completely captivated by a...
Kingnomad – ‘The Great Nothing’ (2018)
Kingnomad, a band signed to my favorite label, Ripple Music, has a new album out there called The Great Nothing. This release is six songs of killer psychedelic...