Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre (2018)
If there’s one thing you can count of from Dean Wareham, yet alone with Cheval Sombre standing by his side, it’s that these two wayward musical travelers of...
Reviews
Chimera – ‘Holy Grail’ (2017)
If not for the veto of George Harrison, Chimera, the female duo of guitarist/vocalist/composer Lisa Bankoff and vocalist Francesca Garnett, would have been signed by Apple Records. Despite...
Czech Up! Vol 2: We’d Be Happy (2018) review
Various Artists – Czech Up! Vol 2: We’d Be Happy (CD on Vampi Soul/2018) This second volume of soul, funk, beat and psych from Czechoslovakia is bursting with...
The Blues Goes On – “The Blues Goes On” (1971) review
The Blues Goes On - The Blues Goes On (Gear Fab Records, 1971/2018 reissue) Originally released on the German based Ken label in 1971, The Blues Goes On is...
The Building – ‘Reconciliation’ (2017)
Anthony LaMarca, late of Dean & Britta and now with War On Drugs has never strayed from from his personal sonically textured band The Building. Anthony has always...
Eric Frisch – “Water into Gold” (2018) review
Eric Frisch - Water into Gold (Self-released, 2018) The Toronto-born singer/songwriter Eric Frisch just put out Water into Gold, a small release of three folk pop tunes. Now based...
Novagolde – “Novagolde” (2018) review
Novagolde - Novagolde (Self-released, 2018) https://novagolde.bandcamp.com/ Novagolde just debuted their self-titled EP, a sweetly concise collection of psychedelic rock. Self-described as hailing from the “4th Dimension” (as well...
Pink Floyd’s Best Kept Secret: ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ 50 Years On
This week fifty years ago, a semi-famous English group with the strange name of ‘Pink Floyd’ released their second LP: ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’. The release was met...
Buffalo Springfield – “What’s That Sound?” (2018) review
Buffalo Springfield - What’s That Sound? (2018) More than 52 years since the release of its debut s/t LP and nearly 50 years after the release of their last...
The Vibrators – “The Albums 1979-85” (2018) review
The Vibrators - The Albums 1979-85 (Cherry Red Records, 2018) As a follow up to 2017’s “The Epic Years 1976-1978” four disc box set, Cherry Red Records, UK, presents...