From The Vault: The Serpent Power – “The Serpent Power” (1967)
Many thought there would be much to follow and progressions to be made when Serpent Power (a seven piece band that often morphed into ten during live shows)...
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The Black Sand – ‘Into Forever’ (2018)
Black Sand has delivered perhaps their most contextual, evolving and softly haunting album to date, one filled with intoxicatingly delicious music that sits like jars of honey warming...
Automatic City – “Bongoes & Tremoloes” (2017) review
Automatic City - Bongoes & Tremoloes (Stag-O-Lee Records, 2017) One of the most unique bands of today, and one that simply defies definition, Automatic City, is a most...
THE SPIRIT OF 1968 — 50 YEARS ON!
Reflections on The Last Internationale When the eponymous Stooges album was released, the first track on the A side was “1969,” on which Iggy Stooge (Pop) proclaimed: “Well...
Yachts – Suffice To Say -The Complete Yachts Collection (2018) review
Yachts - Suffice To Say - The Complete Yachts Collection (Cherry Red Records, 2018) Having supported The Sex Pistols at Liverpool’s Eric’s Club, the seven-piece band Albert Dock...
Temple – “Temple” (1976) review
Temple - “Temple” (Guerssen Records, 1976/2018 reissue) review https://guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/temple Temple was released in 1976 on the German Pyramid label and featured Zeus B Held from Birth Control on...
Chatham Rise – “Meadowsweet” (2018) review
Chatham Rise - Meadowsweet (Picture in My Ear, 2018) https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/meadowsweet-2 Once again we find Chatham Rise breathlessly breezing into our subconscious with an ever present sense of longing...
The War on Drugs – ‘Rough Drafts (2014)
Released in November of 2014, 'Rough Drafts' epitomizes all that’s wrong with the those who ‘collect’ and don’t play the music. Consisting of two differing versions of previously...
Mouth – “Floating” (2018) review
Mouth - Floating (Tonzonen Records, 2018) https://mouthprog.bandcamp.com/album/floating Mouth is a 3 piece German band. They’re a bit different from other groups released on this great label. The album...
Love – ‘Forever Changes’ (50th Anniversary Edition)
November 1, 1967 marked the release of the third, and final, LP by the original lineup of L.A. psychedelic folk rock legends Love, the band’s magnum opus 'Forever...