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...
Reviews
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...
Bennett Wilson Poole – “Bennett Wilson Poole” (2018) review
Bennett Wilson Poole - Bennett Wilson Poole (2018) Robin Bennett, Danny Wilson and Tony Poole make up a super group of sorts, reaching back into the early 1970’s...
Ultimate Painting – “Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore” (2018) review
Ultimate Painting - Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore (Bella Union, 2018) This is a sonically infectious drifting neo-psychedelic blues laden single, one laced with understated hooks, sidewalk swagger, and...
Kontiki Suite – “The Greatest Show on Earth” (2015) review
Kontiki Suite - The Greatest Show on Earth (2015) https://kontikisuite.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-show-on-earth The Greatest Show On Earth is Kontiki Suite’s second formal album, with some of the material being available in...