From The Vault: Banchee – “Banchee” (1969)
Banchee - “Banchee” (Atlantic Records 1969) I first became aware of Banchee in the late nineties, when hearing their song, “I Just Don't Know,” on a “Psychedelic Frequencies”...
Reviews
Ryan Summers – “ii” (2018) review
Ryan Summers - ii (Self-released, 2018) https://ryansummers.bandcamp.com/album/ii Wisconsin-based electronic artist Ryan Summers recently released “ii,” a darkwave LP that explores ambient soundscapes with a wide assortment of chilling...
Magical Beasts – “Someone To Lift The Blue” (2018) review
Magical Beasts - Someone To Lift The Blue (Self-released, 2018) There’s a Chicago-based music group out there that isn’t interested in pushing the envelope, pioneering a new subgenre, or...
Beau – ‘Rattle the Asylum Bars’ (2018)
Almost 49 years to the day after his first recording session for John Peel’s Dandelion label that brought 1917 Revolution to the west, Russia and a hit in...
Melody Fields – ‘Melody Fields’ (2018)
If you were like me, discovering the Melody Fields by way of their first single 'Morning Sun' in 2017, you know I was highly anticipating the release of...
Edgar Winter – “Tell Me In A Whisper, The Solo Albums 1970-1981” (2018) review
Edgar Winter - Tell Me In A Whisper, The Solo Albums 1970-1981 (Cherry Red Records, 2018) Born in Texas in 1946, two years after his famous brother and blues...
Fourth Dimension (4D) – “Millennial Kingdom Vol. 2” (2018) review
Fourth Dimension (4D) – Millennial Kingdom Vol. 2 (Dankradio, 2017) https://jodyg4d.bandcamp.com/album/millennial-kingdom-vol-2 Fourth Dimension (4D) has put out a new collection of jazzy progressive rock featuring the artist’s hard...
His Name is Alive – “Black Wings” (2018) review
His Name is Alive - Black Wings (HHBTM Records, 2018) Between the late 1980s and the present, Michigan’s His Name is Alive has unleashed a dizzying number of...
From The Vault: The Church – “Priest = Aura” (1992)
Hypnotic, surreal, moody, self reflective, intense, psychedelic, a sound track of sorts, way too long, excessive filler ... all these statements could easily describe the release of Priest...
Lamp of the Universe – ‘Hidden Knowledge’ (2016)
Very similar albums, yet with hidden gems ... Being a child of the psychedelic 60’s, there’s no way I could have avoided the sitar and the musical influences...