‘Can’t Seem To Come Down: The American Sounds of 1968’ (2024)
In its follow-up to ‘March Of The Flower Children: The American Sounds of 1967’ Grapefruit Records has issued a four hour, three disc box set titled ‘Can’t Seem...
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Fanny – ‘The Reprise Years 1970-1973’ (2024)
In a period of just over two years all female rock band Fanny recorded four albums for Reprise Records. Cherry Red Records, UK, has gathered the albums, supplemented...
Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music by Cary Baker
I had a brief experience with busking in the early 1990s. I formed an impromptu band with a cast of unwashed outsiders I met at a party in...
Dark City Kings – ‘Love Is Punk’ (2024)
What happens when new wave meets folk punk? What happens when the rolling hills of North Carolina collide with the back alleys of New York City? The answer...
Edgar Broughton Band – ‘Gone Blue – The BBC Sessions’ (2024)
Prefer a voyage to a mere excursion? This trip is for you. It might surprise that a best-seller of EMI’s Harvest label, dedicated to alternative not mainstream music,...
Snafu – ‘You Know It Ain’t Easy’ (2024)
The inaugural comprehensive anthology of the acclaimed early 70s British rock band, featuring Micky Moody before his Whitesnake days and former Freedom vocalist Bobby Harrison. When bands gather...
Beautify Junkyards – ‘Nova’ (2024)
Back in 2013, Lisbon’s Beautify Junkyards introduced their first full-length album, which was a collection of nine cover versions. The sublime eponymous debut was a statement of intent...
1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock’s song lyrics are often jarringly surreal, startling listeners with their absurdist observations. And so, it should be no surprise to those familiar with his music that...
The Loons – ‘Memories Have Faces’ (2024)
Fifth album by San Diego-based garage / psychedelic practitioners the Loons and, in terms of the songwriting / performance as well as the overall sonic balance and production,...
Eamon The Destroyer – ‘Alternate Piranhas EP’ (2024)
Eamon apparently doesn’t subscribe to the theory that you can’t go home again. More like, if at first you don’t succeed, release the outtakes. We loved last year’s...