Carlton Melton – ‘Hidden Lights’ (2017)
Carlton Melton are back with another dream drone track to start things off called 'Rememory'. Almost twenty minutes of slow crawling guitars, clam drums, and a sublime bass....
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A Potpouri Of Melodies And Mayhem: Latin American And Canadian Rock, Pop, Beat, R&B, Folk, Garage, Psych And Prog 1963-1976 by Vernon Joynson
NEXT UP FROM BORDERLINE... This will be our next title in the series that has already brought us Fuzz, Acid and Flowers (US psych, prog and hippie-rock 1963-1976)...
Gin Lady – “Electric Earth” (2017) review
Gin Lady- Electric Earth (Kozmik Artifactz, 2017) https://ginlady.bandcamp.com/album/electric-earth This is the fourth release by the Swedish band Gin Lady. I heard the last one and really liked it...
The Bleu Forest – “Ichiban – Live At Jimmie’s” (2017) review
The Bleu Forest - Ichiban - Live At Jimmie’s (Golden Pavillion/Gear Fab Records, 2017) I’m betting most of you have heard the Bleu Forest’s “A Thousand Trees Deep,” which...
Stray – ‘All In Your Mind: The Transatlantic Years 1970-1974’ (2017)
Formed in London in the late 1960s, Stray recorded a total of eight albums between 1970 and 1976, the first five for the Transatlantic label, and those albums...
The Who – “Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles” (2017) review
The Who - Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles (2017) More than fifty years after they hit the music scene, the newest release by The Who proves...
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ (2017)
My thoughts on Kurt Vile have changed over the years, and here with Courtney Barnett, I suddenly came face to face with what’s been eluding me for so...
The Incredible Jimmy Smith – “Back at the Chicken Shack” (1963) review
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note Records, 1963) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/back-at-the-chicken-shack-the-incredible-jimmy-smith/id641231030 While the album cover may toss up some pastoral semblance of farm life,...
From The Vault: Mazeville Crossing – “Mazeville Crossing” (1975)
With the album jacket emblazoned with a tipped out three dimensional tic-tac-toe game and a streaking shooting star to indicate a winner, Mazeville Crossing are the duo of...
Alcatrazz – “Breaking The Heart Of The City: The Very Best Of Alcatrazz 1983-1986” (2017) review
Alcatrazz - Breaking The Heart Of The City: The Very Best Of Alcatrazz 1983-1986 (HNE Records, 2017) A heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 Alcatrazz is...