From The Vault: Neil Young with Crazy Horse – “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (1969)
Without a doubt, Neil Young’s first three albums stand as markers for which all of his music will be judged. Whether that’s a good thing or not is...
Reviews
From The Vault: Yesterday’s Children – “Yesterday’s Children” (1970)
Yesterday’s Children - Yesterday’s Children (Map City Records, 1970) Some of the best music is never heard by the mass public, and that includes this album, which holds...
Sula Bassana – ‘Dark Days’ (2012)
Sula Bassana [Dave Schmidt] does a most interesting hypnotic and almost ambient take on the genre of space rock, where here on Dark Days, more than on any...
“Twenty-Minute Fandangos And Forever Changes – A Rock Bazaar” (1971) book review
“Twenty-Minute Fandangos And Forever Changes - A Rock Bazaar” edited by Jonathan Eisen (Random House) 1971 I wasn’t even aware this book existed until a few months ago...
Pika*Makoto at The Islington in London Saturday August 12
The initiated know that Pikacyu is the drummer for the well-known Japanese psychedelic duo Afrirampo, a band that she formed at the age of 19 with guitar player...
From The Vault: Tyrannosaurus Rex – “(A Beginning)” (1972)
Reviewing any of the early Tyrannosaurus Rex albums would essentially be reviewing all of them, say for “Unicorn” which was their most successful / commercial, and being the...
Shadrock Chameleon – “Shadrock Chameleon” (1973) review
Shadrock Chameleon - Shadrock Chameleon (Out-Sider Records, 1973/2017 reissue) Iowa may be known for several things (farms, the American Pickers TV show, corn fields, and local artist Grant...
Dantalian’s Chariot – “Chariot Rising” review
Dantalian’s Chariot - Chariot Rising (Esoteric Recordings, 2017) Recorded fifty years ago, with only two of its ten tracks seeing release at the time, “Chariot Rising” by Dantalian’s...
Papir – “V” (2017) review
Papir - V (Stickman Records, 2017) https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/v The all instrumental rock trio from Copenhagen are back with their 5th studio album and this time it is a double...
Da Captain Trips – ‘Adventures In The Upside Down’ (2017)
This is the 5th release by an Italian four piece instrumental band. I have not heard all their records but I loved the first one. The CD features...