Drywater – “Backbone Of The Nation” (1973) review
Drywater “Backbone Of The Nation” (RPC, 1973/Gear Fab, 2017) Recorded in 1973 by guitarist/vocalists, Dennis Cheplick and Jack Sarvis, aided by Cheplick’s brother, Greg, on drums and Sarvis’...
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Hard Stuff – “The Complete Purple Records Anthology 1971-1973” (2017) review
Hard Stuff - The Complete Purple Records Anthology 1971-1973 (Purple Records, 2017) Hard Stuff came to life when the musical differences between guitarist/vocalist John DuCann and drummer Paul Hammond...
Widowmaker – “Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977” (2017)
Widowmaker - Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977 (Esoteric Recordings, 2017) Widowmaker was formed in late 1975 by ex-Spooky Tooth and Mott The Hoople guitarist Luther Grosvenor, at...
Los Bravos – “Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969” (2017) review
Los Bravos - Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969 (RPM Records, 2017) Formed in 1965 by members of Madrid’s Los Sonor and Mallorca’s The Runaways, Los Bravos, in 1966,...
The Eddies – ‘Best Of The Eddies’ (2017)
For the past decade or so, the Eddies have reaped universal acclaim with their perfectly punchy pop rock tunes. Consisting of twin brothers Dale (vocals, guitar) and Dean...
Morels – “Drift” (2017) review
Morels - Drift (2017) https://morels.bandcamp.com/releases Stepping out from behind the hazy blue smoke curtain and dripping orange sky of his tripped out band Bad Liquor Pond, Dave Gibson...
Asimov – ‘Truth’ (2017)
Truth is the third album from Lisbon, Portugal’s heavy psych monsters Asimov. Their heady brew of heavy psych stew is generated by just two dudes, Carlos Ferreira and...
Surf City – “We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This” (2013) review
Surf City - We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This (Fire Records, 2013) For Surf City’s Jekyll Island I wrote: “With ever present jangling guitars,...
Clear Blue Sky – “Clear Blue Sky” (1970) review
Clear Blue Sky: The First Album Now Remastered Back when there were less cloudy horizons across the world, global record labels were actually eager for new music (what...
Soft Speaker – ‘Nautical Romance’ (2017)
Soft Speaker’s Nautical Romance took me by complete surprise, and I assure you, is nothing like you’d expect from viewing the front cover, and certainly less from the...