Rain – “Rain” (1972) review
Album reissue on Out-Sider (2017) / Originally released on Project 3 (1972) Guerssen The lone album from Philadelphia’s Rain is an interesting melting pot of harmonic pop (‘Let...
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The Dream Syndicate – ‘How Did I Find Myself Here?’ (2017)
In all honesty, after all this time, I never expected to hear another Dream Syndicate album, so when How Did I Find Myself Here? found its way to...
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 (2017) review
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 A Film by Murray Lerner Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017 Part of what makes D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back – his...
Pearls Before Swine – “City of Gold”
Tom Rapp Pearls Before Swine: City of Gold / Beautiful Lies You Could Live In (BGO Records BGOCD 1285) Pearls Before Swine are placed in the liner notes...
Heroin in Tahiti – “Remoria” (2017) review
Heroin in Tahiti – Remoria (Soave Records, 2017) https://soave.bandcamp.com/album/heroin-in-tahiti-remoria Fade in. The echoes of a jaw harp cloak you in a deep apparitional enigma. Shakers and sporadic percussion induce a...
The Raised By Wolves – “Sadie Hawkins” (2013) review
The Raised By Wolves - Sadie Hawkins (2013) http://music.theraisedbywolves.com/album/sadie-hawkins This DC-based group has been described in the past as reminiscent of The Flaming Lips with a bit of The...
Chelou – “The Quiet” (2014) review
Chelou - The Quiet (The Weird & The Wonderful, 2014) https://chelou.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-ep While this London based artist is still in his infancy, having only released a handful of singles...
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’...
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...