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,...
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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...
Second Hand – “Death May Be Your Santa Claus” (1971) review
Second Hand - Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1971) (Esoteric/Cherry Red ECLEC 2594; 44.19 minutes) Just released by Esoteric/Cherry Red, hot on the heels of their excellent...
The Beginner’s Mynd – “Don’t Lose Your Mind” (2017) review
The Beginner’s Mynd - Don’t Lose Your Mind (13 O’Clock Records, 2017) https://thebeginnersmynd.bandcamp.com/album/dont-lose-your-mind July 28, 2017 marked the release of the debut LP by Washington, D.C. area rock...
Extremely rare NY Psych Rock Band “Daybreak” Given New Life
Extremely rare NY Psych Rock Given New Life “Daybreak” by Daybreak (RPC1971/Gear Fab, 2017) Originally available as a limited, 400 copies, self released LP on the vanity RPC...