Tomorrows Tulips – “When” (2014) review
Tomorrows Tulips - When (Burger Records, 2014) Intoxicatingly simple and ear catching, Tomorrows Tulips lay down a sonic atmospheric of ultra mellow southern California low-fi dream pop played...
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Raja Ram & Quintessence’s Complete Island Recordings
Just released are the remastered Island recordings of Quintessence (Move Into The Light, Cherry Red Records under their Esoteric imprint ECLEC 22584). Complete with a single and full-length...
“Psychedelia 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums 1966-1970” by Richard Morton Jack (2017) review
“Psychedelia 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums 1966-1970” by Richard Morton Jack (Sterling Publishing) 2017 Defying description, psychedelia still holds ground as one of the most radical and exciting...
Majic Ship – “The Complete Authorized Recordings” (2017) review
Majic Ship - The Complete Authorized Recordings (Gear Fab Records, 2017) The newest reissue from Roger Maglio’s Gear Fab Records features a New York band, Majic Ship, whose...
Number Three Combo – “Resurfacing” (2017) review
Number Three Combo - Resurfacing (SlowBurn Records, 2017) Multi-instrumentalist Eric Johnson has spearheaded Tucson, Arizona-based SlowBurn Records for three decades, and the label celebrates its 30th anniversary with...
Doctors Of Madness – “Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors Of Madness” (2017) review
Doctors Of Madness “Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors Of Madness” (RPM, 2017) During their original lifespan, 1974 to 1978, the Doctors Of Madness defied definition as a band...
Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop
Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop Compiled by Sheila Burgel (Real Gone Music 2017) If you’re a fan of The Supremes, The Shanrgi-Las, The Ronettes, etc. there’s nothing wrong with...
The Vacant Lots – ‘Departure’ (2015)
Oddly enough, The Vacant Lots have an EP entitled “Arrival” and the single entitled “Departure,” though neither of these neo-psychedelic classics finds their way onto the album Departure....
From The Vault: Stereolab – “Peng!” (1992)
Asking a dear friend what he found most compelling about Stereolab, his favorite band, he replied, “They manage to aggregate all of the favorite things I find in...
“A Melange of Musical Pipedreams and Pandemonium”
Vernon Joynson’s incredible book “Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmares Revisited” has grown so large that it is being divided into two new titles. The first, “A Melange of Musical...