From The Vault: Blair 1523 – Beautiful Debris (1993)
Blair 1523 - Beautiful Debris (Voxx, 1993) Referencing their name from the San Antonio garage psych band The Outcasts (they were invited to appear in Houston, Texas with...
Reviews
Cheval Sombre – ‘If It’s You’ / ‘Give Me Something’ (2016)
Listening to Cheval Sombre is like embracing a hazy emotional transcendent ghost, one that comes to visit just when you need it most … unexpectedly, uninvited, yet welcome...
The Asteroid No.4 – ‘Time Bomb’ b/w ‘Broken Moon’ (2017)
Hendrix managed it. The Airplane (at their best) got it down. In more modern times, the likes of Thee Oh Sees and Hookworms have brought a squeegee to...
Real Estate – In Mind (2017) review
Real Estate - In Mind (Domino Records, 2017) Real Estate has been around just long enough, along with a following that is just intense enough, to make their...
From The Vault: The Darkside – All That Noise (1990)
No matter how well you think you’re prepared, there are some things in life that you’re not ready for when they come knocking at your door. I wasn’t...
Diminished Men at Fred Wildlife Refuge in Seattle January 26th
© Jack Gold-Molina Diminished Men have been playing psychedelic music for more than 10 years, and have the albums to prove it. While they were formed in the...
From The Vault: Spacemen 3 – Recurring (1991)
I was alone in the dark, hazy blue smoke filled the small ten watt radio station the night this album found its way into the studio. To the...
Trip Hill – ‘Takes From Oblivion’ (2000)
Trip Hill opens the first track of 'Takes From Oblivion' sounding for all the world like Sonic Boom [late of Spacemen 3], delivering a comprehensive guitar driven bit...
Lamagia – Lamagia (2017) review
Lamagia - Lamagia (LP on Cardinal Fuzz/Sunrise Ocean Bender, 2017) Listen: https://lamagaia-sob.bandcamp.com/album/lamagaia Sophomore full length from Sweden psychsters features 35 minutes of brain-crushing, throbbing deliciousness split across two sidelong tracks....
Steve Gunn – ‘Eyes on the Lines’ (2016)
Steve Gunn doesn’t take many chances, and as much as I enjoy his lazy harmonic psychedelic meanderings, I’m beginning to wonder just how much more of Gunn’s music...