From The Vault: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Are You Experienced?” (1967)
Arguably this is one of the finest first albums to have ever come down the pike, an album that’s not only matched by its originality, its contribution to...
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Kali Bahlu – Cosmic Remembrance (1967) review
Kali Bahlu - Cosmic Remembrance (Merlin’s Nose Records, 1967/2017) Listen: https://merlinsnoserecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-remembrance First official reissue ever! Includes two bonus tracks and extended linernotes! Gatefold Sleeve. It’s 1967 and Kali Bahlu...
Chuck Prophet – ‘Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins’ (2017)
[laughing] Straight from the get-go, I’m sitting here looking at the album cover wondering if this is a good picture “of” Chuck Prophet, or a good picture “for”...
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...
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...