When a U.S. progressive music fan reminisces of Atlanta, Georgia’s WPLO-FM, they affectionately recall ex-WQXI newscaster Ed Shane who became the first program director for WPLO’s newly format-flipped,...
Tony Hill was one of my oldest friends. One of the downright nicest guys I've ever met. Down to earth, humble and unassuming and truly the most ground-breaking...
MX-80 Sound emerged from Indiana’s primordial musical sludge in the mid-70s, releasing the iconic 'Big Hits' 7” EP in July 1976. This monster package by Supreme Echo of...
A truly fantastic R&B band from Preston, Lancashire that formed in the Winter of 1963 and broke in early 1966 leaving three fantastic singles behind. The band consisted...
Sonicbond’s popular series continues with this analysis of the band that at one time outsold even The Beatles and by the time of their Woodstock appearance was the...
Swiss electronic music pioneer Bruno Spoerri has more than a five decades long career and is considered a key figure in the field of Switzerland’s jazz and electronic...
In late 2019, Mark Chatfield decided to “resurrect” the Godz based on the original concept. The band was originally formed in 1976 and released two hard rock albums...
Following the commercial disappointment of what they considered their finest album, ‘Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus’, released as it happened, on what would have been Jimi Hendrix’s twenty...
For 12 years, Isak Hedtjärn and Jonas Liljeberg had been playing traditional Swedish fiddle music together. For the 'Folkjazz Anfaller' LP, they extended to a quartet. "What is...
Recently released is an above-ordinary four CD compilation from Cherry Red, looking at underground and progressive sounds of 1972. In that pre-Punk era B.G. (Before Google, Before Grossly...