West, Bruce & Laing ‘Out In The Fields: The Albums 1972-1974’ (Esoteric, 2025)
West, Bruce & Laing was composed of an American guitarist/vocalist, Leslie West, and a Canadian drummer, Corky Laing, from early 1970s hard rock band Mountain and British bassist/vocalist...
Peter Stampfel, a Holy Modal Rounder, Picks Up the Pieces on ‘Song Shards’
Peter Stampfel, co-founder of the seminal folk-psych ensemble The Holy Modal Rounders, remains American music’s most joyful provocateur. For over six decades, Mr. Stampfel has inhabited a world...
The Dimorphodons’ ‘Waui’: “Where Pop Gets Weird”
This is a rather strange sounding but ultimately very fine album, largely created and played out by the mind of Hand Of Glory producer Will Twynham. It’s been...
Dan Fone of Bronco: An Interview on Keys, Strings, and Life on the Road
Dan Fone, multi-instrumentalist and frontman, was part of the rock band Bronco and contributed piano, guitar, harmonica, and vocals on their 'Smoking Mixture' album. Fone’s musical journey began...
Ross Beattie presents It’s Psychedelic Baby podcast #115 (December)
Embark on a journey through the kaleidoscopic landscapes of sound, guided by the rhythms of the past and present, with The Night Tripper’s podcast. Super Static Fever- Acid...
Peter Daltrey on ‘The Life and Times of Blue Larry and the Huguenot Kid’: From Kaleidoscope to Fairfield Parlour
For anyone who has spent time digging into the deeper seams of British psychedelia, Peter Daltrey needs little introduction. As the singer, lyricist, and conceptual centre of Kaleidoscope,...
Cargo: Unearthing a Lost Progressive Rock Rarity from 1973
Formed in the early 1970s Midlands, Cargo left behind no official releases at the time: only a demo acetate, 'Delivering The Goods,' recorded in 1973 and lost to...
This Lonesome Paradise Unveils ‘Let Us Prey’ on Their Forthcoming Album ‘Death Motels’
This Lonesome Paradise is a band that lives in the spaces between sound and vision, where music becomes cinema and cinema becomes ritual. Founded in the Pacific Northwest...
Tender Ender’s ‘Black Swan’: Doomsday Pop for an Unhinged World
Tender Ender marks the solo debut of Thomas Schmidiger, a return to his piano-driven roots and love for strong melodies, filtered through three decades of life’s reality. The...
Street Fruit Drops ‘Hey Operator’ from ‘Strange Tanks’
The 4-piece psychadelia-meets-alternative group recently released the hypnotic music-video-single video ‘Hey Operator’. A thumping, Beatle-esque drum beat starts the engine. Then (in the next phrase) a smooth lead...