Jikan Ga Nai – Plenty Time EP (2013) review
Jikan Ga Nai “Plenty Time EP” (Bearsuit Records, 2013) “Plenty Time” is the debut EP from this ironically-named Scottish/French duo (“Jikan Ga Nai” is Japanese for “There’s not...
Jeff Penczak
The Janitors – ‘Drone Head’ (2013)
Cardinal Fuzz combines this Swedish psych duo’s “The Worker Drone Queen” and award-winning (“Best EP of 2012”) “Head Honcho” EPs into a collectible double gatefold LP on white...
Wind – Sleep (2012) review
Wind – “Sleep” EP (Jansen, 2012) “Sleep” consists of two lengthy psychedelic tracks from this Norwegian trio who seamlessly blend, psych, metal, and jazz with Eastern flavourings. Their...
Bushman’s Revenge – Electric Komle: Live! (2013) review
Bushman's Revenge - Electric Komle: Live! (Rune Grammofon, 2013) Marrying a motorific, driving rhythm section to angular, Townshendian guitar pyrotechnics, this Norwegian jazz/rock hybrid pulls out all the...
Tame Impala – Lonerism (2012) review
Tame Impala “Lonerism” (Modular, 2012) Following up his Album of The Year-winning debut Innerspeaker, Perth multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker went for a more accessible, poppier sound on Lonerism. The...
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – All of Them Witches (2013) review
Hedvig Mollestad Trio “All of Them Witches” (Rune Grammofon, 2013) Quick – name a female-fronted power trio. Female guitar goddesses are few and far between – the short...
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (2010) review
Tame Impala “Innerspeaker” (Modular, 2010) Innerspeaker is the award-winning debut album from Tame Impala, the nom de group of Perth multi-instrumentalist, Kevin Parker. It’s a gorgeous collection of...
Haunted Leather – Red Road (2013) review
Haunted Leather “Red Road” (Stolen Body 2013) Bristol-based Stolen Body have just released a limited edition (250 copies), red-vinyl version of this Michigan septet’s sophomore effort as part...
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou – The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980 (2013) review
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou “Volume Three – The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980” (Analog Africa, 2013) The third volume of this prolific band’s output captures 14 more...
The PeΔrls – The PeΔrls (2013) review
The PeΔrls “The PeΔrls” (Rijapov 2013) This Italian imprint’s brief meteoric flight across the musical landscape resulted in a dozen 7” singles and EPs between 2006-2009. Now they’re back...