From The Vault: The Optic Nerve – “Lotta Nerve” (1994)
A great band too many folks have never heard of ... For more reasons than I can count, it’s nearly impossible to realize that this album burst on...
Jenell Kesler
Temples – “Volcano” (2017) review
Temples - Volcano (Fat Possum Records, 2017) There’s no way I’m saying that the music found within the grooves of Volcano isn’t good, what I am saying is...
The Aliens – “Luna” (2008) review
The Aliens - Luna (2008) Rising from the ashes of the Beta Band, a band eternally being discovered, rediscovered and then forgotten again, only to swing back when...
Spiritualized in Other Medications (2017)
With a pocket full of lush celestial narcotics and this wasted sonically layered infusion of Spiritualized covers, laid down lovingly by some of the best of those influenced...
Glitterbust – “Glitterbust” (2016) review
Glitterbust - Glitterbust (Burger Records, 2016) Glitterbust is one of the more odd and energetic albums that’s come my way in a very long time. It’s impossible to...
“Pharmacopious” (Part 3) by Jenell Kesler
Wouldn’t want to speculate, but there must have been something in the wind that reached out, turned up my collar and set me here peering in through Gram’s...
The Babe Rainbow – “The Babe Rainbow” (2015) review
The Babe Rainbow - The Babe Rainbow (Flightless Records, 2015) https://thebaberainbow.bandcamp.com/album/the-babe-rainbow-ep Babe Rainbow’s EP, released as a limited edition of 1000 on pink vinyl, creeps up on you...
Tomorrows Tulips – “When” (2014) review
Tomorrows Tulips - When (Burger Records, 2014) Intoxicatingly simple and ear catching, Tomorrows Tulips lay down a sonic atmospheric of ultra mellow southern California low-fi dream pop played...
Blair 1523 interview with George Harris
Most bands I interview make it easy, but not Blair 1523, I got a call shortly before the interview saying that not only that the location had changed,...
The Vacant Lots – ‘Departure’ (2015)
Oddly enough, The Vacant Lots have an EP entitled “Arrival” and the single entitled “Departure,” though neither of these neo-psychedelic classics finds their way onto the album Departure....