The Dream Syndicate – ‘The Universe Inside’ (2020)
The Universe Inside is not the Dream Syndicate album I’d expected, not in the least. This slightly neo-psychedelic band has gone full throttle psychedelic jam, an acid drenched...
Jenell Kesler
The Parties – ‘Can’t Come Down’ (2008)
Can’t Come Down is by far the best outing from the band. ... and while I can’t say that all numbers by The Parties have been created equally...
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – ‘Texas Sun’ (2020)
With the four song vinyl EP arriving at your door in a variety of colours, it does make for a nice visual presentation. That said, even with the...
Galaxie 500 – ‘Copenhagen’ (1997/2020 Record Store Day Reissue)
Copenhagen was recorded at the end of Galaxie 500’s European tour (the very last show), where the band had finally gelled and slipped into a hypnotic groove only...
Rose City Band – ‘Summerlong’ (2020)
With Rose City Band surfacing purely as a recording project, where Ripley Johnson's role was almost entirely obscured for the band’s first self-titled album, the dreamy easygoing release,...
Casualties of Cool – ‘Casualties of Cool’ (2014)
Who’d have thought Casualties of Cool would be a wondrous of sorts concept album of the science fiction nature, with the story going something like this. Seems there...
Credit Electric – ‘Credit Electric’ (2019)
Credit Electric deliver honest hazy laid back easy going bluesy cosmic Americana meanderings suitable for a gracious quiet evening of couch-bound dreaming; alone or with the one your...
The Comet Is Coming – ‘Channel The Spirits’ (2016)
The comet ‘is’ coming, and coming with it is some of the most futuristic inventive and creative British jazz infused funk albums I’ve heard in a very long...
Cheval Sombre – ‘Cheval Sombre (10th Anniversary Reissue)’ (2020)
The music of Cheval Sombre (Chris Porpora) is as seamless and intricate as the vintage Persian carpet laying across my living room floor. His music flows with an...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Grant Green – ‘Idle Moments’ (1965)
I find it a sincere shame that there is not more jazz where the primary instrument is the guitar. That said, I’ve heard fine soling jazz where there’s...