Marvin Gardens – ‘1968’ (2016) review
Marvin Gardens - 1968 (High Moon CD/2xLP) I’m sure I’ve said this before but it’s something worth repeating ... don’t you just love it when you’ve been hit...
Lenny Helsing
Trappist Afterland – ‘God’s Good Earth’ (2016)
It’s always rather difficult to pinpoint just where some groups fit into the grand musical tapestry of modern life. This is especially so with regard to Australian folk-drenched...
Robert King – Super8 (2016) review
Robert King - Super8 (Rubber Taxi, 2016) From the first few seconds of tuning into this brand new recording by Robert King, erstwhile lead vocalist for legendary late...
Junkboy – Azimuth Co-ordinator: Fulfil b/w Streets Of Dobuita (2016) review
Junkboy - Reinterprets Azimuth Co-ordinator: Fulfil b/w Streets Of Dobuita - 454545-42 (Three Forty Five Records, 2016) Brighton based maverick dream-scape schemers Junkboy: Rich and Mik Hanscomb, and Ryan...
The Kitchen Cinq
The Kitchen Cinq - When The Rainbow Disappears: An Anthology 1965-1968 Light In The Attic (double vinyl edition) Since way back in the early 1980s when some of...
The Zipps – Ever Stoned & Live (2015) review
The Zipps - Ever Stoned & Live (Record Collector Rare Record Club, 2015) Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zRGT3ItXs Recorded for posterity by the group's super-fan Ron de Bruijn - at that time...
I Fenomeni – Dodicesima Dimensione (2015) review/interview
I Fenomeni - Dodicesima Dimensione (Veals & Geeks, 2015) Italian outfit I Fenomeni have been making head-turning, head-swirling psychedelic beat music for a few years now, and their...
The Fast Camels – The Magic Optician (2007) & Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams (2014) reviews
The Fast Camels - The Magic Optician (Neon Tetra, 2007) & Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams (Magic Optician Records, 2014) Love's exceptional lead guitar figure Johnny Echols has...
Greek Theatre – Lost Out At Sea (2015) review
Greek Theatre 'Lost Out At Sea' (Sugarbush Records, 2015) This is one of these albums that's been hanging around a few months now and in the process getting...
John Williams & Dave King
When I first got wind that a couple of acetates had turned up that dated from the original British psychedelic era I was, like most of a similar...