This is a live record of a concert on December 23rd, 2023, by the guitarist Hayden Pedigo. It’s a home town Christmas concert, an emotional full circle moment for the man from Amarillo and is his first live album after a decade of consistently brilliant studio […]
This 23 track record took a decade to cook and was recorded and played live across ten countries, so I’ll keep it’s archive entry brief because you’ve got some long listening to do. Congotronics International is an absurd supergroup composed of nearly twenty musicians assembled for […]
The second LP by new dub heavyweights Holy Tongue (now composed of producer Al Wooten, drummer Valentina Magaletti and bassist Susumu Mukai) is company with the legendary transcendent dubstep artist Shackleton. Since release it’s gone from my most anticipated album of 2024 to one of my […]
cover photo by Christopher Bruno What can I say, the people love Dark Star by The Grateful Dead. This recent live rendition has been the talk of the town. All star band The Heavy Lidders (including Jeffrey Alexander and blog favorites Elkhorn,) made even more heavy […]
On this new record “Goodbye Till I Do Good By You” Blaine Todd dives headfirst into cosmic country taking a half step back from his earlier more ambient Americana vibes, and sets a new high-water mark for the genre. The Blaine Todd sound is higher and […]
I’ve loved this band since seeing them a couple times in spring of 2024- first opening for the inimitable Brian Jones town Massacre and again at my favorite place on earth, Treefort Music Fest. This new record of theirs really captures the fresh young energy they […]
Thank the universe for another Misha banger. The library music legend delivers a particularly psychedelic effort here. Primo space jazz, but think less Sun Ra and more Pink Floyd conducted by Duke Ellington. Just two big tracks like God intended for all psych records to be. […]
A pillar of jangle pop and the NZ rock sound, The Clean is one of my favorite guitar pop bands in any genre. They’re remarkably consistent and I don’t know if they have a “best album” but I revisit this one often. It’s certainly their most […]
This is an intense but fun album from a band that’s fast becoming essential listening for all you acid punks out there. I find it groovy and heavy in equal measure. It recalls UK psych monoliths GNOD but in a tighter more classically punk package. I […]
There’s so much character and creativity in this record by Winged Wheel. I have been enjoying it more than most of their experimental/kraut contemporaries and find it better than their (excellent) first record. Unlike their first record, 2022s No Island, their sophomore album Big Hotel was […]