I would describe this Portland trios music as “spiritual cumbia” and that doesn’t really do it justice. It’s certainly still music for dancing and it’s plenty psychedelic. What separates this short record from others in the modern cumbia world (including guitarist Reyna’s well known solo work) […]
Three DJs/multi-instrumentalists celebrate their long standing love of jazz hip-hop fusion with 9 tracks of spiritual beats/vocal jazz. Selections played include two Pharaoh Sanders cuts played with reverence and simplicity, pianist and bandleader Mark de Clive-Lowes track “Bushido” and several originals that showcase each members chops […]
The self described “non-jazz” trio (a great bit that reminds me of Nels Clines “Jazz Free”) works through nearly every kind of improvised music in just 10 tracks. Parasite Jazz stops just short of giving you whiplash as their psychedelic wanderings pass through dub, both kinds […]
The new Fire-Toolz rips, but if you’ve been paying attention to her when she’s been posted in the past, you’d already know that. No matter, this project always deserves fresh fans. Angel creates some very strange lysergic vapornoise digital hardcore plunderphonics industrial experimental nonsense beauty that […]
The studio debut from 20 year old San Francisco psych collective Fuckwolf. Look, they’ve had better shit to do than make a record. You can hear the results of years of melting minds and burn down bars all over the bay area There’s noise enough here […]
A high energy set from the more or less current lineup, recorded live at the 17th Acid Mothers Temple Festival in 2018. CD and digital versions have 4 tracks, the popular vinyl release (also widely shared digitally) has only the 2 longest- Blue Velvet Blues, and […]
The wide ranging, progressive Columbian fusion group reached for the strings for this batch of 10 songs. Less electronic/keys focused than much of their work, it incorperates a variety of influences into a sort of psychedelic Latin art-rock post-tropicalia behemoth. It’s one of the finest Meridian […]
Valentina Magaletti (Vanishing Twin) and Al Wootton (Deadboy) released their full length debut as Holy Tongue following acclaimed festival performances across Europe and 3 EPs. The duo has become a trio with the addition of Valentinas bandmate Sususmu Mukai (Vanishing Twin) and the dubs are darker […]
Jazzed to have picked up one of the greatest psych records of all time today. I don’t have anything I could contibute further to the conversion about this classic. Just pure praise. If you fancy classic psych rock and you’ve heard it, you understand. If you […]
A classic noisey/kraut record and a turning point in the mighty discography of The Observatory. Its sound would define the next several rock oriented releases by the band, and fits perfectly in the psych landscape over a decade later. Elements of contemporary sound scultpting, eastern folk […]