When I heard that Kawabata Makoto of psych/noise rock legends Acid Mother’s Temple (and so much more) was joining Dope Purple for a set, I was unsurprised and overjoyed. The young Taiwanese band very much makes the kind of highly improvised, high volume experimental rock that Makoto was instrumental in creating 30 years ago. I […]
The Seventh Seals self titled and sole record is a long, mystical record from a short lived project one of my favorite obscure Japanese albums. In the mid 90s Asahito Nanjo, bassist/vocalist/bandleader of renowned noise rockers High Rise, was focused on a
This is one of my favorite Acid Mothers Temple albums and I think one of their finest overall. Benzaiten is largely a cover/reinterpretation of the 1976 album of the same name by Osamu Kitajima. Benzaiten (1976) is one of the earliest and most successful records to merge Western psychedelic/progressive rock and folk influences
4 long, wide tracks of psychedelic influenced rock make up this wonderful album by guitarist/singer Shutaro Noguchi. The singing is fantastic and properly high in the mix while the guitar is raw destructive rock power. From Japan and now residing in Kentucky, Noguchi sounds a lot like some of our favorite J-psych classics with much […]
