Jaga Jazzist is a long running jazz fusion group from Norway. They were originally founded by brothers Lars and Martin Horntveth, a multi-instrumentalist and drummer respectively, but are currently a 9 piece band. Over the course of a thirty year career they’ve become standard bearers for […]
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 […]
This is the first official album by early drone ensemble The Taj Mahal Travellers, documenting a 1972 homecoming show at Sohgetsu Hall in Tokyo, following their second tour of Europe. I think this group is deeply underrated and has a small but wonderful discography, which consists […]
Barry Walker Jr is a singular pedal steel player whose influence and presence across cosmic country and ambient americana is inescapable. He has recorded with many wonderful groups and often graces stages and festivals across the US as a central piece of psychedelic country/rock/jam legends Rose […]
The three records Giant Psychedelia, Mega Psychedelia and Giga Psychedelia are official live albums documenting three different performances by blog favorite psych/noise legends Acid Mothers Temple, joined on these journeys by guitarist Seiichi Yamamoto. Seiichi is widely known as the lead guitarist/multi-instrumentalist for intentionally renowned groups […]
San Francisco psych legends Quicksilver Messenger Service are one of the greatest and most underappreciated OG psych bands. This second album remains the most influential and essential. It’s an excellent record of the band’s original quartet lineup and early repertoire. Beyond it, the band itself deserved […]
Frogwings is a legendary jam supergroup and this sole document of their existence might surprise you. It’ll appeal to fans of Frank Zappa or John McLaughlin more readily than it would a Deadhead. Sure there’s a lightness and levity that characterizes hippy music, with the vocal […]
A live record documenting one of the greatest noise/rock groups of all time. How heavy is it? It’s heavy enough to immediately stop your thoughts in their tracks and bludgeon them to death. It’s so immense that it reaches that trance-like place where the distortion envelopes […]
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 […]
A bootleg in spirit, this live improvisation between Japanese jam legends Kikagaku Moyo and the USAs Ryley Walker (& band) will take you on a trip. Drag City’s own Cooper Craine (Bitching Baja’s, Cave) leveraged his extensive experience in the field to cut and polish a […]