This is one of my favorite collaborations in the expansive universe of noise/psych/rock/electronic/whatever masters Gnod. I think it slipped under the radar a bit in the pandemic year of 2020 and it deserves wider appreciation. Especially as heads worldwide have more recently really been digging on a new wave of heavily percussive, vaguely worldly psychedelic […]
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 […]
