Album Review: Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
It is 2am on a Monday morning, I am sitting and relaxing in my bed with the windows open and my lights dimmed. I decide to listen to the Magical…
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Re-Release – Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants – Super-Deluxe
Following on the heels of the Dubnobasswithmyheadman Deluxe release, Underworld are back again with ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ the fourth album in their catalogue. Remastered at Abby Road Studios…
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Album Review : Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – It’s A Holiday Soul Party
The last few years have seen an explosion of Christmas music, the disposable nature and large numbers of traditional songs immediately available means the genre is ripe for releasing downloads…
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Say Psych: Album Review, Minami Deutsch
When I saw that Cardinal Fuzz was bringing an album out by a band called Minami Deutsch I was intrigued but not overly expectant. It was going to be good,…
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Album Review: The Telescopes – Splashdown The Complete Creation Recordings 1990-92
I remember seeing the Telescopes on the main stage in 1990 at Reading Festival on the bill with Loop, the Pixies and the Fall, such was their quick rise following…
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Album Review: Sudakistan – ‘Caballo Negro’
Photo by: Christian Apolo ‘Caballo Negro’ or Black Horse by Sudakistan is an album I was destined to hear. In the week leading up to Liverpool Psych Fest 2104, if El Lobo first came…
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Album Review: Wolfgang Flur – Eloquence
I was a Robot/coming from the Autobahn/I was a Radio-Active man. Yep, those opening words from I Was A Robot tells what you need to know – Wolfgang Flur was…
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Album, Review: Mammatus – Sparkling Waters
Since 2005 the Santa Cruz, California trio Mammatus have been churning out some seriously mind-melting psych and stoner rock. From the Holy Mountain-released Mammatus in 2006 and The Coast Explodes in 2007, to the…
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Say Psych: Album Review, Cardinal Fuzz ‘Stay Holy’ Compilation
Cardinal Fuzz is one of my favourite records labels bringing out a series of, for me, essential releases. This is evidenced by the fact that the label was involved in…
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Album Review: Mark McGuire – Beyond Belief
Mark McGuire’s Beyond Belief is a behemoth of an album. It’s an epic double LP, nearly 80 minutes of expansive tracks that feel like the soundtrack to some existential, futuristic film. Though…
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