Paal Nilssen-Love, New Brazilian Funk, Norway, PNL Records, CD PNL 042 (2019) Let loose on an unsuspecting public the same
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Made in Japan: occasional bursts of guitar and vocal fire not enough to warm up a tepid album
Flower Travellin’ Band, Made in Japan, Atlantic Records, vinyl P-8187A (1972) Pedantic TSP readers may say the album should really
Continue readingOne Day: an ordinary mellow soft rock album like any other, by an otherwise classy psych-rock guitarist
Hideki Ishima, One Day, Propeller, vinyl JDX-7010 (1973) Best known as lead guitarist (and later sitarist) for the cult Japanese
Continue readingNew Japanese Noise: noisy improv jazz meets flippy electronics but the result is surprisingly minimalist
Paal Nilssen-Love, New Japanese Noise, Norway, PNL Records, CD / digital PNL042 (2019) Celebrating US Independence Day at the Roskilde
Continue readingDark Side of the Moon: a gentle if dark and depressive UK ’70s psych folk rock album
Medicine Head, Dark Side of the Moon, United Kingdom, Dandelion Records, LP 2310 166 (1972) British 1970s blues folk band
Continue readingIgitur Carbon Copies: a pleasant and serene if slightly sinister and tense tapestry of found sound recordings
Reinier van Houdt, Igitur Carbon Copies, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, vinyl HG1807 (2018) Based on an apparently unfinished work of Gothic
Continue readingZwai: an obscure fusion of 18th-century Baroque classical music and progressive rock – and no electric guitars allowed!
Häx Cel, Zwai, Germany, Garden of Delights, CD 056 (reissued 2001) For those keen on old 1970s progressive rock but
Continue readingMotiffe (self-titled): virtuoso if self-indulgent guitar work on a moody prog jazz rock album
Motiffe, self-titled, Germany, Shadoks, vinyl LP SHADOKS 087 (2006, originally recorded 1971) Recorded live and released by Deroy record label
Continue readingAnywhere: legendary ronin samurai rockers starting down the highway with four cover songs
The Flower Travellin’ Band, Anywhere, The Netherlands, Philips, LP FX-8507 (1970) While these guys’ first original album “Satori” is the
Continue readingChariot Rising: an ordinary psychedelic pop album with a few gems
Dantalian’s Chariot, Chariot Rising, United Kingdom, Wooden Hill, WHCD005 (1996, originally recorded 1967) Surprisingly the only album by this short-lived
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