Ken Matsutani deserves to be reckoned as a hero of Japanese underground rock. He formed Marble Sheep and the Run-Down
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Tag: psychedelic
Sand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply
Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been writing
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It’s All Too Much
From Feeding Tube Records, we have the second LP by Weeping Bong Band called simply II (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR448);
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Former Reflections Enduring Doubt
I feel Jeffrey Alexander’s music has only tangentially graced our shores…we heard one compilation by The Iditarod, and have a
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Lorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991): a remarkable collection of strange and unearthly recordings by a Peruvian music veteran
Miguel Flores, Lorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991), Peru, Buh Records, BR121 limited edition vinyl 12″ / CD (2019)
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For Spelunkers Everywhere
Cave Allways U.S.A. DRAG CITY RECORDS DC 654 L.P. (2018) That example of composite titling could be a nod towards
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Calm Black Water: psych-stoner doom and urban saxophone blues in the service of Lovecraftian horror
REZN, Calm Black Water, The Netherlands, Off The Record Label, OTRL025 limited edition CD / LP (2019) If this Chicago
Continue readingCanyons: new odyssey for slug sludge doomsters off to a shaky rather than slow and steady start
Slomatics, Canyons, United Kingdom, Black Bow Records, BBow029 CD digipak (2019) Slow their music may be … but once the
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Avtomat Proshlogo: a pleasant and sometimes trippy voyage in an eclectic sea of space rock, psychedelia and jazz
Ciolkowska, Avtomat Proshlogo, Russia, [Addicted label] / noname666, digipak CD #730 (2018) Started in Saint Petersburg in 2012, Ciolkowska are
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Plainsman: debut album boasting varied blackened death metal for an alternative mainstream / extreme underground audience
Intimidating Mage, Plainsman, United States, Bloodfiredoom Records, BFD-666-01 CD (2018) From Boulder in Colorado comes this furious horde of …
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