“FOLKLORE, PSYCHEDELIA, AND OCCULT INTRIGUE” : Get Lost In Klaus Morlock’s “Run Hide Die”

If you were to stumble upon musician/composer/spell caster Klaus Morlock’s Bandcamp page you’d see over 25 releases over the last decade plus. Morlock works in the world of Gothic church organs, woozy 70s synths, and 60s psychedelia, fueled by Hauntology, demonic forces in dilapidated cabins and absinthe. Songs that buzz in the sweet shadows laid […]

Deafheaven : Lonely People With Power

Deafheaven are the kind of band I never thought I’d listen to, let alone find myself fanboying over. The black/death metal shrieks of singer George Clarke were not my taste; blast beats like they were going out of style, not to mention the caffeinated guitar riffs that never relented. On paper I would have passed […]

Doing The Things, Keeping My Head Above Water, Ready For Brighter Days

Hey hey. How are you all doing? Sorry no check-ins this week. There were a lot of albums to listen to and write about, so the personal stuff got put to the way side. I’m here, and it’s Friday, so what better time to have a nice personal, mental cleanse. So last week I was […]

Alabaster DePlume : A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole

Alabaster DePlume is described as “an English jazz musician, saxophonist, spoken word poet, composer, and activist.” When I read something like that I instantly forget the musician and saxophonist part and concentrate on “poet”, “activist” and think I’m not going to like it. Like the music part of that equation is just a side note for an […]

Entrancer : Rit

Ryan McRyhew came into focus for me a decade ago when I bum rushed the Software Recording Co. Bandcamp page. I was full obsessive/compulsive regarding everything Oneohtrix Point Never/Daniel Lopatin and felt like I’d come across a treasure chest of unknown musical pleasures when I discovered the OPN mastermind ran a record label. One of […]

Traffik Island : Ghost Notes

Australia-based musician and raconteur Zak Olsen is a man of many musical proclivities. He works out his psych rock muscles in ORB, new wave fun in Hierophants, and whatever moods strikes him in his solo project Traffik Island. And on his latest as Traffik Island the vibe is Italian Giallo, library music, and sun-fried psychedelia. […]

Brian D’Addario : Till The Morning

New York’s The Lemon Twigs have made a career out of digging for gold in the past. Brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario make the kind of music that used to blast from transistor radios in the early 70s. AM pop like The Hollies, The Raspberries, Big Star, Beach Boys; as well as more modern purveyors […]

“This Is A Dangerous Place…”

Man, I don’t know. If there’s some legal action that can be done to stop the shit show currently going on in this country I wish they’d pull that rabbit out of their hat and do it. How long do we need to wait before something is done? I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories, […]

The Psychic Circle : Wizards of the Watchtower

The Psychic Circle is the U.K. psych/prog project of Tom McDowell(compositions/synths/organs) and Jack Harris(guitar/bass). Since 2020 the band has released three LPs ranging from acid-tinged psych rock to proggier tendencies, as well as touches of the 70s Giallo scores of Goblin and Fabio Frizzi. All of those elements come together into something quite unique, singular, […]

Nels Cline : Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline is a musician’s musician. Prior to becoming Wilco’s lead guitarist/noise maker in 2004, Cline had been more known in the underground music scene of California. Playing with everyone from Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Mary Lou Lord; to Rickie Lee Jones, John Zorn, and Blue Man Group. His lightning fast solos only matched by […]