Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan — PROPHETIC VISIONS
Easily my top record of 2015 so far, Prophetic Visions, the second album from Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan, finds the band at their…
psychedelic rock
Thee Oh Sees — Mutilator Defeated at Last
Thee Oh Sees’ new album is called Mutilator Defeated at Last. It’s out on Castle Face Records and it’s a beautiful beast….
Wand — Golem
Wand is a newish garage rock band from Los Angeles who you may be familiar with from their recent tour with Ty…
The Forgotten Jam — s/t
Former Whitehaus denizen Con Tex has been playing his songs around town for some time now, but it wasn’t until I saw…
Solaris — Waves of the Evernow
Newly unearthed from the historical dustbin of the ’70s, Solaris were a heavy genre-mashing rock trio out of Chicago that never released a…
KRIS THOMPSON’S 10 MOST-HEARD TRACKS (FROM ALL YEARS) DURING 2014
Photo by Downlow Productions Kris Thompson has lingered like a clove-encrusted sachet in the sock drawer of the Boston scene with time…
COMPRA Y VENTA – PRETENDER
Compra Y Venta is the current musical endeavor of former Nude Black Glass guitarist David Tourtellotte. The Los Angeles-via-Massachusetts project ditches the…
TY SEGALL – “MANIPULATOR”
As you probably already know, L.A. psych fiend Ty Segall has an awesome new album called Manipulator, out on Drag City. You can read…
THE UKIAH DRAG – IN THE REAPER’S QUARTERS
In The Reaper’s Quarters, released on Wharf Cat Records, is the Ukiah Drag’s most accomplished release to date. Building on the bluesy…
FADENSONNEN – BADLANDS
Free form guitar and drums train wreck / (mass) slaughter / destruction, blasted free from NYC and Vermont, or something close to…
WHITE FENCE – FOR THE RECENTLY FOUND INNOCENT
It’s hard to predict the direction of each new album by White Fence, the psych-rock solo project of Cali’s Tim Presley. His…
THEE OH SEES — DROP
Hiatus schmiatus. Just last December, Thee Oh Sees’ John Dwyer announced that the band would be taking some time off. But not…
