If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen a few of these short reviews recently, but ICYMI, here’s a little roundup. Expect another roundup to follow later in the month with some completely new reviews. Ash & Herb – Salt Lick/Tables of Grass Fields If you have been digging the likes of PranaContinue reading “May Roundup: Ash & Herb, Steve Gunn & Harmonica Lewinski”
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PSP – Cowboy Cathedral
Thankfully, we live in an age where the psychedelic/progg bands of Sweden are finally being recognized to some extent here in the West. Groups like Träd Gräs och Stenar and their other related monikers, like International Harvester, are starting to develop a similar cult following that Kosmische groups like Can and Amon Duul II haveContinue reading “PSP – Cowboy Cathedral”
April Round Up – Guerssen Records Edition
Guerssen Records are reissuing some of the most daring, unusual and straight up mindblowing obscure records of all time. They’re doing an especially excellent job recently, so here’s a quick rundown of some of my favorite of the label’s recent batch of releases: Thomas Hamilton – Pieces For Kohn Sometimes, there is nothing more fascinatingContinue reading “April Round Up – Guerssen Records Edition”
Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore – Ghost Forests
Individually, Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore can essentially do no wrong. Together, they are a force that certainly cannot produce anything other than pure magic. Ghost Forests finds the pair complimenting each other’s strengths beautifully. Baird’s subtle yet evocative guitar work and spectral, boundless vocals are supported by—and blend perfectly with— Lattimore’s equally commanding and evocativeContinue reading “Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore – Ghost Forests”
“La Babaduka” by Nebula Rosa
As you all probably could gather by now, I am a massive Halloween fanatic. So receiving the request to share a new video during All Hallow’s Eve of a song called “La Babaduka” by Nebula Rosa, understandably got me way beyond jazzed. Please join me in ringing in the greatest night of the year withContinue reading ““La Babaduka” by Nebula Rosa”
The Myrrors – Borderlands
There are some bands out there that you can rely on to turn whatever they touch into sonic gold. The Myrrors is, without a doubt, one of those bands. This Tucson area band conjures together here elements of esoteric folk, droning post rock and deeply hallucinogenic Kosmische Musik into something far more mystical. Kicking the record offContinue reading “The Myrrors – Borderlands”
Powersnap – Delatency
PowerSnap is a fresh new garage punk group out of NYC, and their debut EP is filled with the humor, honesty and irreverence (they use a goddamn tin whistle, and it somehow works!!) that absolutely makes them stand out from the rest of their motley DIY brethren. The EP kicks off with the smoldering “Chemistry,” whichContinue reading “Powersnap – Delatency”
Henrik Appel – Burning Bodies
Henrik Appel’s debut solo record, Burning Bodies, combines elements of garage rock, singer-songwriter and post-punk in a way that is so strikingly original, it comes off as beautifully, if not shockingly pure. Being a veteran of the Stockholm garage scene, Appel has long since proven himself to be quite a force of rock, yet here heContinue reading “Henrik Appel – Burning Bodies”
Tingo Tongo Tapes, The Dwarfs of East Agouza and Psychedelic Vietnam: June Round Up
The days are getting longer, warmer and far busier as we enter June of 2018. RCU will soon be moving its physical location (its spiritual location is still up for debate) and the ‘To Review’ pile is as large as ever. So here’s a quick run down of some of the most interesting stuff that’sContinue reading “Tingo Tongo Tapes, The Dwarfs of East Agouza and Psychedelic Vietnam: June Round Up”
The Prefab Messiahs – Psychsploitation Today: The Video Album
The Prefab Messiahs’ latest record, Psychsploitation Today comes to screaming life through the band’s new corresponding video album. Absurd, sardonic and delightfully trippy, the film is a perfect companion to the Prefab’s psychedelically satirical take on modern society. As previously discussed here, The Prefab Messiah’s latest studio effort is a catchy fuzzed-up garage rock commentary onContinue reading “The Prefab Messiahs – Psychsploitation Today: The Video Album”
Record Crates United 