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moat of this is fairly standard danish indie rock, but the extended last track has a certain whiff of birthday party/stooges damage that pushes it a bit closer to sort sol.

the kind of soft vocal rock someone at A&M was very fond of in those days. their sound is somewhere between spirits & worm, the mamas & papas, etc. mixes male female vocals and always sounds better than i'd remembered when i run into a copy. you need... See full review

this, i guess defunct?, indiana>oakland garage band mixes a lot of interesting bits on their second album. some girl group sounds, some mumble core groping, some chinnichap stomping and so on. a varied and dang cool LP.

flashier than hoped for prog & blues rock, but a guy does like to keep some representative rumanian underground rock around, right?

not sure where or when this is reissued from, but it's a great LP. this dutch quartet (who sings in their native tongue) has a very pleasing paisley/college rock blend with distinct third album velvets damage. i don't understand a single word, but... See full review

someone just sent me this out of the blue and it's great. been listening to a lot of so-called contempt psych lately, and it mostly sounds like formula pablum in comparison to this. super thick atmosphere, with vaguely germanic percussions, shadowy... See full review

not sure how this classifies as stoner rock. sounds like pretty straight (albeit fine) folk rock to my ears.\ about as stoned as damon & naomi or something. perhaps the genre has just expanded its little arms?

one side is fairly ordinary club folk, but the second side has a bit of rock flash and some decent guitar. still as laid back as a shoe, but what the hell

a very odd one-off studio project. most of it is fairly loungey arrangements of pop hits with tim myvcoft's organ being put to good effect. but when they let out the giuitarust on the b-side, things get pretty neat. chris spedding sounds like he's... See full review

closer to yes than many people will feel comfortable with, but within its context it's an interesting record.

not sure why these british folk dudes felt they needed to do so much comedy at live shows, but this one has jokes galore. in between those, there are a few great folk moments. with guitar by michael chapman.

a horn rock offshoot of the 1910 fruitful company doesn't sound like very much of a anything, but i've always dug this album. the horns never really stick out, and the songs are like the local bands i used to catch in the early '70s. basically... See full review

very much in the mode of the early straws. you can easily hear why cousins produced them.

excellent selection of archival recordings by this on-again-off-again czech unit, whose best known international incarnation was as the MCH Band. this is late '70s/early '80s material combining some no-wavish textures with the sort of progressive... See full review

this is the only record i've heard from these guys, and while it is a sorta post-hardcore bag, the way they pile up the sounds on the first side is pretty damn psychedelic. it just keeps climaxing and spinning, buried in the red the whole time, sorta... See full review

payne is a weird cat, capable of all sorts of interesting psych and pop moves. this single combines an organ-pocked carnival pop swirler with a hard-strummed rocker that sounds like an out-take by some unknown sunset strip band that was really into... See full review

great raw scuzz punk with a no-fi edge that is pretty classic/

makes me think of what a garage trio led by jethro from the beverly hillbillies would sound like.

a very thumping take on shoe gaze contraction with some wailing guitar thrown over the top. quite juicy

really great, freaked out debut single by alicia rose's long-running solo project. could not imagine an accordion record that sounds less like "an accordion record." I'm just sorry the b-side isn't a dub version.

a wonderful album, emphasizing the bizzaro-pop beefheart influences of etron fou, rather than their more jazzoid expressions. although there are plenty of those as well, but they feel as though they were created in a free rock context. a very sweet... See full review

nice piece, but electronics it ain't. time and space may be the topics of the libretto, but they are not the musical motifs. this is a modern orchestral/choral work & nothing but. just so you know.

this is a cool album with connections to u.s kaleidoscope, but the psych age may be a bit of a reach for the LP. this is mostly very good country rock, apart from the final track which takes their basic approach in a much ore extended and weird direction.

nice laid-back sound with female vocals, and a vibe that is akin to the more active bands at the folkier end of the '80s college-pop spectrum. the best tracks have whisps of psych as well, but nothing too overt.

surprisingly interesting folk rock LP with vocals and tunes by a women better known for the a&r skills. the best parts of this are like a somewhat older, gnarlier take on early janis ian. under-rated.