The Singing Spoons sound a little
like what Violent Femmes might have sounded like if they'd tried to be
Husker Du. This is not to say that Singing Spoons always reach
heights so lofty, but they do manage to forge a distinctive sound or
two amid the swirling, fuzzy guitars that dominate their music. (Audio
Bits, March 1990)
Well, Singing Spoons could never
be a big name. Not because the music they made wasn't good, but because
they never took themselves seriously. Judging by their live shows and their
recording sessions to their million cassette releases, I'm sure that
the first they had in mind was to to have a great time and then came
everything else.
The music in 1989's Resin Cabin,
their only "proper" (almost private pressing) release, is no joke at
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Recorded in 1969 (when they were called Foehammer), two years before their sole LP "Under the Tree” (which can be found at Time Has Told Me),
"Legend of the Dreamstones", shows the band in a more prog/psych
direction. Electric guitar riffs and more rock instrumentation are the
main differences - vocals are kind of "shy" and there are still
trolls, rivermen and ladies as in "Under the Tree". Although
"Legend..." saw the light of day in 2004-5, is now out-of-print and
seems there are no plans of a reissue. I think that the main reason may
be the low quality of the recordings (which could be called lousy - but
this shouldn't stop the lovers of british hippy-folk of the 60s to
listen to it).
Perhaps no way-obscure early-'70s British folk-rock band is as over-represented on CD as Shide & Acorn, who released just one album in the early '70s, which itself was a privately pressed LP given away to friends. Not only did that album
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Soul & piano vibe with "Miss. Z" by famous singer Zulema Cusseaux with beautiful "I Was so Wrong". Also track "Giving Up" sampled by Beatnuts on "Beatnuts Forever". Great Sussex LP !
Ms Z was Zulema’s second album after her self-titled
debut. Again, like her first LP, Zulema not only sang, but wrote most
of her own material. She starts off great with Giving Up that has a
sophisticated and heavily orchestrated neo-Disco beginning that’s
contrasted with some funky wah wah guitar work. Also worth listening to
are the slower and Gospel tinged I’m Watchin You and the funkier
Telling The World Good Bye. ~Reviewed by Motown67
Side 1 A1 Giving Up (7:12) A2 I Was So Wrong (3:22) A3 I Was There (3:46) A4 Tree (4:10)
A bit of
classic rock, a bit of prog, a hint of psychedelia, a spirited whiff of
punk, and a whole lotta rock 'n' roll.
The
CD, called 'Teenage Folklore' and showcasing the
band's love of pure pop, punk, glam- and prog-rock and the combination
thereof, along with the confidence to get fancy with them, is pretty
impressive for a debut release. Guitar, drum loops, percussion,
keyboards, drums, bass, pretty harmonies, etc., merge smoothly, and
over the course of the album, the band repeatedly pulls out engaging
ideas. Kudos, again, to Mike Martin at the Broom Factory for an
excellent recording job; 'Teenage Folklore' sounds incredible." -
Randall Roberts, the Riverfront Times, Wednesday, September
15th, 1999
Rocket Park is a band that
sticks out like a sore thumb in any crowd. While other bands carefully
strive for genre purity and aesthetic homogeneity, Rocket Park revels
in all its messy contradictions. Bassist Dave Harris whips up the c
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"... an experimental psychedelic folk album with songs that release themselves of any constraints and explore differing sonic boundaries (odd instruments, studio effects, imaginative rock inspired by indian music and B-movies)..."
"Lord Space Devil" starts quietly, evolves into something like slowed-down-Meat-Puppets (Up-On-The-Sun era) and ends in an orgy of lysergic guitar, backwards tapes and percussion. In these 18 songs we find that Syd Barrett lives through "Go Down Streets" and West Coast shines through "Mantra #27", sitar-driven heavy psyhe instrumentals, light pop psychedelia "In the Haze of Drugs", electric folk ("So Sad"), 1965's garage tunes with rich instrumentation ("Another Venus"), British psychedelic blues ("Plastic Hippie"), short experiments/scetches for future songs, Donovan, Tom Rapp, and a million wonderful details.
Putting aside the deliberately obvious 60s references, I find strong resemblance with another duo - the ... Read more »
Eight brand new songs from LA's most respected folk bands together on
this very limited edition split picture disc with stunning artwork by
Astrid Quay (Winter Flowers) and Abigail Chapin (The Chapin Sisters).
Contains the Chapin Sisters KCRW hit "Let Me Go" and the extraordinary
Winter Flowers on four mellotron and flute soaked classics that bring
to mind bands like Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band and
Devendra Banhart. The Chapin Sisters are the Abigail and Lily Chapin,
nieces of legendary folk singer Harry Chapin ("Cats In the Cradle")
with half-sister Jessica Craven (daughter of director Wes Craven).
Winter Flowers are five young mystics who live in a communal
environment in Echo Park, California. A soft musical oasis of guitars,
flutes, mandolins, glockenspiels, harpsichords & soaring 3 part
vocal harmonies. WF offer a space of fragile delights for the seeker of
higher musical realms.
A beautiful picture disc LP split between Los Angeles' most inspiring
folk band
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Tracks : A1 There's a Light 2:59 A2 Throw Me a Buoy 2:52 A3 After All 4:36 A4 Roller Coaster Kids 3:18 A5 Eight Nights a Week 3:37 B1 Clonakilty Cowboys 2:55 B2 Snowstorm 3:01 B3 Born to His Name 2:50 B4 If I Had 3:40 B5 Got to Move Away 3:44
Here's what Vernon Joynnson sais in "Tapestry of Delights" :
Noel Redding (real name David
Redding) was born on Christmas Day 1945. He first came into the public
eye when he joined The Jimi Hendrix Experience in September 1966 on
bass. At the time he was in a mid-sixties band called The Loving Kind.
He played with Lord Sutch and His Heavy Friends in the early seventies
and also with Fat Mattress before forming Road, a UK-US three-piece.
Disc One 1. Come to Arkham (Wear the Wind in Your Hair) - Byron Fenris 2. Electric Rejuvenation - The Red-Eyed Dogs 3. Erich Zann - The Howl 4. Twitch of the Death Nerve - The Gyre Falcons 5. Flowers and Lies - The Barrow Wights 6. Where the Sun Touches the Sky - The Conqueror Wyrms 7. The Cold Fathom - The Plasma Miasma 8.
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("a major band" - Pulsebeat; "classic psychedelia by any standards" - Freakbeat; "One of the strongest bands in the genre" - Knights of Fuzz)
Q: If you had the chance to play a gig at any place or time, where and when would you choose? A: The Fillmore West, with Jefferson Airplane opening for us. (from interview in Freakbeat #7, 1990)
The Not Quite were a critically acclaimed 60's revival band that flourished in Ct. for over a decade. The group was formed by Dark Lord Rob and featured 60's style pop/rock, with the Kinks and Who as the guiding influence. The addition of Tom Donnelly (drums) and Morrie McCarthy (guitar) gave the group a new power, and a more psychedelic sound emerged ( though psych material had been part of the group from the get-go). Soon an album was released on the Dutch Resonance label, garnering some small measure of critical acclaim ("A major band" -- Art Black). This album is now considered a classic of sorts in European garage rock circles. The group further evolved with the e
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This is certainly the best of the current crop of Italian bands that I've heard thus far; there's twelve minutes of exciting psycho-drama spread thickly over three tracks. For a three piece band they create a very full sound with Curadi's vibrant guitar buzzing, stinging and generally pervading every inch of precious vinyl. Whilst this record could easily be mistaken for the out-pourings of some time-shrouded acid crazed combo of the late 60's there is a bizarre Mediterranean tinge to, particularly, "Dreamin' Demon" which brings some sense of originality yet the track itself sounds like a heady mixyture of a Sergio Leone western film score and the Yardbirds' "Heart Full Of Soul." Fascinatin
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I missed seeing Antietam the one time they came 'round my particular place in the universe. That makes me sad. But I vividly recall trying to buy the first album when it came out. The clerk had no idea what band I was asking for. I kept saying "I want that Antietam album, you know, on Homestead!" and he looked at me blankly. Then he said, "Oh, you want the Anti Etam album!" I guess it was just a case of mistaken identity.
"...Antietam Comes Alive! hits with the room-spinning displacement of a furious tequila buzz. The ropy guitar soloing that permeates the Dream Syndicate-styled instrumental "Track 13" lets Key set an ecstatic (in the spiritual sense) tone straightaway as she trance-ports the band through a 50-minute firewalk that reaches peak intensity on a cover of Patti Smith's "Ask the Angels." Truly revelatory." ~ David Sprague, Trouser Press
Tracklisting:
Track 13 Monica Open Letter George Stomp Glide Angels & Strangers Sample for Sara Ask the Angels Teleplay Sink or Swim Eat
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Independent rare funk lp from 1977 produced by George Semper. Perfect Circle were another Paul Mack discovery and George Semper once again
was caught choosing whether he should work with one band over another.
He turned down Mandrill to finish up work on the now collectible
Perfect Circle album that blended funk, soul and disco influences. Tracks : A1 Dip Stick (3:33) A2 For Your Funkification (3:58) A3 This Love Is Mine (4:35) A4 Jungle Disco (4:04) A5 Spread The News (3:51) <
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Rio Grande - 1971 - Rio Grande (rca victor sf8208)
Side 1 1 Idle Idabelle 2 Me And My Wife 3 End Of The Battle 4 Sue Ann 5 So Good To Be Free
Side 2 1 Wish I Could See You Again 2 What Do You Do When Love Flies Out Your Window 3 Before My Time 4 Nice And Easy 5 Dog Song
Personnel: Ronny Weiss (vocal, guitar, lyrics) David Stanley (bass, guitar, vocals) Tom Russell (guitar, bass) Bobby Tuttle (pedal steel) Ken Murray (percussion)
Related acts :
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If ever there was an example of a rock band that was in the wrong place at the right time, it's Absolute Grey. In the mid-'80s, Absolute Grey was playing intelligent, tuneful folk-rock with intriguing melodies, subtle but effective hooks, and a psychedelic undertow that would have allowed them to fit right in with the paisley underground bands blossoming on the West Coast or the jangle pop armies gathering in Athens, GA. But some trick of geography placed Absolute Grey in Rochester, NY, where they were pretty much on their own and, while they managed to attract a devoted hometown following, significant nationwide recognition escaped them. Then again, it's hard to say if Absolute Grey would have been an ideal fit anywhere else, either; their approach was a bit less trippy and significantly less retro than such paisley underground stalwarts as the Rain Parade or The Long Ryders, while the band's tone was notably cooler and more hard-edged than what R.e.m. or Pylon brought
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Mike Gunn, Dunlavy, Linus Pauling Quartet,
Grimm Experience - the Houston heavy psych scene of the 90s.
You can call Linus Pauling Quartet's music endless acid
jamming, spaced-out improvisation, stoner rock, heavy psyche or
whatever you like. But every time you listen to it, you can feel the
heavy, buzzing guitar riffs, the trippy electric sound of the American
heavy/psychedelic/we're-drinkin'-and-jammin' tradition.
Here is their 2nd LP - released in 550 copies
In
band's own words: Ramon Medina: I think we
write what we do
because we grew up near NASA, playing D&D, reading Tolkein, and
smoking a lot of fucking dope! (from Nicholas L. Hall’s interview with
the Linus Pauling Quartet at Houstoned
Rocks)
When Michael Demmler and
Eva Koehler of September Gurls listened to the live tracks that were
intended as a
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