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Remixes is a 28 minute 12"EP featuring exclusive cuts and remixes from Andrew Weatherall, Sonic Boom (Pete Kember of Spacemen 3) and Kandodo (Simon Price of The Heads). Remixes comes packaged in a full color LP jacket and is limited to only 2,500 copies worldwide (2,000 copies on black vinyl, 500 copies on crystal clear vinyl with black streaks). PRE-ORDER NOW AND GET A FREE INSTANT MP3

Of all Tatsuya Yoshida's projects, Korekyojinn might just be the most accessible: no weird zeuhl vocals and tunes that open up and make room for some soloing and just plain rock out. OK, maybe accessible isn't quite the right word because these are ferocious, odd-meter, polyrhythmic power trio instrumentals at their finest. Anyone familiar with the Japanese underground music scene knows Tatsuya

Madrid's Lüger follow-up their self-titled and hop over the sophomore slump with Concrete Light, another frenetic mix of krautrock and more progressive rock and psych leanings. Between the 'concrete' and 'light' ends of their spectrum, they have plenty of room to do the mixing, but hang more at the edges to push the dynamics and keep the energy level ramped. By no means a full-on assault, Lüger

Maybe the recent reissues by Zambians Witch and Amanaz have set you to wondering what the rest of African rock sounds like; maybe you want something more, something better? Now someone's found a long-lost band that, judging from the record sleeve, would look just right tucked between Hasil Adkins and Esquerita in a Norton catalog, and was called The Psychedelic Aliens to boot. It's almost too

It looks and 'feels' like a classic '70s great white wonder, both nostalgic and splendid!So what about the music? The fourteen tracks were recorded between 1967-69 '…at Fleetwood and some other forgotten studio in Malden…' (and that's not in Surrey!) and may or may not represent the entire output of the legendary US psychsters. Dry Ice's rep hangs on two genre defining moments in the form of '

200 cheers for those straw dogs of skull counting (and flowers!), Ben "Six Organs of Admittance" Chasny and Elisa "Magik Markers" Ambrogio. They have memories like steel traps rusting deep underground; these mooks manage to light candles and curse the darkness all in one record. Guitars, vocals, heavy air, faint strains. From; dragcity Links; 200 Years - 200 Years Password (if

Darren is an internationally represented photo-illustrator who has been working in the field of both commercial and fine art for the last 9 years, attracting a wide range of clients such as BMW / Mini and Sony Playstation in the advertising field and many book and magazine publishers he also has a growing following of collectors of his personal work. His images are an amalgamation of mostly

The incongruous, sometimes wacky metal-jazz fusion of Kayo Dot is back with the Boston band's latest release. Gamma Knife is available digitally now on Kayo Dot's Bandcamp page and will see a vinyl release in April of 2012 just ahead of a United States tour set to commence in May. Toby Driver (guitar, vocals, keys, bass guitar) has perhaps been the only constant in this experimental outfit. He

a Catacomb La Catacomb, purloined from a great abyss of uncertainty, is finally among us. The fourth album proper from Steven R. Smith's blisteringly psychedelic "power trio" guise, La Catacomb languished for a few years awaiting release from this label & that before landing at Soft Abuse HQ. La Catacomb is the perfect follow-up to Ulaan Khol's Ceremony trilogy, offering more smoulder than flame

Ash Ra Tempel's second album featured the first of several personnel changes, Klaus Schulze having departed for other realms and replaced as a result by Wolfgang Muller. A few guest players surfaced here and there as well, with one John L. taking the lead vocals -- another difference from the self-titled debut, which was entirely instrumental. The general principle of side-long efforts

This album is predominantly hard rock, which accounts for the first side of the vinyl and the bonus tracks. All the music is good, but for me one track is exceptional. This track is Gravedigger and with a length of 20 minutes plus this is a significant part of the album. The track has a light acoustic start with guitar against a backdrop of keys. The introduction ends with what feels like a

Birds Birds Birds In The World is the first full length from the Japanese/Norweigan super-group The Birds. Comprised of Cotton Casino of The Acid Mothers Temple and Per Gisle Galaen of Sloburn/Del fame, The Birds are reminiscent of other Norwegian groups like Deathprod, Supersilent and Alog though their unmistakeable and unpredictable meld of psychedelic melodies, guitar noise, Eno-esque synth

NoBunny is a guy who strums out gravity-free pep pills while wearing skivvies and a bunny mask. When that's the frontman, soul-baring confessions and experiments aren't going to happen. Mr. NoBunny plays rock 'n' roll, not rock. This record is concise and absurd. Like all good rock 'n' roll, the songs won't say much about the person performing them, at least not directly. In our

Possibly the most luxurious work yet from Acid Mothers Temple", a 4 cd set, with 4 tracks spanning the 4 discs and clocking in at over 4 hours of LSD fried cosmic insanity. A varied selection of long "freak-out" jams/acid dazed tunes/free improvised craziness - it's all here! From; Boomkat Links; Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Pasaiso U.F.O -The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also

The recordings from their 1967 European tour are some of the only existing documentation of the band performing compositions from the extraordinary series of studio albums they made between 1965-1967 -- E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer and Nefertiti. Now fans can hear live versions of "Agitation" (from E.S.P.), "Footprints" and "Gingerbread Boy" ( from Miles Smiles), "Masquelero" (from Sorcerer

Horn LP is a departure from the Lord's trademark motorik doom-kraut style. This is nasty, noisy full-on art rock from the outer reaches of space, like early Sonic Youth tearing it up with Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers. The album includes three previously unheard Pharaoh Overlord compositions and a Spacemen 3 cover. Recorded live in Lahti, Finland 2011. From; Svartrecords Links;

The first European excursion for The Pink Fairies saw them blowing amps, money and minds at the three-day Ruisrock Festival in Turku, Northern Finland in 1971. Recorded by the state radio station, the three-piece, now without Twink, consisted of Russell Hunter on drums, Paul Rudolph on guitar and vocals, and Duncan Sanderson on bass. Unleashing heavy, acid-drenched jams on the audience,

More live stuff. My favourite quartet from San Francisco Live @ Kings Barcade, Raleigh, NC 2011-11-12. Hope you like it as much as i do. Links; Wooden Shjips - Live @ Kings Barcade, Raleigh, NC 2011-11-12 Password (if needed); wws Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips @ MySpace BUY Stuff!!!

The bands coming from the former Soviet Union (particularly Russia, and now Ukraine) are becoming serious contenders in the world of stoner/psyche rock. After having met with some of my recent favorites such as The Re-Stoned, Vespero, The Grand Astoria, Without God, Sehnsucht and Sex Type Thing (all from Russia), it's time to move to Ukraine and meet up with Ethereal Riffian. I was approached

Got this today, and i think there are a few people who like this to. It's the mighty Bong and the mighty Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO live @ Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK 2011.11.05. How cool is that! Links; Acid Mothers Temple - Hare & Hounds Birmingham UK 2011.11.05 Bong - Hare & Hounds Birmingham UK 2011.11.05 Password (if needed); wws Acid Mothers Temple & The