Here’s another record I’ve been revisiting a lot lately that falls into the “I’m not going to do this any justice in trying to describe what it sounds like but I’m going to try anyway” department: The Black Sun Ensemble’s…
Category: psych
“I don’t watch the news. I don’t read the papers. I’m not really in touch with society. I was born. I’m here, but I don’t believe any of it.” – Jim Shepard
A few posts back when I reminisced about my first encounter with Pussy Galore and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion I ended up with the longest post I’ve ever written. I probably spent more time editing and going back to…
“What I want is a good, strong monarchy with a tasteful and decent king.” – Ignatius J. Reilly… V/A – “East of Croydon” LP (Nothing Shaking Records, UK, 1981)
The thing about music (and most art for that matter) is that if you try to define something by coming up with a label for it, there’s a good chance you’ll end up spending more time thinking and talking about…
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” – Winston Churchill…Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “A Reverse Willie Horton” LP (Pubic Pop Can, US, 1991)
The first time I ever heard The Birthday Party was when a slightly older but very wiser friend played me “The Bad Seed” 12″ EP after I told him about my recent life changing experience seeing The Jesus Lizard live.…
Yet Another ‘Dollar Bin Dandies’: Space Dust “Cool Car” 7″ (18 Wheeler, US, 1994)
New Zealand “sloppy psych rock band” (their words) Space Dust’s debut 7″ was released in 1994 via Tom Scharpling’s New Jersey-based 18 Wheeler label. In case you weren’t buying vinyl-only releases by New Zealand indie bands in the early to…
“It is the long history of humankind that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Darwin… Lol Coxhill & Totsuzen Danball s/t LP (Floor Records, Japan, 1983)
Speaking from my own experience, free jazz and “prog” are two categories of music which, if you’re looking to learn more about and you ask someone who claims to be into them where you should start, chances are, depending on…
“Labor Omnia Vincit (Labour Conquers All Things)” – Oklahoma’s State Motto… Steve Hayes “Made In Tulsa” LP, (Aaframbia, US, 1980)
When it comes to record collecting, I was pretty late to the game with 60’s-70’s psych/folk/garage and everything in between. Coming from a background where there was never a shortage of obscure punk waiting to be discovered, the thought of…
Dollar Bin Dandies Special Edition TRIPLE THREAT: the Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink 7″s.
I’ve always loved bands whose entire output consisted of nothing but 7″s. A posthumous anthology LP collecting said 7″s plus maybe a comp track or unreleased song or demo is not only fine, but encouraged. It’s no doubt difficult to…
Sing Us A Song, You’re the Piano Man from U.N.C.L.E. – First Church of Napoleon Solo “Debbydid” 7″ (UK, 1984)
When I was in high school around ”92-’93 I travelled to Boston with some older, cooler acquaintances to see some bands play at the Rat. I don’t remember who ws playing. I’m guessing Sick of it All or Sheer Terror?…
Dollar Bin Dandies: Art Thieves 7″ (HoZac, 2009)
I may have jinxed myself when I subscribed to the original Sub Pop Singles Club. I think the first record I got in the mail was the AmRep “Smells Like Smoked Sausages” 2×7″ comp or maybe the L7 single and…