ALBUM REVIEW – HIGH LLAMAS: HEY PANDA

Discussing the inspiration for ‘Hey Panda’, High Llama’s songwriter/arranger Sean O’Hagan stated, “We live in the finest non- judgemental musical times where the legacies of soul, jazz and lo fi indie have produced a hybrid of generous and stunning creativity. I want Hey Panda to be of this generation.” How refreshing it is to hear […]
Ty Segall is a name unlikely to be foreign to many modern alternative rock fans. Forging his legacy in psych-garage (both solo and in Fuzz), Segall’s name became synonymous with the genre along with the likes of Thee Oh Sees/Osees and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. As the brood of this big three have […]

ALBUM REVIEW – TY SEGALL: THREE BELLS

ALBUM REVIEW – P.G. SIX: MURMURS AND WHISPERS

The latest release from P.G. Six, a multi-instrumentalist attached to iconic indie label Drag City, breaks what has been his 12-year hiatus from making music. ‘Murmurs and Whispers,’ comprised of 9 songs, is an album of great sparsity – perhaps contradictory to expectation, the artist ending his silence with a selection of subtle arrangements. However, […]
In a year spinning so far out of control and social reach, it seems only fair to abandon it to be forgotten, as it only brings shame within the yearly calendars. Though one positive of ‘this year’ has given us, is a sleuth of good album releases. Fitting to the torrid trap that is ‘this […]

ALBUM REVIEW: NO AGE – GOONS BE GONE

INTERVIEW: FLATWORMS

With the world in a state of chaos, we need bands like Flatworms more than ever. On their third album ‘Antarctica’ not only did they record it with Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, lending their punchy garage-psych rock melodies an even bigger visceral kick, but it was then also mixed with […]
The Lake District has inspired many artists over the years, the most surprising recent convert being Californian garage rocker Tim Presley. After relocating from LA to San Francisco, he then upped sticks again and ended up in Stavelely, in the Lakes, in the depths of winter, with fellow songwriter Cate Le Bon. While she was […]

ALBUM: WHITE FENCE – I HAVE TO FEED LARRY’S HAWK

ALBUM: TY SEGALL AND WHITE FENCE – JOY

By the time you read this review, Ty Segall will have probably released two more albums, three EPs and four collaborations with others, such is his prolific output. His last collaboration with White Fence, aka Tim Presley, ‘Hair’ released in 2012 was one of his best , those heavy guitar riffs met with lighter acoustic […]
Keeping up with Ty Segall can be hard work! Over the last few years he’s taken garage rock to a whole new level, constantly releasing albums, (around twenty in his own name at the last count), and that doesn’t include the numerous collaborations, or singles and EPs. Then there are the live gigs all over […]

ALBUM: TY SEGALL – FREEDOM’S GOBLIN

LISTEN TO WAND’S NEW SINGLE ‘PLUM’ TAKEN FROM UPCOMING ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME

Los Angeles-based Wand announce the release of their new album Plum, out Friday 22nd September 2017 via Drag City Records. As well as lead single, ‘Plum’, and its accompanying video, and a tour that embarks on the heels of the album’s release. Plum is Wand’s fourth LP since the band formed in late 2013, but their first new album since 2015. Describing their […]
Ty Segall has made whole records that wrestle with realities – fighting against some, pulling mightily to bring others into being. His new self-titled record- the next record after Emotional Mugger, Manipulator, Sleeper, Twins, Goodbye Bread, Melted, Lemons and the first self-titled album that started it up in the now-distant year of 2008 – is a clean flow, a wash of transparency falling into a […]

TY SEGALL SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM