Remastered reissue of the long out of print 12. Includes 20' of exclusive bonus material." "The psychedelic hippie folk revival that first bore fruit in the early 90's shows no sign of abating despite an almost total press blackout. Golden Boy of the m...

Pretty darn great, as is basically everything I've heard from this great guitar artist. "After re-exposing his roots in the compositional acoustic guitar traditionwith the pastoral, utterly grandiose Rivers and Bridges, steel-string guitar maverick Ste...

Another fantastic, deep album by this mater of the steel string concert guitar! Recommended! "By every account, Steffen Basho-Junghans of Berlin, Germany is a true master of the acoustic steel string guitar. As a player and composer, scholar, teacher...

Waters In Azure is an album of sound sculptures, coursing through themes of structure, space and state. Experimenting with technique, form, and sound by merging minimalist composition, Eastern raga and the acoustic steelstring/folk tradition pioneered ...

"It seems appropriate that California folkie Nick Castro has invitingly titled his new record Come Into Our House, since it's clear from the opening notes that he wants his listeners to feel comfortable. For his third album, Castro has again returned t...

Fans of modern fire-breathing jazz rejoice, for a true meeting and melding of the minds is at play. Immolation/Immersion is the inaugural recording of what will hopefully be more blasts of fury and filigree by three leading lights of improvised music -...

Excellent, long lived Boston ensemble that combined influences from interesting & disparate sources such as John Fahey (with whom they collaborated) and Neu! LONG before anyone had rediscovered either. This features the same line up that made their gre...

"Along with Die Kreuzen, Boy Dirt Car and sister band Vocokesh, Milwaukee psychedelic rock-and-sound legends F/i spawned a space-rock scene in the 80's unlike any other around. By harnessing the ghosts of Hawkwind and Blue Cheer, extracting the German ...

In the last ten years or so, there has been a surprising re-appraisal and resurgence of the Americana-style guitar music as invented by great 60s players like Robbie Basho, John Fahey and others. There is a large number of players out there now...

Kinski's second full length recording, 2001's Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle, proved that the band was ready to take on the world. Upon its release, Alternative Press enthused the disc makes one of the few strong arguments against the claim that rock i...

Spacelaunch for Frenchie serves up one of the coolest Krautrockin' dronefests this side of the second Spacemen 3 album.-Fred Mills/Magnet. "Originally self-released by the band in 1999 in a limited edition pressing, Kinski's debut album SpaceLaunch for...

"British singer and musician Sharron Kraus has firmly established herself as a genuine heiress to the UK folk ancestry of Shirley Collins, Lal Waterson, or Maddy Prior…performing with a sparkling clear voice that can sound as ancient and elemental...

The 2nd full length from this lo-fi spacerock outfit, which feature guitars, synthesizers, bass, drums, electronics, etc. all heavily processed into a very pleasing bunch of shoegazer soundscapes! They've toured with Windy & Carl, and this is comparabl...

"There must be something on the air, or in it, to explain the space rock blooming in central Texas. This Austin sextet expands on the arc-riff grandeur of local travelers Explosions in the Sky with John Cale-like viola and simple, rising melodies that tak

There are many, many players operating in the 'new American primitive guitar school' and there are many fine ones, but for me, one of the real standout players is this guy. He captures a feeling of Americana that probably never really *did* exist, but...

Really nice spacey/trancy music based on echoplexed acoustic guitars and built up with multiple guitars, bass, piano, accordion, mandolin and whatever else Mark found to bang on. Sort of like a cross between Achim Reichel and Deuter's "D" album, but...

Nice modern electronic album that uses modern technology & resources, but takes its cue from the creative groundbreaking work of the German 70's bands is a real grower and ultimately a definite keeper! "Alex Bundy from San Francisco, CA-via-Portland, O...

"Reverberating with primitive hallucinogenic drones, garage rock grinds and improvisations that slowly build from half-formed blowouts to cosmic Stockhausen style epics...Primordial Undermind have crawled out of the psychedelic undergrowth and evolved...

Another modern space-rock winner from Strange Attractors, who have grabbed the crown away from Kranky. "In 1998, Acid Mothers Temple went on a swing of the UK that sowed the seeds for a new cosmic unit, Rebel Powers. Kawabata Makoto, Cotton Casino and ...

Well, with Jack's death late last year, we lost a major guitaring talent. This DVD was in the final stages of production when Jack died and it is presented just as it was envisioned by him and Glenn.

"Rose & Jones influenced one another, sharing.

Nice folky/stoner vibe on this one, which mixes with the more 'Takoma-esque' tendencies on display.

"Like the best poetry, Eternal engages from the start and expands with each pass. Built upon Smith's Eastern-influenced acoustic guitar and spar

2nd excellent release from this modern spacerock band, ala the best of the Kranky label. Three guitars, bass, drums and a lot of effects and probably a lot of fun drugs too! "SoE immerse themselves in what the call 'the vessyl', a point of blurred time...

SYCH is:
Wally Shoup - Alto Saxophone
C. Spencer Yeh - Violin, Vocals
Chris Corsano - Percussion
Bill Horist - Electric Guitar

"Each of these musicians is a brilliant creative force in his own right, and as a quartet they are.

Tsurubami may very well be the most blissfully unrestrained blast o"Tsurubami may very well be the most blissfully unrestrained blast of hallucinatory fire to ever spiral forth from the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective. Certainly the inspiration....

Milwaukee: home of some of the planet's most seriously unhinged psychedelic rock. As unlikely as that locale may seem, such has been the case for the past twenty or so years as the players behind the long-running F/i and its offspring Vocokesh have kic...