Click on the link here for Audio Player: Yet another sad passing to report. News today of the passing of Doors co-founder and author Ray Manzarek at 74 from a long bout with Cancer in Germany took a lot of people by surprise, me included. Despite reports coming
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Slight change of pace tonight. Pop with Indie leanings from Mexico City by way of Madrid in the form of Natalia Lafourcade. Recorded in session for the Conciertos de Radio 3 program on RNE Radio 3 in Madid, May 17,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I originally ran this on my previous site a few years ago, but it seems as apropos now, maybe even more so, than it did then. There seems to be a resurgence in interest towards Folk Music of late. Perhaps
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The spirit of Psych and Space-pop is alive and well and melting minds in Barcelona these days. Stay have been around for a while, primarily making waves in their native Spain and in various pockets around the rest of Europe.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Heyerdahl are a new band, less than a year old. But in that short period of time they’ve managed to garner a lot of favorable reviews and some genuine excitement for this Norwegian import. From their very first gig in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The 70s tonight. Silverhead were a brief foray into Glam by a band consisting of future luminaries Michael DesBarres and Nigel Harrison. Although they achieved a moderate amount of success, Silverhead didn’t last beyond 1974 when the group disbanded and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Before you rush to judgement, saying it’s another one of those Retro Dutch bands that seem to be coming out of the woodwork of late; you’re wrong. The Milk Carton Kids are from Los Angeles. They represent that ever-growing neo-Folk/Backporch
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Festival season is roaring along. This week from Brussels, Belgium and the Nuits Bontanique Festival 2013. Tonight it’s a set by Belgian Indie/Alternative/proto-Psych band Vismets, recorded on May 8th during the homegrown portion of the festival. Vismets have been
Click on the link here for Audio Player: One of the early practitioners of Dreamscape and Experimental Electronica, Cocteau Twins came very much to be synonymous with the 80s and the Atmospheric turn the decade took in music. Embracing a minimalism in their music, Cocteau Twins and the
Become a Patron! Tonight one of those bands that had fiercely loyal fans or loudly damning detractors. Not soliciting that kind of reaction over here, they were moderately successful and enjoyed a good relationship with their American label Elektra until their extended hiatus, which began in 2006. One of the
