I confess to having been out of the loop, to the latest machinations in the solo world of Blixa Bargeld. This then, the second album release in 3 years, to feature a collaboration with Teho Teardo, comes as a welcome reaffirmation.

photo by Kris Tsai

Hurricane Heart Attacks – their elegantly expressive sobriquet, is borrowed from the track of the same name by The Warlocks.

These Argentine “Psychedelic/Folk/Space Rock” minstrels see their first vinyl outing, courtesy of Atlanta Indie label Scotch Recordings, Incredible Machine is a fitting follow-up to their 2012 CD debut, ‘Hurricane Love’.

As the band themselves express, “A sea of ​​electric guitars six twelve strings take over the speakers, the batteries come forward and organs Farfisa embrace this new chapter of the band-enhanced imagery inspired by the endless visions and vanishing points of the roads and busy routes to achieve the increasingly tempestuous encounter I craved. The journey begins”…

image by Eselchefafoto

Through the wonder that is the Facebook Activity Log, it transpires that I first shared ‘African Spacecraft‘ by (The) Lay Llamas back in March of 2014. Interestingly, it turns out that just a few weeks later I also shared the track ‘We Are You‘, then streaming on the Italian Webzine ‘sonofmarketing‘ – a Webzine on which since February of this year, I am proud to now be collaborating.

photo by KHOM visual

Gnod‘s sleeve note for Mirror says it all – “Self-Revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real “you” never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces” – Shashi Deshpande.

Janus is your friend, if he is not then he is truly an enemy to be feared…

A new recording from The Cosmic Dead chappies is a cause for celebration indeed!

Rainbowhead is the latest long player opus, from these magi gadgies with the magic beans.

I feel blessed to have witnessed the sonic assault of these guys live – both times on the hallowed stage of Eindhoven Psych Lab.