For anyone familiar with the Swedish Prog movement of the ’60s/’70s, this album will feel both familiar and completely new. The songs have a distinctive feeling where jam session- like soundscapes are balanced with exquisitely well-written melodies.....Onda Blommor is the third album by Swedish rock band Jättedam. Inspired by a wide variety of musical styles ranging..
Jade Warrior – Jade Warrior, Released, Last Autumn’s Dream (Esoteric/Cherry Red)
While bobbing around the huge melting pot of 1970s British rock, one of the more unique bands that floats to the surface is Jade Warrior. While not exactly dwelling in obscurity, neither were they fortunate enough to win the 'right place, right time' lottery that some of their contemporaries did. To their fans, of course,..
Peter Bardens – Long Ago, Far Away: The Recordings 1969 – 1971 (Esoteric)
The vast landscape of lesser-known albums from the 1960s and 1970s is dotted with gems of varying degrees of brilliance. It's easy to get lost down slippery YouTube rabbit holes or dig through rows of records and CDs, combing for worthy relics to discover and add to our collections. It's even easier to have the..
Occult Rock Trio Sinoptik release psychedelic new song ‘Apple Tree’.
FFO Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd - Sinoptik's new album is coming 2021, stay tuned for further announcements! *******PSYCHEDELIC, POWERFUL, AND ENLIGHTENING - UKRAINE'S SINOPTIK SPARK REVELATIONS WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO SINGLE 'APPLE TREE'Fusing together 1970's occult rock influences with huge stadium rock production - Ukranian Power Rock Trio Sinoptik are seeking enlightenment to relieve not..
Dune Sea – Moons of Uranus (All Good Clean Records)
Dune Sea started out as a 2012 solo project for Ole Nogva, a Trondheim-based guitarist/keys player, vocalist and all-round sonic warrior, described then on Facebook as "a true Norwegian post-ironic space stoner". Later in 2017, drummer Erik Bråten joined him for the first Dune Sea recording, the All Quiet Under The Suns EP. This enjoyed..
Ukrainian Occult Rock Trio Sinoptik seek enlightenment in video single ‘Black Soul Man’. [Independent]
Sinoptik's new album coming 2021 - stay tuned for further announcements. FFO: Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix WHAT THE MEDIA SAY "This is your best bet... well-produced, & I can't help but think "Jimi Hendrix Experience", but with a 21st Century DYNAMO vibe." Dick Metcalf, Editor, Contemporary Fusion Reviews "Sounds a bit like the Chemical Brothers..
Blues Pills – Holy Moly! (Nuclear Blast Records)
Ok, I need to start by saying I like Blues Pills a lot, the first two albums were both great in slightly different ways, and I was wowed when seeing them live in late 2018. But.....I have to confess to being curiously underwhelmed by some of this, their third slab of heavy psychedelic blues-rock. I..
Villagers of Ioannina City – The Age of Aquarius (Napalm Records)
Imagine a brand of heavy psychedelic rock with added Greek folk instruments! (Heaven only knows what sub-genre that might be called!). Villagers Of Ioannina City are that merry band of boundary-pushers, producing this really quite addictive new album Age of Aquarius. Some interesting facts for the inquisitive among you: Ioannina is the capital city of..