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Manna / Mirage - Man Out of Time

Dave Newhouse is one busy musician, although he probably views things differently. With his hands in any number of different projects, from Moon Men, Cloud over Jupiter, Carla Diratz, Nick Prol,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2021-09-27)

Mark & The Clouds - Waves

Pop-psych impresario Marco Magnani and his band Mark & The Clouds released their third album, Waves, on May 14, 2021. Since relocating to London from Bologna, Italy in the early 90s,...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2021-09-26)

Moop - Moop & Ostara

When I look at the list of all the albums we’ve covered on the Tonzonen label, I see a whole bunch of rock, mostly leaning towards the arena of psychedelia and space, mostly really good. What...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2021-09-25)

On the planet of absolute free-metal, Chord is the king. The collaborations between the duo of Nick Didkovsky (Doctor Nerve, Zinc None Psychedelic, Vomit Fist, and numerous other endeavors) and Tom...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2021-09-24)

The Honey Pot - The Secret

The secret is out! The Honey Pot is perhaps the best neo-psych band on the planet. Icarus Peel and bandmates have released a gorgeously affectionate album wrapped in glorious sunflakes of 60s / 70s...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2021-09-23)

Mangala Vallis - Voices

I’m pretty sure that Voices is the first music I’ve heard by Mangala Vallis, so I can’t compare it to their previous work. What I can tell you is that it’s a fine...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2021-09-22)

Oregon - 1974

In the 60s, Glen Moore and Ralph Towner were friends at the University of Oregon at Eugene. By the end of the decade both were working musicians in New York, where they joined saxophonist Paul...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2021-09-21)

Scaven - Autumn Leaves

Scaven is a solo electronic artist from Amsterdam and Autumn Leaves is his debut album released back in 2003 and now reissued on Steam Sounds. Back in 2003 the music world was alive...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2021-09-20)

Ainur - War of the Jewels

Have you watched all three movies in The Lord of the Rings? All three parts of The Hobbit? Still hungering for more Tolkien-related content? You’ve read The...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2021-09-19)

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

It doesn’t take more than around 30 seconds into the first track — the unusual effected guitar introduction, even before the rest of the band comes in or before the singing starts...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2021-09-18)