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On Friday night, went to see Australian 70s Progressive Rock bands Madder Lake and Spectrum playing live at Bird’s Basement in Melbourne.Bird’s, which is modelled on a New York Jazz Club, only seats approx 100 people and my ta…"III" by Espers, a neo-psychedelic folk trio
AMG says "This is just stellar top to bottom"
@jonahpwll and likewise for me with East/West(Quote)"Low Birth Weight", probably the best album by leading Post Rock group Piano Magic
AMG says “ Glen Johnson is probably the most important fig…Buena Vista Social Club album (thanks Ry Cooder) and what was then the current band playing live in Havana when I was there in 2016.Whilst we’re talking about Dragon, here’s the Belgian version with their albums “Dragon” and “Kalahen”.Yes, true story about our former PM - very embarrassing! A couple of the band members died from overdoses and their front man, Marc Hunter, also died far too young.
Excuse my licence, Cuba certainly doesn’t have AirBNB! Outstanding place …(Quote) @djh Thanks for the reminder of Dragon. Great band that became really popular in Australia when they moved into straight rock. Their best known and outstanding song is "Apri…Broderick Smith who played in Australian 1970s bands The Dingoes and Carson. Many people regard him as having had the best voice of Australian rock.
Probably his best known song was “Boogie (Part One)” from the Carson album "Blown", which…On the Electric theme, “Get It On” by Pacific Gas and Electric
@djh and @Germanprof thanks, your posts encouraged me to go back to my Earth albums bought years back when e…“A Very Snug Joiner”, an outstanding, long undiscovered album by Mad Timothy recorded back in 1969.
“Mad Timothy was a rock band active in central New Jersey from mid 1968 to mid 1970. In the summer of ’69 they recorded …And now, to calm myself down from all that fuzz and riffs, some Slowcore!Two albums by Duster - “Stratosphere” and “Contemporary Movement”.
“Brown Acid: The Sixteenth Trip - Heavy Rock from the Underground Comedown”
One of the best series of compilations covering 1960s/early 1970s Psych/Garage/Heavy Rock.Issued by Riding Easy Records and available on Ba…Alacran s/t 1969 Prog/Acid Rock album.
Alacran is Spanish for scorpion.
AMG says "the edginess of the guitars and the deep Latin groove in the rhythms and minor-key melodies draw inevitable -- and accurate -- comparisons to …(Quote) Which all took me back to my three favourite Magma albums - "Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh", "Kohntarkosz" and "Kohntarkosz Anteria (K.A.)". A great listen for a sunny, autumn Melbourne morning.
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics April 2023Came across this album and wasn't expecting much but this 1967 "Index" s/t album turned out to be one of the best Psych/Garage albums that I've heard for a long time.
@confused and @Germanprof couldn't agree more about The Drift "Noumena" (which I also downloaded from e…Lucky you, nothing but Rain in Melbourne!
1Talk about bizarre! Did my biannual check on eMusic, for old times sake.
You wouldn't believe it but amongst all the rubbish they have 7 of the top Kate Bush albums!!!
Go figure!!!
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics April 2023Most obscure of the obscure is this album "Chasing Rainbows" by Stoney and Jagged Edge.
A sensational heavy psych/hard rock album with loads of distorted guitar, fuzz and elements of Jimi H.
in Favourite Rock Albums from the late 60s and early 70s Comment by peterfrederics April 2023Thanks to @greg in 2011 and @Brighternow in 2012 for the introduction to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and th…“Terry Riley In C” by Bang on a Can
AMG says “The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded perhaps the most innovative version of the work thus far, after Riley's own”in Terry Riley - In C . . . And more . . . Comment by peterfrederics April 2023
"Sleeping In Traffic Pt 2" by Beardfish.
Rated No. 3 for 2008 by ProgArchives and well worthy of that.
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics April 2023
