Scott's Music Reviews

Amazing Guitarist and more…. Wes was an old friend of mine. I first met him in Las Cruces New Mexico when I was going to University there. He had a local band called Exodus. We had a lot of t...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2024/04/wes-powell-rip-2023.html

This is a new trio featured the guitarist form Speck, drummer from Kombyant Robotron and Sula Bassana, who needs no introduction on bass and synths.. The guys got together for some jams on a wee...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/minerall-bugeln-sulatron-records.html

This is the first major release of 2024 for Astral Magic and something very different. First off Paul does most of the lead vocals. The opening and title track sets the feel for the rest of th...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/astral-magic-featuring-paul-roland-mind.html

Wow.. Hard to believe it has been 8 years since I came to Berlin to see Pothead.  It was so great to see the guys and hear them play again. It was a really different set from last time and more ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/pothead-huxleys-berlin-germany-jan-27th.html

 A MESSAGE FROM SIGURD:: Hi! I've started this campaign to fund the production and pressing of the third and last Tidsgæst doublealbum. A psych/prog/horror project that i started 10+ years ag...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2024/01/tidsgst-new-fundraiser.html

 Alphabetical order..... too hard to say a real order but one that I played the most as RRRags!!!  Totally killer record.  Acid King also just blew me away with their best album ever... Lots o...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/12/top-25-or-so-records-of-2023.html

Kanaan are back with Vol 2 and this LP features 4 diverse tracks. The title track is my favorite, a long 18min or so space rock like instrumental journey.  Awesome. Aura is a very short 2min ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/12/kanaan-diversions-vol-2-enter-astral.html

Craig is back with the 13th full length record (there are also 3 split Lps).  It features 7 tracks that sound like LOTU!!! Surprise!  Ritual of Inner Light starts things off with a bit of a ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/12/lamp-of-universe-kaleidoscope-mind.html

This is the last release of the year for Astral Magic and quite a special one that features Bridget Wishart on vocals, lyrics and EWI (Like a wind synth flute like thing). It also features the...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/12/astral-magic-ad-infinitum-astral-magic.html

This is a box that has taken a while to absorb and critic.. 11 discs, basically, three full 110 min or so shows from late 1972.  They are more or less the same in many ways, just some of the ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/11/hawkwind-space-ritual-deluxe-box-set.html

FLOATING BODIES is Freek Cruysberghs, who used to put on the amazing Yellowstock Festival. This is some really trippy and cool stuff and what is even cooler is the way this music is made. Read...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/11/floating-bodies-raaishedada-dadaistapes.html

A MESSAGE FROM SIGURD:: Hi! I've started this campaign to fund the production and pressing of the third and last Tidsgæst doublealbum. A psych/prog/horror project that i started 10+ years ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/11/tidsgest-fundraiser-for-lp.html

I have to say this has been an extremely rewarding year in music for me. The first recordings from my new studio starting to appear, old projects (Albino Rhino, Black Moon Circle), that has been ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/11/dr-spaces-musical-adventure-in-sound.html

This German band have been around for a few years (since 2016) but I never got around to listening to them until this year.  This album was recorded in 2022 by the three piece instrumental band...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/10/acid-rooster-flowers-and-dead-souls.html

Release number 32 by Astral Magic and the 8th this year, I think!  These 9 tracks were recorded between 2021 and 2023 and feature guitarist Anton Barbeau on tracks 3 and 6 and Taavi Heikkilä o...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/astral-magic-sacred-mysteries-astral.html

Santtu is back with his 7 release of 2023…. Wow… This is 11 tracks for spacey rock music, with Jonathan Segel providing most of the guitars as well as Violin. Jaire (Octopus Syng) plays sita...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/astral-magic-experiences-in-hyperspace.html

This is quite a cool 8 track album featuring a huge list of guests from the psychedelic rock world including ILya from Re-Stoned, Nik Turner (RIP), Kev Ellis (Space Cadets, Dr Brown), Christian...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/astral-magic-cosmic-energy-flow-astral.html

It is always great when Gary Ramon puts out another Sundial record and this one is harkening back to the early 90s sound with a lot of similarities to songs on Other Way out era Sundial but with...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/sundial-messages-from-mothership.html

KG has established himself as the premeir sitar player in Sweden (maybe Europe?) and he is back with another solo album. Last years excellent record was a collaboration with different Swedish, ...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/kg-westman-anandpriya-roots-rock.html

Criatura Azul (Blue Creature) is a project of Vasco Bicker (It was the Elf) and his friends. He has 5 other releases on bandcamp under this name. This CD is 11 tracks of sort of laid back jazz...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/criatura-azul-jota-pessoas-self.html

I have known Jaire for 20 years and saw some of his bands first live shows in Finland in the early 2000s.  It has been a few years since he has produced another album but this is a cool and rel...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/octopus-syng-smoke-green-mirror-private.html

All instrumental psych rock outfit Zone Six is back with a new line up and new studio record. Dave has been driving the band since the 90s and nice to see him back on bass in this mainly 3 pie...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/zone-six-full-mental-jacket-sulatron.html

I arrived at the Brussels airport about 1630. 30mins late. Dave (Hypnos69) picked me up and we chatted about studio stuff and modular synths, etc….    I have a nice place to sleep in the cont...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/08/down-hill-festival-rillar-belgium-aug.html

The Deviant Amps are one of the longest running psych bands in all of the UK starting in the early 80s. I have not followed them for that long but band leader, Paul, gave me this CD at Kozfest a...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-deviant-amps-castle-in-sky-damp35.html

Alice was one of the artist that really took a radical turn in his music and a lot of it was very cool and successful.  Like a lot of artists from the 70s, he had to either try to be more lik...

http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com/2023/08/alice-cooper-in-80s-by-chris-sutton.html