“A singer/songwriter in the subversive Greenwich Village folk scene of the late ’60s and ’70s, with several songs lent to the Holy Modal Rounders, Michael Hurley maintained an infrequent solo career into…

Weird. Who knew Talk Talk had a live album? Not I, at least until yesterday. I was even more surprised to learn that it’s long out-of-print! “To many, Talk Talk are not…

This one is an absolute monster of a record. Copies of this private press record have sold for as much as $2,300 at auction, and are exceedingly rare. I’ve heard rumors of…

From Aquarius Records: “Extradition were an obscure early seventies Australian psych-folk group very much influenced by the British Folk revival, in particular, Fairport Convention and Pentangle. Fronted by singer Shayna Karlin, whose…

You read about the new Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound album, When Sweet Sleep Returned, last week, now here’s the first studio recording, the self-released, self-titled, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound LP.…

I consider this to be something of an exclusive. I don’t know if you could call this record a “holy grail,” but it is certainly getting a lot of exposure amongst a…

Iowa City’s The Tape-Beatles (sometimes also known as Public Works) formed in 1986. They are a multi-media group who use analog tape, film (and, more recently, digital technology) to create beautiful sound…

Since first mentioning I own the Grouper LP Cover The Windows And The Walls, my inbox has been pounded harder than a pornstar’s asshole. At least a dozen people have contacted me…

I found this one in a guy’s closet and paid a couple dollars for it. It smells a lot like ladies’ cigarettes. 1974 album on Axe Records by Canadian songwriter and member…

This is an album I discovered a few year ago after hearing one of the tunes late at night on the radio. Thank God for the small fraction of freeform stations still…