Aquarian Blood
Bending The Golden Hour (Goner Records). Review by James Mann.
Tag: Syd Barrett
Robyn Hitchcock
The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities (Tiny Ghost). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Temples
Supporting their just-released sophomore record, UK synth-pop poster boys, Temples, attracted an SRO crowd to one of Orlando’s premier nightspots.
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Legendary Pink Dots
Seconds Late for the Brighton Line (ROIR). Review by Robert Sutton.
Ty Segall
Melted (Goner ). Review by Michael Crown.
MGMT
Congratulations (Sony/Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Echoes
Glenn Povey brings more facts about Pink Floyd than Carl F Gauze thinks you can shake a brick at.
The Dukes of Stratosphear
25 O’clock/ Psonic Psunspot (Ape UK). Review by James Mann.
Obscured by Clouds
William Weikart , the mastermind behind the band Obscured by Clouds , is one literate and surprising person. Tim Wardyn unveils Weikart’s impressive cast of influences (including Chris Cornell and Baroque music), how ex-girlfriends contributed to one of the best songs on their album Psycheclectic, and how his bandmate Thee Slayer Hippy got his name.
Legendary Pink Dots
Matthew Moyer swoons over the voices inside the heads of The Legendary Pink Dots.
Pink Floyd: The Black Strat
The guitar is the iconic symbol of rock music’s sex, rebellion, and power. Pink Floyd: The Black Strat is a new book about one of Dave Gilmour’s primary instruments – his black Stratocaster. S D Green explores whether the book conjures any of the instrument’s magic by uncovering its underpinnings.
David Gilmour
Live in Gdansk (EMI). Review by Carl F Gauze.
MGMT
Oracular Spectacular (Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Vollmar
Okay (Bluesanct). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Top Dead People of 2006
Carl F Gauze tallies 19 deaths in 2006 that somehow affect all of us, even though we may have missed their obituary.
Kimya Dawson
Remember That I Love You (K). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Kimberley Rew
Essex Hideaway (Bongo Beat). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Legendary Pink Dots
Whispering Wall (ROIR). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Microphones
Live In Japan, February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003 (K Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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