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Hail Voyagers! Our Pick of the Week comes from the Volga Delta city of Astrakhan. Seems right: their distance is equal to their outward -and inward, exploration, on their new release, Subkraut: U-Boat Willkommen Hier, out on R.A.I.G. Records, (Russian Assoc. of Independent Genres.)

Great friend Mr. Atavist has an insightful review up on his site, here. Highest recommend. (Also there's an embedded track from the album that's 11+ minutes of wonder.) You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Friday from 3 to 6am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.

-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! New week, yet another Pick...

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, land of the birch stands and all which accompanies it, are Kingdom of the Holy Sun! Their self-titled album, released on New Year's Eve and the dawn of 2012, is a 14-track trip through the woody & wooly areas of your mind. Highly recommended! Get it here, free...... You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Friday from 3 to 6am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.

-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! New week, new Pick: on this Pick I'll let the other blog savants debate the merits of this week's album. As for me, I rather enjoyed it. A lot.

San Francisco's Sleepy Sun, and their new release -Spine Hits, seems to be garnering reviews split down the midsection as regards its merits. (I couldn't help, as I read quite a few, wondering just how far in to the whole review was the author going to bring up the absence of Rachel Fannan. It's a fair enough point, to be sure, but seemingly colors the reviewers lens according to how strongly they gravitated to her contributions on prior albums. And so it goes. As did she....) For my ears Spine Hits satisfies from wire-to-wire. Lead singer Brett Constantino's voice fills the atmospherics perfectly while the band are more than up to the task of providing the "just-right" without stepping over the line into the "too-much." Seems to me it's pure focus. A tightening. (The band themselves provide a track-by-track explanation here.) You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Friday from 3 to 6am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.

Live Psych'

Hail Voyagers! A few tips on shows which may be flying under the radar: Our friends from O-HIGH-O, Floorian, have announced the following: 1. Floorian will be touring the west coast in May. Here are the confirmed dates: Saturday, May 5 - San Diego - Til Two Club Tuesday, May 8 - San Francisco - The Knockout Thursday, May 10 - Sacramento - Old Ironsides Saturday, May 12 - Seattle - The Rat and Raven We're hoping to add a few more dates... stay tuned. 2. Our 3rd album, "Cosmosaic", will be released in late May. An official release date will be announced next month. Also, for those of you in the Eurozone of Psychedelia, The Chemistry Set are playing RAZZMATAZZ, two weeks from today, May 18th! More info' here!

Finally, The Soft Bombs, (ex-Dora Flood,) are up the West Coast touring in support of their new album, Embrace The Light! Go here for further info'. They're at the Comet Tavern in Seattle tonight!

Pstuff N' Psuch

Hail Voyagers! Whilst version Five of the PsychFest in Austin winds down I thought I'd help you keep the brain fires burning with a few tips on the good stuff which has come across my desk in the recent continuum, to wit: 1 - One of our fav' mix/remix masters, Al Lover, has done it again: Burnt Ones "Meet the Golden One" Al Lover Heavy Sleaze Remix - HERE SF producer, Al Lover's newest release is an official remix for one of his favorite Local garage bands, Burnt Ones. Burnt Ones original track "Meet the Golden One" is a rockin' ode to sleazy 70's glam smothered in Phil Spector worship. With the remix Al has taken both those things and thrown them in a styrofoam cup with a heavy dose of lean. The track is a mellow mind melt with heavy "post crunk" drums, reverb drenched tremolo, and fuzzed out bass tones. Put this futuristic 8 track in the deck and let the paint drip. Help support Burnt Ones and spread the word about the 7" here on Burger Records if you haven't already. 2 - It's been some time since we last heard from Mattias Gustavsson, and his project apart from his work in Dungen. Four years to be precise, if you're into that. He sent this out: Hey Hey Hello Hello! Last year I almost died and as revenge we have made a new mini album with Life on Earth! Check it out!

The "mini album", a/k/a an EP, is entitled The Perfect Spot, and he wants you to have it, here! 3 - Our brother-in-psychedelia, blood meridian, has sent the following message to all who've ears and a firing brain: calling all heathens to the party..the last mix for a long while..please share the link and a smile with at least one other psychonaut..thank you for listening..peace &love..blood meridian you can download the mp3 or just listen on hipcast.. 4 - Our pal DJ Stod', has gifted us with not one but two (!) new mixes for the Spring seasonal celebrations: a) Psychedelic Cemetery and b) Canteloupe Continental 5 - Todd Parker, ex-Tadpoles and present day & The Witches, sends the following: In early 1989, Tadpoles (then a duo of Mike Audino and me) produced a cassette-only album on our 4-track called Beautiful Music For Ugly Children and gave it out to a few friends before promptly moving on to the next batch of songs. That’s just how things we done in the days before MP3, the web and file sharing. In the 90′s, two of those songs, Judas, This is Jesus and Old Dirty Mushrooms appeared in freshly recorded form as bonus tracks on Tadpoles Far Out album and the Know Your Ghosts EP. And that was the last Beautiful Music we ever played for Ugly Children. Until now… Slated for release on June 1st Evil Bliss can be downloaded FREE for a limited time. Grab it! 6 - Richard Morton Jack, editor of the massive(!) Galactic Ramble book, has a new project well worth looking into: Flashback Magazine! Unsure as yet how or where to secure a copy but pay attention to his Galactic Ramble blog and I'm sure there'll be updates, etc.... That should keep you busy for a few days. Keep the tips coming!!! -valis

-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! New week, new Pick! From London, U.K., it's Black Market Karma. Black Market Karma are Stan Belton, Mike Sutton, Sam Thompson Garido, Mat Salerno, Louisa Pili & Tom Parker. Their new album, Comatose, was released back in January on their Flower Power Records label. (And is still available there as a free download! Do yourself a favor.)

Running through eleven tracks, Black Market Karma never let off the pedal(s). Ever. Overall, this is the album many have felt the crew had in their grasp and they certainly don't disappoint here on their debut long player. Consider it promise kept. Black Market Karma: SALUTE!

You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Friday from 3 to 6am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.

-valis Pick of the Week

Hail Voyagers! We're celebrating the eighth release proper by Denmark's Lorenzo Woodrose & Co., a/k/a Baby Woodrose! Titled Third Eye Surgery and released on Bad Afro, the album shows the band at the height of their powers.

It's a non-stop celebration of lean, mean garage-psych' steam. Find your dealer here and start enjoying your own Baby Woodrose! You can listen to the archived stream here; or, hear it this Friday, on The Dead Man's Turn Me On, Dead Man show on Live365, where it's heard every Friday at noon eastern time, as well as Mr. Atavist's Sunrise Ocean Bender show, heard every Friday from 3 to 6am eastern, on WRIR in Richmond, VA.