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All Them Witches....take my headache away

Got sick this weekend, and have been nursing myself back to health with the power of rock and roll. The sludgy, blues psychedelic jams of All Them Witches absolutely helps my aching head. They are surely not the only band around with this sound, and while some of their stuff recalls much larger groups, the band has got the sound down tight. Well worth your time.

Yosa Buson - Prajñāpāramitā Hridaya Sūtra

My label has just released the new digital EP from California's Yosa Buson. Check it out, and download it for free.

Creepy folk with Mountainhood's "Shine Shine"

It’s nearing Halloween, and as it is one of my favorite holidays, I have been busting out music that reminds me of the essential occasion. Mountainhood’s “Shine Shine” may not exactly be horror music by any stretch, but it is folk music for places tucked away and absent of light. Mountainhood has a recorded a slew of records in Northern California over the years, but this tape released by Spookytown Records remains one of my favorites. Everything about this release seems distant and ominous, right down to the excellent B&W Xeroxed cassette insert. If this is folk music to sing around a campfire, it would surely be played at that abandoned summer camp in Friday the 13th. The tape has long since sold out, but you can buy a digital copy of the recording at Mountainhood’s bandcamp page.

 

Psychedelic Garage Rock with the Hedgehogs

The Hedgehogs are a psychedelic act from Denmark that have a keen sense of song structure and the joy of the hook. Their newest record, Our Minds Dyed Yesterday, was submitted to me by the folks at Levitation Records, and will be released in October. They must have been following this blog and my twitter feed, and recognized that I loved bands like the Brian Jonestown Massacre and 13th Floor Elevators, as these guys fit well right next to them.

The record was a joy to receive. Not only is the group strong in putting together tight, little numbers that fit well within the psychedelic garage genera, but they also know how to let their likely-drinking fans space out to mellower out-there material.

Euros Childs - Summer Special

I have long loved Euros Childs' work ever since I first came across Gorky's Zygotic Mynci in 2000. At the time, I was into a number of 90s Britpop bands, and had someone recommend their Spanish Dance Troupe album. They were definitely more playful and psychedelic than the other Brit acts I was listening too, and that immediately grabbed my interest. I was thankful to see the band live, in their full splendor, when they toured behind their How I Long to Feel That Summer in my Heart release.

Last summer, I completed a few posts here related to the bands career, celebrating their influence. 

Since the group broke up, Euros Childs has been a very busy man, releasing nearly 10 solo releases, a collaboration with Meilyr Jones called Cousins, and the excellent team-up with Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub titled Jonny. Nearly all of his solo releases have been made available on Euros' National Elf Library label as free downloads.

His most recent work,Summer Special, is his best solo material to date. Within the first 5 minutes of the record, I felt like I was thrown into an unreleased Gorky's record. There were lush arrangements, well crafted vocal harmonies, and a real sense of joy and wonderment. Anyone who felt Euros' recent solo releases were a bit too "out-there" for their tastes will be thrilled to see him return to form here.

You can download the record for free here, and buy a CD from his website.