Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit

The masters of psychedelica gave birth to another jewel! It's a masterpiece! Dig!


Pick your fruits HERE.


Something to watch while loading the downs ("Year Zero" live).

Hooghwater - Echos

Hooghwater is one of Holland's most promising acts in the psychedelic 60's-70's vibe, although they're not on some whimpy nostalgic trip. After an okay E.P. they show more direction, taste and focus on their debut album Echos. Buy this one on vinyl, bitches!


Get a digital version HERE.


Check this video. It's cool.

Earl Greyhound - Soft Targets

This NYC trio is something else. They rock hard with their credo 'Rock Your Faces, Mix The Races' and a style that lies somewhere between early Zep, a summer's day in New Orleans and the onstage live pic in Santana's Abraxas LP. Sahweet!


Get these Soft Targets HERE.


A cool clip for 'S.O.S.'

Maaswater Veenlijk - Narcotica From Golgotha

One of the fattest releases of 2009 is MWVL's Narcotica From Golgotha. This Dutch rockband is not easy to describe, but let's say this one is not for the faint hearted. These kick-ass riffs, thunderous drums and Robbie Hooker's vicious, strong voice will not dissapoint you. Cyco's only!


Get your narcs HERE.


Here's a studio report of Maaswater Veenlijk @ Studio Barbarossa.

Them Crooked Vultures - s/t

Hailed as the new Super Group, Them Crooked Vultures has to live up to high expectations. Luckily, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl rock hard on this one. Just take a listen and see for yourself.


Get the Vultures HERE.


Watch this and get the feeling of this album.

Dewolff - Strange Fruits And Undiscovered Plants

Finally, here's Dewolff's debut album. These three youngsters (all in their teens!) present a nice psychedelic, rocking, totally '60s vibe. Think early Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Flow. The dwnld includes the first Dewolff EP as well.


Get them both HERE.


Here's Dewolff live @ DWDD October 2009.

Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist

Portugal. The Man grabbed me with their eccentric rock on Church Mouth. On this album they sound a bit more relaxed and balanced. Tracks like People Say, The Woods, Everyone Is Golden, Do You, Mornings... Wow.


Grab The Satanic Satanist over HERE.
And an extra: HERE's an acoustic version of 10 songs off The Satanic Satanist, renamed to The Majestic Majesty.


Check out this atmospheric preview of Everyone Is Golden.

The Atomic Bitchwax - Tab IV

The Atomic Bitchwax is a cool, heavy boogie trio from New Jersey. These guys mix ZZ Top, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath in their very own way. Give this one more than one spin, it's a grower.


Download IV HERE.


Check out this insane instrumental.

Candybar Planet - 32 Bitch

Candybar Planet was - if I recall correctly - a nineties stoner band from Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Saw them live a couple of times back then (a.o. Dynamo Open Air) and they definitely had a Kyuss vibe. On 32 Bitch there's a lot of cool & fuzzy riffin'.


Get your Candybar HERE.


Here's a Candybar Planet track called Dirttrack.

Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West

Clutch newest album is a Killer once again. It proves to integrate more blues licks, lame grooves and balls-to-the-wall drums. Saw Clutch on their current tour and they played some of these live. Smokin'!


Get your Strange Cousins HERE.


Here's 50,000 Unstoppable Watts live.

Rich Robinson - Paper

Paper's a nice solo effort by Black Crow Rich Robinson. A lot of thick tone, slow beats (me likey) and cunning songs. His vocals aren't as strong as his riffs, but Rich certainly presents Paper with joy-le-vive. ;)

Download Paper over HERE.

Here's an acoustic song called Answers for you.

Doyle Bramhall II - DBII

Doyle had been playing quite some years (a.o. in The Fabulous Thunderbirds) before recording this album. He shows he can do more than playing the most beautiful blueslicks on this solo debut. Together with Wendy & Lisa he travels thru soul, funk, rock and more.


Get this one HERE.


Here's a trippy instrumental called 'Time'.

Dzjenghis Khan - s/t

More acid blues rock from San Francisco, this time from a band that still exists. Dzjenghis Khan jams loud and proud on this one, recorded at Guy Tavares' (Orange Sunshine) studio. Smokin'.


Meet Dzjenghis Khan HERE.


Here's a loud jam for ya.

Shiver - San Francisco's Shiver

Those who dig rough, psychedelic rock from the late '60s and the early '70s really should pick up this one. Shiver was a power trio that played Hell's Angels' parties and Hippie street fairs as well. A musical representation of Acid. No overdubs.


Get your Shiver HERE: part 1 / part 2.


Get an impression of Shiver over here.

Moloch - s/t

Moloch's self titled 1970 album features bluesy acid rock with a funky feel. Not a well-known band (and not every song is spot-on), but these guys know how to deliver.


Get your Moloch over HERE.


Here's the funky, fuzzy opening track Helping Hand.

Karma To Burn - Almost Heathen

Check out the instrumental riff-rock by this diabolic trio. Karma To Burn's best album shows an ability to groove hard, but with dynamics and atmosphere. These boys will be making their onstage comeback this summer.


Download Almost Heathen HERE.
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Let the power of the riff compell you.

Sleep - Dopesmoker

Dopesmoker, the legend... Their label wouldn't release this record, which is a 63-minute (!), psychedelic, drone-doom track. It was released thru Tee Pee Records in 2003, 5 years after the band broke up. What a trip Dopesmoker is.


Get your Dopesmoker HERE.


Here's an edited version of Dopesmoker. Light it up.

The Devil's Blood - Come, Reap

Come, Reap is The Devil's Blood's answer to -say- Roky Erickson, Coven and Black Sabbath. Occult rock in an old school way. No grunts or heavily distorted guitars. Just excellent songwriting. Grows every time you spin it.


Download this 5-track record HERE.


Listen to River of Gold to get an idea of this band.

Earthless - Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky

Earthless is a psychedelic, mostly instrumental rocktrio that willingly loses itself in 20-minute-plus jams. If you're not totally consumed by the world of Zap, take some time and share the ride with Earthless on this cosmic trip.


Download these three (!) songs HERE.
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Earthless played the Roadburn last year (live album from that show available as well!). Here's a fragment of Godspeed.

Captain Beefheart - The Legendary A&M Sessions

These recordings were made before the avant-garde escapades of Beefheart. It's more of a straight forward bluesrock thing, which I like better. In my opinion these sessions surely deserve the title 'legendary'.


Get this E.P. HERE.


Hear the power of Bo's Diddy Wah Diddy by Beefheart, as included on The Legendary A&M Sessions.