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  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator Click here  and run your own campaign on MusoSoup Picture Credit: Bill Nisenson Rare Seed - Blue Basin Release Date: April 18, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Duration: 36:55 Genre: Indie Rock / Krautrock / Surf Rock Origin: New Orleans , LA , USA Rare Seed is a one-person band that was recently formed by Lex Condes  in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bridging the hiatus of his other band, Condes  began recording his own songs solely. With "Blue Basin" the first longplayer by Rare Seed is now available. The ten-track album can be bought on Bandcamp , and if you are very lucky, you can get one of the twenty hand-painted CDs there, too. The first album by Rare Seed breathes the air of Condes ' home town New Orleans. T...

Picture Credit: Dead Man Tells Artwork: Vadim Zorin  & Stanislav Vasiliev   Dead Man Tells -  Среди мыслей Release Date: January 11, 2021 Length: 06:20 Genre: Experimental / Psychedelic Rock Origin: Saint Petersburg , Russia "Среди мыслей" (Russian: Among Thoughts) is the first single ever by Petrograd's quintet Dead Man Tells. Now, some connaisseuses and connaisseurs of the Russian Psych-, Kraut-, or Avantgarde-scene might stop and wonder "Hold the phone! Don't you mean Dead Man Tells No Tales ?". And you are kind of right. Dead Man Tells is the rebirth of Dead Man Tells No Tales. Only that the band has abandoned their instrumental past, and has risen anew like phoenix from the ashes. This is the zeroth birthday of Dead Man Tells. The single "Среди мыслей" is the first omen of a debut album coming soon. Среди мыслей by Dead Man Tells Dead Man Tells let us dive into the darkest depths of the human mind. Their psychedelic mix of Kraut and Jazz ...

Picture Credit: Tenderhooks Tenderhooks - Travelling Underground Release Date: March 26, 2021 Length: 03:30 Genre: Rock'n'Roll / Blues Rock Origin: Brighton , England Brighton's Tenderhooks invite us on a very special sonic journey. As the song's title already tells us, we are encountering the space beneath the surface of our planet. "Travelling Underground" does not only show us the physical spheres of the tunnel networks, but predominantly the lowest of human behaviour towards our environment. Exploitation of nature for the sake ressources and profit are depicted by the terrible state Mother Earth is in due to us. Hence, the song mirrors humanity's cruel treatment of the only inhabitable planet known to ourselves. Travelling Underground by Tenderhooks It is almost cynical how boppy, lightfooted and cheery the song is, music-wise. Tenderhooks provide us with a banging and massively rolling Blues Rock anthem. Stunning arrangements, similar to Kamala '...

Picture Credit: Automatism  Automatism - Immersion Release: October 09, 2020 Label: Tonzonen Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 47:00 Genre: Psychedelic Krautjazz / Post Rock Origin: Stockholm , Sweden Earlier this year, I reviewed the sophomore longplayer by Stockholm's finest quartet Automatism " Into the Sea ". Now Automatism have already released their third album "Immersion" and it seems like they are really happy releasing their music via the amazing Krefeld-based label Tonzonen Records . "Immersion" features six new tracks on which the band proves that are not tired a bit. Instead, they constantly develop their unique style and have thus created an impressive work of progressive music. The sharp-dressed trio from the North are Jonas Yrlid  (drums), Mikael Tuominen  (bass), Gustav Nygren  (guitar) and Hans Hjelm  (guitar). On "Immersion" they receive additive support by Jakob Sjöholm  who plays a scratchy guitar on the final ...

  Picture Credit: Instant Boner Instant Boner - Highplace Phenomenon Release: September 25, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 57:45 Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock Origin: Thessaloniki , Greece Thessaloniki's Instant Boner have been through some rush periods in the first years of their existence. The years 2013-18 were defined by many changes in the line up and even a short rest. When vocalist Marianthi Goula  joined the band in 2018, a new dawn appeared be on the rise. Now, it's later 2020 and Instant Boner have released their first full-length album "Highplace Phenomenon". The six-piece indulges our eardrums with 70s inspired Psychedelic Prog Rock. Smooth sound architecture is being built up with grat extravagance and plenty of sharp edges. The elegant structure of the music does indeed not contradict to Instant Boner adding heavy Stoner Rock attacks. Outstanding on the other hand, is Orentis Exintaris ' saxophone . The dominant wind in...

My first encounter with Stockholm-based band was at last year's Tonzonen Labelnight . The Swedish quartet were the last band playing at that event after Nazca Space Fox , Pavallion , and The Spacelords . By playing their easy-going, sophisticated and heavily jamming Psychedelic Kraut Jazz Automatism proved that they absolutely fit the Tonzonen label. Also, I felt like the band members' faces looked familiar to me. Apparently they did, as Automatism consists of musicians playing with Kungens Män , New Rose , and Fanatism . Automatism's fourth release "Into the Sea" was recorded at Svartsjölandet Studio and released via Tonzonen Records in autumn 2019. The modest but gorgeous cover artwork done by drummer Jonas Yrlid  contains a shiny record with four tracks and a playtime of around 40 minutes. The A-Side starts off smoothly with jazzy tunes on 'Propeller Propulsion' which easily merges into second track 'Journey to Satchidananda' - a 13-minute...