psych Archive
01 Mar 2023
30 Days Out, March 2023 #1: Stews, Beths, Martin Sexton, Bask
There’s lots going on musically in and around Asheville in the next 30 days. Here are some highlights. Artist: The Stews Venue: Salvage Station Date: Friday, March 3, 8 p.m. […]
18 Feb 2023
Short-format Roundup
Nearly all of my reviews focus on albums. Only when the material truly merits an exception do I cover EPs or singles. Here are quick looks at three new releases […]
01 Feb 2023
30 Days Out, February 2023 #1: Mike Dillon, G. Love, Ron Sexsmith, Dandy Warhols
Critical success doesn’t pay the bills; commercial success can.Each of the artists featured below – all of whom are visiting Asheville in the next 30 days – has earned the […]
30 Jan 2023
Album Review: Anton Barbeau – Stranger
Upon encountering the title of Anton Barbeau’s latest album, it’s fair to wonder: Is Stranger used here as a noun or an adjective? If it’s the former, the title could […]
04 Jan 2023
Album Review: Steve Hillage – The Glastonbury Experience: Live 1979
Steve Hillage is a beloved musician, and with good reason. His work with Khan, Arzachel, Uriel, Gong and System 7 has all been innovative, compelling and tuneful, with just the […]
02 Jan 2023
Steve Hillage: Ten Albums That Changed My Life (Part One)
The following is a significantly more in-depth version of a short piece I edited for Goldmine Magazine . — bk Steve Hillage is one of those special musicians whose influence […]
13 Dec 2022
Album Review: The Comet is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Despite what some stuck-in-the-past nostalgic types might assert, there’s plenty of good (and sometimes even great) music being made today. The best artists still find ways to offer up something […]
21 Oct 2022
Taping the Grateful Dead (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Complete as Can Be It’s not as if Rodriguez is any kind of a newcomer to the Grateful Dead and their work. “I’ve been researching the […]
20 Oct 2022
Taping the Grateful Dead (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Tale of the Tapes Rodriguez made sure to maintain an open mind while researching for the book, but he admits that he began with at least […]
19 Oct 2022
Taping the Grateful Dead (Part 1 of 3)
After All is Said and Done: Mark Rodriguez and Taping the Grateful Dead Deadheads didn’t invent audience recording of concerts. As Clinton Heylin chronicles in his exhaustive 1994 book, Bootleg: […]