Nardwuar never disappoints, and he brought these guys up when he interviewed Roky Erickson in Austin so I had to check them out. They never released a record, but in 1987 issued this retrospective of material recorded at their club, The Vulcan Gas Company, in ’67 & ’68. Here’s a preview; strong Elevators spooky-psych vibe goin on…

She lives @256k.

Cali crossover record from ’88 by a bunch of bleeding heart cornballs that somehow knew how to shred. Nice album art huh?

Get low @192k.

When was the last time you heard something this badass?

Just another really beautiful UK folk/psych record with chicks singing about wizards and lighthouses and shit. Two of the songs on this album were in ‘A Clockwork Orange;’ see if you can figure out which ones without cheating.

Enjoy @ 192k

Goofball death metal/weird shit record from 1997 with Neil Hamburger on vocals. Blast beats, harpsichords, gross sounds… very enjoyable album.

Have at it…v0.

This dude turned me on to Cologne-based Can lovers Workshop last summer and I just found their 2004 album Yog Sothoth the other day. Alex thought I was pulling his leg when I told him people call this krautrock, I guess since he’s German. Killer record though, give it a listen. I wonder if track 16 is about this guy:

Get it @ v0.

P.S. welcome back to the zone