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Pete Thelen’s review of Earthling Society’s “Sci-Fi Hi-Fi” from the Spring 2010 issue of Expose magazine. He concludes “this is an excellent disc that every fan of contemporary spacerock should be hearing”. Earthling Society have gigs coming up at the Blue Room in Blackpool on August 26th, and at the ‘Deep In The Woods’ festival at Fell Foot on September 25th.
Peter Thelen's review of "Sci-Fi Hi-Fi"
Off the back of their inspired performance at the KPFA studio, here is host Derk Richardson’s review of “Naked, Stoned & Stabbed” from Absolute Sound magazine.
Derk Richardson's review of "Naked, Stoned & Stabbed"
Mushroom’s double-header at the Make Out Room and Starry Plough this Friday and Saturday is the SF Chronicle’s essential live music pick this week. (Full story here). They’re also live on KPFA tonight at 10pm PST, and Ned Doherty is interviewed on KUSF tomorrow at 5pm PST.
Mushroom have two shows coming up in the Bay Area later this month – the Make Out Room in San Francisco on 23rd July, and the Starry Plough in Berkeley on 24th July. Here are the posters for each show…
Here & Now have a series of gigs lined up over the next two months, culminating in a special appearance at Hawkfest on the Isle Of Wight over the weekend of the 27th to 29th August. Before that they are playing at Bomfest near Barnsley on 17th July, Champions in Bournemouth on 20th August, and The Peel in Kingston on 21st August. Not quite a free tour, but take the best of Here & Now from the last three decades, and you’ll want to hand over all your spare cash anyway…
Mushroom have two shows coming up in celebration of the release of “Naked, Stoned & Stabbed” – which has been in KUSF’s top five albums by local bands for weeks… The first show is Friday July 23rd at the Make Out Room in San Francisco (with McCabe & Mrs. Miller featuring long time Mushroom collaborator Alison Levy). The second show is Saturday July 24th at the Starry Plough in Berekeley (with Greg Ashley and East Bay Grease). If you’re not in the Bay Area and can’t travel down then KPFA will be broadcasting a live Mushroom performance, Thursday 22nd July, on Derk Richardson’s “Hear And Now” show at 10pm.
Signal To Noise magazine says Mushroom’s Naked, Stoned & Stabbed “is a psychedelic hodgepodge of rock, folk, fusion, and Indian influences”.
Augustus Pablo meets Earthling Society with dread Fred at the controls. Substance D(ub) 3000 is a new Earthling Society tune that’s just a bit different… Substance D(ub) 3000 by Earthling Society
Jo Kendall's review of "Naked, Stoned & Stabbed"
“Naked, Stoned & Stabbed” is at #2 on KUSF’s local chart and #11 overall… I just hope all this success doesn’t go to their head! There’s also been some more great reviews in the last week; All About Jazz saying it “feels like a milestone for modern progressive guitar bands”.