Greg Weeks, former New Yorker, current rural PA dweller, and regular denizen of recording studios everywhere (well, more so ones in PA, and, erm…specifically Miner Street in Philadelphia and his own Hexham Head) is happy as a clam to be back on The Big Takeover payroll. Greg started his musical career at age sixteen when, in a spurt of teenage rebellion, he took his hard earned cash and bought a cheap acoustic guitar from The Big B Buzzo. Little did that hefty and hirsute individual know that Greg would go on to record and release multiple solo records, co-found the psychedelic (or acid folk) band Espers, release an alternate soundtrack to Czech New Wave classic Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, participate in the all-star experimental psych-rock band Grass, co-create the goth-tinged heavy rock band Magus, and co-run his own record label, Language of Stone. Whew! What a busy guy!
Twelve-inch, forty-five rpm extended play records aren’t dead! And Hunter Watts should know, cuz he has produced one doozy of an example of one.
This LP reissue of Lewis’ classic album from 2000 sounds every bit as good (and as modern/relevant) as one would hope!
Veteran purveyor of melancholia and introspection releases saddest record of all time.
A vintage British masterclass in hard rock and pop finally finds its first release, thanks to Just Add Water.
UK based instrument maker debuts a harrowing work of magic and majesty.
Plastic Crimewave, visual artist/musician Sara Gossett, and producer Bobby Conn team up for a second offering of kosmische bliss.
Anthology releases a 50th anniversary edition of underground phenom Robert Lester Folsom’s Music and Dreams with bonus LP of demos.
Milo Jones is an NYC-based American singer-songwriter whose off-kilter style will endear and engage fans of folk, the 70s, and (lyric-wise) Zappa heads everywhere.