ORKESTR – I (CD-LP, Sound Effect)
Review Quote: “Orkestr’s ‘I’ is chock full of outstanding progressive music which I enjoyed immensely.” (Translated quote from a review by Carry Munter for Carry’s New Underground Music)

PAUL ROLAND – Morbid Beauty (CD-LP, Blue Matter)
“…‘Graveyard Train’ and ‘Mephisto's Blues’ veer into country blues and folk punk, the gothic ‘Lilith’ reinterprets biblical themes (we imagine Neil Gaiman Was a Roland fan in his youth), ‘Dreaming Of The Lizard King’ intertwines Sunset Strip mythologies and Floydian organ embroideries.” (Translated quote from a review by Alessandro Besselva Averame for Rumore, prinited zine Italy)

THE MERIDIAN BROTHERS’ excellent LP ‘Mi Latinoamérica Sufre‘ was released by Bongo Joe to much acclaim last summer. In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s an informative interview with the group by Afropop Worldwide, published last July.
And in August Sounds And Colours published this interesting interview with the group’s mastermind Eblis Álvarez, conducted by Marco Pisciotti.

BULL RUN was an early ‘70s heavy rock/proto metal outfit from Youngstown, Ohio. Back in the day they recorded a stunning album that didn’t see the light of day until earlier this year, when Peppermint Records finally took care of a wonderful release on vinyl. (Three different colours available!). The band was led by drummer and singer Jim Connor, who passed away in 2019. His daughter Kim used to listen to her father and his mates rehearsing. She talked about those memories and more to local paper The Vindicator.

STONED ROSE is finally breaking free from the depths of underground history, with their long-lost recordings resurrected by Guerssen. Their member Peter Hughes shared an in-depth story in a very recent interview for It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine.

‘France Noise 90,’ an eagerly anticipated compilation curated by Yves-Marie Mahé and set for release by Jelodanti Records on October 22nd, provides an insightful exploration of the often underappreciated French noise scene of the 1990s. The story behind the upcoming compilation can be found here.

SATAN'S SATYRS' latest album After Dark was recently released by legendary New York label, Tee Pee Records. Satan’s Satyrs have always been the oddballs—too riffy for punk bills, too fast for doom, and way too glam for the metalheads. Read insightful interview with Clayton Burgess at It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine.

The Swedish collective GOAT is back with their latest self-titled album, a captivating sonic journey that highlights their distinctive fusion of psychedelic rock, tribal rhythms, and an eclectic mix of influences. You can read about their latest album in an interview with Prince Pepe here.

From Uppsala emerged GANDALF, a progressive powerhouse born in the mid-70s in Sweden. Their self-titled album, ‘Gandalf,’ originally released in 1977, is now receiving a long-awaited reissue from PQR-Disques plusqueréel. In a recent interview for It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine, one of the members of the band shared their story.

WHOOPIE CAT – Cat Weight In Gold (LP, Kozmik Artifactz)
Review Quote: “...it meets the listener at the intersection of classic, ’70s-style heavy blues rock and prog.” (Quote from a review by JJ Koczan for The Obelisk)

SMOTE – A Grand Stream (2LP, Rocket Recordings)
Review Quote: “Smote aren’t strangers at this point to the expanse or to longform expression, but there still seems to be a sense of plunging into the unknown throughout A Grand Stream.” (Quote from a review by JJ Koczan for The Obelisk)

CYRIL CYRIL – Le Futur Ca Marche Pas (LP, Born Bad/Bongo Joe)
Review Quote: “Le Futur Ça Marche Pas is for agitators, a genre-be-damned assemblage of poetry and vivid effects that just happens to be in the form of well-produced electronic rock in a broad sense.” (Quote from a review by Adriane Pontecorvo for PopMatters)

OGIVES BIG BAND – Boisterous Love (LP, Stolen Body Records)
Review Quote: “Ogives Big Band sit in the centre of a Venn diagram that has Rush on one side and Motörhead on the other.” (Quote from a review by Paul F Cook for Joyzine)

DREAM PHASES – Phantom Idol (LP, Coconut Spaceship)
Review Quote: “At times, the album sounds very Brit rather than Californian. Phantom Idol is beautifully written, arranged and performed. Very gentle, particularly vocally, but backed up by instrumentals of the upmost quality and melody.” (Quote from a review by I Don't Hear A Single)

MOONSEEDS – Moonseeds (CD-LP, Sulatron Records)
Review Quote: “They capture a special moment in the studio and build around that central, maybe-improv foundation and hold a character that is their own.” (Quote from a review by JJ Koczan for The Obelisk)