GUADALUPE PLATA

"Pedro de Dios Barcelo, Carlos Jimena and Paco Luis Martos are cranking out screaming, ramshackle blues influenced by swamps, serpents and satan. In that order. Not just blues, but the kind of peeled-out, whacked-out riffs, licks and choogles that can fuel popular uprisings. Adding to the sinister mystique are the band’s videos and press shots, which look like something out of a snuff film. The blues can be boring in the wrong hands.
These guys will make you sweat a little."

—The Days of Lore

 blues!

KAPITAN KORSAKOV

"The Belgian band has released an album of gritty noise rock of international allure. For next to the obvious Cobain references the band has created a very versatile sound. Opening track 'When We Were Hookers' has one of those soaring riffs Made Out Of Babies would kill for, while 'Cozy Bleeders' on the other hand dishes out a druggy psychedelic trip. The production is raw, but fits the music, and gives the record an obscure, non-commercial edge that adds to the credibility of these manic rockers. (...) The band does prove to have established a solid base from which to start a nice underground career though. I am certain this rips live. Earplugs mandatory."
—Lords of Metal

psychedelic

noise

stoner rock

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Well Hunger (2009)

RIDE

"The term shoegazer is synonymous with My Bloody Valentine, and even more specifically with the album Isn't Anything and their powerful follow-up Loveless. If one had to name the next thing that comes to mind when hearing the word shoegazer it would probably be Slowdive's Souvlaki. The albums Loveless and Souvlaki are usually considered the two-headed monster within the genre. There is, however, a third album, released a full year before Loveless and 3 years before Souvlaki, that arguably holds a claim to the first truly great shoegazer album. Imagine a less abrasive and more laid back Loveless, and you have Ride's Nowhere."

—Scott Herren, SputnikMusic

shoegaze

alternative rock

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Nowhere (1990)

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND

"Is Safe As Milk a classic? Absolutely! There wasn’t much else going on in 1967 that was as bent as this music, but that’s what makes it so significant.  It’s the origin of a man too stubborn for his own good and ignorant of the elements that make records into products.  It’s aural painting from a legend in the making and deserves a spot in any classic rock collector’s cabinet."

—Mark Polzin, ClassicRockMusicBlog

psychedelic

experimental

blues rock

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Safe as Milk (1967)

HET DROSTE EFFECT

"Het Droste Effect’s first EP is self recorded on 8-track cassette tape at Studio Casa Cassette Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It contains 4 instrumental tracks ranging from repetitive robotrock to calm ambient to psychedelic kraut and space rock, infused with field recordings and special guests on bass, moog, vibraphonette, saxophone and monotron."

—  Het Droste Effect Bandcamp

psychedelic

space

instrumental

fuzz rock

The Droste effect depicts a smaller picture version of itself in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear,
as seen on the cover.

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Het Droste Effect (2011)

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

"The Inner Mounting Flame's ascending and descending distortion-laden mantra-like riffs and unison playing set a standard for jazz-rock that is still in place today. It's Indian influences merged with blues scales and rock rawness set the music world on fire. The musical attack was relentless. (...) Melodies and rhythms like had never been heard before. The distortion and the loudness could be insulting, and the speed of the playing was mind-numbing. In short, this was the greatest jazz-fusion recording ever made."

— All About Jazz

jazz-rock fusion

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The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

LED ZEPPELIN

"Physical Graffiti is the true testament to the greatest rock group that there ever was. Unfortunate for the musicians they influenced who don't get it, Led Zeppelin was more than just the aggressive salvos of guitar, bass, drum and caterwauls of a singer with a blonde mane in tight jeans. Physical Graffiti shows that like no other, light and shade can be accomplished."

— PopMatters

rock & roll baby!

The Rover, LED ZEPPELIN

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