Articles by Garwood Pickjon

After hearing his first four mid’90s albums, peaking with ‘98s FABulous Wood & Wire, I must admit that I suffered a long-lasting gap when it comes to the music of Chris Von Sneidern. Even this […]

The presence of one half of The Lucky Bishops might be enough a reason to get you interested, but after listening to their “brainy” pop sophistication, it’s the songwriting talent of Marco Rossi, that will […]

After the story about “the birth of Merseybeat to Psychedelia 1957 – 1968”, (on Volume 1), this one is labeled to focus on “the golden age 1961-1966”, which isn’t much different from the first one […]

Though all three of their self released EPs are graced with witty, Peggy Moffat-style mod artwork, it’s only with this third one that the “camera” captures THE sound AND the vision. Not that their Wire/XTC […]

Supposedly intended as a solo project by the band’s singer Paul Kopf, to be produced by Cyril Jordan, I guess it was not that easy having such a guy around and not letting him be […]

Though mostly remembered for the quirky Britsike pop of Tomorrow and the wirtzual pocket symphonies that should’ve graced the Teenage Opera concept, Mark Wirtz had an extra moment or two of brilliance in the ‘70s […]

Sticking to the usual sixteez time frame while looking for inspiration, Ex-Reveler, Andrej Cuturic, replaces the mod styling of his former band, with the slightly moodier popsike sound on his debut solo release. Of course, […]

No surprises with Andrew Sandoval anymore … If you’re up for a dose of what someone called “brainy” or “smart” sounding pop, invented a long time ago by the likes of The Zombies, The Left […]