Articles by Garwood Pickjon

As from their second long playing release (Our New Day on Voxx), as well as through a bunch of single/EP releases since then, The Embrooks are sticking to their newfound path of post-mod-freakbeat-psych buzz. As […]

About a year ago when I first listened to the demo versions of (most) of these tunes, I must say that I was a bit disappointed, having in mind the band’s previous releases under the […]

The lords of the moderndaze dutchbeat are back! Though it’s an album that manages to fit only the small 10” vinyl format, it will certainly be a hard one to “beat”, even by their own […]

Every once in a while, a Spanish band appears that is so good that the only thing I can wish to them is not be Spanish but English or at least American, which seems to […]

Regarding The Waxwings, I must admit that I have a blank page syndrome happening here, since I just loved their debut Low To The Ground, then I never had the chance to hear the follow […]

On the moderndaze scene there are really only a few band names as suggestive as this one. Even before hearing their last year’s Rainbow Quartz debut (which was actually an expanded version of the previously […]

Can you imagine a more suitable label name for a contemporary mod revival comp? … me neither … and also making the concept even more authentic is the man behind it, which is Paul Hooper […]

After the sunshiny, harmony drenched popsike sound on his 2002 album, the one-man-band pop wiz Rick Gallego, offers an alternate overview of his career. Spanning as far as almost ten years ago, capturing some of […]