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Ugly Things # 50 – Fifty Reasons to be Cheerful

June 9, 2019 Peter Jönsson 0

This landmark release # 50 of Ugly Things is certainly a very good reason to celebrate its editor Mike Stax and at the same time congratulate all readers of this exquisite music magazine. Mike Stax […]

Articles (English)

Mike Stax – Swim Through The Darkness

February 25, 2018 Peter Jönsson 2

Mike Stax’s multifaceted biography not only brings a story about the almost-a-star-musician Craig Smith, interesting as it is on its own merits, but it also tells about the fickleness of the music industry, how personal […]

Albums

1 2 6 – Graveyard Paradise

September 23, 2008 Garwood Pickjon 0

– The Complete 1 2 6 & Taboo Recordings, 1966-68 – Combining “verbal paintings” of Dylan-ish surrealism with the Northerners’ “extreme sense of humor”, unlike most of their continental contemporaries, these Norwegian beatsters opted not […]

Albums

The Light – Turn On… The Light

November 1, 2007 Garwood Pickjon 0

Continuing his ongoing saga about most everyone from the Riverside area who dared to grow his hair, pick up a guitar or seat behind the drum kit at one moment or another during mid-to-end sixties, […]

Albums

Loons – Paraphernalia

February 10, 2005 Garwood Pickjon 0

The content of this album is actually a perfect match of the band’s front man Mike Stax’s whereabouts, being an Englishman on the American west coast. After an almost exclusively mid-’60s r’n’b/garage approach with The […]

Albums

The Misunderstood – The Lost Acetates 1965-1966

July 5, 2004 Garwood Pickjon 0

However sure you might’ve been that Before The Dream Faded on Cherry Red was the essence of The Misunderstood’s recorded output, this one is just as essential, up to the point that, from now on, […]

De é bra LARM

  • Larm – Nummer 1

    July 21, 2018 1
    Året måste ha varit 1975. Svensk rockjournalistik har ännu inget riktigt fokus. Istället dominerar lika färgglada som fördummande idolmagasin. Och dagstidningarnas rock-recensenter är marginaliserade. Rena rama öknen med andra ord. Ett initiativrikt gäng under musikskribenten [...]
  • Att skapa LARM – ett rockfanzine som frälste Sverige
    May 8, 2018 2
  • The Sonics
    March 21, 2017 0
  • Kinks – i mitt huvud Del 2
    June 16, 2018 2
  • Peter Thulin – LARM i mitt hjärta
    Peter Thulin – LARM i mitt hjärta
    November 29, 2019 0

Singles Going Steady

  • The Monocaines – Highest Prize
    August 19, 2005 0
  • The Waistcoats – Stop Your Talking All The Time
    February 17, 2009 0
  • Mark & The Spies – Everything I Need
    July 30, 2007 0
  • The Wicked Whispers – Voodoo Moon
    August 13, 2013 0
  • The Maharajas – Wait & Wonder EP
    October 27, 2002 0

Interviews

Jim Basnight

Jim Basnight interview (Part 1) – Connecting the dots by track-by-track examination of Jokers, Idols & Misfits

Richard Snow – I’m On My Way

Nomads

The Nomads – 7-inch story 1981–2021

Interview with Jim Diamond – Producer par préférence

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