Sam Andrew, guitarist and founding member of Big Brother and The Holding Company, passed away on February 12th, at the age of 73. His death stemmed from complications related to a heart attack ten weeks earlier that left him in critical condition. » Read more (Posted by Peter Thelen 2015-02-17)
Something that doesn't happen very often is in the works for the spring on 2015: Christian Vander and Magma will be touring North America, even including some West Coast shows. European performances are going on as of the time of writing. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2015-01-27)
Artemios "Demis" Ventouris Roussos, who first came to attention as a member of the Greek rock band Aphrodite's Child, has died at the age of 68. After leaving the band, he went on to international success as a solo artist. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2015-01-26)
The sad news has reached us that Edgar Froese has died in Vienna. The 70 year old musician was a pioneer in electronic and space rock music, and a founding member of Tangerine Dream. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2015-01-23)
Chicago's The Luck of Eden Hall are providing the soundtrack for a new locally produced PBS children's TV show that premiered January 18, 2015. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2015-01-19)
When Autumn Electric shared the bill for Moraine's Groundswell release party, they surprised everyone by playing a long set of new music from a new project, a concept album called Star Being Earth Child. Now they're looking to record the whole thing and go on tour. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2015-01-03)
Fruits de Mer announces the Psychedelic Music Festival of 2015, or at least the FdM Festival of 2015, with dates set for August in Wales. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-12-06)
The sad news reaches us that Incredible String Band co-founder Clive Palmer passed away at age 71 on November 23, 2014. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-12-04)
Ian McLagan, keyboardist for the Faces / Small Faces passed away at age 69 in Austin, TX on Dec 3, 2014 from a stroke. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-12-04)
Ten to the Power of Nine (109) is a new Legendary Pink Dots album being released worldwide on November 28, 2014. It is a dark concept album of conspiracies and secrets. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-11-27)