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Monday 29 January 2018

On This Weeks Atom Heart Mutha for Hard Rock Hell Radio... (2.2.18)

This week's show for Hard Rock Hell Radio Goes out at 13.00 on Friday February 2nd, Tune in for 2 hours of the very best HeavyPsychedelic Stoned and Fuzzed Up Rock'N'Roll featuring tracks from 35007 Birth Of Joy, Far-flung, Lodestone, The Black Heart Death Cult and The Neptune Power Federation. On top of that expect to hear killer cuts from new and recent releases by Against The Grain, Blackwater Holylight, Blackwulf Gypsy Sun Revival, MaidaVale, River Cult, Soul Thief and Wolftooth, so don't miss it! You can hear the Show via the HRHR Webpage HERE, or the dedicated app for iOS and android. Feel free to contact me via AHM's FB, Twitter or email if you'd like to hear anything in particular; if you would like to be considered for airplay on the show message me for details. Each show is archived every week once it's gone out live, you can find them on the new HRH Atom Heart Mutha Mixcloud page HERE, check out the page and click follow to be kept up to date with each newly archived show.


You can hear an encore of last weeks show on the player below, click the link and enjoy !


Sunday 28 January 2018

Now Streaming...

Get ready for another bumper crop from a wealth of new and current releases ready for you to check out.
This months supply features some great retro rock releases from Ozone Mama and Scuzzy Yeti, there's awesome stoner metal from Wolftooth, full on heavy Psychedelic Krautrock from Seven That Spells and the new album from tripped out electro drone psychsters Stupid Cosmonaut; there's also great music from last year by Black Pussy and prog vibes from Sonic Tapestry, all are well worth your time and attention.
I''ll be playing lots of these bands/tracks/records on the various radio shows for Hard Rock Hell Radio, Bigjaf.net and the monthly Mixcloud Mix alongside a ton of other great new music releases. The title links are clickable and will take you to the bandcamp page.
As always, if you like what you hear support the artists and pay for the download, or check out their pages and buy a physical version. lots of the music here on offer here will be available as vinyl versions or special edition packages, Enjoy!



Ozone Mama - Cosmos Calling



Black Pussy - Power



Stupid Cosmonaut - Digitalis



Wolftooth - Wolftooth



Earth Drive - Stellar Drone



Hobo Magic - The World Today



Space Coke - Cackapulco Gold



Scuzzy Yeti - Scuzzy Yeti



Ouzo Bazooka - 1001 Nights



Sonic Tapestry - Aftermath



Seven That Spells - The Death And Resurrection Of Krautrock: Omega



Witchcryer - Cry Witch





Tuesday 23 January 2018

On This Weeks Atom Heart Mutha for Hard Rock Hell Radio... (26.1.18)

This week's show for Hard Rock Hell Radio Goes out at 13.00 on Friday January 26th, Tune in for 2 hours of the very best HeavyPsychedelic Stoned and Fuzzed Up Rock'N'Roll featuring tracks from 1968, Black Pussy, Earth Drive, Ghost Box Orchestra, Ruby The Hatchet, Scuzzy Yeti, Space Coke and Witch Tripper.  On top of that expect to hear killer cuts from new and recent releases by Dreamweapon, Fu Manchu, Mr. Plow, Mugstar, Psychic Lemon, The Atomic Bitchwax and Them Moose Rush, so don't miss it! You can hear the Show via the HRHR Webpage HERE, or the dedicated app for iOS and android. Feel free to contact me via AHM's FB, Twitter or email if you'd like to hear anything in particular; if you would like to be considered for airplay on the show message me for details. Each show is archived every week once it's gone out live, you can find them on the new HRH Atom Heart Mutha Mixcloud page HERE, check out the page and click follow to be kept up to date with each newly archived show.


You can hear an encore of last weeks show on the player below, click the link and enjoy !




Saturday 20 January 2018

Wedge - Killing Tongue


When a band's debut album features a track about the singers girl being 53 years old maybe somewhat intriguing enough but when it’s a 61SG guitar this all begins to make perfect sense. Such an iconic musical instrument would immediately be held in such high regard due to its place within the music created during the halcyon days of the psychedelic rock scene in the 60’s and early 70’s.
Cut to 2018 and the SG in question has matured further in the years between the first and second album and so has the sound on Killing Tongue the new album by Munich based band Wedge. Needle down hit the grooves and straight away were in with Nuthin’ fast paced and loose all staccato muted guitar riffs that builds into an organ midsection before diving back to the excellent riff.

Album taster Lucid carries on this fast paced motif with a driving wah pedal, drum and bass led song interspersed with occasional shimmering guitar strums and organ fills, the building guitar solo carries the song to its crescendo. Somehow just as we’ve re-joined the early rock days of the 70’s the mood changes via otherworldly chimes and space echoes opening a portal back into psychedelia. Opening with pulsing keyboards, eastern guitar rhythms grow into stoner hand claps before bursting back through into a tale of living on the road on Tired Eyes which at seven minutes is pure mid 70’s California sunshine excess.

Those heady days continue with Quarter To Dawn, dreamy acoustic guitars and piano with a hint of Santana in the percussion and guitar break. High Headed Woman follows on with this sunshine album sound in a way I can only liken to that of The Sheepdogs, personally it conjures up images of cruising along the Pacific coastal highway wearing your aviators.
Returning back to the heavy retro rock sound with title track Killing Tongue were thrown into deep organ driven rock over the next three tracks, Alibi with its slow psych guitar opening riff building into a funky track with great lyrics and chorus, up there with Lucid as a stand alone single maybe. The intro and swing Who Am I reminds me of the atmosphere of early Alice Cooper band albums, this is a band bang on form with superb musicianship. What a better way to end the album than rocking out with stripped back rock n’ roll Wedge style, the last song Push Air delivers just that with cranked valve amps literally pushing air from the speakers.

This is an amazing return from Wedge, the sheer diversity of the musical styles within this album is outstanding and may fool the casual listener into thinking Wedge are a much larger group of musicians than the trio that they are, such is the sonic expanses of Killing Tongue.

Viva el Swain


Wedge Facebook

Wedge Bandcamp

Wedge Official Website

Heavy Psych Sounds Official Website


Tuesday 16 January 2018

On This Weeks Atom Heart Mutha for Hard Rock Hell Radio... (19.1.18)

This week's show for Hard Rock Hell Radio Goes out at 13.00 on Friday January 19th, Tune in for 2 hours of the very best HeavyPsychedelic Stoned and Fuzzed Up Rock'N'Roll featuring tracks from Cruise Forever, Hazemaze, Out Of The Earth, Salem's Bend, The Electric Shakes,Woodhawk. On top of that expect to hear killer cuts from new and recent releases by Hobo Magic, Moon Duo, Scuzzy Yeti, Seven That Spells, Space Coke and Wolftooth, so don't miss it!
You can hear the Show via the HRHR Webpage HERE, or the dedicated app for iOS and android. Feel free to contact me via AHM's FB, Twitter or email if you'd like to hear anything in particular; if you would like to be considered for airplay on the show message me for details. Each show is archived every week once it's gone out live, you can find them on the new HRH Atom Heart Mutha Mixcloud page HERE, check out the page and click follow to be kept up to date with each newly archived show.



You can hear an encore of last weeks show on the player below, click the link and enjoy !

Thursday 11 January 2018

Psychic Lemon - Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay


Psychic Lemon turned a lot of heads with the release of their debut album nearly two years ago.  Initially self-released, and then issued on vinyl via Drone Rock Records, the (then) four piece from Cambridge offered a glimpse into how Psychedelic rock should sound in 2016.
Jump forward a couple of years and the band have gone from strength to strength. The debut featured heavily in the AOTY polls and they became a presence in online media, blogs and podcasts; more recently, the band have started touring more.
Towards the end of last year, PL started building up the anticipation of a follow up with the announcement that they were releasing their second album via German Label Tonzonen Records;  this would see them with Spacerock and Psychedelic Krautrock heavyweights The Spacelords, Knall and Weites Luftmeer.

'Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay' opens with the flow of 'Exit to the Death Lane's seductive groove, along with tribal beats, introducing the track confidently. A burst of cosmic barrages of reverberating guitars and psychedelic swagger, follow and it's clear by the time track is over that the band mean business.
'Hey Droog!' follows in dirty motorik style, complete with swelling wah wah and unrelenting drum beats; the energy sonically radiates through the tracks before moving into 'You're No Good'; Tempo's flare and the track travels apace before delivering the relentless sound of amped up, space sax (thats probably a thing, right?).
Fans of the band will recognise track 4, 'Interstellar Fuzz Star' as its been around for a couple of months on Bandcamp, social media, radio shows and podcasts.  It's an intense 10 minute long psychedelic jam and served well as a taster for the album; cleverly, the track merely teased just how spectacular the finished full length would be. 'Satori Disko' is a little less frenetic and offers a slightly more mellow trip; a fitting close to the record.  Offering a more hypnotic electronic sound, it's a voyage of mesmerising sonic beauty and the best way possible to bring the LP to an end.


It comes as no surprise that FRDD is every bit as good as it is; in fact its better than anything I could've expected. Relentless, raw and true to it's titles promise. The groundwork laid by the band’s excellent debut album is realised perfectly over 5 brilliant tracks; the development of style by the now trio is a major accomplishment.
Psychic Lemon clearly have a distinctive sound and right now they stand above the shoulders of many of the established modern psych acts.  FRDD deserves the buzz and praise it's receiving; it's a record that attracted a lot of interest following its announcement, and without question a record that exceeds all possible expectations.

Once you hear album this you will know that Psychic Lemon have just delivered the first essential record of 2018; it simply is that fucking good!





Psychic Lemon Bandcamp

Psychic Lemon Facebook

Tonzonen Records

Tonzonen Records Facebook


At the end of 2017, Atom Heart Mutha was lucky enough to have Psychic Lemon record a special mixtape as part of the End of Year Special; Psychic Lemon chose to play tracks by bands they love as well as and some of their influences.  You can hear that mix now on the player below.




Tuesday 9 January 2018

On This Weeks Atom Heart Mutha for Hard Rock Hell Radio... (12.1.18)

This week's show for Hard Rock Hell Radio Goes out at 13.00 on Friday January 12th, Tune in for 2 hours of the very best HeavyPsychedelic Stoned and Fuzzed Up Rock'N'Roll featuring tracks from Clutch, Dozer, Fuzz, Krobak, The Black Angels, The Heads and The Movements. On top of that expect to hear killer cuts from new and recent releases by Black Mammoth, Lucifer, Moon Goose, Mythic Sunship, The Bad Larry's, Wedge and Witchcryer, so don't miss it! You can hear the Show via the HRHR Webpage HERE, or the dedicated app for iOS and android. Feel free to contact me via AHM's FB, Twitter or email if you'd like to hear anything in particular; if you would like to be considered for airplay on the show message me for details.
Each show is archived every week once it's gone out live, you can find them on the new HRH Atom Heart Mutha Mixcloud page HERE, check out the page and click follow to be kept up to date with each newly archived show.



You can hear an encore of last weeks show on the player below, click the link and enjoy !

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Streaming Now...

Happy New Year !

2018 is upon us and there's already a wealth of new and current releases around ready for you to check out. This month there's some great retro rock from Spain, some spaced out vibes, 3 EPs for immediate download, cool Psychedelia and a fresh batch of heavy Riffs.

As always I''ll be playing lots of these bands/tracks/records on the various radio shows for Hard Rock Hell Radio, Bigjaf.net and the monthly Mixcloud Mix alongside a ton of other great new music releases.
The title links are clickable and will take you to the bandcamp page.
As always, if you like what you hear support the artists and pay for the download, or check out their pages and buy a physical version.  lots of the music here on offer here will be available as vinyl versions or special edition packages, Enjoy!


The Re-Stoned - Chronoclasm



Black Mammoth - Overlord Of The Pleasuredome



Moon Goose - Space Probe Shutdown



Zuma Birds - Contact Light



The W Likes - The W Likes



Familia De Lobos - Familia De Lobos



Son of The Morning - Son Of The Morning EP



Omega Sun - Opium For The Masses



Mississippi Bones - 2600 AD: And Other Astonishing Tales



The Neptune Power Federation - Neath A Shin Ei Sun



Cracked Machine - I,Cosmonaut EP



Mother Mars - On Lunar Highlands




On This Weeks Atom Heart Mutha for Hard Rock Hell Radio... (5.1.18)


This week's show for Hard Rock Hell Radio Goes out at 13.00 on Friday January 5th, Tune in for 2 hours of the very best HeavyPsychedelic Stoned and Fuzzed Up Rock'N'Roll featuring tracks from Black Mountain, Cachemira, Electric Citizen, Gozu, Monolord, Vuelveteloca and Wild Eyes. On top of that expect to hear killer cuts from new and recent releases by Dead Vibrations, Lucifer, Mugstar, Ozone Mama, Psychic Lemon, Vast Asteroid and Song, so don't miss it! You can hear the Show via the HRHR Webpage HERE, or the dedicated app for iOS and android.
Feel free to contact me via AHM's FB, Twitter or email if you'd like to hear anything in particular; if you would like to be considered for airplay on the show message me for details. Each show is archived every week once it's gone out live, you can find them on the new HRH Atom Heart Mutha Mixcloud page HERE, check out the page and click follow to be kept up to date with each newly archived show.


You can hear an encore of last weeks show on the player below, click the link and enjoy !