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Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics 'Pistoleros' Artwork
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Review: Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics ‘Pistoleros’

23rd September 202523rd September 2025 Reza Mills Funk, Jazz, Mac Gollehon, World Funk Orchestra

At the risk of sounding overly gushing, I’m a superfan when it comes to Mac Gollehon‘s output. From his 2021

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Review: Budos Band ‘VII’

26th August 202527th August 2025 Martin Williams Budos Band, Diamond West Records, Funk, Psych, Soul

Any thoughts or discussion of my favorite bands of the last twenty years absolutely must include New York’s legendary Budos

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Review: Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics ‘Bite Of The Street’

28th September 202328th September 2023 Reza Mills Funk, Jazz, Mac Gollehon, Nefarious Industries

Mac Gollehon has done session work for some pretty major artists including Blondie, David Bowie, Chic, Grace Jones, Duran Duran,

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Review: The Budos Band ‘Frontier’s Edge’ EP

8th September 20238th September 2023 Martin Williams Budos Band, Diamond West Records, Funk, Soul

About seven or so years ago, give or take, I decided I needed to take a deep dive into ‘70s

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Goat ‘Live Ballroom Ritual’ CD/LP/DD 2013

9th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, CD, Digital, Experimental, Funk, Goat, Heavy Rock, Live, Live Ballroom Ritual, LP, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Ross Horton

Imagine the Summer of Love never ended. If you weren’t alive during the summer of ’67, that’s even better. Imagine

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Vodun ‘Eat Up The Sun’ Digital EP 2013

14th June 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Digital EP, Eat Up The Sun, Experimental, Funk, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Soul, Vodun

“Voudoun has given woman, in the figure of Erzulie, exclusive title to that which distinguishes humans from all other forms:

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Goat ‘Stonegoat/Dreambuilding’ 7″/DD 2013

5th June 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, 7", Digital, Dreambuilding, Funk, Goat, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Stonegoat, Tribal

If you’re unfamiliar so far with the Swedish musical phenomenon known simply as Goat, then I really do hope that

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Goat ‘World Music’ CD/LP/DD 2012

17th December 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, CD, Digital, Experimental, Funk, Goat, LP, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Space Rock, Todd Robinson, Tribal, World Music

Goat are a mysterious collective who originate from Korpilombolo, a tiny village situated in the northern reaches of Sweden, their

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Premiere: Bliss Mountain Vol.2 2026 – Conny Ochs, Might, Jacke Schwarz & Fire Artist Johanna Marie

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