Catapilla - Catapilla

Catapilla - CatapillaVinyl LP pressing. 1971 release. Jazz infused prog rock act Catapilla began in London in 1970, with saxophonists Robert Calvert (who later worked with Daevid Allen in various Gong spin off projects) and Hugh Eaglestone, bassist Dave Taylor (of chart topping pop act Edison Lighthouse, and later active in hard rock group, Liar), along with drummer Malcolm Frith, guitarist Graham Wilson, and clarinet player flautist, Thierry Rheinhardt; original vocalist

the life-affirming Wagonwheel Blues

his final album released just before his death

" featuring Phoebe Bridgers

Los Angeles

and drummer Jeff Baustert make a career-defining statement with their breathtaking fifth album

Denekas and Berk have been working their way through the history of rock on their previous two Paradise albums

the Bouncing Souls and Hot Water Music embarked on a tour of Australia and New Zealand that was routed in a hotel room in Vancouver in 2003

which broadcasts Lo-Fi/chill beats 24/7

Beborn Beton returned with a new album on Dependent Recordings to the delight and surprise of their still huge following

Now – a year after La Realidad De Los Sueños

Whilst many formulaic and generic bands conformed nicely into one of the genres the scene had splintered into

Many of the eight songs on this record feel like time travel - warnings or laments - from a time when it might have been easier to tune out the terrible noise