Various - Function Underground:The Black & Brown American Rock Sound 1969-1974This anthology which has its origins in the Dante Carfagna bootleg ""Chains and Black Exhaust"" release focuses on the Black and Latino American rock bands that spread their wings after Jimi Hendrix came to prominence, in unlikely locales such as Dayton, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the music here is being reissued for the first time. Comes with an illustrated cover by French illustrator Sanghon Kim and a booklet detailing

and backwoods rock 'n' roll

he seems content to embody both parts of that statement

He's no psychedelic Civil War re-enactor

hotel bars

RIYL: Car Seat Headrest

A drum set is matched with a pair of distorted electric guitars

he seemed to have found the perfect palate for his influences

Vinyl - standard LP and deluxe double LP (etching on side 4)

Bonnie Dobson and Judy Collins as friends and stage mates

but patronage by the influential Radio 1 DJ John Peel meant they reached a national audience - whether that audience was ready for them or not

or muted horns to create a background ambience that works like the soundtrack to a surreal nightmare

if you're sensitive to dissonant noise and uncontrolled barrages of sound