The Whirlings – Earthshine. Second album from Italian space/post-rockers. Not bad, first track comes with decent Grace Slick-esque vocal: https://thewhirlings1.bandcamp.com/album/earthshine-2

VA – Ragged Glories. MOJO comp that either proves the immense influence of Neil Young or a failure of imagination when confronted with a certain type of grungy Americana – “oh, this sound a bit like Neil Young, dunnit…” A pleasant enough listen, nice to hear this again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqTTGsciYY

VA – Jobcentre Rejects vol 2. Some good NWOBHM riffs, but inevitably not as good as vol 1…

Lucifer Was – Underground And Beyond. Bit of a turn up. Proggy hard rockers from early 70s Oslo got back together in the mid-90s to record their old material… and it’s actually really good, like a Viking garage take on classic Sabbath with added flute: https://guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/underground-and-beyond

David Bowie (with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson) – The Mercury Demos. The upcoming Shindig has a cover feature on Bowie/’Space Oddity’ (oh, and yet another Hawkwind article from me!), which led me to have a listen to this – worth hearing for this version of ‘SO’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7laET8WU4vA&list=PLNJirx02I6P71B0cDzBPhyYwaR63FidHn

VA – Strain, Crack & Break

Jorja Chalmers – Human Again

Pye Corner Audio – Hollow Earth

Radio Stars – Songs For Swinging Lovers

Flamin’ Groovies – I’ll Have… A Bucket Of Brains

Pretty Things – Silk Torpedo

Mighty Baby – Live In The Attic