Satan

Mundell Lowe's score for the exploitation flick Satan in High Heels is an immensely enjoyable collection of exaggeratedly cinematic jazz. Lowe runs through all sorts of styles, from swinging big band to cool jazz, from laid-back hard-bop to driving bop. He pulls it off because his big band is comprised of musicians as skilled as Oliver Nelson, Al Cohn, Phil Woods, Urbie Green, Joe Newman and Clark Terry. They help give the music the extra kick it needs, and Satan in High Heels winds up as a terrific set of humorous and sleazy, but well-played, mainstream jazz.

"Siniestro" is the ninth album by the Pilgrims and marks the 25th year of the five original members staking out their own special corner of the surf instrumental genre. Bobby, John, Ted, Scott and Dave are extremely excited by the 15 original and new songs that they have written, arranged and recorded themselves for “Siniestro”. That’s right, no producer or engineer on this one, they have made “Siniestro” just the way they want it. Recorded by the band in the abandoned Mt. Hood Masonic Lodge in Portland, this recording captures the live feel of a large reverberating room with the band getting back to their surf roots while clicking on all cylinders…

Kept secret for 50 years, no one except Seelie Court and Walter Geertsen (RIP) the legendary collector and dealer have heard this since the day it was recorded in 1972. Blistering, insane heavy prog with demented lead guitars and swirling organ, Writing On The Wall meets Bent Wind, with a large dash of prime 'In Search Of Space'-era Hawkwind. Killer vocalist somewhere between Robert Plant and Jim Morrison, the tracks have the "verging on the edge of sanity" feel of Bent Wind, it opens with the killer title track.

Church of the Cosmic Skull are a seven piece from Nottingham. The band describe themselves as an actual church, a religious movement who "seek to free mankind from their material possessions and unify all living beings into a singular cosmic whole…". You'd be forgiven for thinking this all sounds gimmicky and not exactly original; we've had bands in robes and such before, trying to reel us in with their cult-ish vibes and the promise of faux spiritual reveries, possibly followed by orgies and spiked punch. Plenty of bands have gotten mileage out of the 60’s and 70’s countercultures experiments and investigations into the great and spooky invisible, some continue faithfully in the same vein like Jess and the Ancient Ones and some revel in its glamour and darkness like Uncle Acid on their Mind Control set…

Harlem Blues sounds exactly like how Satan & Adam would sound playing on a street corner it's raw and tough, with a surprisingly adventurous streak…..