Music Box June 15th 2024

The Avanti's (sic, not to be confused with L.A. group The Avantis) hailed from Stockton California, and released two singles in their time. This is the second, What's Wrong With Me (Ikon 7” 1965)

Elephant Stone is a Canadian psychedelic/indie rock band formed in Montreal in 2009 by sitarist/bassist Rishi Dhir (formerly associated with The High Dials), the band's style incorporates aspects of traditional Indian music including the sitar, tabla, and dilruba with Western psychedelic rock. This is The Spark, from this year’s LP Back Into The Dream (Little Club/Fuzzy Club 2024) Buy here

Heavy Heart are a five-piece alternative rock band, formed in 2014 in London, UK. Throughout 2016, they recorded and released a new song every month, with all twelve collected into a debut album, 'Keepsake', released in March 2017. This is Bed Bug (self released digital 2019).
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The New Left released two singles also, and again we play the second, All for You (Kingpin 7” 1985)

We conclude with Newport Rhode Island’s finest Throwing Muses (website), with two tracks from their first two UK only album releases. First, the epic Hate My Way, from Throwing Muses (4AD 1986). Then we finish with And a She-wolf After the War, from the mini-album The Fat Skier (4AD 1987). Both were collected (along with the other UK only release, the Chains Changed EP) on the CD In A Doghouse (UK: 4AD/US: Rykodisc 1998). One of the best US indie bands of all time, and criminally underrated & overlooked. I love them. Until next week …