Il Sogno Del Marinaio

Mike Watt's Il Sogno Del Marinaio releasing a new LP, going on North American tour (dates)

Il Sogno Del Marinaio is the trio of Italian musicians Stefano Pilia and Andrea Belfi with Minutemen/fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt. They’ve announced that they’ll put out their second album, Canto Secondo, on August 26 via Watt’s Clenchedwrench Records, which follows their 2013 debut, La Busta Gialla…

'80s UK psych band Loop reforming, playing and curating ATP "End of an Era" fest ++ other shows

Existing for a barely five years, UK psych band Loop were one of the most perfectly-named bands ever. Rarely bothering with verse-chorus-verse song structure, the South London group took a riff and added layer upon layer till it had its own gravitational field…