’bout time we wrote this one up! Mark McGuire (aka Big Mac) is, of course, an American professional baseball player who batted for the Oakland Athetics and the St. Louis Cardinals. Due to a steroid scandal that effectively put his Major League career on hold, he now plays guitar for Grammy Award winning musical group [...]
Due to the sheer volume of their catalog and prolific output of related side-projects, it seems like Emeralds has been around since at least the 70s. Hard to believe they are such a young band. So if you’re a John Elliott man, wait a few days for his next cassette, vinyl, wax-cylinder to drop. But [...]
Mark McGuire has joined up with Akron indie-synth dynamo duo Trouble Books to release an extremely limited LP edition. Mark’s signature string stylings are on full display here, but this might not be what you tape hoarders are used to from the Emeralds heartthrob; Trouble Books’ pop-leaning and serendipitous vocals keep the project from completely [...]
Amethyst Sunset has posted pre-orders for two new LPs, including a righteous new slab from Imaginary Softwoods, the mightiest of John Elliott’s many side gigs. Totally mellow synth obliteration. Prepare your mind accordingly. You can also tack on a pre-order for the new vinyl edition of HNY’s Here You Can Touch The Sky, blown-out guitar [...]
Mister William Berry of the excellent Amethyst Sunset label and distro is currently running a sale to help fund some new releases he has lined up, including new LPs from OMGV #1 crush John Elliott (Imaginary Softwoods) and our favorite boy on the side, Sean McCann. Just listen to those tunes below then try and [...]
Now that we’ve mentioned the first two releases from Spectral Spools, let’s move onto their next offering. The two newest albums on this impressive label are proof positive of what we have been suspecting all along – that it is going to dominate. Mist (the unbeatable duo of John Elliott and Sam Goldberg) unleash their [...]
Amethyst Sunset has just issued the previously tape-only “Glowing Net” release from Mist on vinyl. For those new to this weirdo synth world, Mist equals Sam Goldberg and Emerlads’ John Elliott, two Ohioans with a serious penchant for otherworldly sci-fi melodies. It’s limited to 750 copies and costs only $13. Visit AmethystSunset.com.
Oh, drone heads, here is some Thanksgiving drone news. Digitalis is now taking preorders for the self-titled 2xLP by Imaginary Softwoods (aka John Elliott from Emeralds). It was originally released as a triple cassette, then an ultra-limited CD-R, and now it will see release as an equally ultra-limited 2xLP (reportedly limited to only 150 copies). [...]
Another new LP from one of our favorite labels: Wagon. John Elliott of Emeralds brings his Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks project to the vinyl format, hand-picking a batch of tunes from his various tape releases and having them remastered for a full length LP. Limited to 420 on psychedelic vinyl, dewd. Pick it [...]
Emeralds continue their seven-inch series in support of their recent album on eMego. This time around it looks like we might actually get a few non-album cuts for the b-sides. Hand-numbered and limited to 350 – you might be able to see these make their way into a few of the usual distros, but you [...]
