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60s psych!!!

From the third and final Gatekeepers installment, Diary of a Teenage Prophet, out April 17, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQt5QdGICWw

The Recordings 1971–1981 rescues a cult classic compilation with remastered sound and four bonus demos. Lead single “Trish De La Roe” is streaming now. https://www.thinklikeakey.us/skooshny-the-la-power-pop-trio-who-were-too-late-for-the-byrds-too-early-for-r-e-m-2/

Half a century ago, Judge Smith (co-founder of Van der Graaf Generator) and composer Maxwell Hutchinson wrote a sung-through rock musical based on one of the strangest chapters in British counterculture... https://youtu.be/GovW1D7_uTw?si=xMKc7XTOYYjoH2XU

Taken from Ex Norwegian's 'Spook Du Jour' album, available on LP, CD and Digital via Think Like A Key Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumCfJTPV-g

RIP Patrick Campbell-Lyons (13 July 1943 - 12 April 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je45pZkCXI0

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Happy belated birthday, Tom McConnell of Novelty Island! 🎉 https://youtu.be/y9-MU7NnPdc?si=zZ-Rq3dNxiKtbGm6

Inside Alan Clayson's There's Still Time https://www.thinklikeakey.us/avant-pop-and-urban-decay-inside-alan-claysons-theres-still-time/

A standout track from the band's second album 2 draws on a childhood spent in the shadow of Badfinger's darkest chapter. Watch the new visualiser now. https://www.thinklikeakey.us/st-johns-wood-affair-memory-lane-gets-its-own-visualiser/

Join St Johns Wood Affair on a trip down MEMORY LANE, one of the highlights from their latest album '2'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVBXAIb_nkk

Ex Norwegian tear into Richard and Linda Thompson's 1974 folk-rock classic, live from one of the band's final Florida shows. Recorded at 26° Brewing Company in Pompano Beach... https://youtu.be/1z1Tq7BWMiI?si=36m-jXEdeFNvAect

The Belfast artist drops a visceral new visual for the standout track from his acclaimed solo debut Art. https://www.thinklikeakey.us/paul-archer-isnt-done-confronting-his-demons-watch-the-intense-new-video-for-no-fear/

Skooshny: The LA Power Pop Trio Who Were "Too Late for the Byrds, Too Early for R.E.M." The Recordings 1971–1981 rescues a cult classic compilation with remastered sound and four bonus demos. Lead single “Trish De La Roe” is streaming now. https://youtu.be/QblnOpiSiMk?si=U69ZABMhdB9iHc43

Former ELO member’s 1976 elegant blend of jazz flourishes & sophisticated British pop songwriting returns for its 50th anniversary—remastered, expanded and on CD for the first time.

"One Glorious Day" is the sound of that streak distilled: ten songs that find beauty in chaos and melody in the mundane. Co-produced by Jim Camacho and Fernando Perdomo, the album threads together humor, heartbreak, and social commentary with effortless charm.

PRE-ORDER: Ed Welch - Clowns (2026 Remaster) 8-page booklet with liner notes by Xander Pas & George de Albuquerque (The full story, finally told)

"Grandmother's Wedding Day" is the third single off of the Alan Clayson record "There's Still Time..." You can pre-order the upcoming album too! https://youtu.be/Tm6arl2QYrc?si=eb6YUNXMA6fHihuM

A lost rock musical from the co-founder of Van der Graaf Generator, rescued from the brink of oblivion https://www.thinklikeakey.us/maxwell-hutchinson-judge-smith-the-kibbo-kift-the-1976-rock-musical/

A lost 1987 power pop album, the original lineup back together, and a single climbing the national Triple A charts. Smash Palace's moment is finally here. https://www.thinklikeakey.us/smash-palaces-poor-mans-paradise-climbs-to-63-on-national-triple-a-radio-charts/

Pretty amazing, ha? 😍

NEW (CD, May 22, 2026) Imagine writing a whole album by mail in 1971. That is exactly what Ed Welch and Tom Paxton did. Ed was a 23-year-old classical prodigy in London, while Tom was already a folk legend in New York. They swapped cassette tapes across the Atlantic and ended up with "Clowns."

Introducing DREAMRECKS – an ongoing archival‑style series on this channel, devoted to sharing rare and previously unheard recordings in the best quality we can present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbdSiXTh9Vo

The Gatekeepers are bringing the apocalypse straight to your turntable with Diary of a Teenage Prophet. This is Alex Wroten's unholy finale. It takes a desolate nuclear winter and thaws it out into a wild prog-pop fever dream. Pre-orders are live right now.

Patto pushed the limits back in 1971. Hold Your Fire proves it. Now the deluxe "Never Do the Obvious" CD edition is here to remind us. Prof. Stoned handled the remastering, improving on the bite and detail the original deserved.

Big News!!! The Shirts – "Live At Paradise 1979" !!! Great live recording from August 27, 1979 at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club, originally recorded for WBCN and unheard for more than 45 years. The band is in top form here.

MORE NEWS!!! Jimmy Campbell’s "Half Baked" is a casualty of incredibly bad luck. It’s a forgotten masterpiece of incredible songwriting and gorgeous orchestration that should absolutely be celebrated alongside the legendary records by The Kinks or The Zombies....

NEWS! New Release: Maxwell Hutchinson & Judge Smith: "The Kibbo Kift: The 1976 Rock Musical" (May 1, 2026) Picture a 1970s rock opera crashing into The Wicker Man. That is the vibe here. None of this audio has ever seen the light of day until today. Let us know what you think of it in the comments!

The Miami indie veterans drop their first original single in over a year — and it's a retro-fueled, '60s garage-rock knockout. https://www.thinklikeakey.us/ex-norwegian-return-with-fiery-new-single-dont-go-miles-on-me/

Ex Norwegian return with a non-album single "Don't Go Miles On Me / Bereft"!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjDelmmpZJY

Imagine waking up from cryo-sleep expecting a nuclear wasteland. Instead, you find out the world is completely fine, but millions of strangers have read your high school diary. Oh, and they think you are a literal prophet. https://youtu.be/ieCvW4_9twA?si=8qlo2Q3eh1rpoelp

"A shallow soul of candy-floss might be all that's lost..." There is nobody quite like Alan Clayson. He has spent decades carving out his own unique lane in British music as an author, musician, and brilliant storyteller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O282N_NHUjY

Wroten’s rotating cast of underground legends turns high‑school rituals, and digital overload into an art‑rock fever dream built for listeners who like their narratives messy... https://www.thinklikeakey.us/the-gatekeepers-complete-their-avant-rock-saga-with-diary-of-a-teenage-prophet/

Ken Sharp really ramped up the energy on his cover of 'I’m A Rocker.' He took that old Raspberries song and gave it a huge, glam-rock makeover that sounds like straight-up '70s arena rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dSQEF5snYU

You gotta see this new W.D. Miller interview! It even has an old-school pic of Roger Houdaille from their early days. 🙌🤩 https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2026/02/w-d-miller-interview.html

Thank you Bandcamp & Mike McGrath-Bryan for this incredible article about Dr Strangely Strange! https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/the-improbable-journey-of-dr-strangely-strange-irelands-psych-folk-pioneers

After a 28-year recording hiatus, legendary Irish psychedelic folk pioneers Dr Strangely Strange have returned with their first new album since 1997. One standout track from the album is the hauntingly beautiful "Murmuration." https://youtu.be/sRPBgJfT6Tw?si=hu2ufIw0BMJEDoyo

Fifty years later and the Ferris wheel still turns. The New Worlds Fair is where Michael Moorcock—author, editor, iconoclast—turned his imagination into music.

Moonrider (50th Anniversary Edition) CD The “Right Band, Wrong Time” CD Edition John Weider John Weider (50th Anniversary Edition) CD The “Quiet Light” CD Edition

"Well performed, well produced, worth exploring." - Dennis, Add To Wantlist, 1/26 https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2026/01/13/album-review-jim-camacho-one-glorious-day/

"The mix of styles on the main album, however, carries with it an air of what Messrs Becker and Fagan were getting up to on the other side of the Atlantic at roughly the same time." — PROG, 2/26

Recorded without click tracks, “Patience Cousin!” showcases the extraordinary musical rapport between the players, particularly drummer Barry Morgan, whose timing remains razor-sharp throughout. https://youtu.be/JXxh8o3Q3bI?si=BgR8FHa8vxEConfv

Best known for his rock history writing, Alan Clayson never really fit the mold. Once grouped with Costello and Wreckless Eric. There’s Still Time... finds him older but just as contrary. It is argumentative, funny, and happily unconcerned.

Our 55th anniversary edition of "Hold Your Fire" proves Patto never played it safe. Featuring a crisp 2026 remaster by Prof. Stoned, the rare North American cover, and key bonus tracks, this release captures the band at their most explosive. Includes new notes by Chaim O’Brien‑Blumenthal.

DR. STRANGELY STRANGE – HEAVY PETTING (55TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (2×CD / DIGITAL) Out April 24, 2026

"Can You Hear Me Ok is another lost gem from the 1970s to be unearthed, dusted off and repackaged for our modern ears by Prof Stoned, a retired sound engineer dedicated to making rare music available again." - Neon Filler https://www.neonfiller.com/wordpress/?p=15059

What if Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention had a love child with Chicago? Their offspring could have been McLuhan. http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mcluhan-anomaly-6.html

Ed Hale & Transcendence’s Nothing Is Cohesive: Captured in the streets of Atlanta: Roger Houdaille, Bill Sommer, Ed Hale, Alan Gabay, Fernando Perdomo circa 2004🤩