Serpentina Satelite - Nothing to Say
(The South American Stooges in space 1st album, the best band of its kind we've heard from that continent)
(Spacey synths, fuzz wah guitar, free drumming and monotone Jarvis dialogue on space travel that morphs into a kraut/glam stomp)
Dwarr - Animals
(Lost 80s metal album that’s recently been unearthed by Drag City...sounds like a slightly prog'ier Sabbath with added moog squelches and wah)
Motorhead - On Parole / 1977 Peel Session
("You can call me Motorhead, alright!")
Belong - Come See
(US shoegaze that sticks a thick haze of guitar/keyboard fuzz and ethereal vocals over a motorik drum machine and looping bass)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
(For usual readers this may seem like an odd choice for the Rocket playlist, but this lp has been on Mission Control’s decks a lot this year...a great album where more than once she and her band tip their hat to ‘Can’)
Ashtray Navigations – 3 Rockets Thicken
(Another great 7" from the fantastic Trensmat records)
Hawkwind - Leave No Star Unturned
(You're trying to fly, you get nowhere)
Pipedream - The Journey from Hamburg to Iceland
(Del Dettmar's mid 90's space rock voyage)
Cave - Neverendless
(Motorik exertion's)
Dinosaur Jnr - You're Living All Over Me
(Pivotal album for Rocket, along with Mudhoney, this is where we first heard Fuzz guitars)
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
(A plethora of YLT sides, moods and shades)
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