JD Pinkus • Woke Up Dead • 2021

"For fans of the cacophony that the Surfers and the Melvins have wrought through their respective careers, JD’s “spacegrass” stylings are a drastic shift towards the minimalistic and quiet."

- Hollywood Life

 "rich in the blues."

- Indie Music

"the video gives a thump of colorful attitude to Pinkus’ picking that would make the late Ralph Stanley nod in approval."

- Glide

"Pinkus’ plaintive plucks at the banjo are warped to give us a feeling of being half in the nether world"

- BPM

"the album is firmly rooted in the sounds of back country Appalachia, in true Pinkus style, that ye olde instrument is warped into psychedeliac, and oft sinister, fields."

- PunkNews

"...pretty much just him, his instrument and some deep thoughts."

- Brooklyn Vegan

The Heavy Minds - Treasure Coast - 2015

The Heavy Minds, based in Upper Austria, are a Psychedelic-70's-Blues-Trio playing a mixture of heavy, fuzzy riffs, dreamy melodies and spacey solos, which is heavily influenced by bands of the late 60's, early 70's.

Grégoire Guery Holy crap! This album is just so damn good from the very first note to the very last. Trippy blues sung and played with the right amount of soul, grit and talent. Awesome! 

Gezzer Do you remember when you had to pay attention to music? I mean really pay attention? Listen with not only your ears, but your heart and your soul? When a song could pull you in and spit you out a quivering shivering puddle on the floor (with or without smokables)?

Well I remember, and I think The Heavy Minds remember too. If you're looking for background music to fill the soundtrack to your life, move on. If you yearn for music that takes you on a trip, sit and listen awhile. Favorite track: Seven remains.

Robert J. Hunter - Blistering Soul EP - 2014

The ‘Blistering Soul’ EP is a combination of the old and the new. 

A sign off for the past, and a snapshot of the future. 

''Rob has grown over the past year or so into a consummate performer, seemingly playing almost non-stop somewhere or other, and this had lead to him becoming the sort of person who, it seems, is incapable of putting on a bad show'' - Tom Girard, BBC Introducing. 

'Based in London, Hunter has a voice and guitar skills that most would kill for on their own but put the two together and we have something quite, quite special and unique. 

Hunter's voice is once again the main attraction and his world-weary style is so utterly believable as a well travelled Blues man that you could only expect him to have the look of a Seasick Steve or Muddy Waters. Whatever the man looks like, the important thing is that he sounds absolutely incredible and by golly you need to seek him out to improve your life.' - listenwithmonger.blogspot.co.uk 

'Hurricane is a beautiful stripped back acoustic track, you feel that your in the room sat in front of Robert. Maybe in a tavern with a class of single malt whiskey by your hand. No back band, just a man and his acoustic guitar and a voice that’s so powerful.' - indieminded.com 

'We are only 8 days into 2014 and we can already safely say that we’ve found one of our gems of the year. It is rare that a blues or folky artist will sweep across Mute Print’s pages but every now and again we’re swept off our feet and drawn into a tornado of incredible gritty vocals and a guitar hook to die for.' - muteprint.com