Henry Rollins digs him some Indonesian psych-funk. The rock icon had this to say about our Those Shocking Shaking Days anthology and the monstrous Panbers ensemble:

“Immediately, check out track one and the disc it came in on. This is a great compilation called Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock And Funk 1970-1978, released on Now-Again. It’s a great one! Hats off to the label for digging deep and coming up with this one. You can find it at the Stones Throw site, stonesthrow.com.”

Buy: Those Shocking Shaking Days at Rappcats.
More: Indonesian Psych on Now-Again/Those Shocking Shaking Days Anthology.
Link: Henry Rollins on Those Shocking Shaking Days.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve approved the samples of hardbound, full color book – and, of course, 2 CD set – of the complete Pre-Revolution recordings of Iranian psych-rock godfather Kourosh Yaghmaei. We’ll be posting more information about this anthology – and the two vinyl formats in which we will present Kourosh’s music – in the coming weeks. In the meantime, read more at the links below and, if you haven’t already purchased our Forge Your Own Chains anthology of global psychedelia, download Kourosh’s entry on that album – the masterful “Hajme Khali” – below.

More: Kourosh Yaghmaei on Now-Again.
Download: Kourosh Yaghmaei “Hajme Khali.”

Egon’s latest entry to his Funk Archaeology series at NPR digs into those uptempo ballads that arose in the late 60s and early 70s as soul bands the world over reacted to James Brown’s funk revolution. Find out more at the link below, and download the late Clarence “Sir Guy” Barron’s “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”

Link: Ballads For The Dance Floor: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Sir Guy and the Speller Brothers’ Band “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”
More: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR.