JR Moores

Forty years after he first started recording as Merzbow, Masami Akita’s music is no easier to categorize. Though his creations are perennially pigeonholed as noise music, anti-music, and even über-music, the sheer magnitude of his output will always present an obstacle to easy classification...

JR Moores uses his crystal ball to predict what the rest of this year has in store for us all, and checks out the latest psych-rock offerings

On a rare trip down from their base in the Catskill mountains, Mercury Rev assess the highs and lows of their career as preeminent purveyors of cinematic psychedelia. Snowflake attractor: JR Moores

JR Moores surveys the latest happenings in psychedelia from Acid Mothers Temple to… Elton John

20 years after the release of Americana, JR Moores revisits the work of the punk band that liked to punch downwards

"Yes, the remix album can often be a fairly pointless and cynical cash-grab opportunity. That being said, there are some genuine classics out there, especially where metal is concerned."

While seeking transitory mental liberation through the latest psych-rock releases, JR Moores struggles to keep his clothes on for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

JR Moores' summer psych-rock recommendations. Plus, your questions answered! (sort of).

In the second series of the meta comedy, its lead and creators found fame, making it a sanctimonious sitcom rife with celebrity schmoozing

They didn't enjoy the mainstream success of their Seattle peers Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, but grungefathers TAD were as committed as anyone both on record and onstage. JR Moores hears their incident-packed story from Tad Doyle.

JR Moores rifles through the latest psychedelic releases, from those that are freestyle to those in the style of Free

Manuel Gagneux has survived internet death threats, a short-lived nu-metal phase, and growing up in a household dominated by salsa

While Marion & Geoff had pathos and poetry, The Keith Barret Show jumped the shark with its very existence

You never know what you're going to get with Gnod.

The man behind Mclusky, Future Of The Left and Christian Fitness speaks to JR Moores about the 13 records that inspire him (with only the occasional Lammo and ciabatta-themed digression)