The HFoS Prog Rock Christmas Mixtape Thingy

December 14th, 2011

Hell’s teeth! It’s that time of year again. When I make a host of rash promises for what the new year at HFoS may bring, before buggering off to imbibe the Christmas spirit for a month or so.

This year, I’ll dispense with anything that could be held against me at a later date and, instead, leave you with the latest mixtape: The HFoS Prog Rock Xmas Stocking Filler.

Granted, it’s not particularly festive, nor exclusively prog-orientated, but it’s the best you’ll get from me this side of 2012.

The HFoS Prog Rock Halloween Mixtape Thingy

October 31st, 2011

Call me a tenuous bandwagon-jumper, if you like. I readily hold my hands up.

HFoS prock rock halloween mixtape cover

Well, it is Halloween, so what better than a horrifying mix of prog, psych and folk to blow the cobwebs from your proverbial tombstones?

The HFoS Toytown Psychedelia Mixtape Thingy

October 5th, 2011

In general Toytown songs should be at least one of the following: light, bouncy, jangly, slightly off-key or slightly out of whack – Marmalade Skies

Indeed, and although some of the songs on HFoS Goes to Toytown may stretch the boundaries of what the purist might define as “Toytown Psychedelia”, I believe the term “slightly out of whack” can be applied to all.

HFoS goes to toytown cover

They also demonstrate, in varying degrees, a jaunty childlike innocence; a harking back to an imagined, rose-tinted past; and an occasional darkness associated with things lurking under the bed. All characteristics that further define the paisley-patterned pathways of Toytown.

mixtapes, psych-pop, psychedelic rock

The HFoS Prog Rock Summer Mixtape Thingy

August 24th, 2011

Did you think I would leave you crying, when there’s room on me hoss for two? So said Rolf Harris to a small boy and it’s with a nod to this spirit of benevolence that I’ve put together a summer treat for both of my loyal readers. The one’s that put up with this nonsense week in, week out.

hfos prog rock summer mixtape cover