Pacific Northwest combo TOTEM

the first presenting a snarling line-up of guitars while the second ebbs into a carefully poised kraut-surf rock soundscape

of the young respecting the old

Forthright and commanding

Debut recordings from new dark and heavy crust / hardcore band coming from Nechyba area

JOE MCPHEE - Nation Time LP Instrumental Pacific Northwest combo TOTEM"It's been nearly five decades since Joe McPhee assembled a group of musicians to perform the weekend concerts that would become Nation Time, his debut LP. It was December 1970, thirty one year old McPhee was inspired by Amiri Baraka's poem 'It's Nation Time,' and the students at Vassar College didn't know what hit them. 'What time is it?' shouted the bandleader. 'C'mon, you can do better than that. What time is it?!' "The music on Nation Time came