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Review: It comes as little surprise that Anton Newcombe - an iconic figure to a new generation of psychedelic wayfarers if ever there was one - has already taken Magic Castles under his wing, and on tour with Brian Jonestown Massacre - 'Starflower' is replete with exactly the kind of '60s-derived, garage-birthed sonics that Newcombe used to create something akin to a modern-day cult for thrift-store drop-outs. Yet amidst the two-chord guitar drones, Farfisa Organ textures, stoned harmonies and folk-rock tinges, 'Starflower' is possessed of a sharp finesse and kaleidoscopic dynamic that renders it a cut above the average cowboy-shirted and lank-haired fare the modern freak has become accustomed to.