Indie psych rock act, Ancient River is the brainchild of the Gainesville, FL-based singer/songwriter and guitarist James Barreto. The band can trace its origins to 200 when Barreto was a member of the DIY and […]
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Comprised of Bonnie Bloomgarden (lead vocals), Rocky (bass), Laura Kelsey (drums) and Larry Schemel (guitar), the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet of Death Valley Girls have deliberately shrouded themselves in mystery; in fact, what little that is […]
The Grand Rapids, MI-based trio of HEATERS can trace their origins to when high school friends Andrew Tamlyn and Nolan Krebs relocated to Grand Rapids to start working on a music project together. And in […]
Comprised of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums), Bo Ningen is a Japanese-born, London-based quartet that has gained an international following for a psychedelic sound that’s decidedly […]
Comprised of Aimee Nash (vocals, guitar keyboards and percussion) and Scott Von Ryper (vocals, guitar, keyboards and percussion), the now Los Angeles– based (by way of Australia) duo of The Black Ryder gained national attention […]
Even with a hiatus that had their frontperson John Dwyer, focusing on an electronic-based sound, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees have managed to be incredibly prolific, as they’ve released more than a dozen albums since […]
Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, Crocodiles fourth effort, Crimes of Passion was one of my favorite releases of 2013 as the album meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia. After touring to […]
With the recent release of A Swirling Fire Burning Through The Rye, The San Francisco-based quartet of Cool Ghouls have garnered quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that channels the garage […]
San Francisco has long been known as the spiritual and physical home of a collective of hippies, weirdos, freaks and a particular brand of grungy psych rock; however, similar to New York, the Bay Area […]
As the co-founder of Monotonix, guitarist and composer Yonatan Gat was part of a band that was once hailed as being one of most intense rock bands in the world. But after five years of […]
Comprised of John Cep (guitar, bass, vocals, drums and production), Kim Field (bass, vocals) and rotating live drummers EJ DeCoske and Johnny Lancia, the Northeastern Pennsylvania-based duo of The Stargazer Lilies can trace their origins […]
Comprised of Andrew Tamlyn, Nolan Krebs and Joshua Korf, the Grand Rapids, MI-based psych rock trio of HEATERS can trace their origins to when high school buddies Tamlyn and Krebs relocated to Grand Rapids to […]
Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, Crocodiles fourth effort, Crimes of Passion was one of my favorite releases of 2013 as the album meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia. After touring to […]
Comprised of Carlos Valle (guitar, vocals), Stefan Mersch (bass) and Kyle Beach (drums), the New York-based trio of Sun Voyager have released two EPs of psychedelic garage rock, Cosmic Tides and Mecca since their formation in […]
As I’ve mentioned on a nubmer of occasions, I’m frequently multitasking as I’m working on the posts for this blog, and usually what happens is that while listening to Soundcloud links, I’ll get so caught […]