Turning Rocks, the latest effort from the husband and wife duo of Erika and Simon Angell, better known as Thus Owls is heavily inspired and informed both by Erika Angell’s childhood memories of her tiny village on Orust-an […]
Tag: psych rock
Axxa/Abraxas is the music and art project of 23 year-old Atlanta, GA-based Ben Ashbury, who derived the project’s name from two principles that he associated together – one that’s deeply personal, the other spiritually dichotomous. […]
A Q&A with Secret Colours’ Tommy Evans
When the Chicago, IL-based Secret Colours released their debut, self-titled effort and their sophomore effort Peach last year, they were a sextet, which is highly unusual for most rock bands. But between the after effects of the release of Peach and […]
The quintet of TOY, which consists of Tom Dougall (vocals/guitar), Dominic O’Dair (guitar), Maxim Barron (bass/vocals), Alejandra Diez (synths and modulations) and Charlie Salvidge (drums/vocals), have developed a sound that manages to feel incredibly modern while paying homage to […]
The duo (and cousins) behind Painted Palms, Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme have almost always used the Internet — at first out of necessity, and later out of preference — to collaborate on their songwriting. When […]
Formed by Australian expat Tim Evans, who was previously known for his work in Bird Blobs and the reincarnation of Venom P. Stinger, the Brooklyn-based trio of DeGreaser have become an integral part of New […]
Based in Jersey City, the duo of Tom Barrett and Lysa Opfer formed Overlake after bonding over a shared love of 80s and 90s indie rock and alt rock while playing in another band. As Opfer recalls, […]
Nicholas Wood and Kat Day are the creative masterminds behind the London, UK-based audio/visual project the KVB. And as the KVB, the duo of Wood and Day have quickly developed a reputation for a sound […]
After the release of the Chicago, IL-based psych rock band Secret Colours heir debut self-titled effort and their sophomore effort, Peach, the band went through a massive reshuffling of their lineup within a relatively short period of time that […]
Les Big Byrd was formed in Stockholm, Sweden a few years ago by Joakim Ahlund and Frans Johansson. Ahlund was raised by an immigrant mother in Bagarmossen, a rough and tumble suburb of Stockholm, while […]
Formed in San Francisco back in 1988, the Brian Jonestown Massacre have a long-held reputation for material that has spanned the gamut of psych rock, folk, acid rock, experimental rock, shoegaze and electronica, as well […]
Across contemporary psych rock, there has been a tendency to craft sounds that turn back towards the 50s and 60s; however, the Minneapolis, MN-based Leisure Birds have strongly resisted that trend as their sound has […]
As I’ve mentioned about 1,000 times before, lately I’ve been receiving an enormous amount of emails from bands and labels from across the US, Canada, UK, Australia New Zealand and other far-flung places across our […]
The Perth, Australia-based band, the High Learys formed in 2011 when cousins Jamie Turner (vocals, bass) and Matt Williams (guitar) met Mike Mutt (organ) in high school. They later recruited Adrian Macmillan to flesh out […]
White Mystery, the Chicago, IL-based sibling duo of Alex White and Francis Scott Key White will be releasing their Dubble Dragon, their 20 song, 2 CD opus on their anniversary on April 20th. And from […]