“Normal Man,” the first single off Desert Stars’ recently released album, Habit Shackles. The track reminds me a little bit of a the Stone Roses and the Jesus and Mary Chain – it’s psychedelic but it also […]
Tag: psych rock
I caught the extremely young, Los Angeles, CA-based trio of the Vim Dicta at a relatively early set at Piano’s on Monday night and I was impressed – they play with a confidence and assuredness […]
Led by Greer McGettrick, the now-defunct Bay Area-based band the Mallard had quickly developed a reputation for defying expectations in their short history together – and in many ways, they did so with a sneering […]
The Madison,WI-based duo, the Hussy recently released the official video for “Woodland Creatures” off their latest and third album, Pagan Hiss. Sonically, the track is among the hardest tracks I’ve heard this year. With it’s thundering drums, […]
Philadelphia, PA-based songwriter Quinten Stolzfus started the last decade writing and performing under the moniker Mazarin. And as Mazarin, Stolzfus wrote, recorded and performed a hazy, psychedelic sort of folk tinged pop music – his […]
Brooklyn-based band Teen recently released the official video for “Carolina,” the title track off their Carolina EP. The video which was shot on May Day follows performance artists Megha Barnabas as she dances around Manhattan passing […]
Dead Leaf Echo released their full-length debut effort, Thought and Language earlier in the spring. And for a debut, the album is a concept album which details the life of a child from conception, birth, and until […]
The now-London-based quartet Splashh got their start when the New Zealand-born Sasha Carlson (vocals and guitar) and the Australian-born Toto Vivian (guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) met while on vacation. The duo bounded over their […]
San Diego-based band Crocodiles will be releasing their forthcoming new album, Crimes of Passion during the summer. And although the band has developed a reputation for an explosively loud, scuzzy sound, lead singer Brandon Welchez enlisted the […]
Earlier this year, London-based band Splashh released the hazy and summery single, “Sun Kissed Blues,” off their forthcoming debut effort, Comfort. “Today (Fade Away)” is the B side to the “All I Wanna Do” single, and […]
The Gainesville, FL-based quartet of Morningbell has been incredibly prolific as they’ve released 5 albums and 9 EPs in the past 9 years. Boa Noite, the band’s sixth effort continues the band’s prolific reputation while revealing that they’re a band […]
On Carolina, the forthcoming EP from the Brooklyn-based band Teen, the quartet of sisters Teeny, Lizzie, and Katherine Lieberson and Jane Herships have actively made an attempt to simplify the recording process, with the members only […]
The Sydney, Australia-based quartet the Laurels are known for a lush, psychedelic sound heavily inspired by 60s psych rock – so it shouldn’t be surprising that they’ve shared a stage with the Black Angels, Tame […]
The Brooklyn-based quartet of Naam with the forthcoming release of their second album, Vow has the band reportedly expanding their sound towards a very dark, sinister psychedelica – with the album focusing on the animalistic nature of […]
The Atlanta, Georgia-based quintet, Dead Confederate will be releasing their third full-length album, In the Marrow on April 16th, and with their third album the band continues their reputation for effortlessly mixing grunge rock with deep-fried Southern […]