Say Psych: Album Review: Maquina – PRATA

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Rating: 7/10 Sweden has recently become a hot bed of psychedelic activity, with Goat being projected to global acclaim and Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation garnering ever increasing publicity. The latest act to join the ranks is NONN, AKA Christian Eldefors who presents his take on brooding post-punk and cold wave. After spending the winter …

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The Goa Express are a five piece from Burnley who despite their young age are garnering fans and media interest country wide. They offer music drenched in feel good energy and with a number of key support slots and festival appearances, they announce their AA single ‘GOA’, to be released on 11th August 2017 on …

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Bluedot Festival has garnered a reputation as being one of the festivals of the summer, a must for all musical fanatics regardless of genre choices. This year’s line-up has been carefully curated to appeal far and wide, the addition of the unique settings and scientific slant mark it out as a curiosity not to be …

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Belgian label EXAG Records announce the arrival of their BLACK’EX split series and Backseat Mafia are honoured to provide you with the premiere. The concept for the series is to take two artists, from two different countries, press on top vinyl and in doing so create connections between artists from around the world, building bridges …

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Los Angeles female trio L.A. Witch return with a reverb heavy garage punk sound in new single ‘Untitled’, and with it comes the announcement that they are set to release their long awaited debut album on Suicide Squeeze Records on 8th September 2017. With a sound that transports the listener straight to a warm Californian …

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Rating: 7/10 The Telescopes return with their ninth album, As Light Return released on German label Tapete Records on 7th July 2017 on vinyl, CD and digital formats. The brain child of Stephen Lawrie in 1987, the band have undergone many changes with Lawrie the only remaining constant. On this occasion he is joined by …

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Bristol Psych Fest have teamed up with Stolen Body Records to bring a spectacular fourth instalment to the Trinity Centre and The Crofters Rights on 7th and 8th July 2017. This years festival will be bigger and better, spread over two days and two venues. Commencing with a free warm up party on the Friday …

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Australians King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have garnered an enviable reputation for their superb live performances and insanely catchy music which traverses several genres to ensure they have an ever increasing fan base. Having played Manchester on several occasions to ever increasing in size venues, tonight Now Wave and Strange Days have teamed up …

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The Cult of Free Love, a hard to define collaboration from North Wales are back with a new video for a track from their forthcoming album. Following on from the success of Love Revolution which was released on Wrong Way Records last August, ‘Visions’ is the first in a sequence of videos to come and …

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The Warlocks - Euro Tour

The Warlocks have become known as psychedelic legends in their own right, after having formed in Los Angeles in 1998. There have been many changes in personnel since then, with guitarist/singer Bobby Hecksher the only constant member. With six studio albums under their belt, they set out on a 22 date European tour spanning six …

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