Interview: Volk Soup
Manchester’s underground has never been short of bands, but recently a new breed is emerging. I had a chat with Volk Soup, a multi-city-based offering who have played a few times in these parts recently and have caused quite a stir; partly for their chaotic performances and partly because of the sheer quality that’s on …
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest Announce First Bands for 2023
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest has announced the first wave of acts for its 10th edition and biggest edition of the one-day event to date, with over 60 live acts taking place on 2nd September 2023. With headliners still to be announced in the new year, Manchester Psych Fest …
Say Psych: Album Review: Los Palms – Skeleton Ranch
Arriving following their self-titled debut 7″ released last year, Los Palms have set LP Skeleton Ranch loose on the world via Fuzz Club Records. It serves up an infectiously hedonistic cocktail of jangly surf-rock, 1960s garage and 13th-floor psychedelia. The band describe their sound as “Desert Jangle”, with influences all the way from 60s Peruvian …
Say Psych: Interview: The Dirt
Manchester’s underground has never been short of bands, but recently a new breed are emerging, none of them more exciting than duo The Dirt. Being less than a year into live performances they have clocked up an impressive number of hours so BSM caught up with them recently to find out what makes them tick. …
Say Psych: Album Review: Girls In Synthesis – The Rest Is Distraction
Experimental post-punk outfit Girls In Synthesis recently released their eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s incendiary debut, Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future. The Rest Is Distraction is out now via the band’s own label Own It Records. Formed in 2016, the trio released a double a-sided debut single ‘The Mound’/’Disappear’ in the early part …
Say Psych: Album Review: Kill Your Boyfriend – Voodoo
Treviso, Italy, based two piece Kill Your Boyfriend are back with a phrenetic new album, Voodoo. The fourth from the duo is out now via Sister 9 Recordings (Europe), Little Cloud Records (North America) and Shyrec (Itay). The new LP follows Killadelica, where Kill Your Boyfriend had refined their debut signature sound, bridging the gap …
Say Psych: Live Review: Float Along Festival, Sheffield, 24.09.2022
This weekend saw Float Along Festival hit the streets of Sheffield for the first time. It spanned four venues, six stages and encompassed the best of psychedelic rock as well as a medley of the best in indie and alternative. I arrive in time to watch local ladies Sister Wives at Record Junkee. The four piece …
Say Psych: Live Review: Psych All Dayer, London, 17.09.2022
London’s Other Side Promotions are one of the newcomers to the psych promoting game and they have already made quite a stir. Today’s all dayer came about from the ashes of cancelled gigs at the end of last year, and even with line up changes since it was announced, they have put together something really …
Say Psych: Live Review: REPEATER #1, Manchester 10.09.2022
Alphaville recently opened their own shop, Alphaville Emporium. Here at BSM we have been watching their progress with interest and when they announced Repeater, the first in a series of all day events designed to bring what they call “new/weird/wonderful music to Manchester at grassroots venues” I couldn’t resist checking it out. Today’s event comes …
Say Psych: Live Review: Manchester Psych Fest 03.09.2022
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest returned this year for its 9th and biggest event to date. After some problems with logistics last year, largely due to COVID-19 restrictions being in place, this years event had a lot of weight on its shoulders. The day starts for me with Winsford’s Déjà Vega. …