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Say Psych: Video Premiere: JuJu – Wild Life
BSM is pleased to bring you the premiere of the new video from Italian psych band JuJu. Led by Gioele Valenti, ‘Wild Life’ is the third single taken from JUJU’s latest album, Apocalypse Is God’s Spoiler, released on March 15th 2024 via Sister 9 Recordings. ‘Wild Life’ talks about the mass disinformation carried out by …

Premiere: The legendary Kim Salmon and his band Smoked Salmon exclusively unveil the video for new track ‘How Did They Ever Manage’ ahead of Australian tour.
We are catatonic with excitement at being able to bring you an exclusive look at the new video from Kim Salmon’s new project Smoked Salmon for their first single ‘How Did They Ever Manage’. Kim Salmon of course needs no introduction, but, as is always the way, I will anyway: leader of the legendary swamp …

Video Premiere: Bones Shake – Let Go
Bones Shake are a scuzzy, fuzz enthused garage rock trio from Manchester. Today they announce their third LP Purge, set for release on Sister9 Recordings on 4 October, and to accompany the news BSM is pleased to bring you the premiere of the video for ‘Let Go.’ Bones Shake play everything to the extreme; violent …

Say Psych: Premiere: Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapour – Zapalski
Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor are a band synonymous with moody, electrifying psych rock. They released their sixth studio album Nocturnal Train to Mars earlier this year. ‘Zapalski’ is their second single from the album and BSM is proud to bring you the video premiere. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor have …

Premiere: It’s all about ‘Guns n’ Money’ in the fabulous sparkling new single from Sydney’s PJ Orr, released ahead of new album.
We are over the moon to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Guns n’ Money’ from Sydney trio PJ Orr. Purveyors of the finest antipodean fare, it’s been a while since the band released its album ‘Tightrope Walker’ back in 2020 (see my review here) and it’s great to …

Premiere: General Mack’s Grapeshot’s laconic ‘Grenades and Stomach Flu’ is a paisley-infused and swinging delight.
We are very honoured to premiere today the swinging new fuzz-laden single ‘Grenades and Stomach Flu’ from the delightfully named General Mack’s Grapeshot (GMG), the musical project of Australian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer, Mitchy McIvor. There is a hint of the swinging sixties – a Carnaby Street paisley-infused bounce – in the jaunty pace, …

Say Psych: Premiere: Sister 9 Compilation – High on Low Fidelity
As part of their 20th Anniversary celebrations, Sister 9 Recordings present High On Low Fidelity — The M.A.D. Sessions, an intriguing insight into the roots of the label, the Parlour 9 era. It tells a fantastical story that has never been told before, and BSM is honoured to premiere it in full. In the early …

Premiere: Burr Oak stun with emotionally poignant and surprisingly heavy ‘Annabelle’
There’s a moment, about two-and-a-half minutes into the title track from Burr Oak‘s new EP, where everything drops out except a nervous, agitated guitar line—then, chaos and an almighty musical roar, coupled with a lurch into half-time for added effect. It’s a most unexpected twist, the entire song hinging around this extreme dynamic shift, and …

Premiere: The darkly and deliciously gothic Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records, will haunt you with the epic debut single ‘Ghost’, ahead of live dates.
We are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to the debut single from the magnificent Naarm/Melbourne band Velvet Parade, newly signed to the esteemed Kasumuen Records label. ‘Ghosts’ has a statuesque presence – tinted with a gothic darkness and embellished by thundering whiskey-soaked throbbing vocals that evoke a dingy den of iniquity in the …

Premiere: Chiara Angelicola returns as Bird Call with the quietly devastating ‘Tiny Transistor’
We all coped differently at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. For Chiara Angelicola—the Guatemalan-Italian who’s been operating as Bird Call for about 15 years, and who should have been on the road touring her latest record, Year of the Dogfish, released a few months prior—it was an especially intense time; she was …