Psych Insight
Say Psych: Album Review – I’m Your Mind Fuzz by King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard
It was a rainy Thursday night in Leeds, and I had just had a long and full day which I had found pretty exhausting. I’d dragged myself out of the place where I was staying and, even up to the point of getting to the doors of The Belgrave Music Hall where the band were …
Psych Insight: Track: Anti Pony – I Go Places/ Cry on the Floor
The excellent PNKSLM label seem to be on a bit of a roll at the moment. Fresh from a great showcase at this year’s Liverpool PsychFest, the label have recently released a slew of great singles from Sudakistan and Lucern Raze, and now comes a great bit of psychedelic pop from Stockholm’s Anti Pony in the shape …
Say Pstch: Live – Moon Duo, The Harley, Sheffield, 02.09.14
This is the third time I have seen Moon Duo live. The previous two times were under quite different circumstances, but both in their own way were exceptional. I first saw them at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds when Sanae had some really serious technical problems with her keyboards, to the extent that it …
Psych Insight: Track – Here They Come by The Janitors
One of my most anticipated releases of the Autumn is the new EP by The Janitors, Evil Doings Of An Evil Kind, which is released both digitally and on 12 inch vinyl by Bad Afro records on September 22nd, with pre-order beginning on September 1st. Ahead of that the band have released ‘Here They Come’ …
Psych Insight: New Music – Hide From The Sun by Goat
Few albums can be as keenly awaited in the psych universe as Commune from Swedish psych band Goat. Following on from their much acclaimed, and appropriately titled, debut World Music; a great live set; and an album of remixes comes a collection of new tracks out on Rocket Records (Sub Pop in the US and …
Psych Insight: Grass On The Sun – The Corner / Feel it Coming
There seems to be a very healthy Italian psych scene at the moment and, like in the late 60s and early 70s, there seems to be quite a range of bands out there. These include In Zaire and The Diaphanoids, both of whom I wrote about recently, and The Vickers: also Backseat Mafia favourites. These …
Psych Insight: Album Review – Corsica Garden by Os Noctambulos
Every now and again you discover some music that just blows you away, it speaks to you so directly and viscerally that you cant really explain why you like it. Even more rarely comes something that completely changes your musical frame of reference and sets you off on a new path, exploring new directions …
Psych Insight: Track – Head On by Dark Bells
We’re are big fans of Dark Bells here at BackseatMafia, and I was gutted that I missed their recent support stint for Temples. The band has now released an impressive string of singles, the latest one, ‘Head On’ being no exception, in fact after a few listens I think it’s their best track so far. …
Psych Insight: Brown Brogues, Live at Detestival, Sheffield, 19/04/14
Brown Brogues aren’t really a psych band, but I’ve included them under the ‘Psych Insight’ banner because they are headlining the Bristol Psych Fest on May 10th. Brown Brogues are more of a garage band. They are a two piece, Mark Vernon (guitar/ vocals) and Ben Mather (drums/ vocals), who make one heck of a …
Psych Insight: New Music – Ragged Barracudas 7” EP (Cardinal Fuzz/ Who Can You Trust)
There was a time, back in my distant memory, when as a young teenager I used to disappear on my bike telling my parents “I’m just off out for a ride”, chain it to the railings of the local railway station and get the train into Birmingham. It was 1977 and I was 13. …