Psych Insight
Say Psych: Interview: Meet the Label – Little Cloud Records
Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is people who make all of this possible and get the music out into the public domain in the first place. Say Psych plans to address …
Say Psych: Album Review: 10 000 Russos – Fuzz Club Session
Rating: 9/10 Portugal’s finest space psych rockers 10 000 Russos are the latest to join the Fuzz Club Session alumni with the release of the 12” on 30 January 2017. The session encapsulates droning psychedelia at its most industrial and captures the raw energy of their live performances which has made a name for them …
Say Psych: Interview – Dead Gurus
Minneapolis based cosmic psychedelic offering Dead Gurus are the latest band to schedule a release with Wrong Way Records. Their debut album ACID BENCH is out on 17th February 2017. Purveyors of the finest dark blend of psychedelia, they are for fans of Dead Skeletons and Jesus & the Mary Chain. BSM caught up with …
Exclusive: Rhys Bloodjoy- Psyche Attack Theories
Teetering on the peripherals of space and time, one man psych-assassin, Rhys Bloodjoy, once again ventures into the darker side of things to bring you his latest offering, the Psyche Attack Theories. Five songs that, as the man himself puts it, “all relate to ways in which unseen, dark forces can play havoc with the …
Say Psych: Psych Lovers Top Ten Albums of 2016
Psych Lovers is a Facebook group for fans of all things, well, psych; and is probably the best thing that I belong to on the internet. Even though its been in existence for less than a year many of us have got to know each other well enough to do a poll for the best new albums …
Say Psych: Playlist 25/2016
Well the year’s not over yet, but already the pre-release information for albums appearing next year is already coming fast and furiously. So while I’ve only just done this year’s Psych Insight ‘best of’ list (click here) next year is already looking like being a great year for music (if nothing else). So while there’s …
Say Psych: Album Review, Made in the Machine by Sun Dial
It now seems a very long time ago since I last wrote a Sun Dial review, back at the beginning of January this year. To say that a lot of water, together with all sorts of flotsam and jetsam, has flown since then would be an absolute understatement. Amidst this great uncertainty I think many …
Say Psych: 25 Essential Psych Albums 2016
This is the third year that I have done a list of ‘Essential Psych Albums’ (2014 here/ 2015 here), which has proved to be the most popular thing that I post here on Backseat Mafia. I love end of year lists because they give me a great chance to catch up on things I might …
Say Psych: Best Live Albums of 2016
OK here’s the thing. I’ve never been a massive fan of live albums. I love going to gigs and I love listening to records, but records of gigs have never particularly been my bag. Until this year that is, because there have been a series of live releases this year that have just blown me …
Say Psych: Premiere, Loomis by The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol
OK here’s the thing, every year we hope against all hope that this year is going to be a great year for music. I’m pretty convinced that 2016, for all its issues elsewhere, has been a bloody fine one when it comes to psychedelic sonic adventures. A key ingredient of this for me was …