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Say Psych: News: Left of the Dial completes 2023 line-up
With the addition of 30 new artists, the lineup for Rotterdam based showcase festival Left of the Dial is now complete. Because sifting through 30 artists will mostly likely not be a top priority for anyone, Left of the Dial has offered a tasty solution! These 30 artists – as well as the 90 previously …
Say Psych: News: Left of the Dial announce more bands and release budget guide
Left of the Dial is an international showcase festival that takes place in mid-October in the centre of Rotterdam. It offers a cross section of the most relevant alternative artists of the moment. The festival is named after a song by The Replacements. ‘Left of the Dial’ is a reference to American radio stations. To find …
TRACK: Come for a dip with Snow Coats’ ‘Pool Girl’
BURGEONING Oxford indie imprint Alcopop! Records – having recently secured the services of angular Bristol geniuses Home Counties – has brought another very fine little band into the fold in the shape of the Netherlands’ Snow Coats. The Dutch four-piece, who released their debut LP Take the Weight off Your Shoulders in 2018, will release …
Say Psych: Live, Radar Men From The Moon, Liverpool PsychFest, 26/09/15
Radar Men From The Moon (RMFTM) are named after a 1952 series of 12 shorts, directed by Fred C. Brannon who was responsible for a whole string of these low budget movies – and his rapacious output tells you something about the quality of the films themselves. The same could not be said for this …
New Music: Spring Offensive – Hengelo
This is one of those songs that can invite different appreciations – an instinctively personal take perhaps, and an understanding informed by the facts behind the tale. Once you’ve read the inspiration, you might never be able to get back to your own. So here’s the track – think on for a while and then …
Southern Sunrise – Elspeth
Before we get into this, I ask that you set aside the tweeness of naming a song “Elspeth” and the connection that will inevitably form in your mind between the guitars in this song and Noah and the Whale’s execrable “5 Years’ Time” (pedant’s note: fuck’s sake, they didn’t even add the apostrophe – I …