Psych
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Bloodjoy Remixes (Part I)
Manchester’s “one man noise machine/psych assassin” Rhys Bloodjoy, has just unleashed an EP called ‘Bloodjoy Remixes (Part One)’, starring four artists who have previously released albums on his record label, Sister 9 Recordings. The EP features remixed versions of songs by psych-dream-gazers, Frankie Teardrop Dead, Italian darkwave/post-punks, Kill Your Boyfriend, psychedelic masters, JuJu and Bloodjoy’s …
Live Review & Gallery: Industrial Beats-Jamie xx at Sydney’s Carriageworks 8.12.2024
Jamie xx Bridges the Industrial and the Ethereal in His Carriageworks Set
Say Psych: Track Review: Pray for Mojo – Bonnacon
Warrington’s finest, Pray for Mojo, are back with a new single, ‘Bonnacon’, out now on Rare Vitamin Records. ‘Bonnacon’, is self recorded in their own studio and mixed by Ste Cole at What? Studios who worked with them on their EP Rickety Bridges. The track introduces a progressive and fast paced side to the band …
Say Psych: Track Review: Divorce Finance – You Can’t Say Whore on the Radio
After a purge amongst the ranks, Leeds’s premium country band Divorce Finance have returned with comeback single ‘You Can’t Say Whore on the Radio’. Self-recorded on cassette between their practice room and new member Prize Pig’s bedroom (because producers keep trying to turn them into some polished ‘post-punk’ [fka Indie-Rock] product), Divorce Finance are back …
Say Psych: News: Seattle via Italy Painted Vein releases debut LP Dripping Only Black
Painted Vein is the music project of the Italian (resident of Seattle, Washington musician, producer, and audio engineer Andrea Fox Volpato, who has spent the last 10 years brewing the material for his solo project by collaborating in writing, recording, and touring the world with bands from around the globe. Last week he released his debut LP …
Say Psych: News: Berlin Psych Garage Quartet Sacred Buzz release new LP Radio Radiation
Sacred Buzz is a 4-piece psych garage band from Berlin, Germany. It materialized out of thin air in the hot summer of 2023 and already became known for stirring up Berlin’s psych underground scene with their mesmerizing blend of raw energy, kaleidoscopic patterns, and psychedelic rhythm. Sacred Buzz has kickstarted their live show path by …
Say Psych: Live Review: Warmduscher @ O2 Ritz, Manchester 07.11.2024
Warmduscher are a group of miscreants, known only by aliases (Clams Baker Jr, Lightnin’ Jack Everett, Salt Fingers, Quicksand and Dr. Withers aka Little Whiskers). Ardent fans, Iggy Pop and Marc Riley have only gleaming praise to heap on the band, and in return, Warmduscher have blessed them both with immortality. Tonight, Marc Riley introduces …
Track: Fingerless are facing the ‘Monster’ of self doubt in their intense, anthemic new single.
Long time favourites here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible Fingerless are back with the deliciously restrained and haunting tones of ‘Monster’. Eschewing their normal psychedelic-tinged upbeat pace, ‘Monster’ is a caged beast coasting on simple delicate guitars supported by pounding epic percussion with singer channelling a better version of Chris Martin, …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announces first bands for 2025 Festival in Eindhoven
UK-based independent label Fuzz Club are today announcing the first wave of bands set to perform at Fuzz Club Festival 2025. Returning after a four-year hiatus this year, the two-day celebration of fuzz, reverb and drone will take place once again at the historic Effenaar venue in Eindhoven, Netherlands over 9 & 10 May 2025. …
Say Psych: Album Review: Cosmic Room 99 – Cosmic Room 99
Italian psych band Cosmic Room 99 recently released their debut self-titled album on Sister 9 Recordings (UK), Little Cloud Records (US) and Shyrec (Italy). The band’s name was inspired by a documentary called ‘The Cosmic Room’, which tells the story of NATO employee Bob Cohen accidentally discovering a top-secret plan to eradicate part of the …