Psych
Say Psych: Meet, Flowers Must Die
It is almost a standard opening paragraph about how strong the Swedish ‘psych’ music scene is at the moment, but when you have a list of bands that includes Hills, Goat, Les Big Byrd, The Janitors, Yuri Gagarin, and numerous groups on labels such as PNKSLM it is not something that can really be ignored. …
Live Review: 3AM & The Dead-End Alley Band, Zwolle
Every now and again, a band comes along that compels you to move heaven and earth to see them play live – 3AM are one such band. “3AM it’s the solo project of Chino Burga (La IrA de Dios, La Garua, Necromongo, Los Entierros, Black Saqras, Espira) based on riffs, loops and a lot of tremolo.” I …
EP: Paradise Range – ‘Songs for Edie S.’
“Inspired by the rise and fall of the beautiful Edie Sedgwick.” So says the liner notes on this latest EP release from Paradise Range, a band rooted in the Thuringian green heart of Germany. Paradise Range excel at crafting their unique blend of “electronic psych rock”. Michael Böerner (MPC 2000, Guitar, Efx) and Lucas Hotop (Organ, …
News: Lisbon Psych Fest – Second Bands Announcement
The second band announcements have been made for the 2016 edition of Lisbon Psych Fest, produced by Killer Mathilda; LISBON PSYCH FEST 2016 | Teatro do Bairro | 15 & 16 de Abril Day 15/06 – Chui Wan (CN) GANSO (en) Day 16/04 – Tau (de) Twin Transistors (en) Joining the already announced; Dia 15/04 – The Underground Youth (UK) Chicos de Nazca (CL) Dia 16/04 – Gnod (UK) 10 …
Say Psych: Album Review, Lanes Oil, Dream Is Pry by Rollfast
Rollfast is a band that I’ve been following for a while (here for previous reviews); a five-piece from Bali, Indonesia it purveys a great line in blues drenched psych rock that, in the limited number of releases I’ve heard, has never disappointed. Now, after almost 5 years together, the band has put out an album with …
Playlist: Say Psych End of year playlist 2015
Ok so the Psych Insight end of year list is in the bag , but there are a few things I still wanted to share. Here are 10 tracks that either escaped that list, or are from previous years, that have really rocked my rocket this year. I’m not going to say any more…just leave them here …
Say Psych: Album Review, At The Center Of All Infinity by Yuri Gagarin
Happens every year: I do my list of favourite albums and along comes one just after I’ve pressed send and totally blows me away. Having said that I’m not sure what I would have dropped to accommodate ‘At The Centre Of All Infinity’ by Gothenburg’s Yuri Gagarin, but there is absolutely no way that it would …
Say Psych: Album Review, Drone Jams Vol. 1 by Space Spectrum
The jam is something that seems to be missing in much of mainstream music these days. I am not saying that it was ever that prevalent, but there have been times when musicians just got up and played; just to see where it would take them. This, of course, would be an anathema to most …
Psych Insight: 20 Essential Psych Albums 2015
Following the overwhelming feedback from last year’s Psych Insight ‘Essential Psych‘ list, Adam Harmsworth of Drone Rock Records and myself have embarked on the mammoth task of getting a list together for 2015. Once again it has been hugely difficult to settle on a final 20 albums which are a reflection and representative of the amount of quality …
Say Psych: Album Review, ‘Horse Stories’ by Josefin Ohrn + The Liberation
The vast majority music that I listen to is, for want of a better word, dirty. It usually has lots of fuzzed up guitar and other effects: sonics that are foggy and dense. Every so often though a record comes along that is clean and clear that I just really take to my heart. Such …