Psych
Say Psych: Track Review: Veik – Difficult Machinery
French three-piece Veik have released ‘Difficult Machinery’, the first single taken from their debut LP Surrounding Structures, set for release 30 April on Fuzz Club Records. Centred around vintage analogue synths and abrasive instrumentation, the band’s experimental post-punk is rooted in the 70s avant-garde, most notably Krautrock and No Wave. They reel off groups like …
ALBUM REVIEW: The WITCH – ‘Introduction’: cracking Zambian garage nugget unearthed
You thought every stone had been overturned in the quest for any last garage-punk nuggets of note? You’d be wrong. Get your white drainpipes and chelsea boots on for this cracking Zambian garage album from the early Seventies
NEWS: Kill Rock Stars announce debut album from Japanese garage-psych wonderkids TEKE::TEKE; see the video for ‘Meikyu’
JAPANESE psych-rock septet TEKE::TEKE, who these days call not only Montreal but Kill Rock Stars home, are pleased as punch to reveal their debut set for the label, Shirushi, will be released on May 7th. And so are we, so are we: pleased as punch, that is. The band formed in 2018, initially just for …
Live Review: Nebula Live In The Mojave Desert (stream)
MUSIC is meant, at least performance wise, to be performed in front of an audience. Certainly that’s the case when it comes to live music. As we’ve seen over the course of March 2020 till now, this has been adapted for livestreams, and in the case of three-piece Californian rock outfit Nebula, concert film. Concert …
Say Psych: Video: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – O.N.E.
Having finished the end of last year with a stunning animated video for the previously unreleased ‘If Not Now, Then When?’, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have released another track which is accompanied by a kaleidoscopic cut and paste video. Talking about the video for ‘O.N.E.’, director Melbourne based videographer Alex McClaren said “The song …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Watchmakers – Clover
Manchester’s neo-psychedelic group The Watchmakers are back after a longer than planned hiatus with ‘Clover’. Having previously gained radio play and recognition from the likes of major radio networks like Xfm (now Radio X), invited to play a BBC Showcase where BBC 6 Music recommended them as ‘ones to watch’, music publications such as the NME and playing numerous festivals including Isle Of Wight, …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Vacant Lots – Into The Depths (Cold Cave Deep Speed Remix)
Brooklyn’s The Vacant Lots have released a Cold Cave remix of ‘Into The Depths’, originally lifted from their highly acclaimed third LP Interzone, which is getting its second pressing via Fuzz Club Records. Released last Summer and long sold-out, Interzone saw glowing praise from Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins (who played the band on their …
Say Psych: Video: Nice Biscuit – Candle
Whilst Brisbane psych-peddlers Nice Biscuit celebrate the release of their brand-new EP Create Simulate via Believe Digital, they have also revealed their new video for the track ‘Candle’, the follow-up to last years ‘Fem Chem’. Singer Billie Star explains that “this track mourns the loss of core knowledge destroyed by the killing and oppression of countless women during the …
Track: DJINN release details of new album; hear ‘Love Divine’
AN AMALGAM of Goat and Hills members, two of the multitude of unique, almost fantastical Swedish psych bands, DJINN recently released a new track “Love Divine”, which features on upcoming album Transmission. This follows swift consecutive releases: their self-titled album in 2019 and the Avant de Servir cassette, released on Swedish label Zeon Recordings last …
NEWS: Ty Segall and Cory Hanson issue ‘She Is A Beam’ 10″ on Drag City; hear the lead track
CAST your mind back to the good old days of 2015. Y’know, gigs, pints, going anywhere. Good times. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Way back then, fuzzmeister Ty Segall and fellow psychester Cory Hanson were burning up a little creative time together, jamming out and totally in the zone, delighting in what they were …