Psych
News: Psych-Rockers ‘Blown Out’ announce new LP and UK – EU tour dates.
Blown Out are a progressive power-driven psych-fuzz trio from Newcastle (UK). The band, comprised from members of: BONG, Drunk In Hell, Haikai No Ku, 11Paranoias, Khunnt and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, are synonymous with heavy rolling basslines and waster infused guitar freak-outs, all held together with steady percussive freeform rhythms. Already with …
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 …
See: 10,000 Russos release Fuzz Club live sessions video for Karl Burns
With the 12” set for release on January 30th, Portugal’s 10,000 Russos are the latest act to perform for Fuzz Club Records’ live sessions. Recorded at the Love Buzz Studio in south London using only analogue equipment and usually down in one in one take. The Fuzz Club Sessions are recorded straight to tape capturing …
See: Moon Duo release new video for ‘Cold Fear’
In the build up to this weeks release of their two-part psych opus, Occult Architecture Vol. 1, Moon Duo have released an animated video for the lead single, Cold Fear, directed by Micah Buzan. Describing the process, Buzan says “For Moon Duo’s music video, I had 5 weeks to make 5 minutes of animation. Being …
Obituary: Jaki Liebezeit – Can’s human drum machine 1938 – 2017
Jake Leibezeit will be best remembered for his work with German avant-garde band Can. He played on some of their most memorable albums, such as ‘Ege Bamyasi’ and ‘Monster Movie’, and brought a steady motorik beat, relentless and minimalistic, yet unmistakeably human. His rhythmic repetoire however had infinite depth beyond the bare-bones pulse of Krautrock, …
See: Syd Arthur release new video for No Peace
Rsing Canterbury quartet Syd Arthur have returned with a new single/video for the track No Peace, taken from their recent Apricity album, released on Communion/Harvest It’s a slow burner of a track, but features all the things that made their debut album such a winner – great tunes, and their lo-fi slacker rock infused with …
Track: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Fact 67
Taken from their forthcoming album Don’t Get Lost, out on February 24th on A Recordings, the Brian Jonestown Massacre have revealed a new track – called Fact 67, featuring The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess. Coming just four months after their ‘Third World Pyramid’ album, Don’t Get Lost was recorded and produced at Anton Newcombe’s new …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Underground Youth – What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole is This?
What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole is This? is the eighth LP from The Underground Youth, formed in Manchester but they now call Berlin home. Beginning in 2008 when the only way to get their music heard was to hand out CD-Rs, they came to prominence with the release of Mademoiselle in 2010. They went on …
New Music: Spectres – Neck
Spectres release Condition, the follow up to their much admired debut album Dying, this coming March 10th via the Sonic Cathedral label. Recorded in the bands adopted home city of Bristol, and and mastered by Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, 65daysofstatic) at Abbey Road in London, the band toyed with experimentation with electronics followint the release of …