-
The Crooked Rugs – “Head Up”
The Crooked Rugs, a psychedelic rock outfit hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, have a knack for crafting songs that feel like they’re bending the air around you. Their latest track…
-
P.E. – “The Fiction Writer”
P.E.’s latest single, “The Fiction Writer,” is the title track from their upcoming third album, due out next month on Wharf Cat Records. The song evokes the quiet introspection of a steady fall stroll, where drifting thoughts mirror the ebb and flow of its sonic textures.
-
Go Kurosawa – “autowalk”
“autowalk” is the debut solo single from Go Kurosawa, the former drummer and vocalist of Kikagaku Moyo, and founder of the Guruguru Brain label, offering an early glimpse into his…
-
Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats – “Our Detour”
“Our Detour” is a spacious piece that offers an intimate first glimpse of Wao, the upcoming collaborative album by Shabason, Krgovich, and Tenniscoats.
-
MF Tomlinson – “Die To Wake Up From A Dream”
On “Die To Wake Up From A Dream,” MF Tomlinson creatively dichotomizes his deep country-style vocals with stanzas of lyrics belted from the vocoder, making for a textured listening experience.
-
Show Review: Dummy (Lodge Room, 9/7/2024)
Coming off the release of their sophomore album, it was only natural for Dummy to play a record release show in their hometown of Los Angeles, CA. The band celebrated…
-
Dummy – Free Energy
Sometimes the best path forward is to look towards the past, and it seems the key is to update whatever the point of reference is you’re taking from. That’s what…
-
Show Review: 26Fix (Observatory North Park, 5/17/2024)
On Friday night Pond came into town to play with 26fix at the Observatory North Park. At first it seems like an odd pairing when you look up 26fix and…
-
Rupert Angeleyes – Pillow Talk
Last week, Rupert Angeleyes released an easy listening 7-track album Pillow Talk. Notes of psychedelia, pop, and funk, gives the record an infectious quality as the songs quickly grow on…
-
Peel Dream Magazine – “Pill”
Peel Dream Magazine’s new single “Pill” merges fuzzy shoegaze with a hint of modern-swaying psych. This single is the premiere track from the band’s forthcoming sophomore record, Agitprop Alterna, which…
-
Q&A: Juleah
Her latest 2019 LP Desert Skies is a mesmerizing dance of a feather in the air; blowing away smoothly and urging you to leave your entwined mind, hit the road,…
-
Bananagun – “Out of Reach”
Melbourne psych-jangle rockers Bananagun have shared the new A-side single “Out of Reach” ahead of their 7” coming February 2020. The band explains that their goal with “Out of Reach”…
-
Show Review: Moon Duo & Umberto (Lodge Room, 11/22/19)
Moon Duo has been synonymous with psychedelic rock since their inception a decade ago, blending Ripley Johnson’s saturated guitars and Sanae Yamada’s spacey synths over motorik beats, with John Jeffrey’s…
-
Premiere: Floral Fauna – “Pink and Blue”
Floral Fauna is a new psychedelic-pop musical project birthed by San Diego-to-Los Angeles transplant Chris Allison. It began as a creative outlet and soon flourished to become a more realized…
-
The Electric Arch – Out of Range
The Electric Arch find savory flavors in mixing 60s-inspired French pop with charming southern-style garage rock. The band, based out of New Orleans, is fronted by James Marler who is…
-
Fabienne DelSol – Four
Fabienne DelSol’s fourth solo album Four is a modern psych maze of mirrors, bubbling with retro “freakbeat” garage-rock inspiration. Four is DelSol’s first release in nearly a decade and proved…
-
Show Review: Kikagaku Moyo & Minami Deutsch (Music Box, 11/1/19)
Kikagaku Moyo 幾何学模様 blasted their geometric patterns over, under, around, and through an entire legion of enthusiastic psyche fans at Music Box on Friday, with support from Guruguru Brain labelmates…
-
Show Review: Caravan Palace & Dani Bell and The Tarantist (Observatory North Park, 10/23/19)
French electro-swing outfit Caravan Palace brought their sold-out Chronologic tour to an enthusiastic and sweaty crowd at The Observatory North Park this week. While Santa Ana conditions kept San Diego hot and…
-
Q&A: Psychic Bloom
With the dreams that swirl around in his afro head, he pours his last drop of inspiration to feed the baby Psychic Bloom which has just given us the second…
-
Ponytails – “Just Yours”
Earlier this month, retro/psych-pop band Ponytails from Vancouver shared a new twangy single “Just Yours” along with a satirically dark music video. The video, produced by Lester Lyons-Hookham (who’s also…
-
The Babe Rainbow – Self-Titled LP
Your summer hasn’t officially begun until you throw The Babe Rainbow’s first ever full length album on the record player and kick back with a cold one. As previously stated in last month’s…
