9/26 WICKED MESS: 17 Bands, 1 day.
Flyer by Sarah Samways WICKED MESS: a 17 band, collectively booked afternoon-evening party at Out of the Blue Too Gallery. Bands: James…
garage psych
Crunchy — DUOP
If you never thought you’d be able to describe a music video as a “skeletal Windows 95 screensaver-gone-drug trip,” you might need…
Thee Oh Sees — Mutilator Defeated at Last
Thee Oh Sees’ new album is called Mutilator Defeated at Last. It’s out on Castle Face Records and it’s a beautiful beast….
Wand — Golem
Wand is a newish garage rock band from Los Angeles who you may be familiar with from their recent tour with Ty…
Heaters — “Levitate Thigh”
What came first—the chicken, or the egg? You could ask the same thing about this new video from the Grand Rapids, Michigan…
PRINCE RUPERT’S DROPS – “DANGEROUS DEATH RAY”
Drop molten glass into cold water, and you get a tadpole-shaped dollop called a Prince Rupert’s Drop. A material curiosity, it’s strong…
APACHE DROPOUT – HEAVY WINDOW
I remember the Nuggets record my dad always kept on the top of his bookshelf, its bold, candy-store bright cover intricately twisting,…
TY SEGALL – “MANIPULATOR”
As you probably already know, L.A. psych fiend Ty Segall has an awesome new album called Manipulator, out on Drag City. You can read…
WHITE FENCE – “Like This”
HASSLE FEST 3 (nee HOMEGROWN FEST) vets WHITE FENCE put out a beaut of an LP on DRAG CITY a little ways…
PHAZE – BACKWARDS
Boston is never quiet, even late into the night and in the wee hours of morning. Accordingly, Phaze‘s “Backwards” starts with twenty…
EASTLINK – “Spring St”
Formidable psych punkers from down around, somewhat under, where that plane went and vanished (they’re from Australia, ok?), EASTLINK, have finally elbowed…
RANCH GHOST – TURFIN
Feeling burnt out on domestically released faux-vintage tunes? Need something a little more traveled, a little more world-versed? Oddly enough, Ranch Ghost’s…
