Ak’chamel, The Ecstatic Brotherhood of Nux Vomica – The Totemist
A band so curious they may just be a mirage.
psych folk
The Perfect Trip – The Perfect Trip
The Perfect Trip (band & album) is 60s-70s psych rock built for the modern era of fluidity. The Boston-based group’s self-titled debut…
Ruth Garbus – Kleinmeister
VT underground pop hero triumphs again with the release of her stunning new full length.
Dimples – Whimpers
Some mysterious, metaphysical jangling psych-folk courtesy of Greg Hartunian and Colby Nathan, that restless wanderer we know from HYENA, (NEW ENGLAND) PATRIOTS,…
Steve Gunn & Lee Ranaldo, Meg Baird @ Arts at the Armory
Heron Oblivion – s/t
Heron Oblivion’s pedigree precedes them. Featuring a line-up of musicians who’ve done time in Comets on Fire, Six Organs of Admittance, and…
Cool Ghouls — “Sundial”
San Francisco has produced so many good rock bands lately– especially of the psychedelic ilk– that it’s almost become a cliche. Almost,…
The Wharves — “Naz”
The only feeling more maniacal and paranoid than searching all over, in vain, for something that’s gone missing is when that thing…
frostlake — White Moon, Black Moon
Dreamlike and chilly is the world inhabited by frostlake, the mysterious songstress whose name graces the b&w album artwork of White Moon,…
Weyes Blood — Cardamon Times
Natalie Mering has quietly built up a body of work under her Weyes Blood moniker. The former Jackie-O Motherfucker member follows up…
The Cairo Gang — Goes Missing
Let’s forego the obvious comparisons: Emmett Kelly’s compositions here clearly lean toward all of the obvious “the”s: The Byrds, The Beatles, The…
Loren Connors — Airs
If you happen to know CT-based guitarist Loren Connors from his more avant-garde work, you might be pleasantly freaked out by the…
