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Last year, BSM had the pleasure of being part of the 2023 edition of the Left of the Dial, and needless to say, we were obsessed, and we are going back this year. To Left of the Dial, all bands are equally important. There are no headliners and even though not everyone might know the …

Edinburgh Psych Fest, the sister festival to the UK’s leading Psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest, has announced the second wave of acts joining the bill for this September’s festival. Off the back of a huge first lineup announcement that featured Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Temples and NewDad, Edinburgh Psych Fest reveals more exciting …

Manchester’s long-standing independent promoters Now Wave have announced a new annual happening BAD DREAMS at New Century set to take place across the late May bank holiday weekend.  Launching on Friday 24th May the opening day of Bad Dreams will see dreamy-neo-soul-psych outfit Crumb headline alongside the hazy surf-psych-rock sounds of Australia’s Babe Rainbow and Tonronto’s jangly-indie-pop duo Ducks LTD. Bank holiday Monday 27th May will …

A celebration of all things fuzz, reverb and drone, Fuzz Club 2024 will once again take place at the legendary Effenaar venue in Eindhoven over May 3-4 2024. Headlining the festival will be Spiritualized, helmed by sonic explorer J. Spaceman (Jason Pierce) who has long been a linchpin of contemporary psychedelia since his prior band Spacemen 3 formed and subsequently changed the game …

Manchester Psych Fest announces Baxter Dury, The Horrors, Temples, NewDad, Mdou Moctar, Juniore and more in the first wave of its bands for their 2024 edition which will take place on 31 August 2024 in venues across the city. Following on from its 10th birthday earlier this year, Manchester Psych Fest 2024 will bring Baxter Dury and The …

With the addition of 30 new artists, the lineup for Rotterdam based showcase festival Left of the Dial is now complete. Because sifting through 30 artists will mostly likely not be a top priority for anyone, Left of the Dial has offered a tasty solution! These 30 artists – as well as the 90 previously …

The year’s Manchester Psych Fest hub will see Oxford Road’s ‘Circle Square’ transformed into ‘Cactus Square’, providing a gateway to the festival and featuring an array of activities for all attendees including screen printing workshops alongside delicious street food, meet & greets with top festival acts and much more. North Tap Room in ‘Cactus Square’ will be home to meet …

Manchester Psych fest has added yet more bands to its huge line up for the 10th edition of the UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival which will take place on 2 September. Hotly-tipped Liverpool grunge outfit The Mysterines, Melbourne rockers The Murlocs, MPF electro-pop favourites Stealing Sheep, psychedelic AV masters TVAM, and 60s-inspired psych four-piece The Dream Machine are just …

Left of the Dial is an international showcase festival that takes place in mid-October in the centre of Rotterdam. It offers a cross section of the most relevant alternative artists of the moment. The festival is named after a song by The Replacements. ‘Left of the Dial’ is a reference to American radio stations. To find …

Oslo based Mayflower Madame specialise in cinematic post-punk, with hints of dream-pop and psych-noir. They made their debut with LP Observed in a Dream in 2016 which created a buzz in the underground music press and earned them tours in both Europe and North America. Comparisons were made to bands like Bauhaus, The Cure, DIIV …