Say Psych: Album Review: Maquina – PRATA

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Bradford’s resident psychedelic rockers FLING share their latest unique offering ‘Extra Special’ which is jammed full with irresistible melodies, funky guitar lines whilst oozing charisma. Known for their wildly eccentric live shows, the burgeoning quintet have already built up quite the following, with their playful personalities seeing them well-received on the festival circuit so far …

Leeds-based Menace Beach return with news of their third album Black Rainbow Sound, which is set for release on 31st August on Memphis Industries. The new album is the band’s first new material since early 2017’s Lemon Memory, and after a self-imposed break from tour duties, the album exhibits a profound shift in their sound, whilst still mainlining the blasts of …

Sherpa The Tiger are a brand-new band hailing from the borderlands of Lviv, Ukraine. With an arsenal of decrepit Soviet synthesisers, the four-piece combine a love of minimalist ambient music and the kosmische grooves that came pumping out of Eastern Europe in the 60s/70s. There are two sides to Sherpa The Tiger, there are the …

There’s a new promoter in town and to mark their arrival they have planned a full day of live music from Manchester’s finest local bands at the fast becoming infamous Night People on Princess Street. Melting Wax have lined up an intriguing bill with a mixture of sounds which cater to varying tastes. Opening are …

Earlier this year Helsinki psych-rockers Black Lizard unleashed their third full-length in a now decade-long career. Celebration Of A New Dawn was released on Fuzz Club Records and saw the four-piece deal in a spectral garage-psych sound that calls on the scuzzy snarl of the finest Nuggets cuts and the swirling, neo-psychedelic march of the …

In Canelones, a small city in the south of Uruguay exists Las Cobras – a duo whose mystical psychotropic adventures have seen them, despite their very short existence, become a thing of wonder in the exploratory South American underground, and much further afield. Last year, Las Cobras – comprised of Sofïa Aguerre and Leandro Rebellato – emerged …

Following the release of his latest album Criminal earlier this year via Sacred Bones, The Soft Moon, aka Luis Vasquez, has shared a haunting new music video for ‘Like A Father’ as as well as confirming an extensive touring schedule.  Speaking about the track, Vasquez explains “’Like a Father’ is the result of a life long internalization …

Norwegian band Mayflower Madame released their latest EP Premonition last month, as well as announcing that they join the bill for The Psych Weekender in Manchester in September. The announcement and release come on the back of a highly successful USA tour. Premonition is available digitally and on CD via Night Cult Records as well on cassette via …

When people discuss their list of legendary psychedelic garage bands from the 1960s, The Chocolate Watchband are usually up there with the best. They formed in San Jose in 1965 and were described as “a blend of 1960s-style garage and psychedelic rock with a distinguishable ‘Rolling Stones’ San Francisco sound. Produced by Ed Cobb, the group’s …

BSM and Fuzz Club Records are pleased to bring you the premiere of ‘Six Weeks’, the first rack to air from Italian trio Crimen, taken from their forthcoming debut album. Silent Animals may be the debut album from them, but it arrives over a decade into their career. Simone Greco (bass, voice, sound engineering) and Patrizio …