Album Reviews
Say Psych: Album Review: Mamuthones – Fear On The Corner
Mamuthones emerged from the Italian occult psychedelic movement and now in the wake of the release of their album Fear on the Corner on Rocket Recordings the band find themselves undergoing a metamorphosis from the mystical and ceremonial realms toward a direct connection with the everyday, the personal and the political. This vibrant reinvention also …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Men – Drift
Brooklyn’s The Men are set to release their seventh LP Drift on 2nd March 2018 on Sacred Bones Records to coincide with their 10th anniversary. The band’s last album, Devil Music, was the sound of a band who had been through the motions before hitting reset and going back to the beginning and rediscovering themselves …
Album Review: Screaming Females – All At Once
Screaming Females are back. For those unaware of the band, they are a three-piece independent rock/punk band from New Jersey. Made up of Marissa Paternoster (vocals + guitar), Mike Abbate (bass) and Jarrett Dougherty (drums), their new album All At Once is out February 23rd on Don Giovanni Records. Their previous album Rose Mountain was …
Say Psych: Album Review: Black Lizard – Celebration of a New Dawn
Finnish garage-rockers Black Lizard formed back in 2008 and have been busy leading the pack in the ever expanding and all inspiring Scandinavian underground with a relentless gig schedule and sequence of releases. The band is comprised of Paltsa-Kai Salama (vocals, guitar), Joni Seppanen (guitar), Lauri Lyttinen (bass) and Onni Nieminen (drums, percussion). This Friday sees the …
Album Review: Montero – Performer
A mainstay in the Australian underground/indie scene, having previously been part of, or at least worked with the likes of Early Woman, Treetops and Holiday Maker, Ben Montero is back under his Montero moniker with an album of attractive soft rock/psych. Called Performer, its the follow up to 2013’s The Loving Grace, and it’s been …
Album Review : Nicklas Sørensen’s ‘Solo 2’
Nicklas Sørensen most recently blasted dreamy, psychedelic swaths of guitar on Papir’s 2017 record V. Within that Danish three-piece psych rock outfit, Sørensen can go from post-rock stoicism to 60s fuzzed-out freak out in seconds flat. He’s erased those boundary lines that seemed to box in the “guitar hero”. Jazzy introspection, distorted wah wah, and progressive lines …
Album Review : worriedaboutsatan’s ‘Shift’
U.K.-based worriedaboutsatan are all about digging into the unknown and making something out of that darkness. There are elements of techno, dance, ambient, and heavy atmosphere in their work, with all of their musical voodoo coming to ahead on 2016s Blank Tape, their 3rd full-length. From that breakthrough record, the Yorkshire duo headed into the studio …
Album Review: Poliça and s t a r g a z e – Music for the Long Emergency
Released on Transgressive Records, Music for the Long Emergency sees Poliça collaborate with s t a r g a z e, a group of orchestral musicians based in Berlin. First glimpses of these blend of forces was in February 2016 in Berlin during the Liquid Music project hosted by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, linking …
Album Review : Windhand and Satan’s Satyrs Split
I’ve always thought of Windhand as doom metal for those of us that don’t live in a fog of bong smoke; or worship Satan or chase woodland creatures with homemade battle axes in our underwear at midnight. The Virginia 5-pc doom metal band carry with them all the eerie, Gothic vibes that would scare off …
Album Review: Japan Suicide – Santa Sangre
We recently reviewed an Italian band called Unruly Girls and noted that the Italian rock scene was both healthy and creative. And no better sign of this good health is Japan Suicide, whose new album, ‘Santa Sangre’ was released on Valentine’s Day last week. Citing eighties post-punk new wave influences like The Cure and Joy …