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Say Psych, Live Review: Lumerians, Liverpool PsychFest, 26/09/15
Lumerians has been a Psych Insight favourite for some time. The bands most recent album Transmissions From Planet Telos Vol. 3 made our ‘Essential Psych Albums of 2014‘ list saying “This is one of those albums that takes you both without and within, leaving you covered with space dust and the imprints of the therapist’s couch: …
Live Review: Fatherson and Prides at Leadmill, Sheffield, 7th November 2015
Synth-pop trio Prides performed at the Leadmill, Sheffield, on 7th November, with support from their Scottish pals Fatherson. Although restricted to the smaller room of the venue, both bands stood upon its stage with confidence as they played to a receptive crowd who sang every word back to them with a fierce passion. From the very first …
Live Review: Young Guns, Warehouse 23, Wakefield, 22.10.15
While many people in tonight’s crowd are still wondering what one of the leading bands in the UK’s rock contingent are doing in grey old Wakefield, its nonetheless exciting when said city is almost religiously omitted from band’s touring cycles. Vukovi are essentially pop-rock infused with strains of indie- excitably inoffensive, they add a pop …
Live Review: The Duke Spirit – Wilton’s Music Hall 22.10.2015
The Duke Spirit lived up to their name with a majestic and energetic performance at the historic Wilton’s Music Hall. This was a show that had sold out within a few days of going on sale. Until their appearance at End Of The Road festival in September, The Duke Spirit hadn’t appeared on stage together …
Live: The Cribs and Pulled Apart By Horses, Sheffield O2 Academy 24.10.15
On a brisk evening in Sheffield two of Yorkshire’s finest under the radar bands met at the O2 Academy. Traditional chants of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire” greet Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses to the stage. Material coming predominantly from latest album Blood, the riff-heavy belters rip through the crowd, which tonight consists mainly of undergraduates and lad …
Say Psych, Live, The Heads, Liverpool PsychFest, 26.09.15
Until very recently I thought that I had missed out on seeing The Heads live. Like many I had not discovered the band while they were active, only hearing them for the first time a few years ago. When I did it was a real point of revelation to me, and I can actually remember the …
Psych Insight: Live, Kandodo5, Liverpool PsychFest, 26.09.15
Kandodo3 is a project founded by Simon Price, along with fellow Heads Wayne Maskell and Hugo Morgan. Considerably less raw and brusque than their former band, Kandodo3 is more about expansive soundscapes and aural topology that the full on sonic assault that marked The Heads oeuvre. Having heard the k2o album, and especially the live …
Gallery: Rich Robinson – Greystones, Sheffield 2.10.15
Guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Black Crowes Rich Robinson landed in Sheffield on October 2nd, playing at the intimate Greystones. A real chance for fans to get close to someone who has sold over 30 million albums through a 25 year career. PLaying material that stretches from Bob Dylan through Buffalo Springfield and traditional …
Say Psych: Live, Chicos De Nazca, Liverpool PsychFest, 25.09.15
Third Chilean band of the day on the BYM Records vs Sacred Bones Furnace stage and a third approach to psychedelic music. Drawing considerably from the Seattle grunge scene, Spacemen 3 and Madchester music of the late eighties and nineties, Chicos De Nazca, a band that includes members of Föllakzoid, La Hell Gang and Delta …
Live Review: Pinkshinyultrablast. Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 01.10.2015
Pinkshinyultrablast take the stage in a rather subtle, polite manner, take up their positions, twiddle a few knobs, tweak a few dials and ever so gently begin their set. Lyobuv’s ethereal vocals are instantly captivating as they float through the air. As we progress the intensity builds and within minutes you are acutely aware of …