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News: Australia and New Zealand set to receive fresh psychedelic blast from Brian Jonestown Massacre in 2026

US cult psychedelic outfit, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, have announced an extensive Australia-wide tour set to hit our shores in March 2026, including a date in Auckland, New Zealand to…

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News: The Limiñanas and Laurent Garnier unveil details of new album and share ‘Que Calor’

FRENCH psych purveyors The Limiñanas and producer and DJ Laurent Garnier are set to release a collaborative album entitled Pelicula, splicing the trio’s affections for psychedelia with their equal fondness…

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See: The Vacant Lots with Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) New Single ‘Bells’ from EXIT E.P.

Hot off the heels of their recent tour with The Dandy Warhols, The Vacant Lots are heading to Europe for headline shows and a couple support shows with Black Rebel…

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Say Psych: Album Review: The Third Sound – All Tomorrow’s Shadows

The Third Sound is the solo project of Icelandic musician Hákon Aðalsteinsson who used to play in cult Reykjavik rock’n’roll bandits Singapore Sling and currently plays in Brian Jonestown Massacre.…

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Say Psych: News: Brian Jonestown Massacre announce two new albums and share track ‘Hold That Thought’

Brian Jonestown Massacre will release the two new albums in 2018; the first of which, Something Else, has been scheduled for release on A Recordings on 1st June, on 180grm…

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Say Psych: Album Review: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Don’t Get Lost

Rating: 7/10 The Brian Jonestown Massacre are a main stay within psychedelic circles, and the release of Don’t Get Lost on 24th February 2017 comes a mere four months after…

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Live: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Leeds 13.06.16

The evening starts with a poem. A short piece that, forgive the romantic in me, channels the vibe of Ginsberg and beautifully set’s the tone for tonight’s ‘happening’. I say…

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Psych Insight: 20 Essential Psych Albums 2015

Following the overwhelming feedback from last year’s Psych Insight ‘Essential Psych‘ list, Adam Harmsworth of Drone Rock Records and myself have embarked on the mammoth task of getting a list together for 2015.…

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Live Review: Tess Parks + Anton Newcombe @ Oslo, London 18.07.15

As Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe’s “We Declare Nothing” tour hits the UK, Nina Fritsch finds out if the visionary Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman’s latest project still has what it…

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Meet: We meet the legendary Anton Newcombe

Barely a year has gone by since the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s fourteenth (!) long player hit the stores like cloud of dense mauve smoke. Revelation was the first BJM record…

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