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Say Psych: Interview: Meet The Label – The Weird Beard

Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is…

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Album Review : Carlton Melton’s ‘Hidden Lights’

Whenever you drop the needle on a Carlton Melton album you can almost always expect to be taken on a journey. Their albums are these sonic doorways into alternate realities…

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Say Psych: Psych Lovers Top Ten Albums of 2016

Psych Lovers is a Facebook group for fans of all things, well, psych; and is probably the best thing that I belong to on the internet. Even though its been…

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Say Psych: Playlist, 13/2016

Well we’re nearly halfway through 2016 and I thought it would be a good point to stop and reflected on some of the great albums that have already come out…

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Say Psych: New Music, FOR NEPAL

Although the earthquake in Nepal has largely disappeared from our consciousness, the cleanup operation and reconstruction is continuing and life is still far from being back to normal. Thom Betteny…

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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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Say Psych: Album Review, Cardinal Fuzz ‘Stay Holy’ Compilation

Cardinal Fuzz is one of my favourite records labels bringing out a series of, for me, essential releases. This is evidenced by the fact that the label was involved in…

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Psych Insight: Live, Carlton Melton, Liverpool PsychFest, 25/09/15

In ‘Out To Sea’ Carlton Melton have produced one of my favourite albums of the year so far. I think that it is their most complete work to date, being…

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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…

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News: Cardinal Fuzz Sonic Attack at Liverpool PsychFest 2015

Small independent record labels are hugely important to the development of so much of what is good about the music scene these days. They enable bands to get their product…

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