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Say Psych: News: Float Along Festival is back in 2025, first names announced!
Float Along Festival returns to Sheffield on Saturday 27th September 2025 with its biggest and boldest line-up yet – a full-day celebration of the best in alternative music. Following last year’s success, the festival expands across a wider range of the city’s iconic venues and unveils a thrilling first wave of artists, offering a bold …
Say Psych: News: Sour Grapes announce full line up for Meltchester
Sour Grapes bring their festival back to Manchester for a fourth time. Meltchester will take place on 17 May at Projekts Skatepark. BSM will be there to review all the action, and you should be too! Headliners this year are Snapped Ankles, the nine band bill features a mix of national grassroots bands and international …
Say Psych: News: Sister9 Recordings release 20th Anniversary compilation CD set
2024 marks the 20th Anniversary of Sister 9 Recordings—and to celebrate, the label’s final release of the year is a LTD Edition 2 CD Set spanning two decades since the first release back in 2004, is out today! The label, which was initially called ‘Parlour 9’, was set up by lo-fi/post-punk/scuzzrock band, DOLIUM, with the …
Say Psych: News: Seattle via Italy Painted Vein releases debut LP Dripping Only Black
Painted Vein is the music project of the Italian (resident of Seattle, Washington musician, producer, and audio engineer Andrea Fox Volpato, who has spent the last 10 years brewing the material for his solo project by collaborating in writing, recording, and touring the world with bands from around the globe. Last week he released his debut LP …
Say Psych: News: Berlin Psych Garage Quartet Sacred Buzz release new LP Radio Radiation
Sacred Buzz is a 4-piece psych garage band from Berlin, Germany. It materialized out of thin air in the hot summer of 2023 and already became known for stirring up Berlin’s psych underground scene with their mesmerizing blend of raw energy, kaleidoscopic patterns, and psychedelic rhythm. Sacred Buzz has kickstarted their live show path by …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announces first bands for 2025 Festival in Eindhoven
UK-based independent label Fuzz Club are today announcing the first wave of bands set to perform at Fuzz Club Festival 2025. Returning after a four-year hiatus this year, the two-day celebration of fuzz, reverb and drone will take place once again at the historic Effenaar venue in Eindhoven, Netherlands over 9 & 10 May 2025. …
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest announce first names for 2025
Manchester Psych Fest, the UK’s premier psych music and cultural festival has today announced the first acts for another huge edition of the one-day event, scheduled to return to Manchester on Saturday 30th August 2025. Building on the success of MPF 2024, with its acclaimed first outdoor stage at Projekts Skate Park, Manchester Psych Fest 2025 …
News: Gnod Announce New Album ‘Spot Land’ and Live Tour Dates. Listen to an album taster, here
Gnod, the experimental collective known for pushing sonic boundaries, is set to release their new album titled ‘Spot Land’ on May 31st, via Rocket Recordings. The album represents a recalibration of their sound, embracing a new sense of freedom while retaining the essence that defines the band. ‘Spot Land’ comprises five songs that unfold slowly …
Say Psych: News: Rotterdam’s Left of the Dial Festival – The Line-Up (so far…)
Last year, BSM had the pleasure of being part of the 2023 edition of the Left of the Dial, and needless to say, we were obsessed, and we are going back this year. To Left of the Dial, all bands are equally important. There are no headliners and even though not everyone might know the …
Say Psych: News: Edinburgh Psych Fest announces more names!
Edinburgh Psych Fest, the sister festival to the UK’s leading Psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest, has announced the second wave of acts joining the bill for this September’s festival. Off the back of a huge first lineup announcement that featured Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Temples and NewDad, Edinburgh Psych Fest reveals more exciting …