Psych
News: SOTA Festival announce SOTAstream
Despite being unable to continue their normal yearly routine, the Aussie festival will be hosting a virtual version for fans and artists alike, on Monday June 1st. Previous editions of the SOTA festival have seen Aussie greats such as Karnivool, Katy Steele, The China Blue Experiment, Jebediah, and Your Girl Pho. This is part of …
Track: Venus Furs – Page Before
Venus Furs is the moniker of Montreal’s Paul Kasner, and ahead of the release of his upcoming self-titled album, out on July 10th on his own Silk Screaming Records he’s released a new single ‘Page Before’. Of the track, Kasner says “This song is meaningful to me because it’s been closing my live sets for …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Vacant Lots – Fracture
‘Fracture’ is the second single to come from Interzone, the third full-length album by New York’s electro post-punk duo The Vacant Lots which genre-blends a synthesis of dance and psych, made for secluded listeners and all-night partygoers; meant for headphones and the club. Created with aid from Alan Vega’s Arp synthesier and mixed by Maurizio …
Say Psych: Album Review: Kooba Tercu – Proto Tekno
Arriving via a triangulation of Athens, Crete and London, yet existing at a psychic intersection between the ruins of crumbling infrastructure and an intimidating future dystopia Kooba Tercu have seen fit to take arms as only they see fit. This week they unleash their latest offering Proto Tekno on the world, via Rocket Recordings. Led …
Track: Attraktors – Theme from unknown program
Made up of members from Julian Cope’s band, Six by Seven, Bivouac, The Selector and Nectarine No. 9, Nottingham trio Attraktors, and is taken from their forthcoming self-titled album on DJ, musician and producer Ali Renault’s Vivod label on July 3rd. From it they’ve released a taste in the shape of a track ‘Theme from …
Meet: Dead Meadow’s Jason Simon on his new solo record ‘A Venerable Wreck’ and more
Ahead of the release of his new album A Venerable Wreck, we tracked down Dead Meadow’s Jason Simon to tell us more. We’ve already fell for the single ‘Red Dust’ with its arid psych country stylings and with the albums out tomorrow (May 22nd) on the Chilean label BYM (home to Föllakzoid, Chicos de Nazca, …
Say Psych: Album Review: Rhys Bloodjoy – Human.Pattern. Repeat
Rhys Bloodjoy last week released his long awaited debut LP Human.Pattern.Repeat on Sister9 Recordings in the form of a free download and a full length video that accompanies the album, making it a visual as well as aural offering. Dubbed as a one-man noise machine, using sophisticated loops, echo drenched harmonies and reverb-soaked melodies to …
Track: Richard’s Orchestra – Amazing Sunrise
In the midst of the rather oppressive age of isolation, Italian band Richard’s Orchestra have released a single that is infused with a sense of bucolic joy – fitting given the band comes from the gorgeous area of Reggio Emilia. ‘Amazing Sunrise’ is a trippy, psychedelic song, seemingly born out of the sixties, haunting and …
Say Psych: Premiere: Gunman & The Holy Ghost – Into The Setting Sun
Gunman & The Holy Ghost is Hákon Aðalsteinsson; a talented front man who is renowned for his versatile work, for example as part of the Berlin based band The Third Sound. After the Icelander struck camp in his home country and decided to built up a new life in Berlin, he needed more than one output …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Demian Castellanos – Zero Point
‘Zero Point’ is taken from The Kyvu Tapes Vol.3, the latest exploration of abandoned four-track experiments that were recorded between 1989-1992 by Demian Castellanos, of The Oscillation fame. Castellanos explains “It was recorded using a cheap Casio keyboard that I had borrowed from someone, and electric guitar where I was trying to find the melting …