Psych
Say Psych: Live Review: The KVB / TVAM @ Night & Day Café, Manchester
Manchester’s Night & Day Café plays host to London formed, Berlin based duo The KVB this evening for what is set to be a feast for the senses. Firstly, local solo artist TVAM warms up the crowd with his kooky ensemble consisting of one man, a guitar and a TV screen. Having gone from strength …
Say Psych: Track Review: Kill Your Boyfriend – Ulrich
Rating: 8/10 Kill Your Boyfriend are a duo based out of Treviso, Italy. Their dark, industrial tinged psychedelia has been attracting increasing attention and the release of their new single ‘Ulrich’ on Russian label Other Voices Records on 1st December 2017 is set to continue to draw them an ever wider audience. When asked about …
Say Psych: Premiere: Radar Men from the Moon – Black Canvas, Dark Majesty
Following their recent collaboration with Salfordians Gnod, under the Temple ov BBV pseudonym, Eindhoven art-punk collective Radar Men From The Moon (RMFTM) announce the third and final instalment of their Subversive album trilogy; Subversive III: De Spelende Mens, which will be released on 1st December 2017 on Fuzz Club Records. Ahead of the release, the band are sharing …
Say Psych: Album Review: Pretty Lightning – The Rhythm of Ooze
Rating: 8/10 Pretty Lightning are two friends, Christian Berghoff and Sebastian Haas, from Saarbrucken, Germany who formed the band after discovering a mutual love of 60s psychedelia, delta blues, krautrock and drone. When mixed together, the result is a healthy dose of raw, twisted psychedelic-blues utterly visceral sound which will undoubtedly appeal to fans of Wooden Shjips and …
Say Psych: Live Review: The Magic Band @ Band on the Wall, Manchester
When ‘The Farewell Tour’ for The Magic Band was announced early this year, interest was overwhelming with tonight’s show selling out so quickly, another Manchester date was announced. Former Captain Beefheart musical director and drummer, John French, nicknamed ‘Drumbo’ by Don Van Vliet, AKA Captain Beefheart himself, leads out the latest incarnation of The Magic …
Say Psych: Interview: Hund
Italians Hund are the latest shoegaze entity to emerge from the continent with their mesmerising live shows capturing attention as they mix pop melodies with more experimental sounds and structures. Curious to learn more BSM had a chat with the band. Q – Hey guys, it’s really nice to speak with you. Firstly, introduce …
Say Psych: News: Extra Tickets for The Magic Band Farewell Tour, Manchester
Former Captain Beefheart musical director and drummer, John “Drumbo” French leads out the latest version of The Magic Band for one final tour of the UK. A faithful rendition of the best of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band’s music is guaranteed. Backseat Mafia will be at the show in Manchester which has been sold …
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 that are sometimes serene and sometimes gritty. The musical world of Carlton Melton is an often gauzy trip into hazy synths, swaths of guitar, and …
Track: The Telescopes – Silent Water
If you thought one album, As Light Return, was enough for one year from long serving noisy shoegaze favourites The Telescopes, up pops Stephen Lawrie and the gang with another, the six-track ‘Stone Tape’, out on November 20th via Rome label Yard Press. Taken from it is a ‘Silent Water’. It finds Lawrie not at …
Track: Birds – Most Ghost
Brooklyn psych-rockers BIRDS’ new single is featured on a 7″ split with Stuyedeyed, out this Friday (11/3) on Greenway Records. It comes just two months after the release of their debut LP, Everything All At Once, and features more of their fuzzed-out, psych-tinged sound. Almost ghostly in its delivery (surprisingly enough…) it’s a dark place, …