60s
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Above is a new track from Virginia Band’s latest cassette single, “Divination.” The band features ex-members of Lets Wrestle, The Proper Ornaments and La La Vasquez, and has a moody atmosphere that has chilled me to the bone. Though the band is not the first to revive this type
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Check out the brand new single from Two Wounded Birds via the video above. The track is titled “Together Forever.” The surf-pop emulators continue to deliver the goods, and channel their inner rock ‘n’ roll idols. The video is a humorously blatant reference to the legendary promotional tape of the
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Dreamin by Twerps Twerps are a 4-piece garage pop outfit from Melbourne Australia, and “Dreamin” is the first track to drop from the group’s self-titled debut. It’s out via Chapter Music in Australia and Underwater Peoples in the United States. With the strum of an acoustic guitar, strong
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Stream: Stevie Jackson- “Try Me” After years of being a pivotal member of the Glasgow indie pop group Belle & Sebastian, guitarist Stevie Jackson is making is solo debut with the hilariously titled (I Can’t Get No) Stevie Jackson. “Try Me” is one of the tracks from it, and
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Overdrive Sunrise by Dusk Warrior Are you the kind of crate-digging soundmonger who considers 70’s b-movie soundtracks ear candy? If so, give Dusk Warrior’s latest, Overdrive Sunrise, a listen. These guys–Nicholas Shapiro and Michael Osso–have created an album of instrumental snippets that could be described as
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s debut full-length surprised me in some places, but underwhelmed in others. I love how effortlessly these guys pull together a fun and bouncy salute to the world of 60s rock and pop. It sounds as fresh as it does retro. Where this album really ended up
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Brooklyn’s Woods has a new track out, “Find Them Empty.” This track finds the folk rock band moving towards a style that I’ve always wished they would explore more directly: The stormy psychedelic rock sounds of the 1960s. With brazen electric guitars signaling a deviation from their freak
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Denver’s Vitamins create a long and winding road of psychedelic rock and atmospheric instrumentation on “the Disappearance of David Lee Powell,” which comes off the band’s latest 7″ via Hot Congress. Haunting vocals, harpsichord, and some heavy guitars try desperately to make it to the end of the
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New York’s Cults have a deeply rooted love for pop’s older and more sentimental side. Considering how referential this music is, these two must be extremely well-verse when it comes to the Spectors, Wilsons, and Meeks of the world. I’m sure they’re even fans of artists
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Florian Droids by Florian Droids Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro! Florian Droids’ self-titled debut LP goes from 60s psych to 70s prog through their bubbling Latin musical stew. These accomplished musicians have created a mashup of subconsciously familiar riffs and sounds from the days of album rock. These guys are bursting
