psych

  • 2012

    Nervously Counting Rosary Beads by Guzzlemug On their bandcamp, Chicago’s Guzzlemug promises a 29-minute epic with the piece “Nervously Counting Rosary Beads,” and they more or less deliver with a group chorus, sludgy guitar riffs, and intensely improvised freakouts! Enjoy via the widget above, and check out the band’

  • Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and sonic explorer Nik Fackler has a new, self-title album out on Team Love Records, and “Saw A Blind Dad” is one of the tracks from it–and it’s an attention-grabbing track at that. The song is a real barn-burner, and kicks off with some punishing walls

  • 2012

    With a more colorful recording, bolder experiments, and more expansive jams, Australia’s Tame Impala shows nothing but improvement on their sophomore effort, Lonerism. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • drone

    With a new album titled Mars on the way before 2013 kicks in–I assume–here’s a track from Sinkane titled “Jeeper Creeper.” I’m digging the mix of influences on this track. The instrumentation here pulls together elements of psych music, drone, funk, and afrobeat as well. What’

  • Presented by the Creator’s Project, here’s a new video for the Grizzly bear track “Yet Again,” which comes off the band’s latest LP, Shields. Check a review of it here. Historically, Grizzly Bear videos haven’t exactly sat all to well withe me. The claymation on “Ready,

  • 2012

    We all know Tame Impala’s unmatched and uncanny ability to replicate the sounds of golden age psychedelia, but with their latest video offering, the Perth boys prove that, with a little help from Japanese visual artist Yoshi Sodeoka, they can flawlessly emulate the mind-bending visuals of 60s psychedelic rock

  • Stream: Death Grips- “@DEATHGRIPZ” The angriest hip hop outfit known to man, Death Grips, closes out Adult Swim’s summer singles program for 2012. The track is titled after the trio’s twitter handle, “@DEATHGRIPZ,” which, of course, leads me to believe the release of the track is more promotional

  • With Centipede Hz, experimental music outfit Animal Collective is following its poppiest album, 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, with one of its most hectic.

  • 2012

    Some new visuals for the new Black Moth Super Rainbow single, “Windshield Smasher.” This is definitely one of the more entertaining videos I’ve seen this year, and that’s mostly due to its absurdity. A unsuspecting couple runs up on a group of BMSR mask-wearing baddies who torture them

  • 2012

    New York experimental folk rock outfit Woods have a new LP on the way titled Bend Beyond. It’ll be the band’s seventh full-length album, and “Size Meets the Sound” is the newest track to drop from it. I may be wrong, but I believe I’ve reviewed no