psych
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Heavy Hippies – Cheapdrugsfreelove by Al Lover Fresh off the Al Lover Bandcamp, here’s a new set of instrumentals that combine the schools of hip hop, garage rock, and psychedelic rock. The sounds that come together on this thing are hard, heavy, and grimy. Tons of wailing solos, tarnished guitar
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Finishing up classics week with a review of Neutral Milk Hotel’s seminal In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. What do you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh? WATCH THE REVIEW
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Stream: The National- “Rylan” and “I Need My Girl” The National premiered two brand new tracks live on the CBC radio show Q in Toronto. These guys have always been a band that lyrical has been pretty powerful and relatable to all kinds of people. The tracks here as expected
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MP3 A new track from Athens, Georgia band Of Montreal. If y’all watch my reviews, you know how I feel about the band’s trajectory, but this song is an obvious trek backwards into older sounds. Well, sort of. I’d say this album is an attempt to recapture
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Back in October, news about the new Crystal Stilts EP, Radiant Door, dropped. The release is officially dropping next week, but it’s available for streaming right now. Yes! Let’s do it!
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Earlier this year, I reviewed the instrumental psych rock debut of Connecticut band Snake Oil. The band is planning on kicking off 2012 with the release of a new 7″ EP. It will feature two new songs, and will be limited to 100 physical copies. The songs featured will be
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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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A video for the War On Drugs track “Come to the City.” The band’s new album, Slave Ambient, is out now via Secretly Canadian. Check our review of it here.
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Goodbye Vibrations by Bill Baird Back in July, I posted the first track singer-songwriter bill Baird dropped from his upcoming album, Goodbye Vibrations. Well, the LP is finally out, and available for streaming above. Unlike the heavily arranged psych pop pieces Bill has released under his Sunset pseudonym, the tracks
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Sleazy Dreams by the band in Heaven New track from the shoegaze duo Band In Heaven. The project is pulling on a little more garage rock than usual, but the guitar distortion and drums here are still pretty friggin’ heavy. For something a little more psychedelic, check out the track
