Category: Psychedelic

Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Eyes & No Eyes

Experimental four piece Eyes & No Eyes met at art school in Brighton and developed a shared passion for explosive noise, surreal lyrics, folk-rock, driving motorik beats and free improvisation. This hedonistic mix ends sitting happily somewhere between Sonic Youth, Portishead and Liars. They will be releasing their self-titled debut album in March via Willkommen Records and also heading out as tour support to longstanding … Continue reading Introducing >>> Eyes & No Eyes

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> New Electric Ride

Come with us and hitch your coat-tails to New Electric Ride’s heady mix of catchy, lysergic fuelled psych-pop that flows unabated through their forthcoming album Balloon Age. Channeling everything that was good about the psychedelic revolution of the 60s – the whig-outs, the drop-outs and the love-ins – the band expertly twist Byrdsian jangle and Beatles grooves into a wonderful, dizzying cocktail of melody and … Continue reading Introducing >>> New Electric Ride

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Cass McCombs || Austin Lucas || Elf Power || The Persian Leaps

Videos to banish the January blues! Watch top notch musical films from Secret Colours, the second in a series of four new videos from Cass McCombs, Austin Lucas’ Elvis impersonation, Elf Power’s recruitment of the infamous Goth Clogger, and the excellent Persian Leaps. . . . . .   . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Cass McCombs || Austin Lucas || Elf Power || The Persian Leaps

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Alternative, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Messenger – Somniloquist 7″

Dwelling equally happily in the earthly realm of folk music and in the celestial void of progressive space rock sit London psychedelicists Messenger who have announced a stream of Somniloquist, the first track to be showcased from their forthcoming debut album Illusory Blues. The Somniloquist 7″ is available on Svart Records, out on January 17th. . Continue reading Messenger – Somniloquist 7″

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Alternative, Blues, Garage, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Black Manila – Beach Parade EP

Black Manila have returned with an new four track EP titled Beach Parade that is available on a Bandcamp name-your-price deal. We have been longstanding fans of their mix of proto-garage punk, blues and psych rock, and all are showcased to good effect once more on this excellent collection. You can watch the video for the surf-infused title track below and also stream/download the fantastic … Continue reading Black Manila – Beach Parade EP

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts: 502: Younghusband

Immerse yourself in the krautpop and carefully distorted melodies of Younghusband’s new single Left Of The Rocks. It is backed with a menacingly good cover of John Cale’s Gun as well as a live version of the title track. It is out on February 17th, and comes from their excellent debut album Dromes. Here them both below. Buy here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts: 502: Younghusband

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Alternative, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Electric Eye

Hailing from MM’s ancestral home of Norway, Bergen’s Electric Eye play droned out psych-rock inspired by the blues, India and the ever more expanding universe. Theirs is a world of classic space rock where the ghosts of Hawkwind, Spacemen 3 and Secret Machines stalk the corridors alongside contemporaries like the Wooden Shjips and the Warlocks. Long jams formed from hypnotic pulsating guitar lines weave sonic patterns … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Electric Eye

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Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

TURCHI describe their sound as “kudzu boogie” which seems an entirely appropriate description to us – blending as it does an Americana style narrative with some swamp blues, plenty of slide guitar and more than a dash of relentless southern-fried groove. Their most recent release – a 10″ vinyl EP titled My Time Ain’t Now includes this gem of a cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s … Continue reading Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse

Gretchen Lohse is a native Philadelphia singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She comes from a family with deep music roots and was classically trained on violin, which is evident on her recordings. As the front woman of Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Yellow Humphrey, she dreamt up rich, strange musical tapestries; Part memoir and part tall tale, heavily influenced by folklore and silent films. Primal Rumble, her … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse

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