Words by Jason Lee; cover photo by Adam Saifer. If you wish to skip to the EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW just scroll down yo… In the French language, the word […]
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The Deli celebrates 20 years (!) at Arlene’s Grocery this Saturday the 14th (12/14/24)
Words by Jason Lee HAPPY FREAKIN’ BIRTHDAY TO THE DEEEEE-LIIIIIIIII… 🎶🎵🎼🎶 HAPPY 20TH DELI-VERSARY TOOOOO USSSSSS… 🎉🎶🎵🥳🎈🎼🎶 🎊🎁🎶🎵🍾 We hope you’ll pardon the vainglorious caterwauling but hey it’s […]
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Uncle Skunk confronts lingering effects of “Old Violence” in whimsical claymation form…
The theory of generational trauma posits that we inherit symptoms of trauma not only from first-hand experience but also from previous generations wherein inherited, submerged, unresolved trauma gets […]
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OXA conjures up purgatorial dream-state on debut EP “Coming For God”
There are those rare records out there that resonate in the mind and body in a way that moves beyond well-worn categories of consciousness like good vs. evil, […]
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Mary Shelley let their inner pent-up theater kid shine in Audiotree Live session
Words by Jason Lee. Mary Shelley don’t just play a room. They play the room. Playing the room including all its inhabitants like an instrument. They stroke it, […]
Chicago / Psych Rock
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French Police @ Thalia Hall (11.02.24)
French Police are setting off on a US tour later this month in support of the 2024 album, Bully. The will arrive back home on November 2nd for […]
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Diagonal “Easy”
Psych rockers Diagonal have released the A-Side, “Easy“, off their forthcoming 7” vinyl release for Little Clouds Records. This is the work of Silas Mishler (Vocals & Guitar), […]
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Release day: GIFT gifts fans and neophytes alike with highly anticipated sophomore LP and it’s a real Illuminator
Words by Jason Lee. Cover photo by Xavier Guerra. GIFT’s music is elemental. On their sophomore LP Illuminator (out today on Captured Tracks) the synths pulse, burble, and […]
Dreampop / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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Uncle Skunk II sounds like the soundtrack to the most demented yet sublime cartoon ever made and we’re all about it
Uncle Skunk II is the culmination of nearly 6 years of experimentation in songwriting. While the EP itself was recorded in May of 2023, tracks like “Old Violence” […]
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Starfox and the Fleet seek nothing less than music-based salvation at “Who Killed Rock ‘n’ Roll?” space rock extravaganza
“No I ain’t got no religiongot no church or superstitionsOh but I still have a visionthat you’ll break free from this prison…”—Starfox and the Fleet “Tiger in the Room” […]
Chicago / Psych Rock
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Pocketboy Solid “Omega Dog”
Psych Folk/Pop/Rock supergroup Pocketboy Solid recently released the third single, “Omega Dog”, from their forthcoming self-titled debut album which is due out on June 28th. This is the […]
Indie Rock / NYC / power trios / Psych Rock
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Alphabet City share an A-level debut single with “Yesterday’s Papers” while sounding anything but…(release day)
Words by Jason Lee “Yesterday’s Papes (That’s Me!)” is the debut single by brand new-to-the-world baby band (only in terms of record releases tho’) Alphabet City but this […]