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, […]
Alt Pop / Alt Rock / Avant-Indie / Classic indie / Grunge / NYC / Psych Rock
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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 […]
Chicago / Psych Rock
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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), […]
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Electronic / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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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” […]
Alt Pop / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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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 […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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Marvelle Oaks new EP “Foggy City” cuts through the murk with jagged riffs and earworm melodies
Words by Jason Lee When it comes to rock ’n’ roll coupledom, Alex and Tess Demir, who together form the core of Marvelle Oaks—who last Friday released an […]
Portland / Psych Rock
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Isenordal “Requiem for Eirênê”
Words by Russ Skelchy How do you categorize a band that doesn’t want to be categorized? You don’t. Isenordal, a six-piece band from Seattle, have spent the last […]
Alt Rock / Avant-Indie / NYC / Psych Rock / riot grrrl / Uncategorized
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Brooklyn-Based Birthday Girl’s *In This Unassuming Little House Only Good Things Can Happen*: An Alt-rock Funhouse Album Of Unusual Proportions
Words by Willa Rudolph / Photos by Luke Ivanovich At the beginning of this month, Brooklyn-based rock band Birthday Girl put out a novella of an album entitled […]