Music Keeping the Aussie psych rock flame burnin’ with their classic riffs and mind dispelling tones. Get some Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. by Brendan Pettit-Young Hailing from Perth, the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are one of a long list of bands that belong to the modern Australian trend of psych-riddled rock music. Entrancing, mind altering, and…
Music Was that a bong hit? The Baudelaires have ripped out a killer debut LP with Musk Hill, and it’s not the psych you’ve heard before by Iain McKelvey The Baudelaires are a Melbourne based four-piece outfit that play psych like it’s coming out of your garage, commonly referred to as garage psych, psych garage or neo-psych. At the…
Music Introducing your next psych rock obsession, Gaspar Sanz by Bill Robinson For over a decade now, Perth has been a global hub for psychedelic music, producing bands like Tame Impala, Pond, Methyl Ethel, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and many others. Sydney has…
Music Sloom take psych rock from the garage and down into the shed with Wasp Honey by Maggie Bochat [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=1817854660 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 track=123497177] Sloom is a band that you can listen to, if you want. The psych rock/blues act is made up of four mates…
Music Sellars deliver a groove-laden slice of psych-rock on Smoke Dreams by Sarah Gillard When South Australian brother duo Sellars unleashed their latest single Smoke Dreams earlier this month, we were immediately on board with their infectious, fuzzy psych-rock sound. Considering that the pair draw…
News PREMIERE: Slowjöy pour a glass of sweet, complex psych-rock on their debut single ‘Seeker’ by Happy Slowjöy have signed, sealed, and delivered a breath-taking display of psych-rock brilliance on their debut single. On their debut single, Slowjöy capture uncertainty through cashmere textures and blazing psych-rock tones….
News Get psyched for Sydney Psych Fest’s mind expanding first wave line-up by Agnes O'Dwyer Sydney Psych Fest is prepped to treat us to another incredible show in 2017, with their first wave of artist announcements proving truly hallucinatory. We’ve already swooned over the international…
Music Think you’ve seen how weird psych can get? Dive headfirst into Black Mountain’s IV, a record that makes King Gizz look tame by Dean Elphick Somewhat of a comeback album, Canadian band Black Mountain are a genre unto themselves on IV. Not that the psych / stoner rockers were on hiatus, but it has been a…
Music Not For Humans deliver a sun-soaked slice of psych-rock glory with Blooming by Happy If you’re not already familiar with Adelaide-based outfit Not For Humans, we strongly recommend you change that right now. Since forming in 2015 as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Danny Bishop,…
Music Orange Passiona concoct an irresistible brew of psych brilliance on ‘The Squeeze’ by Happy Orange Passiona, I imagine, would be quite delicious. A little sweet, a little tangy; a summertime cocktail of refreshing, breezy flavours. To imagine the kind of music that would best…
News PREMIERE: Want great psych rock without travelling to Perth? Light up with Mamajae, the Sydney collective keeping the East Coast flame burning by Freya McGahey Recorded in a week at Palm Grove Studios on Sydney’s Northern Beaches with the help of recording master Dan Frizza and the trusty Dan Willington, Mamajae are back with a…
Music Furrs return with their bluesy psych pop on More Furrs by Riley Fitzgerald Brisbane five-piece Furrs return to serve up bluesy psych pop on their second EP More Furrs. Spun out of a songwriting partnership between Gabriella Cohen and Jim Griffin, the band released debut their self-titled…
Music Listen: Misty Lanes quintessential drop of fuzzy psych rock ‘Would You Believe’ by Happy Sydney’s own Misty Lanes takes a deep dive into the harmonies and fuzz of the 60s with ‘Would You Believe’ Eora’s vibrant 1960s rock revivalist project, Misty Lanes, is making…
