Portland – The always-focused musicians of No Joy brought their psych-rock to Mississippi Studios Friday night. The show followed the June 9th release of their LP, More Faithful. Their third release proves to be their most complex and their live show only reflected that. Strewn with ominous fade-outs, slow murky vocals and assertive skill, No
Seattle – Two local indie bands filled Neumos with a celebratory atmosphere the other night when SISTERS and Motopony performed their hearts out to the packed venue. It’s amazing to watch a band grow over the passing of time; what’s even more amazing is when you recognize how much they’ve evolved over the course of
Many will spend this week sifting through the rubble that was South-by-Southwest to see who survived and who was left behind, perhaps losing themselves in a similar way that Alan Garner lost himself in Vegas during the first Hangover. As every insider type heads back to their locales and each band continues with their tour,
Make all the 4:20 drug references you want, but going to see new psychedelic rock band, Sleepy Sun, play on the drug user’s holiday was a great choice. While the crowd gathered at Chicago’s Subterranean, it was apparent that many audience members had partook in celebrating the day before the show. When first entering the
Night Beats I walked into Music Hall of Williamsburg to music already playing, and I knew from the heavy-reverbed note bending that sounded like a portal straight back to Texas psych rock from the ’60s, that Night Beats was on stage. Singer D. Lee Blackwell split his time between growling and yelping into the mic
Austin Psych Fest doesn’t really need much of a description. It is exactly what it sounds like: a festival with a lineup entirely consisting of psych rock, experimental, garage noise bands, which takes place in Austin, TX the weekend of April 27-29th. This is a festival for blurring the lines of reality with alternate planes