This is an intricate and uplifting album of psych pop that sparkles and bubbles with electroacoustic detail- laid out on top of stellar songwriting. It’s the UK groups first record since 2016 and their fifth for the inimitable Drag City Records, so there’s the first good […]
These are 50+ of my favorite studio records of 2023. I highly recommend all of these. There’s something here for everyone and they’re all eye opening and mind expanding in some way. It’s not comprehensive and I’ve forgotten loads of favorites but we’re all here to […]
Amazing psychedelic afro funk from Senegal. Even just the cover art tells you it rules. Definitely my new favorite afrofunk record, plus some of the greatest guitar playing I’ve ever listened to.
One of my favorite albums of 2021 turned out to be Bo Ningens self titled debut from 2010! Wanting to do a physical release of their first record but not content with a simple reissue or remastering, intercontinental psych rockers Bo Ningen have produced an entirely […]
DAIISTAR is a great Austin TX band I’ve seen at two different psych fests- Levitation (sharing a stage with Slift) and Freakout! (sharing a stage with Acid Mother’s Temple.) Both sets were excellent and checking out their newest did not disappoint. Psychedelic pop/rock with huge shoegaze/dreampop […]
Its been a great few years for American primitive music, particularly if you’re a fan of Fahey worship or drone music. More interesting and more fun than its peers is this is Henry Flynt-esq avant-garde hillbilly music from Baltimore. It’s got American traditional sounds that keep […]
A legendary meeting of the minds that got its long overdue release 2023. If you haven’t heard that this collaboration has been cooking, here’s the story. Simeon Coxe and Makoto Kawabata recorded this back in 2009, after Simeon reached out and invited the collaboration. They laid […]
Man, Teeth of The Sea. Even after listening to them for a few years now, I still have absolutely zero idea how to even begin to describe their sound. It’s such a far out trip, driven by krautrock and lush electronic experimentation (in terms of heavy […]
The multi instrumentalist (also of blog favorite space/kraut rockers Centre El Muusa) has been on a hot streak through the 20s, and this is another genius jazz/library record. In Focus is perhaps my favorite since the 2020 record by the enabled dubbed Misha Paniflov Sound Combo, […]
Producer Howie Lee continues his jazz explorations on this collaborative LP with drummer and percussionist Liú Pī. I’m a huge fan of this and all of Lee’s work, and the synth playing and production is as brilliant as ever. Liú Pī I was unfamiliar with but […]