20 Essential Psych Albums 2015
Following the overwhelming feedback from last year’s Psych Insight ‘Essential Psych‘ list, Adam Harmsworth of Drone Rock Records and myself have embarked on the mammoth task of getting a list together...
View ArticlePlaylist 12/2016
One of the events I most look forward to each year is the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. For me it provides a terrific opportunity to catch up with some of my favourite bands and...
View ArticlePlaylist 15/2016
A mixture of new releases and sounds that have been out a while, but are new to me. I continue to be astounded by just how much good music is out there. Check it out and enjoy! Higher Now by Drakkar...
View ArticleLive: 2016 Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
It is doubtful, even in the reified levels of psych music fans, that Keita Ise and Njål Clementsen are two names that easily trip off the tongue. Yet trip is exactly what these two guys sent me on at...
View ArticlePlaylist 27/2016
For the last playlist of 2016 here are some of the tracks that I have thought were utterly brilliant this year. No more words necessary, I’ll just leave you to enjoy them! Witchfinder General...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Minami Deutsch by Minami Deutsch
I originally wrote this review back in November 2015. As you can see (below) the album totally slayed me at the time, and it has continued to do so ever since. Since then the album has really gone from...
View ArticlePlaylist 1/2017
Aurora by Lamagaia Brilliant new track, one of two great long psych jams on this new Cardinal Fuzz/ Sunrise Ocean Bender release now up for pre-order. Year of the Bones by Fungal Abyss “For me...
View ArticlePlaylist 13/2017
Pharmakon by Dead Sea Apes Chemical Reaction/ Chemical Delight by Destruction Unit Sunburnt Impedience Machine by Mugstar Baphomet by Dreamtime Tangerine by Electric Eye Evil by White Manna...
View ArticlePsych Essentials: God Unknown Singles Club
For the sake of clarity let’s just say what the God Unknown Singles Club isn’t. It isn’t, as far as I know, like Tinder for atheist leftfield music lovers. What it is is a series of double ‘A’ side 7″...
View Article15 Bands That Inspire Me To Write
I love writing about music. I find it relaxing and it really helps me get the most out of a record. I get so immersed in the sounds and words that I lose all sense of time to the extent that when I...
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