Category: Psych Rock

Since their 2022 album Dust Moves, Pretty Lightning have been playing instrumentally. Their bluesy garage rock has become a bit more psychedelic, a trend we can also expect for their upcoming album. Night Wobble (Fuzz Club) is scheduled for release on February 21st. According to the band from Saarbrücken, the…

SKLOSS introduces a new duo that has found its way from Glasgow to Austin. Karen Skloss and Sandy Carson came together during a COVID lockdown and have been working hard ever since. Their debut album, The Pattern Speaks (Fuzz Club), will be released on March 7th. The previously released title…

Since 2009, The Spyrals have been proudly flying the West Coast psych-rock flag, though the current lineup has only been in place for a few years. Founder Jeff Lewis is now joined by Georgia Feroce (keyboards/bass/vocals) and Dash Borinstein (drums/percussion). Together, the trio explores both the old and the new…

A truly satisfying, cohesive concept-heavy psych album can feel immensely rewarding—when there’s a sense of drama, varied soundscapes, and a conclusion that brings you back to where you began. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have delivered such works with remarkable consistency, and now Longheads from London join the conversation….

There’s been quite a bit of buzz around Sacred Buzz and their single “Radio Radiation”—rightly so, as it’s a fantastic track, blending surfy, cool sixties psych with a wild jam vibe. Now, the Berlin-based band follows up with an EP also titled Radio Radiation (Fuzzed up & Astromoon), which of…

Los Mundos must have fallen into a psychedelic rock cauldron as kids—or so it seems when diving into their new album Máquinas En Movimiento (Las Dunas). They cover all subgenres, with the Mexican duo truly steeped in every magic elixir of the style. Sixties vibes, garage, kraut, space—they’ve got it…

If the first album is titled Upstate, shouldn’t the second one be called Downstate (Drag City)? That’s exactly what Prison decided. The New York-based jam-rock project will release new tracks on January 31. For this album, core members Sarim Al-Rawi, Matt Lilly, and Paul Major opened up the studio to…

The instrumental band Wyatt E. blends mythical themes with rich psych rock. Next year, a new album will be released, and the band’s first two albums will receive reissues. All of this will happen under the label Heavy Psych Sounds, the band’s new home. Regarding the new album, Zamāru ultu…

Ten years of Sun Structures, a landmark in neo-psych that Temples delivered a decade ago. While a reissue of the album already exists, Other Structures (Fat Possum) completes the anniversary celebration. The EP includes four B-sides, all of which can easily stand alongside the tracks on the original album. These…

Frankie and the Witch Fingers are known for their breakneck, sprawling psych rock. The Los Angeles-based band regularly releases new albums, most recently Data Doom about a year ago, where they perfected their signature “Frankie sound.” Now they continue with their new single Bonehead (The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway),…