Category: Psych Rock

Friends under the Californian sun: Bert Hoover and Jon Modaff from Hooveriii and Charles Moothart from Fuzz know each other, respect each other, and wanted to try something new for a change. So they formed Primitive Ring — although what they came up with is not exactly groundbreaking. Before long,…

Seven years have passed since the last album by The Myrrors. Back in 2021, founding members N.R. Safi and Grant Beyschau had already teamed up with Miguel Urbina for improvisation sessions. The results lingered in limbo for what felt like an eternity. Land Back (Radio Khiyaban / A.U.M. / Cardinal…

Last year, O.R.B. celebrated a triumphant comeback with Tailem Bend. Now, the Australians return with a new 7-inch via Fuzz Club. “Mind Over Matter” dives into bluesy garage rock in the spirit of the early 1960s. The B-side, “End Times,” ventures further into murky, swampy psych rock territory. Mind Over…

Texas and its psychedelic rock—a long-standing tradition that has given rise to many great bands. With their second album, Enabilizer (P.U.G.), The Albinos are ready to write another chapter. The Houston-based band quickly loses itself in the hypnotic swirl we’ve come to love—bubbling, warping sounds from other dimensions, with just…

There’s little that King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard haven’t already done. A truly inexhaustible fountain of ideas seems to spring eternally from the ground in Australia. With Phantom Island (p(doom)), they’ve now released their first album featuring orchestral support. But don’t imagine it like Metallica’s experiment back in the…

The Australian band that sounds like they crawled straight out of the California desert is back: Los Palms have completed a new album. The self-titled record is set for release on August 29 via Fuzz Club. Their second full-length promises to continue the tradition of Desert Jangle Rock, as hinted…

It doesn’t get much more obvious: Paddang name one of their biggest influences right in the album title. Lost in Lizardland (Stolen Body / Le Cèpe / 98DB) is heavily shaped by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, as well as Thee Oh Sees in their early, rawer days. Somewhere…

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Frank Zappa are among the influences of Bubblegum Hypnosis, a relatively new band from Bristol. With that kind of mix, you’d expect faces to melt and brains to get thoroughly scrambled. So—does Through The Sands (Stolen Body) deliver? The opening is fairly cautious,…

The Hooveriii spaceship has landed: After four albums exploring the realms of prog and space rock, Manhunter (The Reverberation Appreciation Society) brings the Los Angeles band back down to Earth. But all those cosmic excursions seem to have hurled them back in time—right into the heart of the 1970s. It’s…

Growing up on the outskirts of Houston, The Albinos are now poised to step into some massive Texan footprints with their blend of psych and garage rock. The tradition of psychedelic rock runs deep in this U.S. state, and The Albinos joined the lineage with their 2024 debut The Montana….