#psych rock

PREMIERESUSU Psychs Out Listeners With Trippy "Let's Get High" Video

Credit: Sarah K. Craig The first time Liza Colby and Kia Warren recorded music together, they looked at each other and collapsed into a shared giggle fit in the studio. Since then, they've done the same during live performances; it's one of many habits of theirs that make their relationship akin to...

Annie White

PLAYING DETROITDouble Winter Release Earnest Debut LP It's About Our Hearts

There aren’t many bands that can cultivate a loyal and almost cult following before even releasing a full record, but Detroit psych/surf-rock outfit Double Winter is one such band. After years of playing around the city, the band finally self- released its debut LP, It's About Our Hearts, on March...

Sara Barron

PREMIEREPriestess Debuts Self-Titled EP

Green straddles worlds as divergent as day and night with a grace that understates her inimitable work ethic, playing music in what little spare time she has entering her second year of...

Mandy Brownholtz

HIGH NOTES7 Reasons Panic! At the Disco Are Unsung Psychedelic Rock Icons

Having analyzed how LSD influenced The Beatles, my understanding of psychedelic rock music may appear sophisticated. But I have a confession to make: my favorite psychedelic rock band is actually Panic! At the Disco. Yes, you heard me right. I just called Panic! At the Disco a psychedelic rock...

Annie White

PLAYING THE BAYPsych Rockers Cellar Doors Take a Ride on Self-Titled Debut

Cellar Doors play a show at Milk Bar, with projections by Mad Alchemy. Photo by Tyler Loring. Hello Audiofemmes! I’m Sophia, your new Playing the Bay columnist. I am: native Berkeley garbage, a sweet-n-sour enthusiast, and a novice mosher. Got some good bands for me to check out? Let me know on...

Sophia Vaccaro

PLAYING DETROITPsych Rockers Dr. Wolf Learn to Shapeshift On Debut Single

Henry Johns and Nick Sapounas represent a new Detroit psych-rock band stepping out on the scene, Dr. Wolf. Though the two longtime friends and collaborators come from different musical backgrounds - Sapounas previously in the acoustic-folk group gray/bliss and Johns from Warehouse - they come...

Sara Barron

TRACK REVIEWKikagaku Moyo "Kogarashi"

Japanese ensemble Kikagaku Moyo have released a new single "Kogarashi" leading up up to their record House In The Tall Grass. In the new track, the band takes a more idyllic approach in production without straying far from their psychotropic sound. Swirling harmonies soften up the disciplined...

Ysabella Monton

ALBUM REVIEWAjay Mathur "9 to 3"

Dig the new dirt on Swiss psych-rocker's Ajay Mathur latest album, 9 to 3. Released this Spring, on May 1st 2015, 9 to 3 is a heady take on Americana, blending psychedelic rock with an international take on folk, for fans of everything from Dead Meadow to George Harrison. Mathur has an eclectic...

Marianne White

TRACK REVIEWMenace Beach "Super Transporterreum"

This fall, British pysch-rock band Menace Beach are releasing their second project of 2015, an EP. Named Super Transporterreum, the band recently shared the EP’s title track. What is a transporterreum, let alone a super one? I was hoping that it was some kind of spaceship, but a quick Google search...

Emily Daly

LIVE REVIEWPlague Bubonika @ Trash Bar

Meet Plague Bubonika. They play thrash-psych-surf-rock, so basically the auditory form of eating sand as a wave tosses your body-surfing ass: oh fuck I think I might die but this is really fun. Fitting for their sound, I was introduced to them in a rad turn of cosmic events, a Twitter friendship...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ALBUM REVIEWThe Vickers "Ghosts"

Ghosts opens with a bassline that worms its way into your brain, immediately hypnotic and catchy. The track, "She's Lost," unfurls with reverberating electric guitars that, at some points, craft a smooth wall of echoes and at other points, shred with gnarly intention. It's a pretty accurate...

Raquel Dalarossa

TRACK OF THE WEEKThe Black Angels "Diamond Eyes"

As if you needed another reason to be excited about Record Store Day (which is NEARLY UPON US, coming up April 19th!), Austin psych trip The Black Angels have announced that their 10" clear vinyl Clear Lake Forest EP will drop the same day. It'll be the third in a rapid-fire round of releases since...

Carena Liptak