#psychedelia

PLAYING MELBOURNEThe True Story of Bananagun Invigorates the Senses

This five-piece band hailing...

Cat Woods

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PREMIERECate Von Csoke Celebrates Beauty and Danger With "Dream Around"

With COVID-19 on the mind, it's imagery that might conjure up thoughts of Mad Max or Cormac McCarthy's The Road. But when Australian-native, Brooklyn-based songwriter Cate Von Csoke wrote her...

Ashley Prillaman

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

Guayaba Melds Bossa Nova, Psychedelia and Horrorcore on New LP

In the opening scene, a clamoring...

Alexa Peters

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

WILLONA ON WAXSeattle Grunge and African Psych

Each month in Willona on Wax, Willona Sloan reviews new vinyl, reissues, and vintage finds. For her first installment, she reviews a Soul Jazz comp of lesser-known Northwestern grunge bands, and an Analog Africa comp of psychedelic sounds from Benin and Togo. NEW VINYL No Seattle: Forgotten Sounds...

Willona Sloan

ALBUM REVIEWIsrael Nash "Rain Plans"

The long-locked, regally bearded songwriter Israel Nash Gripka marries spacey psychedelic guitar work to wind-chilled vocals that pay a nod to Neil Young; Gripka's songs amble, they meditate, they conduct experiments in theme and variation. His third and latest studio album, Rain Plans (out August...

Carena Liptak

ALBUM REVIEWGuy Blakeslee "Ophelia Slowly"

Whether performing with a trio or a quartet or semi-solo, whether in full psychedelic mode or reinterpreting the blues, Guy Blakeslee has a fantastic knack for making music that sounds haunted and doomed. June 10th marks the release of Ophelia Slowly, which, though not Blakeslee’s first solo...

Carena Liptak