#psychedelic rock

Watkins Practices Open-Mindedness on Unbiased Eyes LP

Their 2021 LP explores the depths of love and human existence across ten songs, from the mind-opening invitation of introductory track “Good Problems” to challenging the...

Cillea Houghton

Vegas Giovanni Photography | 2018 | StarBenders: 21st Century Orphan

PLAYING ATLANTAStarbenders Keep Rock Alive (And Weird) With Their Biggest Year Yet

The halfway home for misunderstood misfits, fringers, and glam punks, Starbenders — made up of Emily Moon on the drums, bassist Aaron...

Luci Turner

VIDEO OF THE WEEKCar Seat Headrest "Vincent"

The video description for Car Seat Headrest's "Vincent" is simply: "Will plays the guitar while a guy has a bad time." That's about as concise as anyone could get, but the song is layered with a lot more meaning, imagery and emotion. It looks like Will Toledo, the creator and frontman of Car Seat...

Emily Daly

VIDEO OF THE WEEKSmoke Season "Bees"

The music video for "Bees" by Smoke Season is as trippy as you can get. The figures of Jason Rosen (formerly of Honor Society) and vocalist Gabrielle Wortman (from TEMP3ST) stand in front of a wall of swirling light, their shadows bending and twisting, their bodies morphing and multiplying. It fits...

Emily Daly

ALBUM REVIEWTame Impala "Currents"

“They say people never change, but that’s bullshit/ They do.” That's a line from Currents, the latest album by Tame Impala. If you've been following their music for the past seven years, you'll notice immediately that the album is quite a change for the Australian psychedelic rock band led by Kevin...

Emily Daly

TRACK OF THE WEEKThe Midnight Hollow "Forward"

Reverb-drenched vocals reminiscent of Morrissey, driven by percussive synth lines, The Midnight Hollow's single "Forward" off their upcoming EP "For The People Inside" accents the Brooklyn based psychedelic rocker's ethereal sound. The laid back vocals emerge from frontman Spencer Draeger, who is...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ALBUM REVIEWJeffertitti's Nile "The Electric Hour"

Jeffertitti's Nile's new album definitely runs on its psychedelic rock vibes, but it sound more like the soundtrack to an action-packed space opera than Jefferson Airplane or the Beatles. It challenges the importance of genre or categorization in music by putting emphasis on words that feel more literary like “transcendental” or “space.”

Alexandra Freeman