Friday, November 18 2011
Cambodian Space ProJect: 2011 A Space Odyssey
Fantastic foreign psych-rock that pays homage to pre-war Cambodian innovators.
Thursday, November 3 2011
Dark Ocean Colors: Dark Ocean Colors
Overindulgence is the key word here, with lots of overwrought harmonizing and melodies torn from old records that rightfully should have been forgotten.
Friday, October 21 2011
Beta Hector: Sunbeam Insulin
Beta Hector is successful on Sunbeam Insulin in marrying diverse and seemingly contrarian styles of music together into an almost seamless blend of electronic pop.
Wednesday, July 27 2011
Bachelorette: Bachelorette
While Bachelorette is not perfect, it does make a case for an artist who is not afraid to go against the norms of popular recorded music and craft intricately woven sound-songs that can captivate and delight an audience accustomed to going beyond conventions.
Wednesday, June 22 2011
TV Ghost: Mass Dream
Mass Dream will scare the bejesus out of you with its horrific cacophony of white noise, combining the surf guitar and rockabilly elements of the Cramps with the art-punk stylings of early Pere Ubu.
Thursday, February 10 2011
Akron/Family: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
The latest helping of left-field psych-folk from the Brooklyn outfit is one of 2011’s first great albums.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
Various Artists: Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!
Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! offers the screeching guitar tones and blurting organs you'd expect, with spirited and blissful head trips peppering its 20 thoroughly researched selections.
Wednesday, October 27 2010
Various Artists: Talking About the Good Times Volume 1
Not everything was rainbows and daisy chains back in the day -- through the crackle and acetate hiss, things can get hard 'n' heavy on this treasure trove of psychedelic obscuria from the tail-end of the '60s.
Wednesday, August 4 2010
The Free Design: Paradoxically Radical Psychedelic Pop with “Kites Are Fun”
Can a band so sincere be truly trippy?
