Psychic Ills – Hazed Dream (2011) Opening on a jaw harp solo, this album follows a downtempo trend, featuring a plethora of unexpected and interesting elements. Beyond the jaw harp, you can hear an organ, a cabasa or wooden sounder, something similar to an alarm tone, and a shruti box. These elements add interesting tonal variation to the songs off of this EP and create an interesting sonic contrast to the guitars and bass that form a large portion of the soundscape. Facebook, Bandcamp, and Apple Music pages of Psychic Ills The Out Key Hole – Dreams in a Waking State (2010) The debut record of The Out Key Hole…
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Lorelle Meets the Obsolete | Corporal
The seventh album from Lorelle Meets the Obsolete is a great blend of dark wave and very heady “in the mix” moments. “Regresar / Recordar” starts with a backwards intro. A Deconstructing Dreamgaze mix, starting off in the deep end. The drums kick in when it starts to get too ‘heady,’ with a dark dance vibe to get the audience going. Hushed vocals in Spanish, as well as glimmers of synth light, shine through a dark-scape dream mix. Arpeggiator melodies abound to make Vangelis jealous. One finds themselves running through the night in a direction unknown, and one knows they must get out of the forest before sunset or be…
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Thee Parkside 6.28.25 | Hangtown | The Green Door | The Love Dimension
San Francisco is always busy with events the last week of June. From birthday parties to street festivals, to Pride activities and parades, there is a lot going on. The fog either rolls in at a certain time or burns off in the afternoon, creating that classic San Francisco “Hills and Clouds” environment. With everything going on though, this double album release show was the premiere psych event of the week. It was very fitting for this picture-perfect San Francisco summer day, as the sun gave a golden glow over Potrero Hill, with the fog encircling Twin Peaks in the distance like a giant cloud fortress. People lounged in the…
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The Pink Elephants’ New Occult Shoegaze Album Mothers Of The Sun
Experience spiritual death and rebirth with this occult themed psychedelic shoegaze album. Isaiah Mitchell, the guitar guru in Earthless, lays down deep cosmic psych guitar that takes the listener on a meditative journey that is both beautiful and rocking. Check out The Pink Elephants' new music video and dive deeper into the mysteries contained in the new album Mothers Of The Sun.
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WALKER PHILLIPS – “God’s Eye”
Walker Philips is the guitarist in the band Tabernacle, who brings back the Old English standards with a rock vibe. His solo work, however, is more “earthy” and folk inspired. Here, on his second album, the songs are more stripped down, but within the same direction of Celtic and old-world folk inspired music. The album has warm analog production, invoking the sounds of the ’60s and ’70s. The opening song, “Listen To Me > Ballad of a Cancer with a Libra Moon or How the Crab Got His Scales”, is a nice acoustic song to start off the album with a blissful harmony of male and female vocals. The song…
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Neo-krautrock and Psychedelic – Vibravoid’s REMOVE THE TIES
Dusseldorf neo-krautrock and psychedelic outfit Vibravoid released their most recent album, REMOVE THE TIES, in late September. I was really looking forward to give this LP a listen. Dusseldorf has always been a big hub for artists and creatives in Germany, and is home to a number of well-known German acts, including electronic/krautrock giant Kraftwerk. I always prefer to talk about a select few of the tracks from each release; I feel this allows you, the reader, to be better acquainted with each one. The sonic journey we go on with this album is really interesting, and it’s definitely a journey you want to take. That said, let’s get into…
