Imagine spotting a girl walking down the street in an impossibly cool outfit, effortlessly cool and bopping along to whatever’s playing in her headphones. You can hear cool, heavy guitar bleeding through, so you tap on her shoulder and ask what she’s listening to. There’s a high likelihood it’s Girl Tones, officially my it-girl band to watch at the moment. Their style, their attitude — they’re absolutely nailing that cool-girl energy. I may have even screenshotted a few of their IG posts for fashion inspo.With clear influences from 90s and early 00s rock but a distinctly modern edge, the Bowling Green, Kentucky duo have a sound and aesthetic all their…
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Nick Nicely | On A Brockley Afternoon
Nick Nicely is an underground experimental artist making music for several years now. His latest album is entitled On a Brockley Afternoon. His career started off charting with Acid House hits, later being signed to labels like EMI, and getting to open for bigger acts in the similar vein, like Ariel Pink and John Maus. He is an English native, whose heart and soul is in psychedelic electronic dance music. His biggest moment in the spotlight was his 1982 single “Hilly Fields,” a song that directly influenced XTC. Throughout the decades, Nick has remained a low-key but influential figure in the field of alternative music. He used beat sampling before…
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Freakout with Acid Mothers Temple in San Francisco 2026 W/ Band Interviews and Videos
Rock & roll is alive in San Francisco. Guitars were smashed, pedal boards were turned into synthesizers, bass drums were broken and the sound system was pushed to the limit. The audiences ears were bleeding and sweat was dripping. Acid Mother Temple pushes the sound barrier.
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Psychedelicatessen Review #4
Midday Veil | Subterranean Ritual II [2011] A psychedelic meditation awaits you in this EP. Midday Veil creates a psychedelic, drone, trance-like feel with their mix of guitars, synths, drums, and vocalizations on this two-track release. Spacey, haunting, ethereal, hypnotic, and futuristic are all words I’d use to describe this release. “Moon Temple” begins to draw you in with spacey, trancelike vocals and psychedelic instrumentation, and suddenly that all melts away to reveal this heavy, sci-fi-esque beams of sound that cut across the song, all before the second half of the EP, “Naxos” begins, taking you further into the trance-state. You can find Midday Veil on Facebook, Instagram, and Bandcamp.…
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New Age Healers | “Blowing Smoke Through the Choir”
New Age Healers is a Seattle band with a 90s Alternative Pacific Northwest influence, but not in a grunge kind of way. They may have been in MTV’s “Buzz Bin” back in the 90s, but New Age Healers’ “Blowing Smoke Through the Choir” is a lush sonic collection of songs all representing different influences, but infused in a clever way on a cohesive album. Produced by John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead), the album is rich and deep in texture, with excellent songwriting and memorable choruses. The album starts off with “The Fastest Show,” hitting a new Psychedelica drive when the bass line kicks in. Long, drawn out vocals on…
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The Crystal Teardrop | Love You More
The Crystal Teardrop is a modern-day psychedelic outfit from Midlands, UK that features guitarist Leon Jones, organ player Stuart Grey, bassist Ed Quigley, drummer Huw Woodward, and most prominently, the lead singer and mastermind of their sound Alexandra Rose. Their latest album, available everywhere October 6, 2026 on Rise Above Records, is called LOVE YOU MORE, and is much worth checking out. Their style of music is a modern rendition of a classic authenticity to popular radio music that has been lost over time: that being the 1960s rock/pop period. The Beatles, Kinks, Stones, Who, and Hendrix were the most popular music of their era, and recorded the religious texts…
