Absolutely mind-paralyzing aural psychedelics courtesy of this group Messages. Nope, I’m unfamiliar as well… except that this tune of theirs just peeled my scalp back and dumped a hot liter of flash-fried hash oil directly onto my frontal lobe. So I guess you could say we’re getting familiar. Intimate, even. I’ll write more once my [...]

OMGVinyl’s second-favorite psychedelic garage rock band, The Fresh & Onlys, have a brand new EP out on Captured Tracks.  “August In My Mind” features six new tunes that sound as good as anything this band has done.  If this type of music interests you at all, these are the guys to listen to.  Visit CapturedTracks.com.
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Crystal Antlers have been kinda quiet lately, but they are proving that they are a smart, forward-thinking band with this new release.  You can either buy “Little Sister / Dead Horses” on a 7″ slab of vinyl for $9 shipped, or you can download the tunes for free, or you can do both (recommended).  Loud [...]

Bobby BeauSoleil was a Manson family affiliate who went to prison in 1970 for murdering a drug dealer who had wronged him by selling a bad batch of mescaline. While in prison in the 70s, Bobby composed the original soundtrack for a short film called Lucifer Rising, which has since attained elite cult status. The [...]

It’s hard not to mention My Bloody Valentine when writing up a band like this, but rest assured Serena Maneesh bring their own psychedelic swagger to the overpopulated whatever-gaze genre, standing heads and shoulders above their peers and sounding perfectly at home on the legendary 4AD label. This is the second album from these lovely [...]

Not Not Fun has posted the new album from “The Olsen Twins Of Drone”, Pocahaunted.  They went on a bit of a hiatus, but are back in full effect.  For “Make It Real”, they’ve also added some new members including Cameron Stallones (aka Sun Araw) to further thicken their otherworldly sound.  Grade-A California psychedelic music [...]

While I’m on the topic of party starting albums for people wearing ironic sunglasses, here’s something that may or may not turn out to be a complete piece of shit: a new 2xLP from MGMT. There aren’t supposed to be any singles released, so if you believe that this band has another great album in [...]

Olde English Spelling Bee is quickly becoming one of my favorite labels in the universe, and this new trio of releases only reinforces my feelings.  First up is one of the most exciting things I’ve heard lately, Forest Swords’ “Dagger Path” LP.  This shit is being called, ready for this…drone-step.  You can imagine already that [...]

We don’t usually post news just for the sake of posting news, but Grails is one of those bands that we pretty much freak out every time they even update their Myspace. Which they have just done recently to share some news about the latest installment of the Black Tar Prophecies, also known as some [...]

Many nights and brain cells have been wasted trying to reach the level of inhalant-induced retardation that Ween was able to document with this album. My advice is to not seek out this level of inebriation on your own. Just put The Pod on and appreciate that these boys already did it for you and [...]

We are always super into supporting our regional labels and bands, and this record comes from Iowa City’s Night People label.  Broken Water’s “Whet” is pretty much what I wish the current garage bands like Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts would sound like.  This is much slower, much louder, and much heavier, like if My [...]

I know that in our realm of weirdo music, this probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but Pill Wonder’s “Jungle/Surf” doesn’t sound much like jungle or surf.  Lucky for you, it does sound like some undeniably catchy pop music that is loud, jangly, raucous, and blown-out.  The solo project of Will Murdoch is [...]

Here’s a welcome vinyl issue of this slow-burning improv session between guitarist Darin Grey and bassist Loren Connors. First appearing on CD over 10 years ago, this is definitely one of those timeless recordings – difficult to date, easy to appreciate. Check the MP3 for some smoldering, bluesy psych. The LP version also happens to [...]

Damn, just when I was congratulating myself for chilling out on the funk reissues, this absolute must-buy record dropped.  Check out this description from the site:  “Following the success of Psych Funk 101, Egon presents Joel Stones’ Brazilian Guitar, Fuzz Bananas. If Psych Funk 101 was the freshman seminar in global-psychedelic grooves, then this album [...]

San Francisco’s very own fuzzmonger extraordinaires Wooden Shjips (pronounced schyips?) have got a new collection of hard-to-find rarities coming out on the vinyl format next month. Vol. 2 follows up the previously released Vol.1 and collects singles from Mexican Summer and Sub Pop, among other psychedelic trinkets and treasures. Poised for a March 30th release [...]