This week has seen the release of MIIEN, the second album from MIEN – a collaborative project that brings together a group of musicians who might be termed a psych supergroup. Rishi Dhir, vocalist and songwriter with Montreal psych band Elephant Stone, ventures into darker territory alongside Alex Maas of The Black Angels, whose distinctive,…
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Terry Bickers, legendary founder member and guitarist of House of Love fame has announced three intimate shows and there’s new music – under wraps for now – to come too. The original band’s phenomenal first album House of Love in 1990 still sounds as fresh now as it did on its release – tracks like Shine…
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New material from Montreal psychedelic band Elephant Stone always gives my heart a lift. I was captivated when I first saw this band at The Lexington at a psych night back in 2011, and a few nights later at the much-missed Bull & Gate in Kentish Town. Rishi Dhir‘s sitar playing is mesmerising and adds…
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Emerging from a misty and dreamy landscape comes the second album from Canadian outfit Absolutely Free called Aftertouch, released September 24 on Boiled Records. The band caught my attention earlier in the year with the thought-provoking single How to Paint Clouds – the second track on this new release. Absolutely Free, comprising the core trio…
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The Besnard Lakes don’t make things easy for themselves, publicity wise. The new album which launched on January 2021, The Besnard Lakes are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings isn’t a title that fits neatly into social media posts, as I’m sure they know. But the Canadian outfit don’t particularly care – nothing is…
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