Indie pop act So Zuppy dropped a new single today. Continuing his playful, eccentric brand of pop, the artist longs for a friend and wonders where they’ve wandered off to with this tune. There’s always fun to be had with So Zuppy’s melodies, but he embeds sincere and human moments into them at the same time, and that’s what makes
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Heavy psych rockers Astral Hand are gearing up to release their highly anticipated debut album “Lords of Data” on Romanus Records next month, but in the meantime, they’ve shared with us earthlings the music video for “Contact.” Shot by Enterprise Films, the scene finds four psychonauts attempting to establish contact with another dimension beyond time and space, only to be
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Singer-songwriter Terry Alan Hackbarth, known for his work with longtime psych-pop band Trolley, is out with his debut single. It’s a song about letting someone go who you never truly got to know. The song’s got a jangle pop feel that puts danceable sensibilities to an otherwise melancholy tale. We hope it’s the sign of something bigger to come from
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Psych pop band Ravi/Lola dropped a Christmas single this year. Starting with a warm and sweet glockenspiel, the song tells the story of a mouse who comes out from its cozy mini village every Christmas to befriend the narrator, swelling into a playful and bouncy tune that ultimately ends with a freakout by the narrator because the mouse leaves right
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Instrumental pysch rocker Ricky Thump released his debut album. He has tons of fun jamming out over eight tracks, enlisting vocals only once – from Kyle Janes on the second track “CROW.” Thump recognizes the intimate relationships between color, texture and sound through these songs, from the badass charge of “The Jakes” to the lamenting ditty “Kyle’s Song” to the
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Psych-electronic project Floid the Dog has a new tune out. Subtle and mysterious, “Ache” is a trippy adventure that gets progressively tenser and tenser before fully going into full alarm mode. Imagery of a science-fiction video game action-escape sequence comes to mind, deeply textural and mysterious. We hope to hear more from Floid the Dog in the near future!
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Psych-rocker Ricky Thump is out with his debut single. It’s summer, so there’s no better way to channel the heat than through liquid rock ‘n roll – that’s exactly what Thump brings here, incorporating elements of blues and reggae to get you moving. It explores a multitude of colors while traversing various landscapes. He’s only getting started; we hope to
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Psych-electrofolk project Mere of Light released their sophomore EP. It’s four tracks that build dreamy worlds through graceful harp melodies and exquisite electronica, traversing imagery from the Midwest scenery to quiet woodlands to the ever-changing face of God. “Cruel Sister” is a traditional folk ballad about a girl being thrown overboard by her jealous older sister and drowning; Mere of
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Electric psych rockers Robot Witch are out with the video to their debut single “Millennial Hat.” It’s animated, featuring the band’s titular figure wearing a suit and tie and standing still as it gets engulfed by snowlike animations. There’s ascending hot air balloons involved as well, so all of it makes for a rather trippy viewing experience. Stay tuned for
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Experimental-psychedelia artist Michael Jantz (formerly Black Eagle Child) follows up his recent debut single under his own name with a sequel. This one begins with a thumping bass repetition before a guitar begins wandering, coated with this hiss of lo-fi recording. We feel like we’re watching a grainy tape of animals in their natural habitats from decades ago. Michael Jantz
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