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Ghost Wave Gives Us a Jangly Heads Up with “Here She Comes”
Auckland, New Zealand psych rockers Ghost Wave have been quiet for a minute but they've turned it up a few notches with their new single "Here She Comes." That...
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Prepare for a Tropical Depression from Toronto’s Hooded Fang
Name: Hooded Fang
Where They’re From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
When They Started: 2008
Genre: Indie-pop/rock
For Fans Of: Crocodiles, Surfer Blood, Beach...
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Josy Coos It Out and Then Cranks It Up
Name: Josy
Where They're From: Tokyo, Japan
When They Started: 2010
Genre: Psych rock meets art punk
For Fans Of: Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass, The...
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San Juan’s Scene: A Musical Community in Awesome Pictures
If you saw our scene report on indie bands in San Juan, you can now get closer to the story with this exclusive photo slideshow of portraits and live shots with...
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Float in Space with This Is Head’s “Time’s an Ocean” Video
The moment just feels right for epic psych pop, doesn't it? At least that's what we thought when we saw the video for This Is Head's delightfully aqueous "Time's an...
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Acid Baby Jesus to Tour US with Hellshovel, Hit SXSW
Following their collaboration on the deeply weird Voyager 8 project while hanging out in Athens, Grecian psych punks Acid Baby Jesus and Canadian noisemongers Hellshovel...
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Ghost Wave Crashes Into Your Mind
Name: Ghost Wave
Where They're From: Auckland, New Zealand
When They Started: 2010
Sounds Like: Jangle pop for brainy surfers
Most Similar: The Allah-Las,...
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Throwback Thursday: Alfonso Lovo’s Nicaraguan Psych Rock
Forged in the era of Central American proxy wars, Alfonso Lovo's adventurous Latin jazz rock was sadly overshadowed by revolution. The guitar player and composer was the...
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Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Records With A One-Track Mind
New York City and Perth, Australia are directly opposite each other in both time and geography. When I call Kevin Parker, main man of Perth psych rock band Tame Impala,...
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To the Moon and Back: Shy Panther’s Atmospheric Trip-Hop
Name: Shy Panther
Where They're From: Perth, Australia
When They Started: 2010
Genre: psych-folk, trip-hop
Most Similar: Massive Attack meets Black Keys...
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Tame Impala Goes All Glo-Fi In “Elephant” Video
This may be using the term glo-fi here pretty loosely, or maybe ignoring the actual denotations entirely, but darn it if it isn't the hyphenated sub-genre term that...
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Sultan Bathery Is A Place On Earth, And A Band
Name: Sultan Bathery
Where They're From: Vicenza, Italy
When They Started: 2012
Genre: psychedelic garage punk
Most Similar: Black Lips, Strange Hands, Acid...
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Todd Rundgren Corrupts Tame Impala’s “Elephant”
It's one of the true joys of pop culture when something improbably random happens that actually makes perfect sense once it has happened. For instance, Todd Rundgren...
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Free Deserters: Malaysia’s Merchants of Unhinged Grooves
Singer and guitarist Zack Yusof and guitarist Brendan Teh, tackled our series of questions about all things rock-n-roll, at least from a Malaysian perspective. And while...
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Artist of the Week: Malaysia’s Roots Psych Rockers, Free Deserters
It was a long, difficult click-stravaganza for MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week, but in the end it was Malaysian psych rockers Free Deserters who took the crown with a...
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Malaysia’s Free Deserters Work It On Out
Name: Free Deserters
Where They’re From: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genre: Psych Rock
Most Similar: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spacemen 3, Tribes
When They...
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Aqua Nebula Oscillator Reveals Its “Dead Soul” In New Video
In this never-before-seen video, French stoner beast Aqua Nebula Oscillator creates an inescapable vortex of blues chords and unease. It's like a rock 'n' roll tunnel of...
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Aqua Nebula Oscillator’s Psych Rock Is Really Underground
Name: Aqua Nebula Oscillator
Where They're From: Paris, France
Genre: Stoner/Psych/Kraut/Space Rock
When They Started: 2000
Most Like: Acid Mother's...
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Tame Impala Reveals Lonerism Details
Behold the album art for Lonerism! In addition to the cover, Aussie psych rockers Tame Impala have let slip the track listing and release date for their hotly...
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New Tame Impala: “Apocalypse Dreams” Download
Western Australians Tame Impala are back, with a twist on their fine debut album Innerspeaker's psychedelic indie. Tame Impala's new single "Apocalypse Dreams" leans...