From the category archives:

Psychedelic

Onuinu / Dorian Duvall – “Happy Home” / Tour Dates / LP Info

May 11, 2012

If you asked me, which you didn’t, but in a way you sort of did since you’re hear reading my blog, I’d tell you the Portland scene has been heating up pretty significantly over the last year and a half. Dorian Duvall (who performs under the stage name Onuinu) is part of that scene, assembling [...]

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Lyonnais – “Modern Cavalry” Video

May 4, 2012

Lyonnais was founded by Atlanta natives Farbod Kokabi (guitar, synth, vocals) and Farzad Moghaddam (bass, synth, vocals), who shortly afterwards added Lee Tesche (guitar, vocals) and T.J. Blake (drums, percussion). The band plays uber-trippy post-drone that may just melt your socks off (definitely don’t be wearing any plastic when you listen to their tracks); and [...]

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Ty Segall Band – Crank Up the Fuzz With “Wave Goodbye” / “Slaughterhouse” Drops June 26

April 27, 2012

While Ty Segall has released a number of solo albums, “Slaughterhouse” (to be released June 26 on In The Red) will mark the first time he’s dropped some fuzzy goodness for us with his touring band, which includes Mikal Cronin, Charlie Moothart, and Emily Rose Epstein. Stream “Wave Goodbye” below; the presser promised it’ll “melt [...]

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S. Carey – “Two Angles” / EP “Hoyas” Now Available Digitally

April 25, 2012

I’m not really sure how to describe S. Carey’s music. It’s like a subtle whisper speaking to you from among the breeze; a nuanced beat pacing through an overcast day. Whatever you want to call it, it’s pretty freaking beautiful. Check out “Two Angles” below; his EP “Hoyas” can be purchased digitally already; or you’ll [...]

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Twin Library – “The Abandoned Reel” LP Now Available

April 12, 2012

Well, imagine my elation when I saw in my inbox an email from Edmonton’s own Twin Library. Regulars will know I’ve talked about this band a *lot* since NMM first started, and I’m about to talk about them again. The band just completed and released their newest album, “The Abandoned Reel”, which you can get [...]

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Jeff Beam – “Now” / Six States In Seven Days

April 11, 2012

I’m doing my very best to get through ALL of my emails before switching day jobs. It’s a challenge, but I probably harp on it too much, so I’ll stop as of this moment. I got an email from Portland’s (the Maine one not the Oregon one, although how about that announcement that the “Simpsons” [...]

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Wave Sleep Wave – “Hey … What?” / Debut Eponymous Out March 27

February 14, 2012

Jerry Adler is anything but new, as the lead singer and guitarist for New York’s The Blam, or his own solo folk project Flugente. But Wave Sleep Wave is anything but old. But in some sense they are. Their sound is a revelric cavalcade, an intertwined blender of Pixies meets new wave meets psychedelia. The [...]

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Italy’s Father Murphy – “Their Consciousness” / LP Out March 13

February 13, 2012

Italian trio Father Murphy, comprised of Reverend Freddie Murphy (vox,guitar), Chiara Lee (vox,keys,”chinese percussions”) and Vittorio Demarin (drums,viola,vox) is a little mysterious, more than a little enigmatic, and a whole lot weird. But their music speaks to you, like the antithesis of a soaring seagull, their music is throaty, ambient, psychedelic, with punk undertones, and [...]