Following the release of The Slow Rush in 2020, Tame Impala returns with a new compilation The Slow Rush B-Sides&Remixes, featuring a previously unreleased single “The Boat I Row” along with the B-sides and remixes from the album. The collection include a previously released “No Choice” and Tame Impala’s 2019 single “Patience.” The B-sides lean towards a stronger groove with sinuous bass and stadium filling soundscapes and sprawling psychedelia. Compare to electronically focused, experimental A sides, B-sides present a melodic, live oriented collection with a slight nostalgia to their 201 ..read more

Photo credit: David Belisle Beach House, Baltimore’s dream-pop duo of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Victoria Legrand and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Alex Scalley drops their eighth studio album, One Twice Melody. The writing and recording of One Twice Melody span between 2018 and 2021 with a few songs that date back over the previous 10 years. For the first time in their catalog, a live string ensemble was used. Once Twice Melody is the duo’s first self-produced album. The double album features 18 songs and was presented in four chapters, gradually released over the course of four months ..read more

Illustration by Punk Head 1963, towards the end of the first wave of folk revival, while everyone was looking back, Sandy Bull was looking forward. The first drop of psychedelia in music happened when the guitarist blended folk, blues with Arabic modes, Indian drones, and Turkish instruments on his debut album, Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (1963). It was a time when The Beatles were singing “She Loves You,” and Bob Dylan was still making his name on his acoustic guitar. The rise of psychedelic moving and hippie culture among young people soon permeated the music in the late 60s. It didn’t t ..read more