Category Archives: Psych Rock

The Seeds – Evil Hoodoo (Vinyl Reissue)

Big Beat‘s putting out a vinyl reissue of the Seeds’ Evil Hoodoo.  Active throughout the latter half of the 60’s, the Seeds are notable as both a highly influential cornerstone in American garage and psych rock, and as an early … Continue reading

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The People’s Temple – Sons of Stone

Hozac Records released the debut album by the People’s Temple entitled Sons of Stone on April 19th, 2011. Based in Lansing, MI, the People’s Temple play a brand of retro-inspired garage psych. There are a number of touchstones (Love, 13th … Continue reading

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Religious Knives – Smokescreen

Sacred Bones will release Religious Knives’ new album Smokescreen on April 26, 2011. Akin to current labelmates Moon Duo, Religious Knives marinate in the drugged-out sounds of psych, utilizing organ and guitar noodling alongside repetitive drumming to create tunes that … Continue reading

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Love – Black Beauty

High Moon Records is a new record label that will focus primarily on reissues for rare, and unreleased albums of the “60’s, 70’s and beyond.” They’ll be kicking off the birth of their label with Black Beauty, a previously unreleased … Continue reading

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Ty Segall – Ty-Rex 12″

A little while ago, we had mentioned one of our most anticipated Record Store Day releases would be Ty Segall’s Ty-Rex 12″ (you can check out what we had to say about it here). Well, if you weren’t already excited, … Continue reading

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White Hills – H-P1

New York City’s White Hills will be releasing a new 2xLP album through Thrill Jockey. The album is titled H-P1 and will have a street date of June 21, 2011. White Hills pick up where Hawkwind left off, working within … Continue reading

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The Alps – Easy Action

Mexican Summer has recently released Easy Action by the Alps on March 28, 2011. The Alps create tunes that are rooted in repetition, incorporating the sounds of psych rock, folk, and swelling electro fuzz to create some beautiful instrumental soundscapes. … Continue reading

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Crystal Stilts – In Love With Oblivion

Crystal Stilts are following up their 2008 release Alight of Night with a new album by the name of In Love with Oblivion. This album expands on their sound, combining the previous mixture of 60’s psych pop and 80’s post-punk … Continue reading

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Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania

Thee Oh Sees write, record, and release albums at a blistering pace, and I couldn’t be happier about it since I can’t seem to get enough of their weirdo garage/pysch rock. We just saw the release of their singles collection … Continue reading

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Cosmonauts – S/T

  Originally only available as a tape from Burger Records, this self-titled album from Orange County’s Cosmonauts is now available on vinyl from the awesome folks over at Permanent Records. Cosmonauts are creating music similar to Ty Segall and Thee … Continue reading

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