Authors: Justin Gallegos
Local Review: DulceSky – Awake And Arise
DulceSky = Dead Can Dance / Nine Inch Nails … read more
Local Review: Color Animal – Bubble Gum
What’s intriguing about Bubble Gum is that it sounds like traditional yet mellow psych rock at first listen, but it takes several more listens to take it all in. … read more
Local Review: Custom Model – Night Sweat
Custom Model = Chromatics / Shlohmo + Still Corners
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Local Review: Cavedoll – Late Nights/Bad Decisions
The truth is these guys make some very scrappy dance tunes—half of the songs pulsate with darkness and a little bit of raw romance, but in each case, dark or not, the song is dominated by lead singer Ransom Wydner’s vocals. … read more
Local Review: Candy’s River House – Stolen in the Middle...
Candy’s River House = Lynyrd Skynyrd + ZZ Top … read more
Local Review: Andrew Shaw – You’ve Got An Evil Place...
Andrew Shaw You’ve Got An Evil Place In Your Heart Self-Released Street: 07.07 Andrew Shaw = All-Time Quarterback / Bright Eyes Andrew Shaw makes the kind of lo-fi bedroom folk that flourished in the mid-2000s through artists like Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes. Shaw’s latest album, You’ve Got An Evil
Local Review – Max Pain and The Groovies – Self-Titled
Max Pain and the Groovies certainly have an affinity for the Texas psych scene, and this EP sounds more focused than anything I’ve heard from them before. … read more
Review: Gardens & Villa – Music For Dogs
Gardens & Villa = Phantogram x MGMT … read more
Review: Frog Eyes – Pickpocket’s Locket
Frog Eyes = Swan Lake / The Unicorns … read more
Review: Gap Dream – Shine Your Light
Psychedelic music tends to be bent on creating a feeling rather than giving a message. Nothing says the music needs to be either, but on Shine Your Light, Gap Dream provides the latter. They’ve traded in a previously raw and dark sound for synthesized guitars and an often-seductive vibe from front man Gabe Fulvimar, whose message is simple: “Love is not allowed to those that run.” … read more