Few bands these days can take the recycled sounds of the 60s psychedelic movement and turn it into something truly refreshing and unique. Dumbo Gets Mad does just that, creating a futuristic vintage sound loaded with psychelicious noises and melodies that is highly addicting. DGM is a one-man project (with a little help from his girlfriend who sings on some tracks) whose experimentation with old-fashioned rigs like analog synthesizers
and tape machines gave birth to his first full-length release, Elephants At The Door. Here are my two favorites from the album:
If you look close enough, you can actually see the chill waves in Neon Indian’s latest psychedelic music video for “Mind, Drips” of his much loved and listened to Psychic Chasms. Directed by electronics wizards Lars Larsen and Edward Leckie, the video achieves it’s epicness using a device invented by the wizards themselves called the LZX Visionary, which is an analog video synthesizer that manipulates images in the same way an audio synthesizer does for sound. Daaaaaanng. And don’t forget, those of you in the Dallas area, Neon Indian is opening for Flaming Lips at the Palladium Ballroom on February 3rd. So mark your calendars accordingly.
Yuck’s video for “Rubber,” the band’s second single off its self-titled debut album (out February 15 on Fat Possum), has a naked girl in it, ’nuff said.
Mini Mansions are just all over the place in terms of their sound. They’ve got this whimsical psychedelic vibe with some dark, heavy guitar licks thrown in. If ELO and King Crimson had a baby that grew up and had a baby with Queens of The Stone Age, you’d get a little taste of the sound Mini Mansions. Their embarking on their first tour since their self-titled debut was released November 2nd. If you’re anywhere near Deep Ellum in Dallas on December 14th, come check them out at The Nightmare, I hear they put on one hell of a show!
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I’m a few weeks late on this band, but late is better than never, right? Weekend is a three-piece from the lovely city of San Francisco that delves into the realm of post-punk, noise rock, new wave what-have-you. The trio released its debut LP, Sports, in the beginning of the month (November 9 to be exact) on Slumberland Records and unveiled this music video along with it. Enjoy!
On December 14th, Way Yes drops a terrific little EP Herringbone, loaded with afro-pop tropical garage psych boogie tunes. It’s Animal Collective meets Vampire Weekend meets They Might Be Giants. Don’t let the quirky Kermit-the-frog-sounding vocals on Herringbone’s opening track fool you; this EP is fanatastic from start to finish. Here’s the not so Kermit-y track 2, “Johanna.” Give the full EP a listen here.
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The latest experimental pop teams up with vintage underground cinema in this video for Therapies Son’s “Rose Red Rose”. Therapies Son is an exciting (and unsigned yet) one-man band hailing from Van Nuys, California. His song “Rose Red Rose” explores the widest range of emotions, with its lullaby-esque beginning and comforting vocals bursting into a buoyant instrumentation, and ending with the light drama of opera-like chorus. The video for this blissful track seals the deal by featuring scenes from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s psychedelic movie “The Holy Mountain” from back in 1973. Delightfully and fantastically bizarre, as Travis said. Enjoy!
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