King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are back with the brand new face melter, “Head On/Pill.” “Head On/Pill” is a 16 minute journey broken up between two psychedelic fueled passages. The track starts off slow and spaced out before mutating into an all out manic monster for the rest of the song. If you ever wanted to know what it [...]

The always hard working Arctic Monkeys just released a new single today called “Do I Wanna Know?” Most likely to be released on an album later this year. “Do I Wanna Know?” takes cues from desert rock and psychedelic rock, sounds the band have previously experimented with in the past, but now quite seem comfortable with. The video reflects such [...]

Portland, 1991. You step off the bus that took you from your waitressing job in downtown Seattle into your cool, rebellious older sister’s arms.  After she left home at 17, you haven’t managed to see her much, but she insisted you come down to Portland this weekend to see her friend’s band play.  She gives you a welcoming hug, smelling [...]

In what seems like an unlikely pairing, UK psychedelic band, TOY and songstress Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes came together on the track “The Bride.” The tracks is the 3rd session in a series for Speedy Wunderground, where each month a new artist will perform in their studio. According to the press release, “The Bride” is a ” re-working [...]

Bad news, Bonnaroo fans: Mumford and Sons have officially announced the cancellation of their headlining performance due to the surgery that bassist Ted Dwayne underwent earlier this week for a blood clot in his brain.  The band’s just-release statement reads: Dear friends, It is with great joy that we can announce that Ted has been discharged from hospital and is [...]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra recently appeared on BBC’s radio program 6Music With Marc Riley, where the band performed a live cover of Otis Redding’s classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” UMO’s take on it is nearly faithful to the original, with Ruben’s bluesy vocals and just enough of UMO’s psych sound to mix it up a bit. Have a [...]

Smith Westerns just posted “Idol,” a new track off their upcoming album Soft Will. “Idol” is the third track they shared off of that album following “Varsity” and “3AM Spiritual.” “Idol” sounds like it could have easily been ripped from a John Hughes soundtrack. Soft Will is set to drop June 25 via Mom + Pop in the U.S. and [...]

Today Ernest Greene aka Washed Out released the first cut from his upcoming album Paracosm. The track is called “It All Feels Right” the second track off the album. “It All Feels Right” is a welcome change from previous Washed Out material, with it’s cleaner sound while still retaining Ernest’s signature airy, distanced vocals. According to a press release, the [...]

Today, a video for the previously reported David Lynch And Lykke Li’s “I’m Waiting Here” has been posted for everyone’s viewing pleasure. The video perfectly complements the track with a in dash view of a car driving through a bleak yet beautiful desert landscape. Who want to bet it’s Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern behind the wheel? “I’m Waiting Here [...]

What happens when John Gourley of Portugal. The Man shares a seemingly friendly high five with Glenn Howerton of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame?  Laughs, of course.  Thunderous laughs. Gourley parts ways with his band only to run into Howerton, and the two soon find themselves with linked fingers laced with lightning.  Clocks tick and foxes decay (isn’t that clip [...]

Katie Crutchfield, a.k.a. Waxahatchee, embraced a brighter, heartier sound for her second album, Cerulean Salt, and is now embracing the sunny weather for her “Coast to Coast” music video.  It’s also a nice chance for us to embrace her adorable newly dyed blonde haircut. The video, which was directed by Ryan Russell, features Crutchfield and her friends (including her twin sister, [...]