Category Archives: Psych pop

SONG OF THE DAY Kit Sebastian – Rain (باران)

Posted on May 6, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Even before I listened to Kit Sebastian, I was intrigued, if not overwhelmed, with a desire to hear what “a meeting point of different genres from Anatolian Pyschedelia and Brazilian Tropicalia to 60’s European pop and American jazz…” sounded like! … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Pat Thomas – Get It Together

Posted on April 5, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Pat Thomas is best known as the a driving force behind the San Franciscan band, Cool Ghouls.  Alongside his work with the group, Thomas has also cultivated an interesting voice as a solo artist, releasing his last … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Mystery Lights – Thick Skin

Posted on July 8, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

One of the highlights to last years gig diary was catching The Mystery Lights in the UK.  To make it even better,  I got to seem them in a perfectly modest-sized venue, intimate enough to get close and personal to … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Accü – Did You Count Your Eyes?

Posted on May 29, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

A heady fusion of psych and electronica defines the sound of the half Dutch, half Welsh artist, Accü’s debut single.  Did You Count Your Eyes? released last Friday and is to be the first track from her forthcoming album which is due … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Brian Jonestown Massacre – My Poor Heart

Posted on May 26, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

It didn’t take much persuasion to feature another Brian Jonestown Massacre song as soon as I realised their latest album, Something Else, was available to stream on their Soundcloud page ahead of its June 1st release date. 2018 looks set to be … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Buttertones – Kaleidopope

Posted on April 30, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

Any song that opens with the lyrics “Must be brave to ride the tarantula’s tide” is going to grab my attention; but that’s a given when it comes to me and The Buttertones…hell, they’ve even made me want to dig … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Buttertones – Gravedigging

Posted on March 17, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

The Buttertones are a LA band consisting of Richard Araiza (guitarist/singer) Dakota Böttcher (guitarist/singer) Sean Redman (bassist ((also a former member of Cherry Glazerr)) and Modesto ‘Cobi’ Cobiån (drummer/polyinstrumentalist). Arriving in the winter of 2012 in a haze of psychedelic fuzzed-out … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Echo OHs – Black Like Your Heart

Posted on November 9, 2017 by The Listening Post Blog

Take your finger off the pulse for five minutes and what happens?…you miss the release of an album you’ve been waiting for that’s what happens!! Auckland’s 3-piece, The Echo Ohs came to my attention three years ago and since then … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Babe Rainbow (AUS) – Johny Says Stay Cool

Posted on September 8, 2017 by The Listening Post Blog

Describing their 60’s-inspired sound as “God picking sunflowers,” The Babe Rainbow are a colourful and dashing trio hailing from Byron Bay.  Colourful by name, this retro trio are most definitely colourful by nature and create a cosmic sound that falls somewhere … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY We The People – In the Past

Posted on July 29, 2017 by The Listening Post Blog

If you were to ask what kind of music I like the best it would be virtually impossible for me to answer as so many different genres appeal and my search for new sounds never ceases, but the psychedelic sounds … Continue reading →

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