Go For Retro is an exciting band with raw energy which builds and releases dynamically without losing tension between instruments. Vocals are dynamic, melodic and reverberating often building up until an aggressive energized shout. The music is rock all the way with psych effects like reverb, echo, tremolo and wha. The dual guitars take center stage with one laced in effects and the other spitting out rhythmic chords.
The Heaters dive into shoegaze rock with plenty of trendy synth. Suspended Youth fits the latest trends in the psych / contemporary shoegaze with spacious arrangements, rich guitar swells, ambient echoes, and steady rhythmic drum and bass cementing a danceable groove. The music swirls into the atmosphere making crystalline sonic clouds. It sounds like The Heaters have grown into a sound which is comfortable and creatively unique, they found their home base.
Dead Meadow is one of the premier stoner rock and psychedelic rock bands in the world. The album as a whole is very strong, highly creative, well-recorded and produced, with a number of very exciting climatic moments.
...With epic psychedelic performances the likes of which are not to be found anywhere on the planet or in history. Vibravoid are the masters of vintage themed psychedelia. They are so good at recreating the collective fantasy of what early psychedelic music was that Vibravoid themselves have become the official reference.
Oh Sees Smote Reverser Oh Sees is back with Smote Reverser and a new band name (formerly Thee Oh Sees, OCS). Smote Reverser comes at you with charged energized songs steering toward the boundaries of rock music. John Dwyer continues... Continue Reading →
What is Stoner Rocker? Sleep is stoner rock and this album is the best out there. End of review. Pick up a copy.
The songs build momentum as they progress with unpredictable section changes and innovative use of effects. The guitars go from clean and tight to broken and distorted. At times the guitar sounds like it may have been set on fire with molten distortion and feedback.
"Electric Moon is real psychedelia at its finest. Their space rock reaches new heights on ‘Stardust Rituals’ taking the listener on a visionary journey."
