Tagged: psych/folk
Staff Selects Playlist: The First Guitar Solo Ever Recorded
Every week, a different FADER editor compiles a playlist to highlight a new release and give you a guide to that artist’s web of influences and peers. These Staff Selects live in our Spotify app, … read more »
Video: The Babies, “Mess Me Around”
The Babies‘ sophomore album Our House on the Hill is full of nonstop gems. Each song feels designed to be worn out by our collective record players. Apparently, the record caught the attention of Scott … read more »
Rodion G.A., “Cantec Fulger” MP3
Listening to Romanian artist Rodion Ladislau Roșca, bka Rodion G.A., is like hearing music beamed from the future. Though most of this music was recorded in the mid-to-late ’70s, it sounds like it could exist … read more »
Interview: Barn Owl
Barn Owl‘s “The Long Shadow” has kind of the perfect horror soundtrack build-up. It starts with an irresolute tug and pull between a cathedralesque wash of choir voices and a sinister, chromatic guitar melody, then … read more »
Stream: Date Palms, “Yuba Reprise”
For their third studio album, the Bay Area psych duo of synthesist Gregg Kowalsky and violinist/flautist Marielle Jakobsons expanded their dreamy palette to include an electric bass player, a tampura player and a guitarist. A … read more »
Stream: Dream Boat, “Sea to Sky (Bear in Heaven Remix)”
In this remix of “Sea to Sky,” one of the standouts on Dream Boat‘s recent Eclipsing LP, Bear in Heaven spins some of the more languorous turns in Page Campbell’s vocal melody into a darkly … read more »
Stream: Tonstartssbandht, “Alright”
The last time we made contact with the Tonstartssbandht brothers, they were scribbling away furiously with a pencil at paper at a Williamsburg cafe, kindly helping us to construct the Grimes-centric, Montreal music scene family … read more »
Stream: Holy Sons, “Aged Wine”
In the ’90s, before he was known for his work in bands like Grails and Om, Portland’s Emil Amos wrote an estimated 1,000 songs under the moniker Holy Sons, inspired by a lo-fi, home recording … read more »
Stream: Anika, “Love Buzz”
Anika’s self-titled debut album was a thick collection of unsettling dub, her voice draped strong and flat over blunt bass and endlessly echoed guitars. It was a strangely personal listen even as she often sounded … read more »
Stream: White Woods, “Corner Town”
There’s a light Ennio Morricone feel to this new single from Atlanta’s White Woods, from the lazily lurching gait of the acoustic guitar to the suspense-ridden xylophone melody. It all sounds pretty ramshackle though, as … read more »
