“As primal as these noises are, however, the stoner-metal trio’s music is surprisingly complex. Californian wunderkind Ty Segall is on drums and vocals, his face covered in corpsepaint, Charles Moothart from the Ty Segall Band is on guitar and vocals and Chad Ubovich is on bass and vocals, and the three seem to have an […]
“There’s devastation and self-doubt beneath the goofy exterior as the Canadian stoner-rock prodigy moves into more melancholy territory…”
“Rock’s chillest heartthrob talks beach life, clickbait, and why he probably won’t hit your bong…”
“Most people would kill at least three likeable acquaintances to spend a day in the company of Mac DeMarco. Photographer Laura-Lynn Petrick spent two entire weeks following him around. Instead of basking in his glory and laughing at all his jokes…”
“While at this year’s Time Festival, we set out to make Mac uncomfortable, but as you will be able to see quite clearly in the video, it’s Carlin who is VERY uneasy…”
“King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mache Dream Balloon Yes, it’s the sort of band name and song title that gets you lacing up your sturdiest hippy-kicking boots..”
“t wasn’t till the yodel-y “Still Together” that things got nutty again. Mac spit water on the crowd who literally lapped it up like baby birds. (People really, really, really love Mac DeMarco.)…”
“Recorded in just over a week, alone in his coastal home (he gives out the address and invites you over for coffee at the end of the album), Another One’s breezy low-key ballads feel instantly warm and comfortable…”
“On paper the combination of San Francisco punk turned psych-king Presley and Welsh oddball popster Le Bon sounds infinitely intriguing, but today the proof is in the pudding as the album is now available for you to earn, via Heavenly Recordings….”
“Despite the difference between le Bon’s and Presley’s median outputs, they produce a fresh and rich stylistic centre on Hermits on Holiday. The record is far more avant-garde than any of le Bon’s solo material, and calls on the most antisocial aspects of Presley’s…”
“The first clue that something is amiss is on the brilliant ‘Cannon Mouth‘, where Le Bon sounds as though she’s sucking moonshine from the kitchen sink through a straw, before Presley joins in on the splendidly infectious chorus…”
“Right from the outset it’s obvious that DRINKS aren’t merely picking at the best bits of the contributors’ previous work: the Californian psych-folk tinge to opener Laying Down Rock is pulled in an altogether different direction by the minimalist feel and repeating hook…”
“There’s unmistakable precedent to the sound where they meet, the dub inflections and buzzing guitar welts. Hermits evokes the captivating disconnect of a late-’70s John Peel show,…”
“When does a collaboration become a solo project? Well, it generally doesn’t unless one member quits, but, despite being a full-on, two-way partnership, DRINKS prefer to be seen as a solid entity…”
“Hermits On Holiday is that rarest of treats, a side-project that could be its writers’ day job. Bristling with brio and invention, it sounds as much fun to listen to as its creators evidently had making it… “
“Their album Hermits On Holiday doesn’t sound like a composite of their respective solo work but instead feels like a completely new band, which to all intents and purposes they are…”
“On Top Rock Albums, Mac DeMarco scores his first No. 1 and best sales week as Another One starts with 13,000 sold. It also grants Brooklyn-based independent label Captured Tracks its first leader on the ranking…”
“LA-based Welsh singer songwriter Cate Le Bon and American psych-rocker Tim Presley have joined forces to form Drinks…”
“But now the Welsh frontwoman has teamed up with Tim Presley, better known as White Fence, to deliver their first studio album under the name DRINKS, and although they claim this is not a collaboration but a solo project with “one mouth, one set of lungs, one mind and four legs”, it certainly brings out […]
“He wears his heart on his crusty sleeve, and this, perhaps, is the easiest explanation for the rabid fandom that follows him…”
“Psychedelic rock is a pretty broad category, and over the course of six albums and two EPs, Aussie space cadets King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have explored various corners of that sonic universe…”
“a fascinating debut…”
” Fuzz has abandonment issues. Abandoning expectation. Abandoning reservation, consummation, resignation, and trite dictation. Instinct is all there is when it comes to the divination of harsh salvation…”
“”FYF always features buzz-worthy breakout candidates, such as FKA Twigs and Tobias Jesso Jr. And there are acts we’re not entirely familiar with but, based on their names alone, we’d want to check out: Horse Meat Disco? King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard? Count us in!..”
“The new mini-album from Canadian songsmith Mac DeMarco is a woozy, laidback affair full of lovelorn lyrics and Beatles-esque guitar playing…”
“Mac Demarco is back with his forth album, Another One, and it’s swimming with laid-back, heartfelt soul…”
“Winner of the just-now-created “Best Band Name Ever” award, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard start Sunday off right with some psychedelic tunes…”
“The simplicity of it; the ease of the groove; the full embodiment of infant sounds – everything commonly expected when this – hopefully long – relationship was announced…”
