ALBUM REVIEW – GNOD: SPOT LAND

On Spot Land, Salford’s GNOD put down their tools of destructive, heavy music to unfurl softer, psychedelic offerings that sound alien to their recent output. Opener ‘Peace at Home’ accompanies gentle guitar plucking with siren-like wails and spectral choir-like vocals. Ghostly and reverberating, the vocals linger over the track like a veil in wind. The […]
There’s still time to fit in another festival this year, isn’t there? This ‘summer’ has been like an extended autumn anyhow, so it doesn’t really make a difference. Spending the weekend in an industrial estate not far from Liverpool city centre and the docks has become an annual ritual for me, and a must – […]

LIVE – LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA 2017

LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST ANNOUNCE SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE ALONGSIDE DAY SPLITS LINE-UP

Just announced: Single day tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 28th July 2017 for the first time for the 2017 edition of Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Songhoy Blues will headline the Friday night (22nd September) and The Black Angels headline Saturday (23rd September). Amongst those on the Friday line-up revealed today are […]
– EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – Day two is welcomed in by Statue, a Dutch six piece who offer up four guitars alongside bass and drums. They present numerous references to symphonic rock and hints of influences such as Sonic Youth shine through. It’s clear that they are really pleased to be here as they rock along […]

LIVE: EINDHOVEN PSYCH LAB DAY 2 – 11/06/2016

WHO ARE YA? GNOD

Each week, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or bands management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions have […]
– ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER – This Led Zeppelin/Neil Young sounding rock band with stoner vocals are incredibly laidback unless launching into an epic instrumental. Unfortunately, a lot of their fans are too laidback to even turn up tonight. Academy 3 is disappointingly less than half empty. GNOD are onstage when I walk in the hall. […]

LIVE: DEAD MEADOW – 27/05/2010