ALBUM REVIEW – TOMO KATSURADA: DREAM OF THE EGG

Unquestionably, Tomo Katsurada’s ‘Dream of the Egg’ has the week’s most intriguing concept. It is a collaboration with visual artist Shoko Otake for which Katsurada provides the soundtrack to a 20-page picture book inspired by the 1920’s children’s story, ‘Yume No Tamago (Dream of the Egg)’. In addition to the picture book, the package consists […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- The Beauty Witch have compiled a treat for those in Manchester this evening, with Gorilla taking centre focus. Opening proceedings, we have local band Inland Taipan, who have a new line up which incorporates additional viola and violin. The ethereal vocals and frantic guitar notes are complimented beautifully by the strings and create […]

LIVE: KIKAGAKU MOYO / INLAND TAIPAN – 07/11/2018

KIKAGAKU MOYO ANNOUNCE ‘STONE GARDEN EP’ & SUMMER TOUR DATES

Following last year’s highly praised album House In The Tall Grass, Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo have announced plans for a new EP ‘Stone Garden’, and summer European live dates. ‘Stone Garden EP’ will be released on vinyl & digital on Friday 21st April via the record label the band run, Guruguru Brain. They have also just […]
– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL – Headliners Super Furry Animals and The Horrors merely scratch the surface of the psychedelic universe; there’s a wide range of sub-genre’s that cross-breed and intermingle, spawning a hugely diverse array of artists and musicians that unite under a common crusade, for escapism. From minimal electro, shoegaze, kitsch pop and […]

LIVE: LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST (2nd opinion) – 23+24/09/2016

LIVE: LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST – 23+24/09/2016

– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL –  It’s 3pm on a schoolday and the walls are cracking, the ground is fracturing, and my brain is thudding against my skull – it must be the fifth edition of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Over 100 bands are assembling over two days across four stages in the […]
Kikagaku Moyo have shared another new track from their forthcoming album ‘House In The Tall Grass’, set for release on May 13th via Guruguru Brain. Drummer Go Kurosawa elaborates on the track, entitled ‘Green Sugar’, saying it “was inspired by a morning walk.” He continues: “It’s in three parts, expressing first a blizzard, then a gentle stroll […]

KIKAGAKU MOYO SHARE NEW TRACK ‘GREEN SUGAR’

KIKAGAKU MOYO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS’

Following their split 7” with Moon Duo late last year, Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo have announced details of their forthcoming new album ‘House In The Tall Grass’ for release on May 13th via Guruguru Brain. The album’s atmospheric & elemental first single “Kogarashi” (the Autumn wind) is streaming online now & the band have announced a […]
– EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – And so it’s Day Two and despite a few sore heads and blurry eyes as I enter the venue, the overall mood is buoyant and the alcohol is already flowing. Bonnacons of Doom open proceedings in the Main Lab. The five piece have a fill-in bassist in the form of James […]

LIVE: EINDHOVEN PSYCH LAB DAY 2 – 06/06/2015