ALBUM REVIEWS ROUND UP – THE REST OF THE BEST NEW RELEASES FROM THE LAST MONTH

Amyl & The Sniffers: Amyl & The Sniffers With an absolutely snarling beast of an album, wrapped in melodic yet ferocious overtones, Amyl and The Sniffers are Australia’s brightest punk rock band to emerge in years. The self-titled debut album from this Melbourne lot is laden with melodically charged guitar riffs, feisty vocals from frontwoman […]

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- In front of a sold out Albert Hall crowd, Oh Sees main man and Castle Face Records label boss John Dwyer takes to the stage, to a huge cheer, but hang on a minute, he’s just setting up the equipment – himself. That’s just one of the million reasons to love this […]

LIVE: OH SEES – 18/05/2019

JONNY KOSMO SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘CIRCUS OF DREAMS’

Los Angeles artist Jonny Kosmo is no stranger to groove, most recently performing as the bassist for Los Angeles’ psych-pop synth outfit Mr. Elevator.  Steeped in pop-strange composition and a rich history of musical theatre, Kosmo creates songs full of colour, movement, and imagination all while keeping ears dosed in a palette of shimmery soul. […]

Charging in like a psych rock rollercoaster, the latest Oh Sees album finds frontman and record label owner John Dwyer expanding into new territory. Following a slight name change (dropping from Thee Oh Sees to simply Oh Sees) for last release ‘Orc’ in 2017, Dwyer and co have once again combined their ferocious guitar tunes […]

ALBUM: OH SEES – SMOTE REVERSER

WHO ARE YA? HEY BULLDOG

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s 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 are intended […]

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- It’s an intensely grim evening in Manchester tonight, but despite that fans are out in force, descending on the Albert Hall for Castlemania: a Castle Face Records showcase event offering five live bands. Opening we have Kelley Stoltz, current San Francisco resident who has been releasing music since 1999 and has been […]

LIVE: OH SEES / ONCE & FUTURE BAND / MALE GAZE / FLAT WORMS / KELLEY STOLTZ – 01/03/2018

OCS (FKA OH SEES) ANNOUNCE 20TH ALBUM FOR THE 20TH YEAR OF THE BAND’S EXISTENCE ‘MEMORY OF A CUT OFF HEAD’ OUT NOVEMBER

Just as you begin to get comfortable with something, the rug is pulled from under you. Recently, John Dwyer and his band Oh Sees released their newest record, the monolithic psych opus Orc. This release represents the 19th album under some amalgam of the name Oh Sees/Thee Oh Sees/The Oh Sees, OCS, etc. Wasting no […]

Oh Sees are the latest incarnation of songwriter, singer, guitarist (and Castle Face leader) John Dwyer’s ever-evolving rock-pop-folk psychedelic group, which is in its 20th year of existence in 2017; ORC being their 19th album. ORC is out on Castle Face Records on Friday 25th August 2017. Listen to the blistering first track ‘The Static […]

OH SEES NEW ALBUM ‘ORC’ TO BE RELEASED ON CASTLE FACE RECORDS – LISTEN TO NEW TRACK ‘THE STATIC GOD’ NOW

LIVE: OH SEES – 14/06/2017

– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – “I lie awake until I sleep, I see the sky tear, and then it weeps,” sings the dangerously prolific bird-of-prey John Dwyer, as sheets of blood-sucking black rainbow arch over Manchester’s Academy 1 and suffocate. The founding-member and primary songwriter of Thee Oh Sees – now simply Oh Sees following […]

Thee Oh Sees: they’re back!! With new material from their latest album An Odd Entrances and new drummer Paul Quattrone. Catch them live. THEE OH SEES 2017 UK & FESTIVAL TOUR DATES Tue 16th May – Nottingham – Rock City Wed 17th May – Bexhill – The De La Warr Pavilion Sat 3rd June – […]