60's Psych Rock (2018)

Unrestrained, fervid, blazing, psychedelic, rock. Seedy Jeezus once referred to as “The Bearded Shamen of Riffology” take the beast that is 60s psych and meld it to the throbbing corpse of 70s rock. They have released three 12″ records in 2015. One was their self titled debut which has sold out in Australia and Europe with a repress coming out in conjunction with Berlin’s Kozmic Artifacts in February 2016. Another was a single song etched vinyl with a song Echoes in the Sky on one side and a stunning etched motif to sell at the shows for their July European Tour which involved shows across Germany, Holland and Belgium, involving North Carolina’s Freedom Hawk, Earthless, Orchid, Blues Pills and Electric Moon to name a few. The third 12″ release was a bonus two track containing a psychedelic swamp out of Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer and a Seedy space jam called Into the Midnight Sun which came in a limited edition denim bag as part of their Pozible fund raiser campaign.

Green Seagull take their influences from ‘60s bands such as The Left Banke, The Association and The Kinks, forming part of the growing neo-psych scene in London. Their authentic take on freakbeat and baroque pop makes Scarlet Fever one of the more interesting releases to look forward to in 2018. LP and CD on Mega Dodo.

The Moonlandingz may have started their life as a fictional band, but one spin of their 2017 album Interplanetary Class Classics shows they have more life coursing through their veins than 99.9% of all the "real" bands out there. When the Eccentronic Research Council needed to concoct a band for their 2015 album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan, they called up Lias Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family and together they came up with a sleazy, greasy glitter punk band.

Four CD set. Emerging from the ashes of Southend-based late '60s psych-pop crew Cardboard Orchestra, heavy rock band ZIOR were one of the first acts to attach themselves at the turn of the decade to the occult-themed heavy rock element of the British underground scene. Although ZIOR never really threatened to replicate the commercial success of brand leaders Black Sabbath, their live shows were hugely theatrical events involving mock-sacrifices, staged fights and diabolic costumes and masks that terrified their young audiences and apparently freaked out other bands as well! They also left behind three albums that have been wildly collectable for many years. Their self-titled debut set ZIOR was issued in 1971 by the Nepentha label in a highly atmospheric gatefold sleeve design by the legendary Keef. A year or so later, Nepentha boss Larry Page put out the German-only release Every Inch A Man, an equally thrilling collection. Sandwiched between those two albums, ZIOR also pseudonymously recorded the LP The First Monument, which was promoted as the work of members of a witches' coven in downtown Essex. All three albums, plus ZIOR's 2018 reunion album Spirit Of The Gods, are now collected for the first time on Before My Eyes Go Blind, a 4-CD set that's presented in a clamshell box with replica album sleeve wallets, a lengthy new essay on the band and a number of evocative, previously unpublished photos.

You heads just can’t get enough obscure hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal from the late-60s and 70s! This time around Riding Easy have 10 deep cuts from across the continental US of A and one from the neighbours up North.It features obscure but rocking cuts from Gold, Truth and Janey, Flight, Purgatory, Zendik and more.

Following their hotly tipped 2018 debut album “On” – Altın Gün returns with an exhilarating second album. “Gece” firmly establishes the band as essential interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy and as a leading voice in the emergent global psych-rock scene. Explosive, funky and transcendent.