Ufomammut : Ecate

In literary terms, Ufomammut’s new long player titled Ecate feels not like a mere 45 minute album, but the aural equivalent of Homer’s Odyssey. It’s a punishing trip into some desolate, dystopian world. Think Frank Herbert’s Dune melded with William Gibson’s Neuromancer and you might have an idea of where this music roams. Musically speaking, […]

The Vickers :: Ghosts

Last year I became aware of this Italian psych-pop band called The Vickers. They had a Bandcamp page that sported two very excellent tunes. “She’s Lost” and “I Don’t Know What It Is” sounded like tracks pulled from a time capsule that had been buried under the fertile soils of Florence, Italy for the past […]

“Music is a subtle mystery” :: The Pseudosurfers and Their Songs for Lovers

Photos by Matteo James Moroni Early on in 2012 I was still getting my feet wet with this whole blog thing. Still trying to find my voice as a writer and looking for new bands to write about. At this point in February of 2012 I was writing about bands I already knew and loved. […]

The Vickers’ “I Don’t Know What It Is”

A few months back I heard this great new psych pop/rock band out of Italy named The Vickers. They play a great mix of classic psych pop. Think a nice mix of Sgt. Pepper and Something Else by The Kinks and you’ll have a good idea of what these guys do. But along with that classic […]

From Florence With Love: The Psych-Pop Sounds of The Vickers

Once in a while you have to look beyond what your know to find that next great album. Sometimes in order to expand your mind you have to say the hell with what you do know and open that noggin of yours and let something you don’t know soak in. Around May of this year […]