The Third Eye’s Top Picks Spotify Playlist
The Third Eye has been making and sharing Spotify playlists for a little while now, but I’d like to get more officially into playlist curation. The idea came after working with an indie artist named...
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Album Review: Ryan Pollie Quartet
Indie label Perpetual Doom gave us an early Christmas gift when they released the offbeat, experimental album Ryan Pollie Quartet on December 1st, which contains five tracks and nearly 30 minutes...
View ArticleNew Music: ‘Hello Stranger’ by Sons of Morpheus
Sons of Morpheus will celebrate a decade as a band in 2024, and they’re ushering in the milestone after recently releasing an epic fourteen-minute-plus single called “Hello Stranger.” The Basel,...
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New Music: ‘Be Open Now!’ by Arugula
Australia has been a breeding ground for great new psychedelic music for a while. The likes of Tame Impala, KGLW, The Murlocs, and The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets all come from Down Under – and I’m sure...
View ArticleBest Psychedelic Music of December 2023
Happy New Year! The year’s end and the beginning of a new one are always busy times for music blogs. Many of us are usually wrapping up the best of the year posts and playlists, along with real-life...
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Album Review: Parasomnia by Qilin
Qilin is a Paris-based instrumental stoner-doom quartet that’s made a name for itself in the French stoner scene and heavy underground, and they’re returning on January 12, 2024, with a new...
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A Conversation With Stavros Dzodzos from Dirty Sound Magnet
A few months ago, we wrote about an excellent Swiss psych-rock band named Dirty Sound Magnet and their terrific fourth album, Dreaming in Dystopia. The record is one of my favorites of 2023, and...
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Crate Digging: A Field In England: Re-Imagined by Teeth Of The Sea (2014)
The great thing about running a music blog like this is the sense of adventure and discovery. No matter how many incredible psychedelic bands I discover, there’s always an endless stream of others to...
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New Music: Melt Away by BREATHS
BREATHS is the solo project of Richmond, Virginia-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jason Roberts, who is returning with a new EP called Melt Away on January 19th. Melt Away is a preview of...
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Bandcamp of the Day: Octopus by Black Drop
Blasting out of the Toulouse, France, stoner rock scene is a band called Black Drop, which released its first album, Octopus, over the summer of 2023. The band plays an aggressive stoner rock style...
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A Conversation with Post-Grunge Multi-Instrumentalist & Songwriter Jayne...
Jayne Karma Lamo is a neurodivergent songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Salmo, BC, Canada, who I’ve gotten to know better within the past few weeks. Jayne’s post-grunge, shoegaze-laced,...
View ArticleNew Music: ‘Purple Portal Dream’ by Zinnia’s Garden
Zinnia’s Garden is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based band that brings us moody vibes with all four members surging in and out of harmony across a rich multi-dimensional music terrain. The group...
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New Music: Your Existence is Revolt by A.J. Kaufmann
A.J. Kaufmann is a Polish psychedelic musician who doesn’t rest on his laurels. His sound spans across genres, including grunge, krautrock, space rock, and psychedelic rock, and he’s known for his...
View ArticleThis Day in Music History: ‘Helter Skelter’ is Played at Charles Manson’s...
On this day in rock music history … The Beatles’ song “Helter Skelter” was played at Charles Manson’s murder trial as evidence on this day in 1971. Manson notoriously claimed the song was about an...
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New Music: ‘Roll’ by Charles Moothart
Charles Moothart is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who has played and still plays in various Ty Segall bands like Freedom Band, Fuzz, and GOGGS. Moothart has also made...
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New Music: Spirit Guide مرشد حقيقة by Skyjelly
Boston-based Skyjelly is a band that plays in a scary old mill, one floor up from a mean Southern Rock band who wondered if they were having séances. Skyjelly may not actually commune with their...
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EP Review: Red Tide by Rope Trick
I’m a proud Philadelphia-area native, so whenever a band from Philly reaches out to me, I immediately want to check their music out. Call it my Philly pride bias. One of those bands is Rope Trick, an...
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EP Review: ‘Moon Dive/Sun Chaser’ by Lykoi Fel
Hey, you: Do you like dreams, myth, psychedelics, and honeybees? Then I’ve got a band for you. The Twin Cities, Minnesota-based Lykoi Fel uses all these things to inspire their heavy psychedelic and...
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Bandcamp of the Day: Whatever’s Clever by Adjustable Mustard
Adjustable Mustard is a Nashville-based psych-rock band with an interesting and inspiring backstory. The band emerged out of Auburn, Alabama’s small but colorful music scene in 2016 after a chance...
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Album Review: Colourless Green Ideas by Misty Lanes
Misty Lanes is the moniker for the solo recording project of Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, engineer, and producer Steven W. Schouten. Since his 2017 self-titled album, Misty Lanes...
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