The Mellons

Salt Lake City band The Mellons are back in June with a new album of throwback, kaleidoscopic psychedelic pop.  Check out new tune "Things Gone By" below and pre-order the forthcoming "The Mellons in Color" LP here from Earth Libraries.

Sven Wunder & Drumetrics

Here's a wonderful and worldly new track from Swedish wunderkind Sven Wunder (see what i did there), this time around featuring an assist from Drumetrics.  Check out the Eastern flashes of "Free Time" below and download it here from Piano Piano Records (the 7" is already sold out).

Daily Jam - Spend Another Day

Here's some lost and airy psych-tinged folk from Autumn Dust to help glide us through the rest of the week.  "Spend Another Day" is the kind of song i want to listen to on a boat as the sun sets into the sea.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Mdou Moctar

 

Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar is set to release his new album "Afrique Victime" next month, his first for Matador Records.  Using world beats, desert blues, and some absolutely scorching riffs, the artist ruminates on love, God, inequality, and the lasting effects of imperialism and colonialism on Western Africa.  Check out the title track below and preorder the album here.

Federale

November brings us a new album of Spaghetti Western psych rock from Federale.  Check out new jam "Aim for the Heart" below and get the upcoming "No Justice" LP here from Jealous Butcher Records.  And then ride.

Major Stars

Major Stars is one of those bands that's been around forever, in this case for over 20 years, that for some reason i had never heard of until now.  The Boston band make fuzzy and anthemic alt-rock, heavy on guitar riffs and with just the right amount psychedelic noodling throughout.  Their latest album, "Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy," is out in August on Drag City.  Listen to "Out in the Light" below and pre-order the record here.

Anemone

With a lovely mix of sunshine psych, dreampop, French pop, and kosmische, Canadian artist Anemone is easily one of the acts i'm most excited to catch next week during SXSW.  She's got an EP, "Baby Only You & I" headed our way in April on Luminelle, that kind of sounds like Stereolab going full on pop.  Listen to the title track below, pre-order the cassette here, and be on the lookout for her in Austin next week (and i guess look for me too).