Snapshots: The Psychedelic Furs @ Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center — 11/6/21

Posted on 11/09/2021 by Jason Nicholson "Le Mouton Flâneur" in Live Review and tagged England, London, Montgomery College, neo-psychedelia, post-punk, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, The Psychedelic Furs.

Richard Butler fronts The Psychedelic Furs at Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center on Nov. 6, 2021. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)

In 2020, The Psychedelic Furs released Made of Rain, the band’s first album of new material in nearly 30 years! To the delight of the DMV, frontman Richard Butler and company have dedicated much of their setlist to the new record on their current tour, and they played new songs at Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center on Saturday.

Jason Nicholson was there to photograph the Furs’ extraordinary return.

Song of the Day: “Prayer from Nowhere” by Cold Cave

Posted on 04/28/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged California, Cold Cave, goth, Los Angeles, neo-psychedelia, post-punk, Song of the Day.

Cold Cave (Photo courtesy Indie Publicity)

As Cold Cave prepare for the release of their highly-anticipated new 7-song album Fate in Seven Lessons, the group has premiered another single — this time, the release’s brooding, pensive opener “Prayer from Nowhere.”

Song of the Day: “Gone Gone Gone” by Peter Bjorn and John

Posted on 12/01/2020 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged neo-psychedelia, Peter Born and John, Song of the Day, Stockholm, Sweden.

Peter Bjorn and John (Photo by Johan Bergmark)

Peter Bjorn and John release “Gone Gone Gone,” a single penned and produced by Bjorn and recorded with Hans Stenlund (Lykke Li, Wild Nothing) and Thom Monahan (Neko Case, Devandra Banhart) at the Ingrid Studios in Stockholm.

The single was mixed by Stenlund and the entire EP was mastered by Henke Jonsson at Masters of Audio in Stockholm. “Gone Gone Gone” follows Peter’s single “Season of Defiance,” which was released Nov. 13 with news of the Endless Play EP, which is due out on Dec. 11 via INGRID.

Song of the Day: “The Last Exit” by Still Corners

Posted on 09/16/2020 by Mickey McCarter in Preview and tagged dream pop, dreampop, England, London, neo-psychedelia, Song of the Day, Still Corners.

Still Corners (Photo by Bernard Bur)

Today, Still Corners announces the duo’s fifth studio album, The Last Exit, for release on Jan. 22, 2021, via Wrecking Light Records. Alongside this news, the band shares the beguiling and wanderlust title track and its stark, captivating video.

Song of the Day: “Spirals” by Django Django

Posted on 09/14/2020 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Django Django, England, London, neo-psychedelia, Song of the Day.

Django Django (Photo by Horacio Bolz)

Django Django make an electrifying return with the new single “Spirals,” their first new material since the Winter’s Beach EP in 2018 and an utterly compelling glimpse at what’s to come.

Live Review: Circles Around The Sun @ The 8×10 — 2/27/20

Posted on 03/05/2020 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged Circles Around the Sun, Neal Casal, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic, The 8X10.

Circles Around the Sun performs at The 8X10 in Baltimore on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Casey Vock)

What’s the best way to pay respects to a friend who left too early? There’s probably no perfect answer to that question, but it’s an admirable deed to carry out the last known wishes of a beloved one you’ve lost.

That’s the density of the mission that recently brought Circles Around the Sun to Baltimore for a performance at The 8×10 to kick off the band’s first multi-state tour since the death of the group’s shepherd, Neal Casal.

Snapshots: Saint Motel @ 9:30 Club — 2/11/20

Posted on 02/18/2020 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, California, funk, Los Angeles, neo-psychedelia, Saint Motel.

AJ Jackson fronts Saint Motel at 9:30 Club on Feb. 11, 2020. (Photo by Casey Vock)

A band from Los Angeles whose sound has been described as indie pop but is something much more dynamic than that, Saint Motel recently made its way to DC as part of its 2020 world tour and Parklife DC was there to shoot photographs at the sold-out 9:30 Club.

Preview: Neon Indian @ 9:30 Club, 11/16/19

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged 9:30 Club, chillwave, neo-psychedelia, Neon Indian, psychedelic, Texas, vaporware.

Neon Indian (Photo by Karo Cantú)

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) released the long-awaited follow up to 2011’s Era Extraña and this year’s standalone single “Annie,” producing Vega Intl. Night School via Mom + Pop in October. He visits 9:30 Club for a performance on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Snapshots: The Legendary Pink Dots @ Metro Gallery — 10/13/19

Posted on 10/17/2019 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged England, experimental rock, industrial, London, Metro Gallery, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, The Legendary Pink Dots.

The Legendary Pink Dots perform at Metro Gallery in Baltimore on Oct. 13, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

The Legendary Pink Dots are touring to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary, and the experimental rock outfit recently appeared at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore. Katherine Gaines show the show!

Live Review: The Ocean Blue @ Union Stage — 10/4/19

Posted on 10/09/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged dreampop, neo-psychedelia, Pennsylvania, The Ocean Blue, Union Stage.

David Schelzel fronts The Ocean Blue at Union Stage on Oct. 4, 2019. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Here’s how I like to imagine it happened: Teenaged David Schelzel stood on an overlook above Hershey Park in Pennsylvania and pondered the decade that was coming to a close. “I’m going to take the very best of the ’80s and synthesize it into one band,” he said, reaching deep into England, where the very best new wave and psychedelia had emerged, and scooping all of those sounds into one impossibly sweet band.

And so was born The Ocean Blue, which published its first self-titled album in 1989, and captured the zeitgeist of cool alternative music in one quartet (or so we say!). Quite active in recent years, The Ocean Blue again reminded us just how cool they are in a sold-out show at Union Stage last week.