Making her UK performance debut earlier this year at WOMAD UK, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer Gaye Su Akyol is definitely one to watch (if you haven’t already). Growing up on Anatolian pop and rock, she takes these genres along with her interest in psychedelic, surf, post-punk and electronic sounds to...
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You can strip them of their cables, pedals and stage costumes, but you can’t extinguish their innate psychedelic flame. As a matter of fact, despite part of their equipment never reaching London, after being lost at the airport, Baba Zula set Chelsea’s Under the Bridge on fire during their latest...
Are you ready to guarachar? If you’re based in the UK, ¡Como No! will give you the opportunity to dance, have fun and enjoy the red-blooded norteño sound of Orkesta Mendoza. It will all happen between the 21st and 26th of April, when Sergio Mendoza and his banda will give...
What could possibly be better for a psychedelic cult band than a psychedelic cover. Colours and shapes are combined, forming a gateway to a unique, one-off experience. In the best tradition of its ritual-like performances (belly dancers, elaborate costumes, poetry, theatre, and live drawing), the cover for BaBa ZuLa’ XX...
Gaye Su Akyol blends Western rock and the sounds of psychedelia with traditional Turkish-influenced melodies. A dizzying and yet strangely addictive combination, imagine finding yourself on a hallucinatory high with a herd of dancing camels in a middle-eastern desert, and this would be the perfect soundtrack. Gaye is a fresh...
Eat Your Own Ears is bringing Brooklyn band Yeasayer to London on June 10th at Oslo, the bar, club and gig venue two steps away from Hackney Central station. The trio plays something in the middle between experimental rock and psychedelic pop, and often describes its pieces in interesting ways....