So, I listen to a lot of noise/post-rock, free jazz, and oddball psychedelic stuff... and still sometimes Animal Collective might be a bit much for me.  After their studio high-watermark, Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Maryland psychsters seemed to make a commitment to lean into the bedlam; creating albums engulfed

In the music world, "Psychedelic" is about as ambiguous as any other term in the industry.  It can be complex or dense or light, complex or atmospheric silence.  Essentially it can be easily reduced to any music that goes against the paradigm of song.  One band that tends to incorporate

I have never heard of the Essex hipster semi-supergroup Modern Nature, spearheaded by English musician Jack Cooper, before this week.  After doing a little research on their history, I was a little reticent to dive into their newest record, Island of Noise upon hearing that the original drummer Aaron Neveu,

Angus Stone (AKA Dope Lemon) is probably a pretty carefree dude.  He has released three full length albums, and they all dawdle as pleasantly and nonchalantly as the Australian culture that conceived them.  Stone is essentially OZ's answer to someone like Kurt Vile or Mac DeMarco (or, I guess a