https://www.echomandala.net/en/Independent psychedelic music journal. News, classic album reviews, concerts, videos and art.enhttps://www.echomandala.net/en/news/valley-sky-burial-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/valley-sky-burial-2026/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:25:20 GMTSwedish instrumental quartet Valley release their second EP, Sky Burial, on 6 November 2026, eleven years after the 2015 debut Sunburst. The Obelisk premiered the four-track EP in full on 5 November. Recorded over a single weekend in May 2026 at Roth Händle Studio in Sollentuna with engineer Mattias Olsson, the 26-minute record moves between post-rock, drone, shoegaze, Scandinavian folk and psychedelia. The Stockholm band — Joakim Stefanides on guitars, Erik Sirelius on bass, Daniel Pettersson on drums and Erik Svallingson on synthesiser and percussion — wrote all four songs together. The track “Endless Summer” was shared in October as a first glimpse. The EP is digital-only. The band’s official YouTube channel pairs the release with the 2015 live performance “Rotvälta” from Landet in Stockholm. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/grind-fever-between-tides-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/grind-fever-between-tides-2026/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:27:12 GMTPortuguese psychedelic rock band Grind Fever have released the single Between Tides, the final track ahead of their debut album Soma, due 4 December 2026. The song follows the EP Cave Transmission (2019) and the singles Runaway and Zero Sum. Progressive Rock Journal announced the release on 3 November 2026 alongside the official YouTube video. Between Tides addresses loss, memory and the difficulty of letting go, shifting between instrumental intensity and a more introspective side of the band. The lineup is Francisco Figueiredo (bass, vocals), Junior Neves (drums) and Ricardo Tavares (guitars). Soma gathers material developed over several years; its title refers both to the sum of different parts and to the Ancient Greek word for body. The single is available on Bandcamp. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/no-one-else-says-festival-vol-3-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/no-one-else-says-festival-vol-3-2026/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:22:50 GMTNo One Else Says, Brooklyn's independent music and arts festival, returns for a third edition on Saturday, 7 November 2026. The event takes over 100 Sutton Street, second floor, in Greenpoint, running from 14:00 to 23:00. It centres on Asian artists in New York's independent music and arts scenes, with guests from farther afield. The lineup includes Sab Star, Layton Wu, Push Ups, Whisper Doll, Sunshy, Kierst, Reonda, Toomi, Sen Morimoto and Sub*T, plus a virtual artist talk with Yojiro Suda of Japanese band Mitsume. A fish-tank-inspired stage hosts the live sets; a separate screening room shows short films, animation and music videos; around 15 independent artists and makers will sell their work. Tickets and details are available via Humanitix. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine announced the return on 5 November 2026. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/grotesque-fest-iv-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/grotesque-fest-iv-2026/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:22:21 GMTGrotesque Fest IV returns to Olympia, Washington on 13–14 November 2026. The two-day festival at The Mortuary (414 Franklin St. SE) runs from 4 pm to midnight each day, all ages, with a $20 day pass or $30 weekend pass. Organised by Craig Moore of Grim Earth, the bill draws from the Pacific Northwest heavy and metal underground. Friday 13 November features Across the Narrows — the new project of Brad Frye of Red Mesa and Desert Records — alongside Division Street, Warp Chamber and six more acts. Saturday 14 November brings Sorcia, Grim Earth, Lagoon, Ectopic Pregnancy and others. Twenty bands play across the weekend. Sorcia's official video for "Coffin Nails" gives a sense of the festival's heavy, doom-laden sound. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/messa-uk-europe-tour-interview-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/messa-uk-europe-tour-interview-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:17:06 GMTItalian doom band Messa is on a UK and European tour this month, and Echoes and Dust has published a new interview with guitarists Alberto Piccolo and Marco Zanin. The conversation, recorded in late October 2026, covers the current run – Manchester on 4 November, Nottingham on 5 November, Bristol on 6 November and London on 7 November – then Tilburg, Antwerp, Hamburg, Berlin, Bochum, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Martigny and Trezzo sull'Adda through 21 November – plus early work on songs after The Spin. The Spin was released on 11 April 2025 via Metal Blade Records. Messa describe their sound as "Scarlet Doom", drawing on prog, black metal, punk, dark ambient, jazz, blues and doom. The interview is reported by Echoes and Dust; tour dates come from Messa's official Bandcamp page. This report is based on the published interview text; the writer has not heard the recordings. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/druid-fluids-pareidolia-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/druid-fluids-pareidolia-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:16:25 GMTAdelaide five-piece Druid Fluids have announced their second album, Pareidolia, out 13 November 2026 via Third Eye Stimuli (Australia) and Copper Feast Records (UK). The ten-track record follows the 2023 debut Then, Now, Again & Again and was recorded at leader Jamie Andrew's home studio between January 2025 and February 2026. The band describes it as an exploration of perception, superstition and the urge to find meaning in patterns, shifting between melodic psych-pop, krautrock-influenced rhythms and cinematic arrangements. Bandcamp pre-orders are open, with three tracks available immediately and limited double-vinyl editions carrying a bonus D-side. The lead single Needles in Strawberries is out now with an official video on the band's YouTube channel. This report is based on the band's official Bandcamp page and the label announcement; Echo Mandala has not heard the full album. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/unida-sweet-surprise-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/unida-sweet-surprise-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:16:34 GMTUnida, the desert/stoner-rock band around Kyuss guitarist Arthur Seay, has shared “Sweet Surprise,” its first new track since 2004. The song came out November 1 on the band’s Bandcamp page, and its lyric video premiered November 2 via The Obelisk. Arthur Seay produced and engineered the recording; Ulrich Wild mixed and mastered it. The lineup is Seay on guitar, Mike Cancino on drums, Collyn McCoy on bass, Mark Sunshine on vocals. The Obelisk describes a twisting central riff over a smooth-riding groove, with fluid transitions and rich tones, and vocals that fit the band without imitating John Garcia. Unida calls the track a standalone for now, though the group is confirmed for the Mojave Experience festival in Joshua Tree in March 2027. “Sweet Surprise” is digital-only, $2 or more, on Bandcamp. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/heavy-temple-love-you-to-death-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/heavy-temple-love-you-to-death-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:18:46 GMTHeavy Temple have released a cover of Type O Negative's «Love You to Death,» issued for Halloween and drawn from their October 2026 live album Live From the Inner Sanctum. The Philadelphia stoner/doom trio's version is a solo rendition featuring High Priestess Nighthawk on vocals, keys and cello. It offers a quieter, melodic take on the October Rust classic, with the heavy elements arriving in a different shape. The official video, made by Stretch Armsbong, accompanies the release. The cover is available on Bandcamp and streaming platforms. Heavy Temple previously covered the song in 2016, but this new take shows a different, more stripped-back side of the band. The Obelisk hosted the premiere. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/droni-eye-omi-thwaites-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/droni-eye-omi-thwaites-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:25:44 GMTUS drone duo Droni Eye Omi have announced a second album, Thwaites, out on 11 December 2026 via Desert Records. The opening track “A Peaceful Drone for a Melting Earth” is streaming now with the album pre-order. Ronaldo Baca (electric sustainiac guitar) and Brad Frye (electric baritone guitar) recorded the four tracks — 57 minutes in total — in one take without overdubs at Bingo Studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The record addresses the melting of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and follows their 2025 debut Liminal Mass and last year's live album Live at Guild Cinema. Cover photo by Frank Ramspott; design by Brad Frye. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/civil-elegies-the-new-hard-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/civil-elegies-the-new-hard-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:14:04 GMTGlasgow noise trio Civil Elegies have premiered a new track, 'The New Hard', as a From The Floor live session. The down-tuned riff with intense vocals was part of their set when supporting OMO, Big | Brave and Extra Life, and was recorded while the band wrote and mixed their new album over summer 2026. It is their first release since the THRUM live EP in 2025, following the NO LIFE EP from 2024; a new album is due in 2027. Civil Elegies play Core Fest in Glasgow on 15 November 2026 alongside Pig Destroyer and EyeHateGod. The lineup is Hamish Black (vocals, guitar), Kyalo Searle-Mbullu (guitar) and Grant Donaldson (drums, vocals). The video premiere is reported by Echoes and Dust; the video is on the band's official YouTube channel. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/john-mason-brighter-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/john-mason-brighter-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:14:08 GMTScottish-born songwriter John Mason has shared the official video for “Brighter”, the new single out 5 November 2026 from his forthcoming album The United Escapades of John Mason. The eight-track album was recorded over nine days at Record Plant in Sausalito, California, with Paul Brisske of That Kid Is You producing — Mason’s first full-length with a dedicated producer. “Brighter” is about friendship and standing by others without trying to change them, Mason says: an ode to brotherhood. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine premiered the video on 4 November, a day ahead of the single's release. Mason plays California dates in late November and December, including an album-launch show at 2200 Studios in Sausalito on 4 December. Report based on It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine and John Mason's official site. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/elder-rescheduled-us-tour-2027/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/elder-rescheduled-us-tour-2027/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:15:46 GMTElder have rescheduled the North American dates abandoned after bassist Jack Donovan's health emergency. The spring tour with Blackwater Holylight runs from 2 April 2027 in Cleveland to 22 April in Seattle, with stops in New York (Webster Hall on 7 April), Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Salt Lake City. Tickets from the original run remain valid, and the Chicago and Denver shows move to upgraded venues. The tour supports Through Zero, the band's album released on 29 May 2026 on Stickman Records and Blues Funeral Recordings, recorded in Berlin. The dates follow a European run with Temple Fang and Rezn in February and Australian shows in May. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/abstract-concrete-guilty-buildings-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/abstract-concrete-guilty-buildings-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:11:13 GMTCharles Hayward's Abstract Concrete have shared a new single and video, "You Will Be Happy", from their second album Guilty Buildings, due 19 November through The state51 Conspiracy. The London collective, led by This Heat co-founder Charles Hayward, recorded the six-track album at Hayward's studio in Lewisham Arthouse, with mixing by Nathan Greywater at Listening Ear. The single arrives with an official video by Lewis Hayward. Abstract Concrete debuted with a self-titled album in 2023 and have since toured eleven European countries, including appearances at Primavera. The band describe the track as "a lullaby of coercive control" built on corporate forecasts and advertising jingles, with something darker underneath the nursery-rhyme surface. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/lucifers-fall-demo-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/lucifers-fall-demo-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:11:34 GMTAdelaide doom band Lucifer's Fall will release Demo 2026 on 13 November 2026, self-released on cassette and digital. It is the group's first new material since III: From the Deep in 2021, after the band reformed in late 2025 following a four-year hiatus. The three-track demo pairs Terminal Decay, Satanik Skumfukk and No Absolution with the full Incineration Rites rehearsal from July 2026; a new album is due in 2027. The lineup is Deceiver (vocals), Cursed Priestess (bass and vocals), The Invocator (lead guitar), Heretic (guitar) and The Necro-Ritualist (drums); Deceiver recorded, mixed and mastered the demo. 'Terminal Decay' is streaming on the band's official YouTube channel. The announcement draws on The Obelisk's report and the band's official Bandcamp page. https://www.echomandala.net/en/guides/motorik-listening-guide/https://www.echomandala.net/en/guides/motorik-listening-guide/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:14:31 GMTThe motorik beat — NEU!, Can and the steady pulse that drives the music. Three records to follow it on. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/ten-ton-slug-livid-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/ten-ton-slug-livid-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:03:51 GMTGalway, Ireland's Ten Ton Slug will release the new single 'Livid' on 14 November 2026, the band's first new music since the debut album Colossal Oppressor in 2024. The digital release precedes a five-date Japan tour on 25-29 November: Osaka (HOLY MOUNTAIN), Nagoya (HUCK FINN), Shizuoka (SOUGEN) and Tokyo (CLASSIX and WILD SIDE). The Obelisk compiled the announcement from the band's social media posts, with tour travel supported by Culture Ireland. 'Livid' was recorded and mixed at Jamboja Studios by Ronnie Morgan and mastered by Johnny Kerr; the artwork is by Eoghain Wynne of Screwtape Design, and the band names a music video by Padraig Conaty. Ten Ton Slug are Tommy Carolan (drums), Pavol Rosa (bass), Sean Sullivan (guitars and vocals) and Rónán Ó hÁrrachtáin (vocals). The Irish group plays riff-heavy sludge and has shared stages with Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity and Conan. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/early-moods-west-coast-tour-2026-10-30/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/early-moods-west-coast-tour-2026-10-30/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:37:28 GMTLos Angeles doom quintet Early Moods have announced an eleven-date West Coast tour for December 2026 in support of their new album Ready For The Grave, released 18 September 2026 on RidingEasy Records. The run opens on 10 December in Santa Cruz (The Jury Room) and continues via Oakland, Denver, Eugene, Astoria, Bellingham, Vancouver, Seattle (Rain City Doom Fest), Portland, Eureka and Sacramento, closing on 22 December. On 30 October the band open for Cirith Ungol at The Echoplex in Los Angeles. The five-piece - Alberto Alcaraz (vocals, keys), Oscar Hernandez and Eddie Andrade (guitars), Elix Feliciano (bass), Chris Flores (drums) - recorded Ready For The Grave with producer Toshi Kasai, following their 2022 debut and 2024's A Sinner's Past. Tour dates via The Obelisk; album details via the band's Bandcamp page. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/planet-desert-rock-weekend-vii-suplecs-materializer-2026-10-30/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/planet-desert-rock-weekend-vii-suplecs-materializer-2026-10-30/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:36:18 GMTPlanet Desert Rock Weekender has added Suplecs and Materializer to the lineup of Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII, the Las Vegas festival running 28-31 January 2027. Italy's Humulus and Pittsburgh's Carousel drop off the bill. Suplecs, the New Orleans group on Ripple Music, return with their first album in 15 years, Hymns Under a Blood Moon Sky (February 2026), which reached number 6 on The Doom Charts. They will play the Ripple Music Showcase on Friday 29 January alongside Mothership, Steak, Fostermother and Floirst. Materializer, the Nashville duo of brothers Conner and Chris Poole (ex-The Swell Fellas), join on the strength of their debut album As the Body Flies, released 2 October 2026. The announcement comes from organiser John Gist via The Obelisk. Tickets are on sale; nightly lineups and single-night tickets will follow. This is a festival announcement, not a review: Echo Mandala has not attended Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/camp-bedford-ships-in-the-night-2026-10-30/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/camp-bedford-ships-in-the-night-2026-10-30/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:37:55 GMTBrooklyn folk-rock trio Camp Bedford have shared a video for 'Ships in the Night', their new single out 30 October 2026. The song leads into the five-track EP 'Polaroids on your wall', due 11 December 2026 via Thanks in Part - the band's first self-produced EP, written and recorded in rehearsal spaces, at home and while travelling, with drummer Rebekah Farr handling arrangements and engineering. The trio - Roxanne Quilty on vocals and guitar, Kailey Prior on vocals and bass, and Farr on drums - wrote the track after a chance meeting with a former friend at a bar. 'Ships in the Night' follows 'Live From Denver', recorded on tour in September, and the band play Alphaville in Brooklyn on 4 November. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/sledding-covert-station-2026-10-28/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/sledding-covert-station-2026-10-28/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:39:16 GMTSledding, a Brooklyn band, have shared a new single and video for Covert Station, taken from their forthcoming debut EP Sleep Tight due November 20. The song follows My Golden Tempo, which introduced the group back in August. Sledding formed last winter in a Ridgewood basement. Singer-guitarists Aidan Drouse and Khadija Deej Aslam had been playing together since their Fordham University days. With bassist Kelsey Kussman and guitarist-keyboardist Woods Prewitt, they developed a sound blending post-punk and 1990s alternative rock with darker, more ominous energy. Covert Station is considerably darker than their earlier single. The five-track EP also includes AndAgain, Lorelai and Did you know there are chords living down here? https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/bubu-el-ultimo-cortejo-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/bubu-el-ultimo-cortejo-2026/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:34:54 GMTArgentine avant-prog band Bubu have released El Último Cortejo, their 3rd and final studio album, on CD and vinyl via PQR-Disques plusqueréel. Daniel Andreoli formed Bubu in Buenos Aires in 1976; the debut Anabelas followed in 1978 and the comeback El Eco del Sol in 2018. The new record reworks scores Andreoli wrote in the 1970s, found in his parents' house, with a younger Buenos Aires lineup: Agustín Ogura (guitars), Dante Fisi (keyboards), Fito Lema (drums), Paula Estefanía Araujo (flute) and Pedro Augusto Camerata (saxophone), produced with Andreoli's son Ariel. Tango, carnivalito and northern Argentine folk sit beside space-rock textures; the CD adds 2 bonus tracks, Otoño and Vuelan. First single Camina appeared on Bandcamp on 17 June. Psychedelic Baby Magazine published an interview with Andreoli on 30 October, in which he describes the album as the definitive end of Bubu's studio work. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/helicon-arise-remixes-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/helicon-arise-remixes-2026/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:38:40 GMTScottish psychedelic duo Helicon and AL LOVER have announced Arise Remixes, a remix album due 5 February 2027 on Fuzz Club. The record takes songs from their January 2026 album Arise and hands them to a circle of collaborators, including Barry Burns of Mogwai, Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian, Alex Maas of The Black Angels, Mark Gardener of Ride, Man of Moon, The Janitors and D. Ross. The lead single is 'It Won't Stop (Mogwai Remix)', reworked by Barry Burns and premiering on the Fuzz Club YouTube channel. AL LOVER describes remix culture as folk tradition through the lens of technology. The expanded digital edition adds remixes from Acid Rooster, Tremours and Declan Welsh, plus a new Helicon x AL LOVER track, 'Bring You Round'. Vinyl pre-orders are available through the Fuzz Club stores. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/between-suns-my-kinda-devil-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/between-suns-my-kinda-devil-2026/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:47:20 GMTBetween Suns have shared a new video for “My Kinda Devil”, a single from the East London band’s forthcoming album. Inspired by Michael Moorcock’s 1981 novel The War Hound and the World’s Pain, the track was recorded at Livingston Studios with producer Nick Tauber (Thin Lizzy, UFO) and brings together psychedelic rock, post-punk drive, violin and theatrical arrangements. The band — Nausicaä (vocals), Paul Lisak (guitar), Illia Lisak (bass), Sofia Lisak (violin) and Reuben Rost (drums) — play London’s Strongroom on 11 December 2026. It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine presented the video on 29 October 2026. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/tom-henry-silverlake-song-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/tom-henry-silverlake-song-2026/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:33:30 GMTTom Henry has shared 'Silverlake Song', a new single from his second album, What's Left, out 20 November 2026 on Royal Oakie Records. The track opens with sitar and recalls early Donovan, looking back at his four years in Los Angeles. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine premiered the song on 30 October 2026. The album was recorded at Shirk Studios in Chicago and The Garden Shed in Oakland with producer David Glasebrook; Charles Lloyd plays sitar and Ian F. Svenonius wrote the liner notes. Bandcamp describes Syd Barrett-influenced acid-folk and psychedelic rock recalling The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Henry returned to his native Chicago after leaving LA; his debut Songs to Sing and Dance To came out in 2025. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/drag-talk-drink-the-ocean-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/drag-talk-drink-the-ocean-2026/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:32:24 GMTLos Angeles band Drag Talk will release their debut album Drink the Ocean on 30 October 2026 via MNRK Heavy. The ten-track record arrives ahead of a short November Texas tour and follows the singles "Pony Up," "Kingdoms" and "Would It Kill You," each accompanied by an official music video. Vocalist Justin "Jutty" Taylor and drummer Hayden Scott previously played in the Swedish band Ghost, while guitarists Ross O'Carroll, Matt Ripp Bennett and Neil Popkin bring backgrounds in War Tapes and other projects. The album was produced by Tom Syrowski and recorded at his Los Angeles studio and at Henson Studios in Hollywood. Guest contributions include Brendan O'Brien on Hammond organ for the title track and Olivia Morreale on backing vocals. Drawing on shoegaze haze, '90s indie rock, dream-pop and psych-tinged atmospheres, Drink the Ocean is available for pre-order on Bandcamp, with a lavender vinyl exclusive and a CD edition also offered. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/desertfest-berlin-2027-second-wave/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/desertfest-berlin-2027-second-wave/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:32:23 GMTDesertfest Berlin has announced the second wave of acts for its 15th edition, running 14–16 May 2027 at Columbia Venues in Berlin. The new names are Brutus, Kylesa, Windhand, The Well and Greek stoner rock band 1000mods, with Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Kanaan and Psychlona also joining; more acts will follow. They join previously announced Melvins, A Place to Bury Strangers, Hällas, Bongripper, Colour Haze, Smoke Blow, Villagers of Ioannina City, Gnome, Inter Arma, Primitive Ring, The Spooky Eyes, Cardiel, Pink Fuzz, Speck and Vinnum Sabbathi. Blind Bird tickets have sold out; weekend passes remain available via desertfest.de. Two of the three days at the 2026 edition sold out. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/weather-happy-moth-ep-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/weather-happy-moth-ep-2026/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:28:52 GMTUK duo Weather Happy — Holly Carter, formerly of BERRIES on vocals and guitar, and drummer Harry Carter — release their debut EP 'Moth' on 30 October 2026 through Easy Does It Records. The four-track EP follows the singles 'It Leaks Out', 'Trees' and 'Day Storm', each paired with an official video, and was recorded in Edinburgh with Rod Jones of Idlewild. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine premiered the title track 'Moth' on 28 October. The label describes the sound as angular, math-tinged alt-rock, for fans of early Biffy Clyro and Sleater Kinney. The EP is available for pre-order and streaming on Bandcamp. This report is based on the label's announcement and the magazine's coverage; Echo Mandala has not heard the recording. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/waverly-drive-sunday-afternoon-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/waverly-drive-sunday-afternoon-2026/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:27:49 GMTWaverly Drive, the Los Angeles solo project of Chicago-born musician Phil Galloni, has released the single 'crashed out' and announced the fourth EP 'sunday afternoon', due on 20 November 2026. 'Crashed out' came out on 16 October 2026. It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine reports that Galloni recorded the EP at home with a minimal setup, deliberately keeping early takes. He sings and plays synthesizers and drum machine, with Egan Rice on guitar and Matthew Noel on bass; Davide Cinci mixed the track and Daniel Eaton mastered it. Rough-edged indie guitars meet synthesizers and electronic drums — Mystic Sons places the sound between psychedelic pop and scrappy indie rock. A video for 'crashed out' is scheduled for 30 October. The single streams on Bandcamp, where the EP can be pre-ordered. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/colour-haze-early-2027-tour-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/colour-haze-early-2027-tour-2026/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:30:43 GMTGerman heavy psych pioneers Colour Haze have announced a European tour for early 2027. The Munich trio opens with three Italian dates in January - Torino on 21 January, Mezzago on 22 January and Bologna on 23 January - before a February/March run through France, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Croatia and Austria, plus April shows in Stuttgart and Darmstadt. Smokemaster joins on selected dates, and Sound of Liberation presents the tour. Colour Haze are working on new material and plan to road-test it live before entering the studio, seeing the dates as a chance to play the new songs before recording them. All dates are future concerts; no shows in Russia or Belarus are announced. https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/herba-mate-bolide-i-ii-2026/https://www.echomandala.net/en/news/herba-mate-bolide-i-ii-2026/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:26:14 GMTItalian heavy rock trio Herba Mate will release their second album Bolide I & II on 20 November 2026 through Go Down Records. It is the Faenza-based group's first full-length since 2009's The Jellyfish is Dead and the Hurricane is Coming, ending a long quiet period interrupted only by a 2024 single. The 42-minute, nine-track record opens a two-album concept cycle: Bolide I & II covers earth and air, with Bolide III & IV to follow. The Obelisk premiered the video for "David vs. Goliath," which features vocals by Claudio Colaianni, who died in July 2025; the official video for "Poppy" is also from the album. Guest musicians contribute saxophone, synthesizer, organ and piano. The sound moves between desert rock, stoner weight and psychedelic texture.