Beth Orton has went back to her roots on her new album, Kidsticks, as it was inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall and Kieran Hebden as well as groove-based music with Red Snapper).

Kidsticks was co-produced by Beth and Andrew Hung from F*ck Buttons. It was recorded with various musician friends of Beth’s in California (including George Lewis Jr. from Twin Shadow on electric guitars, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor on backing vocals and bass guitar and Dustin O’Halloran from A Winged Victory for the Sullen who provided piano and string arrangements). Vocals were recorded by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age/Mark Lanagan Band) and mixed by David Wrench (Caribou/Hot Chip).

Tacocat’s overseas tour in support of their new Lost Time album began with a set at the Sounds From the Other City Festival. The group has a catchy new music video for single “Talk.” A full list of tour dates are below.

Tour dates:
05.02.16 – Nottingham, UK – JT Soar
05.03.16 – Edinburgh, UK – Electric Circus
05.04.16 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
05.05.16 – Cardiff, UK – The Moon Club
05.06.16 – Brighton, UK – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar – FREE
05.07.16 – London, UK – The Lexington
05.09.16 – Paris, FR – Le Mecanique Ondulature
05.10.16 – Lyon, FR – Le Periscope
05.11.16 – Luzern, CH – Schüür
05.12.16 – Geneva, CH – Kalvingrad L’Usine
05.13.16 – Schorndorf, DE – Manufaktur
05.14.16 – Tilburg, NE – Extase
05.15.16 – Hamburg, DE – Aalhaus
05.18.16 – Stockholm, SE – Lilla Hotelbarren – FREE
05.19.16 – Oslo, NO – Internasjonalen
05.20.16 – Lund, SE – Mejereit
05.21.16 – Copenhagen, DK – Huset
05.22.16 – Berlin, DE – Westgermany
05.23.16 – Gent, BE – Cafe Video
05.27.16 – 05.30.16 – George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
07.15.16 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
07.16.16 – Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
07.19.16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
07.20.16 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
07.21.16 – Tucscon, AZ – Club Congress
07.22.16 – Phoneix, AZ – Valley Bar
07.23.16 – Sante Fe, NM – Meow Wolf

Australia’s excellent psych music scene just keeps growing with Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. The band have just dropped their debut album High Visceral {Part 1}.

The name alone should have you looking this group up but after checking out the video you will hear why they should be added to the list!

ALBUM TOUR LIVE DATES
Sat March 19 – High Visceral {Pt 1} Album Launch, The Bird, Perth
Fri April 1 – Endless Boogie (USA), Four5Nine Bar, Perth
Fri April 8 – Goons of Doom WA Tour, Soggybones, Perth
Sat April 9 – Goons of Doom WA Tour, Margaret River Footy Club, Margaret River
Sun April 10 – Goons of Doom WA Tour, Clancy’s Fish Pub, Dunsborough
Fri May 13 – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Album Tour, The Hotel Metro, Adelaide
Sat May 14 – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Album Tour, 303, Melbourne
Wed May 18 – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Album Tour, Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney
Thur May 19 – No Refunds, Bald Faced Stag, Sydney
Fri May 20 – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Tour, Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast
Sat May 21 – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Album Tour, Rics Bar, Brisbane