Flight b741 is an album that’s ready for launch, and preparing itself to land on your door step so you can party like there’s no tomorrow.

One of the most talked-about bands on the Brighton scene, CLT DRP have an exciting 2022 of headline touring ahead of them. We caught up with the experimental electropunks and asked them to choose three records that have been major influences on their music. . .

Quite simply, King Buffalo continue to release music that renders the majority of the psych and stoner scene irrelevant.

The fact that it sold out months in advance . . . reflects the dedication shown by loyal customers who return to Green Man year-on-year, with familiar faces popping up and the taking place of many re-united hugs. This is a family affair; everybody knows everybody else, but first-timers will also undoubtedly be welcomed with open arms and warmth.

A dashing collection of easy-going psyche pop-rock tracks that will please weirdos and indie fans alike.

It is an exhaustive pleasure to immerse yourself in this colourful, inventive, exhilarating album hearing a band collectively in tune, bustling with imaginative musical ideas. This album hails a record, and band, to get excited about. By Andy Little

This is an ideal album for summer, if your idea of a good time is lounging and imbibing in a hammock somewhere green. It’s lots of fun. Which, by the way, does not preclude King Gizzard from being a real band. Even if they say they aren’t. By Matt Butler

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard with Strange Collective, Trojan Horse Gullivers, Manchester, 11.11.2014 2014 Photos by Ed Sprake

In the first of a new series of ‘scene reports’ of varying foci from all around the world, our chief antipodean correspondent Gilbert Potts gives an introduction to the Melbourne live music scene and the many great new bands to be found within it…

I thought this would be an easy review. Trouble is, garage psych of this quality just makes you want to listen to more of it and in no time you’re getting distracted. I just find it hard to listen to this record all at once, and that’s a good thing, be …