Portable Shrines

We are very excited to see the return of Psychic Ills to Seattle along with their Sacred Bones label mates all the way from Santiago, Chile- Föllakzoid! It’s been quite a few years since the Ills have been up to Seattle and since those days they’ve seemingly reversed engineered their sound from free-form alien soundtracks into a levitation inducing slow-mo desert boogie.  After a long journey through the psychedelic jungle they’ve found themselves back at the sacred temple of the eternal 4/4 backbeat getting their groove on.

Föllakzoid on the other hand are on their first trip to the states and bring intense and futuristic Krautrock rhythms that seem to push the listener sky-ward in dizzying and euphoric fashion. Their latest release “II” is one of the finest new records I’ve heard in some time and this rare appearance is not one to sleep on. Have a listen to the black hole space disco of this track entitled “Pulsar”-

We are stoked to have locals Kingdom of the Holy Sun open the evening up with their heavy and hypnotic vibes. Show up early, these guys just got back from a West Coast tour and have been putting on some great shows over the past year or so and recording some killer stuff which you should check out HERE.

Portable Shrines and the Crocodile Present: Psychic Ills, Föllakzoid and Kingdom of the Holy Sun

Monday March 4th at the Crocodile 2200 2nd AVE Seattle  doors open at 8PM All-ages + bar w/ ID

Far-out folk punks from Ann Arbor, MI the Bad Indians are leaving home and heading across the country in support of their excellent new album on CQ Records. After releasing a string of great singles and tapes Bad Indians have really honed their mix of primitive soul, girl group sounds and psychedelic fuzz pop. They put on a great show so be sure and check them out at SXSW or on some of their other upcoming tour dates.

Watch their new video below shot in glorious 16mm B&W and featuring drummer and vocalist Autumn Wetli

Bad Indians – Babydoll from Jo))) Rakowski on Vimeo.

http://cqrecords.com/album/bad-indians-are-on-the-other-side

This Thursday 2/21 at the Electric Tea Garden on Capitol Hill- an evening of electrically elevated sonic meditations and cosmic jams.

Featuring-  Ecstatic Cosmic Union, Panabrite and Mood Organ with audio/visual incantations by DJ EYE + a special Mood Organ DJ set.

If you haven’t checked out the Electric Tea Garden it is a very groovy spot to hang and soak up some vibes. See ya there.

Tons of great tapes coming out these days but this one has been tickling all the right nodes of late. The mysterious MORGAN DELT of Topanga Canyon  paints a beautiful technicolor nightmare reminiscent of the dark UK psych pop of Kaleidoscope and July or the ethereal freak outs of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Haunted Floydian vocals and time-expanding harpsichord vortexes melted over some very groovy bass lines. Strangely shifting song structures feel like a trip through a teetering funhouse ride. Nobody else is doing it like this these days, that’s for sure.

You can and should order the tape and preview it HERE.

Sunday January 27th at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater - 

A showcase of exciting new cosmic tones brought to you by Portable Shrines & No Sleep

Jetman Jet Team (these junior spacemen are one of the best new bands we’ve seen in a while)

Ecstatic Cosmic Union (Sonic vortex generators Aubrey Nehring & Rena Luelle Bussinger)

Rainbow Wolves (New synth excursion from Randall Skrasek of Hypatia Lake, Soft Hills etc.)

1/27/2013  9:30 pm  $5  +21   Poster by Rena Bussinger

If you haven’t already- listen to the audio from last year’s “lecture” at the Clocktower Gallery

Now-Age.org

Journey to the underworld and ascend to the higher realms. MORE INFO…

This Sunday at Vermillion on Capitol Hill- So Pitted, Kingdom of the Holy Sun and Ecstatic Cosmic Union

8pm-12am  21+  ((\\\FREE/// ))

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