At first I thought Charismatic Megafauna must be the name of a rubber-suited mecha monster featured on an old episode of Super Sentai which would be pretty exciting. But instead it’s the name of the new Psymon Spine album which is nearly, if not equally exciting, depending on your feelings about the hyperkenetic Japanese teen superhero live action TV drama versus the Brooklyn-based band that co-founded the Secret Friend immersive art and music party series alongside POND magazine.

Anyhow the album in question strikes me as sounding just like the cool airport lounge music of the future we were all promised as children. But instead we got phone charging stations and Cinnabon franchises rather than having sleekly-funky space-age psych-pop bands paid to serenade harried travelers and to maybe even make them dance.

But going to airports isn't too appealing these days so it’s all good. We're all far better off sitting at home in front of our computers and luckily that’s just where Psymon Spine is playing an album release party to be livestreamed tonight at 8PM EST as the most recent installment of BABY TV alongside openers Dream Chambers and Hypoluxo, the latter of whom were featured not so long ago on this very blog. 

The Edwards have released their latest single, "Wicker Park Towing Specialist", which is just their third overall. This is a the Psych Rock group fronted by the talented Kyle Maurisak. This new single follows their 2020 double single, "Slow Fade // Giddings".

George Arthur Calendar of Wavy i.d has released a new single called "Lente Oscuro". This is his second single in as many months following up last month's "Hasta Los Huesos". This new track features the beautiful vocals of Claude along with a hazy, synth-filled, nostalgic groove.

Multi-instrumentalist Blase has released a breezy three song Psych Pop EP called "Blending In A Clash". This Blase's third release and the follow-up 2020's Perpetual Motion.

On this project he enlisted the help of local like-minded musicians, B Forrest and M. Baptista Benedict.

Austin, TX based musician Beto Martinez (of Grupo Fantasma) has enlisted Daniel Villarreal of our very own Dos Santos for his latest project The Los Sundowns. The duo is joined by an array of friends, including Alex Chavez (Dos Santos) on the album's first single, to create a six song journey of Psychedelic Soul.

The debut EP from The Los Sundowns is set to be released via Lechehouse Music on February 12th.