Fuzz Club 2025: 5 highlights on Friday

We’re gearing up for the fourth edition of Fuzz Club Festival — a two-day celebration of fuzz, reverb, and drone on May 9th & 10th, 2025, spread across two stages. Expect some of the best of psychedelia, experimental, noise, and post-punk, mind-blowing visuals, and plenty of vinyl to dig through at the pop-up record store.

Feeling the excitement? Swipe to check out some of the Friday, May 9th highlights.

Pretty Lightning | 16:15 - 16:45

Pretty Lightning dropped their sixth album — and second fully instrumental one — Night Wobble this February. It's a hypnotic swirl of downtempo grooves, weaving through western psychedelia, desert blues, vintage library music, and ’70s prog. Cinematic at its core, the album shimmers with strange, off-kilter moments — or as the band calls it, “oozy woozy cowboy groove.’’

Stepping off their usual fuzz-rock path, the duo dive into more experimental terrain, crafting what feels like the soundtrack to a surreal nighttime journey through the forest, full of arcane visions and eerie magic. Go see for yourselves when you hear them play it live, which is sure to be a trippy affair.

Orions Belte | 19:00 - 19:30

Breezy, at times bold, but always locked into a steady groove—Orions Belte is a vibrant Norwegian trio with a sound all their own. The three musicians first crossed paths while touring with another Norwegian artist, quickly bonding over a shared love for instrumental music. That connection led them to a Bergen studio, where, in just a few days, they recorded their entire debut album Mint. The release caught international attention, setting off a creative streak that’s seen them drop Villa Amorini (2021), Women (2023), and even three solo albums.

Their music draws inspiration from '70s psychedelic rock and West African blues, blending it into something both nostalgic and fresh. Catch them at the Fuzz Club Festival before their next album, Pur Jus, lands this September.

Sonic Boom | 20:45 - 21:15

When Sonic Boom debuted with 1990’s Spectrum, it marked Peter Kember’s bold break from Spacemen 3, the influential psych outfit he co-founded with Jason Pierce (Spiritualized). Blending lo-fi psychedelia, gritty guitars, and Velvet Underground-inspired scowls, Kember crafted a unique sound that reshaped the UK’s underground music scene. 

As Sonic Boom, Kember’s body of work spans pop, rock, drone, experimental, and dance music, reinterpreting them with adventurous intuition. He has worked with Stereolab, Silver Apples, Yo La Tengo, Beach House, and MGMT. Sonic Boom recently released Reset in 2022 and a new album with Sinner DC earlier this year. A true sonic explorer and cult figure, Kember’s ongoing creative evolution remains both idiosyncratic and forward-thinking, making his appearance at Fuzz Club Festival an exciting highlight.

Los Bitchos | 22:30 - 23:00

Panthers prowling through a desert. Cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust. Riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine. Having the fiesta of your lives under a giant piñata with all your friends. Los Bitchos’ hallucinatory surf-exotica is as evocative as it is playful: the London-based pan-continental group could well be your new favourite party band with their instrumental voyages that are the soundtrack to setting alight to a row of flaming sambucas and losing yourself to the night.

After touring with Pavement and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and playing Glastonbury and Coachella, they’re back with their latest album Talkie Talkie (2024). Expect one hell of a mesmerizing show.

Les Big Byrd | 00:15 - 00:45

Les Big Byrd is Stockholm’s own cosmic export—blending hypnotic krautrock grooves, shimmering synths, and soaring guitars into a sound that’s as otherworldly as it is unmistakably their own. In March 2024, they released their fourth studio album, Diamonds, Rhinestones and Hard Rain—a bold leap forward in their sonic journey. It’s a deep, immersive ride through luminous melodies, ghostly echoes, and pulsing grooves that build into something truly transcendent.

On stage, Les Big Byrd take it even further. Their live shows are loud, hypnotic, and all-consuming—more ritual than concert—plunging audiences into a trance-like state that pulls you in and refuses to let go. Constantly pushing the outer limits of psychedelic rock, Les Big Byrd stands out as one of Sweden’s most compelling and adventurous live acts—best experienced at full volume.