Nick Mitchell Maiato press

Press for Nick Mitchell Maiato

THOUGHTS, WORDS, ACTION, INTERVIEW, Sept 2026

‘The veil has been truly lifted on corporate culture and I think that so many more people, now, are just grossed-out by the whole thing, especially with the whole black cloud of “AI will kill us all” looming over our heads.’

THE SIGNAL FROM DAVID KATZNELSON, Sept 2026

“…a wildly orchestrated rock record that blends the 60s Northern California psychedelic sound with hints of the late 70s/early 80s New York new wave movement and even a little New Orleans alternative mixed in.”

RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES, AUGUST 2026

“The record finds Maiato… channeling ‘70s outlaw country and Dead-adjacent dealings that sluiced down through the studio systems, billowing heady classics like smoke under the live room door… It’s an album that eases onto the speakers, feeling like a familiar friend, a jukebox giant that feels like it has to have haunted more than one night out… An album for all seasons, it’s great to have Nick back!”

Ruta 66, Spain, July 2026

“What we have here is a guy who—let’s see if I can explain it well—plays the guitar wonderfully, has a personal and addictive voice… and, this is the important thing, writes songs that celebrate life, with original, open and unclassifiable melodies. “

SHINDIG!, OCT 2020

“It’s a freewheeling collection imbued with the spirit of forebears like The Grateful Dead, Canned Heat and Crazy Horse, and contemporaries such as Garcia Peoples. A virtuosic delight, especially on the snaking and ever changing 10-minute long ‘Ode to What’.”

AMERICANA UK, Sept 2026

“With Naquera, Mitchell Maiato continue to pursue his quest to find a home for cosmic psychedelia in the new century. And, for all its heady mix of dazzling guitars, funky horns and big chorus (sic), this may be, relatively speaking, his most focused offering to date…”

SKUG, AUGUST 2026

“…the recording sounds like one of the legendary albums that were created with the participation of many (guest) musicians… I am thinking of David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name or Neil Young’s Harvest or Jefferson Starship’s Blows Against the Empire… The album sounds like an ensemble piece – and then also very unique in composition.”

Far Out, July 2026

“…such an effective earworm that, from now on, you will undoubtedly be asking yourself “What would Riki Rachtman do?” with far more regularity than you ever thought possible.”

Far Out, June 2026

“Cosmic, kaleidoscopic psych boogie is one of the only ways to encapsulate the expansive excellence of Maitato’s new track, with its honky tonk, boogie-woogie atmosphere existing somewhere on the vast spectrum between the Grateful Dead, Sparks, and Harry Nilsson.”

Aquarium Drunkard, oct 2020

“…an idiosyncratic and jammy gem.”

Record Crates United, Sept 2026

“With bouncy upbeat rhythms, classically addictive melodies and heaps of roadhouse band charm, the songs here feel like the very essence of stoned Americana music, and rough and tumble good times.”