Frankie and the Witch Fingers

Frankie and the Witch Fingers are a high-voltage garage‑psych rock band originally formed in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2013, now based in Los Angeles. Anchored by co-founders Dylan Sizemore (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Josh Menashe (lead guitar, synth), the lineup solidified with Nicole “Nikki Pickle” Smith (bass) joining in 2019, Nick Aguilar (drums) in 2022, and Jon Modaff (synths) in 2025. Starting as a basement solo project by Dylan Sizemore, the band quickly expanded into a full garage-rock outfit. Their early sound—surf‑tinged, lo‑fi psych rock—morphed through successive albums like Heavy Roller (2016), Brain Telephone (2017), and the double‑LP ZAM (2019), showcasing a journey from fuzzy psychedelia into progressive kraut‑psych and funk‑inflected exploration. Releases like Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters… (2020) and Data Doom (2023) delved deeper into complex rhythms, Afrobeat and proto-punk influences—Nikki Smith’s West African drumming background and Nick Aguilar’s Tony Allen‑inspired grooves shaped a darker, more intricate sound. 2025 album Trash Classic merges snarling proto-punk, fractured new wave, wiry synths, and industrial grime into a psych‑punk concoction.