Wand frontman Cory Hanson is kind of like Ty Segall's weird little brother who hand stitches wizard costumes for his cat and is probably a pyromaniac. The Los Angeles psych-rock band's 2015 full-length Golem sounds particularly influenced by Segall's project Fuzz, specifically Fuzz's 2013 self-titled debut. It's whimsically bombastic, the kind of heavy fantasy-psych that draws its unapologetically nerdy energy from childhood memories mired in the mythology of LOTR and later primed with Led Zeppelin conspiracy theories and too much weed. Wand played as Segall's backing band at Pickathon last year, and Hanson also plays keyboard in the prolific garage rock titan's newest musical incarnation, Ty Segall and the Muggers. They confused and delighted concertgoers at the Aladdin in January, where Hanson was dressed like a Risky Business-era Tom Cruise. CIARA DOLAN