11/30/2007
Pearls Before Swine: The Led Zeppelin of Folk
Pearls Before Swine were an anti-war folk band from the mid 60's to the early 70's. Lead singer Tom Rapp, with his sorrowful, almost biblical voice penned fairy-tale-esque songs using ecclectic instruments and sound effects. However, it was T ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/30/2007 4:37 PM EST in Folk, 60's Psych | Permalink
11/13/2007
Alexander Skip Spence: Literally Schizophrenic Psych Rock!
If mental-illness induced psychedelic rock is your thing ala Syd Barrett, or Daniel Johnston you need to know about Skip Spence. Originally from Windsor, Ontario, Spence first appeared on the radar as a guitarist in the Quicksilver Messenger Se ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 11/13/2007 3:05 PM EST in Experimental, Rock, 60's Psych, Lo-Fi | Permalink
10/30/2007
Everybody Loves Occult Rock: A Video Sampler
In the spirit of Halloween, I began snooping around for scary music to post and now I won't be able to sleep. The Occult Rock Library lists 13 of the creepiest records from the 60s and 70s that were dedicated to the Dark Lord and all that goes ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 10/30/2007 3:27 PM EST in Experimental, Rock, 60's Psych, YouTube, Prog-Rock | Permalink
10/26/2007
Open Your Eyes To The Nazz: A Video Retrospective
Todd Rundgren and company really had the boy band thing down way before pop music sucked. These Philadelphia natives made some real groovy tunes back in the day. Nazz (technically "The" is not included in their name) display a wide range of sou ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/26/2007 12:17 PM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Blues, Video Retrospective | Permalink
10/25/2007
Videos: It's Beat Time, It's Hop Time, It's Monk Time!
The Monks are a band like NO other- ask Iggy Pop, ask the Ramones, the MC5, ask anyone who really knows about the origins of punk music. This crew were definitely responsible for creating a sound that had never been heard before. Formed in 196 ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 10/25/2007 10:02 AM EST in 60's Psych, YouTube | Permalink
Anyone Can Do It, Thanks to NYC's The Godz
Wouldn't it be fun to hear a tribe of primates cover The Beatles and completely embellish, mock, and destroy it all at the same time? Well, back in the high-tide of the hippies, before the birth of punk, an unknown band from NYC consisting of fo ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/25/2007 4:54 PM EST in Experimental, 60's Psych | Permalink
10/24/2007
Astral Weeks: A perfect record for rainy mornings
The next time you wake up ahead of the sun, it's raining and there happens to be a small window of time before the day begins, listen to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. I would describe this album as an audible version of Van Gogh's 1889 painting ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 10/24/2007 10:35 AM EST in Folk, 60's Psych, Soul | Permalink
10/14/2007
Syd Barrett and The Pink Floyd: A video Retrospective
Roger "Syd" Barrett the founder of psychedelic giants Pink Floyd, passed away in 2006. This year marks the 40th anniversary of their landmark debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn. There have been several books written and a few documentaries p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/14/2007 11:20 PM EST in 60's Psych, YouTube, Video Retrospective | Permalink
10/11/2007
Swedish Trance Rock!
When I am working at the computer I have to listen to music. More often than not it is usually some kind of krautrockish album (apart from Neu,) something dissonant, perhaps drone-ish like Sonic Youth's A Thousand Leaves or even Bitches Brew b ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 10/11/2007 3:14 PM EST in 60's Psych | Permalink
10/10/2007
Tropicaliosity
A few years ago some friends introduced me to Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso after learning of my Os Mutantes appreciation. I have no idea how I managed to overlook the two founding fathers of the tropicalia music scene while playing out Muta ...
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