psychedelic rock

When you think of psychedelic rock, visions of the sixties, drugs, and hippies spring to mind almost as often as music does. Certainly, the music has its roots in all of these things.

Where psychedelic music actually came from is an open debate, but most agree that 1960s San Francisco was certainly a flashpoint. Performed in Bay Area dance halls like the Avalon Ballroom and the original Fillmore Auditorium by bands like the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, psychedelic rock concerts were true happenings, featuring trippy light shows and improvisational jamming considered wildly experimental at the time. Psychedelic bands also headlined the top music festivals of the day at Monterey and Woodstock.

Across the pond in England, bands like Pink Floyd, Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and eventually even the Beatles themselves were soon making psychedelic music of their own. Psychedelic music lives on today within the blogosphere, where bloggers discuss modern festivals like Bonnaroo and bands like the Mars Volta, Flaming Lips, and especially jam bands like My Morning Jacket and Phish at blogs like Psychedelic Lion.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “psychedelic rock”

• The Pretty Things – Midnight to Six Man

  
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  Phil May , English singer ( The Pretty Things ) Tagged: beat, British Invasion, garage rock, November 9 birthdays, Phil May, psychedelic rock, r and b, The Pretty Things
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• A Sunday Conversation with My Sleeping Karma

  
  The Ripple Effect — Authority: 127
  Swirly, spacey, transcendent, and altogether a near-spiritual experience. Yes, Im describing the first time I ever heard My Sleeping Karmas brand of pyschedelic stoner rock. Mesmerizing is another word that leaps to mind. Naturally, we were thrilled when the guys stopped by the Ripple office to chat, light some ...
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• Prog Rock Songs (with the theme of a journey)

  
  Music Banter — Authority: 156
  What the title says. I need some prog rock songs which are based of the theme of some sort of journey.
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• "Everybodys talkin bout the new sound, funny, but its folk/psych/prog/70s Korean rock to me

  
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  Boys dared to grow their hair and girls dared to wear mini skirts and in Korea indecency officers patroled the street with scissors and rulers, publicly cutting hair too long and checking if skirts were too short. Shin Joong-hyung, was there with his 70s hit, Beauty, as were other musicians and artists like ...
  4 days ago

• The Grass Roots – Midnight Confessions

  
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  Rob Grill , American lead vocalist and bassist with The Grass Roots Tagged: classic rock, November 5 birthdays, psychedelic rock, Rob Grill, rock, rock and roll, The Grass Roots
  5 days ago

• Devendra Banhart: What Will We Be

  
  Eat Sleep Drink Music — Authority: 433
  RIYL: Donovan, Marc Bolan, Veviter Toiling within the ranks of the indie underground, Devendra Banhart has managed to elevate himself into the highest ranks of the so-called “freak folk” hierarchy. His last album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon , made a pitch to expand that tag, with Banhart attempting to ...
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• Strangers Family Band - EP (USA 2009)

  
  homemade lofi psych — Authority: 124
  "If the Doors & Kennelmus had a baby, the Strangers Family Band is their love child!" (Valis, Trip Inside this House ) STRANGERS FAMILY BAND exists since summer 2007, the band is from Orlando, FL. "(... ) A full sensory experience is characteristic of their live ...
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• Planet P Project – Pink World

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  Planet P |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |1984|182 MBTrack List01. In the Woods02. To Live Forever03. Pink World04. What I See05. To Live Forever (Part 2)06. Power07. In the Forest08. A Boy Who Can’t Talk09. The Stranger10. What I See (Part 2)11. The Shepherd12. Behind the Barrier13. Pink World Coming Down14. Breath15. This ...
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• Planet P Project – Levittown (Go Out Dancing – Part II)

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  Planet P |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |2008|152 MBTrack List01. New Frontier02. Levittown03. White Sands04. Saw a Satellite05. This Is Heaven06. In Babylon07. Fremont Street08. Where We Want You09. All God’s Children10. Waiting for You11. Your Eyes12. What We Did13. Go out DancingDownload Free ...
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• Planet P Project – Planet P Project

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  Planet P |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |1983|105 MBTrack List01. Static02. King For A Day03. I Won’t Wake Up04. Top Of The World05. Armageddon06. Tranquility Base07. Why Me08. Power Tools09. Send It In A Letter10. Adam And Eve11. Only You And Me12. RubyDownload Free ...
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• Planet P Project – 1931 – Go Out Dancing

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  Planet P |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |2004|117 MBTrack List01. My Radio Talks to Me02. Join the Parade03. Good Little Soldiers04. Work Will Make You Free – Remix05. The Judge and the Jury06. The Other Side of the Mountain07. Waiting for the Winter08. Believe It09. The Things They Never Told Me10. Where Does It GoDownload ...
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• The 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  13th Floor |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |1967|179 MBTrack List01. Slip Inside This House02. Slide Machine03. She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)04. Nobody to Love05. Baby Blue06. Earthquake07. Dust08. Levitation09. I Had to Tell You10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)11. Splash 1 (live)12. Kingdom of Heaven (live)13. You’re ...
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• The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators

  
  Mussiqa — Authority: 154
  13th Floor |MP3 | 320 KBPS |Rock |1966|159 MBTrack List01. You’re Gonna Miss Me02. Roller Coaster03. Splash 104. Reverberation (Doubt)05. Don’t Fall Down06. Fire Engine07. Thru The Rhythm08. You Don’t Know09. Kingdom Of Heaven10. Monkey Island11. Tried To Hide12. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Live At The ...
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• Manik Myk Thompson - Manik Digressions (1991-1995)

  
  homemade lofi psych — Authority: 124
  WOW!!! Its recordings like this, why I love running this blog and why I think its worth it after all, worth all the work I put into it and time I spend on it... Because – this is what its all about: HOMEMADE LO-FI PSYCHEDELIC ROCK MUSIC!!! Where else would one have the opportunity to find little psych ...
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• Jefferson Airplane – Lather

  
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  Grace Slick , American singer ( Jefferson Airplane ) Tagged: acid rock, classic rock, Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, October 30 birthdays, psychedelic rock, rock, rock and roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, San Francisco, The Great Society
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• Moody Blues – Go Now

  
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  Denny Laine , English musician ( Moody Blues , Ginger Baker’s Air Force , Wings ) Tagged: British Invasion, Denny Laine, Moody Blues, October 29 birthdays, pop, psychedelic rock, rock, rock and roll, Wings
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• Monster Magnet – Space Lord

  
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  Dave Wyndorf , American singer ( Monster Magnet ) Tagged: Dave Wyndorf, hard rock, Monster Magnet, October 28 birthdays, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock
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• CD Review: Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 471
  Their finest album. Over the past almost thirty years, Malian Tuareg desert rockers Tinariwen have pushed the envelope, taking their hypnotic, trance-inducing duskcore sounds around the world. This is their most diverse, their catchiest and most memorable cd yet, a triumph of determined, contemplative guitar, ...
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• Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble: Volume 2

  
  Horse Racing Tips and Horse Racing Results — Authority: 159
  AMORPHOUS Androgynous, the psychedelic rock-tronic supergroup created and produced by the Future Sound Of London, release their second mix CD, A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol 2 – Pagan Love Vibrations , and duly impress. In keeping with the critically acclaimed first volume, this second ...
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• Shocking Blue – Venus

  
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  Rob Van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist and sitar player of Shocking Blue Tagged: classic rock, October 24 birthdays, psychedelic rock, Rob Van Leeuwen, rock, Shocking Blue
  2 weeks ago

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