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”

 

• Tarbaby - February (1973)

  
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  Tarbaby was a local band from the Tallahassee area consisting of Patrick Muth (guitar, vocals), Brewster Banks (bass, piano, vocals) and Wally Knoelke (drums, trumpet). Their single “ Gotta Find Me A Woman” got into the Top 20 in Panama City and in the Top 5 in Tallahassee. This album “ February” dates from ...
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• Bands you cant get into

  
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  There are some Prog bands I really think I would/should like, as theyre not only big in the field but are reported to be the same sort of basic sound as some bands I AM into (Marillion, Pendragon, Genesis etc) but no matter how much I try I cant seem to like them. I had a real problem with Spocks Beard, but ...
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• The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet

  
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  The first listening of Noctourniquet are very destabilizing almost choking as we didn’t expect such a turn of events! And slowly we begin to understand the new compositions and to realise the evidence that with 2012 The Mars Volta stroke very hard! Oh of course hardcore fans of the first hours will hate it, ...
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• New Single From Duquette Johnston & The Rebel Kings

  
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  The video for  Duquette Johnston ‘s single Roll Baby Roll (out now on  Communicating Vessels ) is a celebration of freedom, innocence and nostalgia. The clip features surreal vintage vignettes set to Johnston’s driving boogie and infectious holler-along refrain. And this week, the song is featured on the ...
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• Live Experience Band - Voodoo Chile / Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1970/1971)

  
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    Jakoś nam się tu ostatnio jazzowo i poważnie zrobiło. Dlatego chciałbym powrócić  trochę do "korzenie" tego bloga i przedstawić płyty dosyć enigmatycznego projektu muzycznego, którego źródła znajdują się bodajże w Niemczech. Swego czasu - muzycy zafascynowani Jimi Hendrixem - nagrywali ...
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• Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced 1967 FLAC

  
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  Artist ...............: Jimi Hendrix Album ................: Are You Experienced Genre ................: Psychedelic rock, blues rock, heavy metal, hard rock, acid rock Source ...............: CD Year .................: 1967 Codec ................: FLAC Quality ..............: Lossless Channels .............: ...
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• First Listen: The Wild Eyes

  
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  The Wild Eyes are a Liverpool-based trio of psychedelic garage rock enthusiasts. Consisting of members, Huw Roberts (vocals, guitar), Sam Gill (drums) and Neal Johnson (bass), the band proves capable of bratty exuberance and quiet intensity on their debut 7" single "I Look Good On You". The in-your-face garage rock ...
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• Ty Segall & White Fence Wear Some Flowers in Their Hair

  
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  Jonah Bromwich rocks a powdered wig. Ty Segall and White Fence’s new collaborative album Hair is very good. That’s not a surprise. Segall is an eternally under-appreciated, songwriting and riff whiz and White Fence’s Tim Presley, while not quite of Segall’s stature, has shown the ability to add both heart ...
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• Groove To This

  
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  “Young Dead Men” by The Black Angels
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• Brujas del Sol - Moonliner Vol. 1 & 2 (2012)

  
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  Country: USA Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Stoner, Surf, Instrumental. Label: Devouter Records Tracks: 4 Length: 25 Fucking awesome, I dont need write more. We need more. Facebook Bandcamp / Download (Label Request)
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• The Epic Tour

  
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  Hey have you guys checked out this new video game that just launched, im having fun playing it. You should take a look www .GratefulDeadGame.com
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