psych Archive
04 Nov 2015
Anton Barbeau’s Traveling Magic Act, Part 3
Continued from Part Two… Anton Barbeau feels similarly about progressive rock. “At one point, I decided, ‘Oh, I don’t like that stuff at all.’ But not long ago on one […]
03 Nov 2015
Anton Barbeau’s Traveling Magic Act, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Once Anton Barbeau realized that the new album wouldn’t be a Three Minute Tease project, he “started looking around for other ways of doing it. I […]
02 Nov 2015
Anton Barbeau’s Traveling Magic Act, Part 1
From my point of view, it’s a strange world in which a recording artist can craft highly melodic, accessible tunes, release a long string of consistently well-regarded albums, and still […]
22 Oct 2015
Album Mini-review: Dungen — Allas Sak
File Next to: Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd Leader and songwriter Gustav Estjes describes Dungen‘s music as “fokrockpsych.” While that encompasses a wide swath of musical landscape, it barely […]
21 Oct 2015
Ozric Tentacles: Thirty Years and Still Underground
Ozric Tentacles is that rare group that appeals to fans of trance/rave, techno, jam, psychedelic, and space/progressive rock. Founded in Somerset, England – they currently make their home in Colorado […]
24 Sep 2015
Album Review: Cary Grace — Tygerland
Depending on the manner in which one learns about Cary Grace, the music on Tygerland may come as a surprise. An American expatriate now living in the United Kingdom, Grace […]
27 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Chocolate Watchband guitarist Tim Abbott believes that these new versions of the band’s old songs are an “opportunity for us to rewrite history, to make it […]
26 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 1)
Among aficionados of 1960s garage and psychedelic music, The Chocolate Watchband is dearly loved. Though the band’s history is – even by the standards of that era – a mightily […]
17 Aug 2015
Album Mini-review: Wizzz! French Psychedelic 1966-1969 Volume 1
File Next to: Nuggets II: British Empire and Beyond, Roman Coppola’s CQ Soundtrack France has long been notorious for its musical insularity. Listen to a bootleg of the Beatles‘ February […]
14 Aug 2015
Album Mini-Review: Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm – Runddans
File next to: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Tangerine Dream This would be noteworthy if only for the fact that Todd Rundgren rarely collaborates with other artists (Utopia, Ringo’s All-Starrs and that […]