psych Archive
13 Nov 2013
What’s Old is New Again in November 2013, Part Two
Three more capsule reviews of new-to-you live albums, continuing from yesterday’s blog entry. The Modern Jazz Quartet – Lost Tapes: Germany 1956-1958 Where modern jazz is concerned, taste and restraint […]
02 Aug 2013
Album Review: Photon Band — Pure Photonic Matter Volume 1
Sometimes an album’s opening track is a red herring. That’s the case with “Thought Crimes (Part 1),” the first cut on Photon Band‘s Pure Photonic Matter Volume 1. While a […]
22 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Three O’Clock – The Hidden World Revealed
The whole so-called “paisley underground” scene happened during my college years. Like many of my generation, I had expanded my listening experiences beyond classic rock into what would eventually be […]
11 Jul 2013
Album Review: Various Artists — Los Nuggetz: ’60s Garage & Psych from Latin America
During the first four or five years of this new century, there existed online a thriving collector/trading community, dedicated to sharing and disseminating obscure, forgotten and occasionally never-known-about-in-the-first place music […]
10 Jul 2013
EP Review: Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ — Songs from the Psychedelic Time Clock
In terms of delivering new music, Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ is employing a strategy not unlike that of Marshall Crenshaw. Instead of releasing an album after a couple years’ wait, both […]
19 Jun 2013
Album Review: Various Artists – The Dutch Woodstock (CD+DVD)
I’m a hardcore Pink Floyd fanatic. Yeah, one of those lot who insists that the stuff they did before The Dark Side of the Moon is filled with untold riches. […]
03 Jun 2013
Album Review: Brainticket – Cottonwood Hill
Hype is a funny thing. Sometimes it invites scorn, mockery. Recently I received a press release heralding the latest album by “the most talked-about band of 2013.” As you might […]
21 May 2013
Album Review: Blue Cheer – Rocks Europe
They didn’t call it garage when ? And the Mysterians were playing “96 Tears.” They didn’t label it punk when The Stooges sang about “No Fun.” And they didn’t use […]
14 May 2013
Album Review: Donovan’s Brain – Turned Up Later
There’s a kind of powerpop that steers well clear of the candy-ass end of the spectrum, yet manages to avoid macho, posturing cockrock-iness. That sweet spot is where Donovan’s Brain […]
06 May 2013
Album Review: Ant-Bee — Pure Electric Honey
Though it far too often is the case, avant garde music need not be chilly and foreboding. Sometimes it can be warm and inviting, while still maintaining its outré, weird-and-wonderful […]