Psychedelic Music

Been stuck in my head for days.

Just saw Micheal Hurley died on April 1st. This album is a criminally unknown gem. RIP

A classic - strongly recommend listening to the whole album if you dig and this is new to you.

It's so. fucking. GOOD guys. Couldn't find a YouTube link so including the Museum of Canadian Music link instead, has all the songs for streaming from the website. Excerpt from MOCM:

Emerging from the vibrant music scene of Montreal, Quebec, in 1969, The Medium was a short-lived but highly influential psychedelic and progressive rock band. Known for their dreamy, druggy vocals, swirling guitars, and powerful fuzz-laden outbursts, they created an album that stands as one of the most adventurous and unique releases of the late 1960s Canadian psychedelic era.

... The band’s sound is a kaleidoscope of influences, blending elements of psych, acid rock, jazz, and early prog, with comparisons often drawn to Soft Machine, Iron Butterfly, The Doors, and the American band Listening. The organ-heavy arrangements, complex compositions, and fuzz-drenched guitars give the album a distinct sound that was ahead of its time.

Hope someone out there enjoys, I dug this hard.

Off of The Kink Kronikles. A big double album

This was 20 minutes, specifically, well spent.

Oh, small shoutout: I initially found this at/on the Museum of Canadian Music. Cool place, you can also stream this album from there, just scroll down a bit: http://citizenfreak.com/titles/289859-man-made-st

Imagine, if you will, a dark room with a single spotlight. The air begins to shimmer, and a hollow figure in the form of Don Cherry materializes. The pattern of its suit jacket is loud - too loud - and shifting unceasingly. The figure open its mouth, and a droning sound of wind reverberates as it draws in air. It states the following, flecks of foam frothing from its lips:

"GOod KiiNggSton KiiDdsss"

The light goes out. And this plays.

So I post this knowing it won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I had a soft spot for these guys ever since chatting with one their members at a show in my town, tagging along with another band on tour. Band out of Nova Scotia. Some days this song hits juuust right.

I've always been partial to this track over "As The Years Go By" (which is still pretty good)

Gotta give my local outfits shoutouts sometimes :)

(P.S. If you're reading this, particularly if your name isn't distantsounds, have you heard anything trippy and cool recently? You should share it with the class! Getting a little psych-rock heavy in here - it's my jam, but wailing guitars aren't the only path to the land where the I dissolves)

My only suggestion is bare with the first minute if the opening isn't your speed.

Something a little different and funkier. Love the intro.

So I've been digging around for obscure psych stuff today, and I came across a reference to lysergia.com, an old website that had a bunch of reviews of psychedelic albums. One caught my attention - Oracle's Nataraja de Nada. Archive link here, it's worth reading the review (it's #12): http://web.archive.org/web/20130121002118fw_/http://www.lysergia.com/LamaReviews/lamaMain.htm

They apparently recorded under the name Skuldedog later on. I popped that into Youtube, and found this. Is this actually Skuldedog with a song called Tribute, or a tribute to Skuldedog? I have no idea, but it's some grimy fuckin' psychedelia that I can get behind.