Archive For The “Psychedelic” Category
The Yin to Frank Zappa’s Yang. If sprawling, overblown orchestral prog rock is your bag, presided over by an eccentric scottish composer (Ron Geesin), then look no further. This is Pink Floyd before the pretension set in; the Wall was just a distant gleam in Roger Water’s eye and experimentation was actively encouraged by the [...]
It’s been a while since I popped anything up here and as usual, the backlog is building up. With that in mind, I thought I’d add a little late night music for you all. The above album is mellow and dreamy, contains some beautiful playing, and like much…
The Monkees, bizarrely enough, provided one of the highlights of the sixties with this extraordinary record; the soundtrack to the movie ‘Head’, an acerbic take on the fortunes of a manufactured pop group written by The Monkees with Jack Nicholson. Forget ‘Daydream Believer’ and ‘Last Train to Clarkesville’ , this album hosts a bona fide 
Concocted by Serge Gainsbourg, the most exalted potentate of lust, this bizarre fantasy detailing a (the?) middle aged lothario’s affair with a teenager oozes priapic zeal, laced with a sense of humour that can only be described as goblinesque. Unusually for a concept album from this era the music has dated astonishingly well; produced and 
“I got some John Coltrane on the stereo, baby…” The first paisley underground act to get signed to a major label, Dream Syndicate were the eye catching facet of a movement that included the Long Ryders, Green on Red and the Rain Parade. Where many of these bands channeled the Byrds and the garage sound 
