Haunted Hammond organ, rebajada versions, fictional salsa bands, and more from one of Colombia‘s most inventive and singular contemporary groups. In John Akomfrah’s 1996 Afrofuturist documentary The Last […]
Psychedelic
With lost tracks and a vinyl reissue, the cult LA band gets a well-earned revival. Bryan Ling takes us back… The music scene in Los Angeles circa the […]
Before Alien Dreamtime became a legendary artifact of the early ‘90s underground, it was a live experiment: a collision of rave culture, psychedelic philosophy, and multimedia spectacle unfolding over 48 […]
The Kikagaku Moyo guitarist/vocalist delivers a woozy psychedelic rock burner with an accompanying book titled Dream of the Egg. Those who haven’t yet discovered the work of the […]
Those of us who think a lot about songwriting but aren’t songwriters still understand the basics of making one. Take a melody or string of words that pops […]
Bei Ru is an LA-based producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist who’s collected vinyl records for years. His collection mirrors elements of his releases, characterized by a fusion of […]
Psychedelic pop sounds from Tokyo via Washington D.C. label Peoples Potential Unlimited. Andrew Morgan’s Peoples Potential Unlimited is widely regarded for its singular presentation of outsider boogie and […]
There are records that are as potent as psychedelics. Records that whoosh you into another realm the moment the stylus locks into the groove, embrace you in their […]
The jazz supergroup features Benji B, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, and more. The new double album London Brew was originally slated to be a 50th anniversary ode to […]
Black Editions Group presents Shizuka’s sole studio album, 1994’s Heavenly Persona, for the first time on vinyl. Mind your volume control when dropping the needle on the opening […]
Essential new music from the great Jeff Parker… Starting in 2018, LA-based guitarist Jeff Parker set up camp at the Enfield Tennis Academy in Highland Park for an […]
Hallucinogenic journeys with the soon-to-be-disbanding Japanese psychedelic rock band. Earlier this year the great Japanese psych-prog-folk-jam-band Kikagaku Moyo released what they say will be their swan song. Called […]
The epic performance still rips 52 years later. Maybe it’s because this post is being written from Southeast Iowa, where classic rock permeates the landscape as if being […]
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, here are One Hundred Love Songs, a dive into Lesley Duncan’s seminal 1969 ballad and the endless covers that followed. If you’ve been […]
A memorable and crucial 2021 set from our good friend Scott Zacharias. Here’s your listening sorted for today! The weekly podcasts from Detroit’s No Way Back: Streaming From […]
You love reissues. We love reissues. Here are some more favorites from 2021. From rare midwestern soul, cosmic jazz, Angolan funk and Swiss library music to Armenian disco, […]
For our next Art & Design: In Focus feature, we look into the psychedelic worlds of MC Escher. Ever feel stuck in your music discovery routine? After extended […]
Khruangbin’s new record ‘Mordechai Remixes’ is out now. Tana Yonas sits down with the band to talk about the history of remixing and how vinyl collecting shapes their […]
Softly psychedelic folk, soul, rare groove from the Hawaiian islands. Few labels are as committed to uncovering old and new sounds from their local scene than Honolulu-based Aloha […]
Obscure psychedelic folk, cosmic soul, and crooning AOR from the label behind Belong to the Wind. Los Angeles reissue upstart Forager Records got off to a strong start. […]
Summer is fast approaching – here’s more music to go along with your sunny days. Hello friends! Hope you’re well… We have some exciting news incoming that we’ll […]
