Today, we have another installment of Softer Shades of Psychedelia! I’m going with an absolute classic today. A heavyweight. A totally immersive experience. If you’re not familiar with The Disintegration Loops, or indeed, William Basinski himself, you owe it to yourself to listen to this masterpiece […]
This is the finest psych album I’ve heard in a while, and I wish it had been on my radar when it was released. Chicago’s Divino Niño perfectly synthesizes a variety of classic and contemporary American and Latin pop sounds into a wonderful psych album. It’s […]
surreal with some of the most mind-blowing vocal performances in jazz in my opinion, each track reaches levels of controlled chaos that keep you thrilled and constantly captivated for the whole length of the album, especially the second half with one of best closing tracks ever, […]
Trevor Powers, formerly and once again known as Youth Lagoon, continued his shift into distorted but delicate experimental music under his own name. Unlike 2017s (also excellent) Mulberry Violence, 2020 Powers has abandoned vocals and his pop roots almost completely in favor of warped samples and […]
I would describe this Portland trios music as “spiritual cumbia” and that doesn’t really do it justice. It’s certainly still music for dancing and it’s plenty psychedelic. What separates this short record from others in the modern cumbia world (including guitarist Reyna’s well known solo work) […]
Three DJs/multi-instrumentalists celebrate their long standing love of jazz hip-hop fusion with 9 tracks of spiritual beats/vocal jazz. Selections played include two Pharaoh Sanders cuts played with reverence and simplicity, pianist and bandleader Mark de Clive-Lowes track “Bushido” and several originals that showcase each members chops […]
The new Fire-Toolz rips, but if you’ve been paying attention to her when she’s been posted in the past, you’d already know that. No matter, this project always deserves fresh fans. Angel creates some very strange lysergic vapornoise digital hardcore plunderphonics industrial experimental nonsense beauty that […]
The studio debut from 20 year old San Francisco psych collective Fuckwolf. Look, they’ve had better shit to do than make a record. You can hear the results of years of melting minds and burn down bars all over the bay area There’s noise enough here […]
This early Angels performance in Seattle was their 2nd great set at this venue in 2006. They pulled out all the stops for a massive, droning 2 encore barn burner (and a quality recording to boot- though the first two minutes are missing.) I never saw […]
Two fine works of classic American avant-prog. A little mathy, a little trippy, some great free form and droning passages and (of course) a little bit of jazzy skronk. These guys have a memorable sound that seperates them from the pack. It’s got a sort of […]