03/26/2008
Psyched On The Psych Of West Philly's Soft People
As a former four-year West Philly resident, I am quite psyched to tell you about Soft People, a friendly and fabulous foursome of West Philly musicians. Psyched is definitely the correct word to describe their fluid psych-pop with a garage-tw ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 03/26/2008 12:27 PM EST in Garage Rock, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock, Highly Recommended | Permalink
03/25/2008
Hungry, Hungry Videohippos
Super-charged and mechanical, the sound of "Narwhalz" from Baltimore's Videohippos, part of the Dan Deacon crew, flings into overdrive within seconds. The song sounds like it is going to eat itself or drown in a wash of its own psychedelic buzzi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/25/2008 9:40 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, Neo-Psychedelic | Permalink
03/17/2008
"Kenya Dig" The Ruby Suns?
Do you think Animal Collective is sometimes too difficult to listen to? Have you ever wished that Caribou would incorporate some African flavor into his music? Maybe you have never heard of these artists and wish I would just describe the song I ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/17/2008 12:58 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Experimental, YouTube, Neo-Psychedelic | Permalink
03/06/2008
Set The Controls For The Heart of The {{{Sunset}}}
Fans of The Secret Machines and mid-70's Pink Floyd should definitely check out this new song from {{{Sunset}}}, the new project from former Sound Team member, Bill Baird. "Man's Heart Complaint," taken from the upcoming album Bright Blue Dr ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/06/2008 11:34 AM EST in Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock | Permalink
03/04/2008
The Eternal Children: A "Freak Folk" Documentary
What do children, psychedelic drugs, and cross-dressing have in common? The Nagchampa smoke-filled kingdom of the Freak-Folk movement! In this realm of communal love and weirdness, Devendra Banhart is a dashing knight, the Coco Rosie sisters ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 03/04/2008 4:55 PM EST in Folk, YouTube, Neo-Psychedelic | Permalink
01/23/2008
Until I Learn To Accept My Reward...the Teardrop Explodes
While visiting home on a winter break during college, I purchased The Teardrop Explodes' Wilder on vinyl in a smelly New Jersey record store for a mere three dollars. I had no idea what it was, but it was from 1981, and looked goth enough to piq ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 01/23/2008 4:40 PM EST in New-Wave, Neo-Psychedelic, 80's Pop | Permalink
01/22/2008
Catch A Wave of Puke and You're Barfin' All Over the World!
Denton TX's The Bleach Boys (not to be confused with the other Bleach Boys from the 70's) are to the Beach Boys what The Garbage Pail Kids were to the Cabbage Patch Kids. They are a band with a killer plan and it does NOT involve candy-striped s ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 01/22/2008 6:12 PM EST in Neo-Psychedelic, Punk | Permalink
12/20/2007
Top 10 Albums Of 2007: No. 2, Liars - Liars
The only consistent thing in The Liars' discography is change. The band has mutated it's sound with every new album since their 2001 post-punk revival debut, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top. Three years later, they hopp ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/20/2007 12:41 PM EST in Experimental, Neo-Psychedelic, Top 10 Albums Of 2007 | Permalink
12/17/2007
Top 10 Albums of 2007: No. 9, Caribou - Andorra
Once known as Manitoba, Caribou aka Dan Snaith, has been making experimental pop music for years now. His past albums, 2 as Manitoba and 1 other as Caribou, have been a smorgasbord of electronics, 60's psychedelia and shoegaze. However, it's thi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/17/2007 4:21 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Neo-Psychedelic, Top 10 Albums Of 2007 | Permalink
Top 10 Albums Of 2007: No.10, Devendra Banhart- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Well, it's that time of year again when music blogs and music critics role out their top albums of 2007. Since we are a new blog, we thought we would stay humble and keep it simple. We have produced a collaborative and comprehensive "top 10 albu ...
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