Tag Archives: psychedelia

SABATTIS – Warning In The Sky

August 25, 2015

Jargon 2011 / Out-Sider 2015 Arresting artifact from 1970: acidic hard rock at its most delicious. Despite their name, this quartet, formed in New York in 1968, could hardly be influenced by British bands of similar stripe, but a couple … Continue reading →

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JUNIOR’S EYES – Battersea Power Station

August 9, 2015

Regal Zonophone 1969 / Esoteric 2015 Electrically charged: psyched-up classic gets an expanded looking in. Hailed as an unsung guitar hero of British rock, Mick Wayne’s claim to fame should have lain with this band rather than accompanying David Bowie … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Magical Mystery Psych Out

August 2, 2015

Cleopatra 2015 Painting by numbers doesn’t feed your head, even when it’s a Fabs tribute. Ones who brought psychedelia to the masses, if not originating it in music, THE BEATLES channeled their innocent experience with new concepts and hallucinogens through … Continue reading →

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AUDIENCE – Audience

July 24, 2015

Polydor 1969 / Esoteric 2015 Brass-blazing, if precocious, progressive blues on a short-lived album of a cult stripe that lingers still. More known for their trio of Charisma LPs, AUDIENCE released their eponymous debut on Polydor, the label who’d signed … Continue reading →

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THE RAINBOW PRESS – There’s A War On

June 25, 2015

Mr. G 1968 / Out-Sider Music 2015 Socially conscious, if naive, psychedelia from NYC young turks who got their heads fed. Today, college boys from Big Apple, stranded between the Summer of Love and Woodstock, might not seem you regular … Continue reading →

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