Rotary Connection| 1967 —“Has psychedelic covers of: ‘Soul Man’, ‘Ruby Tuesday’ and ‘Didn’t Want to Have to Do It,’” points out readerChip Persson. “Plus Minnie Riperton.” The band was put together by producer Marshall Chess; Riperton was the label’s receptionist. >Listen(so...
no freeform jams, and barely any electric guitars. The psychedelic influence came entirely from the mind of Arthur Lee, whose lyrics were always otherworldly and never fully possible to pin down, and whose melodies were completely unforgettable. ‘You Set The Scene’...
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, ‘Psychedelic Pill’ Young’s first new music with the Horse since 2003’sGreendalekicks off with “Driftin’ Back,” a 30-minute scorcher that touches on everything from Picasso to “hip-hop haircuts.” The nearly-17 minute “Ramada Inn” is a devastating ref...
A quintessentially British affair, it featured psychedelic elements in both music and lyrics, a story about a boy named Happiness Stan - narrated by Stanley Unwin - and a host of memorable tracks. Lazy Sunday was originally written as a joke about arguments with Marriott's neighbours and ...
On the psychedelic purple album cover, in small, backward lettering that partially obscures the i in "Prince" are the words "and the Revolution." "He was setting the public up for something that was yet to come," says Bobby Z. Bobby Z. remembers the months Prince spent on 1999 as a...
The album’s 37 minutes are long on balladry with almost barely perceptible psychedelic flourishes: the lovely, nostalgic mid-tempo bangers “Watching Cartoons” and “Down the Street,” the eerily beautiful “Lazy Eyes and Dune,” the dreamlike “Old Blue.” Its tunes are love songs through ...
OnMahaal,we see him venture into psychedelic-indie-jazz-rock. Sometimes he dives into those genres respectively, and sometimes he throws them all into one bag. That’s how we end up with deep cuts like “Goes By So Fast”. With his run and growth in popularity over the last few years...
Listening to the Scottish group’s third LP, it seemed only natural that house, blues, soul, dub, ambient, rave, and psychedelic rock should come together in 65 minutes of joyful music; it seemed somehow right that a gang of MC5-obsessed rockers on their critical uppers should create a ...
this album's saving grace lies in the fact that it doesn't sound like previous Oasis albums — it leans more toward psychedelic rock, Middle Eastern influences and even some prog. It was also the first time Liam contributed a song to an album, "Little James." It's not Oasis at their...
“Venice B–ch,” a soothing, near-ten minute psychedelic rock opus that makes you miss the ’70s, even if you weren’t born yet. Suddenly, Del Rey seemed universally loved by critics; not that this was a terribly vital development. With Lana, the point has never been whether you like...