The lacerating licks of a guitar, way upfront in the mix, echoing the sweet psychedelia of Abraxas. A salsa piano line — the kind of tumbao you would find in a Tito Puente record from decades back. And then, the smoky voice of Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas, whispering sweet ...
formed a band in Liverpool England in 1960. Their band would later change how the world viewed music.The Beatlesachieved major success throughout the music industry. Their first single, “Love Me Do” released on October 5, 1962, reached number seventeen and their second single, “Please Pleas...
That’s why the look and sound of psychedelia involved Edwardian garments, vintage military uniforms, and the huffing pomp of brass bands. Lord Kitchener, the general who crushed the Boers in South Africa and was Secretary of State during WWI, became an ironic icon, popping up in concert ...
Is there something I would change?If I still really like the song, then I'm like,Okay, this is a good contender for music to drop. Is this a timeless song or just a fast food record?I make both sometimes. You have to make records where you're trying shit and there has to be so...
Don't confuse it with the 1967 version of Casino Royale that's both a spoof and a god-awful big-budget mess of a movie. It's an odd blend of Bondian motifs, old-time Hollywood stars and then-trendy psychedelia. The plot, such as it is, involves trying to fool th...
Chris and Al teeter on the edge of psychedelia. Crayola Lectern create haunting, beautiful music and textures written while on the school run, and populated by woozy sideshow characters. Al can make his trumpet sound like a whale call. I don’t know how. Lights sparkle and glisten. Chris ...
Meanwhile, up in Portland, Oregon, Courtney Taylor and his group — gifted with the equally groovy-as-fuck handle the Dandy Warhols— were taking old-school psychedelia and adding a sharp alt-rock edge. When they traveled south to play San Francisco...
Eric Clapton (1996):Eric Clapton has certainly done a lot to make us forget his rootsy beginnings, starting with his turn toward psychedelia in Cream continuing with low-key singer-songwriter and reggae experiments in the '70s and ending with the sleek pop sides in the '80s. But as these ...
With all of the power pop music you hear out there, what about the Raspberries?" The band, he says, "had at least one full album of stone cold classics." He punctuates his thoughts with one final thing. "At the time, [they were] considered not hip, due to the fact that they had...
Traffic, of course, were born before such a term even existed, with their debut LP, 1967’sMr. Fantasy, reveling in the freedom of post-Sgt. Pepperpsychedelia. And their music flourished as their vibe crystalized, resulting in sophisticated, groove-heavy albums like 1970’sJohn Barleycorn Must...