Fronted by guitarist/vocalistMatt Hollywood, the former co-songwriter and co-founder ofThe Brian Jonestown Massacre, fans of mid-’60s Kinks, Stones, and Byrds will fall in love with The Out Crowd’s edgy and infectious pop sound, heightened byDandy Warhols’ producer Gregg Willliams’ immaculate production. The Big Takeover raves: “Portland, OR’s Out Crowd makes music that reaches for the sky, going for those heavenly ideas just out of reach.Building off the great Psych foundations of LA pop, (Byrds, Love, Rain Parade,) one moment and a Stonesy Velvets base the next, they push themselves to the creative max, with a sound that is always clean and aggressive. But don’t think its urgent-style Punk, instead its Rock from a bunch who remain in control even as they go for broke. Really cool stuff check this out.
The band formed in 2004 and is named after a Club in New York in the 60`s, where Nico (Velvet Underground) had her first solo performances. The Blue Angel Lounge always loves music or art in general, so it was a privilege to make good music only for themselves. Now they would like to share their music and ideas with people they Love and Respect. Really good psychedelic shoegaze.
The Black Angels are a psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas, formed in May 2004. Their name derives from the Velvet Underground song “ The Black Angel’s Death Song." This band is really awesome, sometimes you can get a Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators kinda vibe from these guys. Sit back and dig these record. It'll be hard not to.
So here we have Purple Mercy, still an active band I believe. I can't find any info on this band, but I'm pretty sure they're from Santa Cruz, CA. Purple Mercy play psychedelic punk / hardcore / sludge music. The first time I listened to this album was on shrooms. The trip was horrible, but the album sounded great. Check these guys out I'm pretty sure someone from Sabertooth Zombie is in this band, but they sound nothing like them.
Hailing from Austin, Texas, the members of 13th Floor Elevators were quite possibly the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs (particularly lsd) to alter human consciousness for the better. This band rules. If your into the 60's psychedelic sound, get this immediately. Tune in, drop out.
Yume Bitsu (meaning “dream beats” in Japanese), is a psychedelic post rock band. Most of the band members live along the Pacific Coast in California and Oregon. Very beautiful album. Unlike many other post rock bands Yume Bitsu throw in a bit of vocals and it sounds great. Lots of beautiful noise coming from this album. Put on a good set of headphones, go to a park, close your eyes and enjoy.
Alice Coltrane was an American jazzpianist, organist,harpist, and composer. Coltrane was born Alice McLeod on 27 August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, and died on 12 January 2007 in Los Angeles.
Janis Joplin (19 January 1943 - 4 October 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and music arranger. She came to symbolize energy of the psychedelic, Haight-Ashbury, love beads, love ins, free love, flower children, black light posters and incense, expansion of consciousness, spiritualism soaked in the unusual drug idealism of the late 1960s.