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Posted in Neo-psychedelia on Nov 8th, 2009 No Comments »
It’s hard to remember now in retrospect, but in the summer of 2002, The Coral were going to be the saviors of the British indie music scene. The Coral may not be the Next Big Thing anymore, but they’re still making better records than many of the bands that have taken over that title in the intervening five years.
Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Jacqueline [3:30]
Posted in Neo-psychedelia on Jun 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless other influences, Crystal Antlers easily maintains consistency despite a complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend (so long as you’re not counting the increasingly frustrating trend of unimaginative bandnames).
by Pitchfork
Parting Song for the Torn Sky [7:02]
Posted in Neo-psychedelia on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Surrounded in an even thicker haze of psychedelic smoke than the Gris Gris‘ self-titled debut, For the Season is an unabashedly ambitious, occasionally difficult album that traces a journey to the deepest, darkest recesses of Greg Ashley’s mind. While the album’s ambitions occasionally get the better of the actual music, For the Seasons intermittent brilliance is worth digging and waiting for.
Song: Year Zero
Posted in Neo-psychedelia on Jun 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Comets on Fire hail from Santa Cruz, CA. All in all, Avatar is truly an exceptional record. It contains genuinely surprising music, and, in light of Comets on Fire’s history of experimentation, that is no small feat. In an article in Mojo magazine, band member Noel Harmonson said that the members of Comets on Fire “believe psychedelic rock is the most transcendental music”. On Avatar, they have succeeded in transcending expectations, and that is, in and of itself, quite an accomplishment.
Dog Wood Rust [7:48]
Posted in Neo-psychedelia on May 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Having recorded a fistful of critically acclaimed — and increasingly successful — albums with neo-psychedelic pioneers Comets On Fire, frontman Ethan Miller lit out for fresh musical territories, located somewhere between the Santa Cruz, CA-based band’s familiar sonic maelstrom and a more organic, melodic, groove-oriented rock that hearkened back to his halcyon daze growing up on California’s “Lost Coast” (Humboldt County), home of lumberjacks, college students, unreconstructed hippies, and off-the-grid botanists.
Dancers At The End Of Time (HearYa Live Session, April 2008)
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