Psychedelic rock

kingston wall were the last true great psychadelic band i know about.

MySpace.com - Kingston Wall - - Rock / Psychedelic / Progressive - www.myspace.com/kingstonwall
YouTube - Kingston Wall - I Feel Love
YouTube - Kingston Wall - Two Of A Kind
YouTube - Kingston Wall - Another Piece of Cake
YouTube - Kingston Wall - Palekastro / And It's All Happening
YouTube - Kingston Wall - Shine On Me ( Album Version )

what a band. too damn good. amongst the best psychadelia ever. too bad they are done. and i don't see h ow you could call them anything but psychadelic. the guy on youtube is right, possibly the best band no one has ever heard of

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Originally Posted by thcbongman

That's because "psychedelic rock" is so limited as a definition and is dead as a genre. No one can make true psychedelic (acid rock is a better term) anymore. Besides refering to simply acid-rock bands, you limit the replies because psychedelic music covers other genres like stoner rock, shoegaze, lo-fi, post-rock, trip-hop etc.

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I know the genre's dead, but enough was recorded while it was alive to keep me happy forever.

By all means name your favourite post-rock, trip-hop, etc., artists. I simply named the ones I enjoy, which do not include any of that sort of thing.

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Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt

I know the genre's dead, but enough was recorded while it was alive to keep me happy forever.

By all means name your favourite post-rock, trip-hop, etc., artists. I simply named the ones I enjoy, which do not include any of that sort of thing.

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As one music lover to another, I challenge you to listen to some albums that I'll list. I guarantee you one of these albums in this list will blow your mind and are psychedelic in it's own way. it all depends on your curiosity and what you like in general. I know because the majority of your most played list at one time or another, I was extremely fond of and you'll be able to appreciate an album that is conceptual and furfilling.

So here's the menu:

Freak Folk
Devandra Banhart - Cripple Crow

Lo-fi
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Neo-psychedelia
Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea

Noise Rock
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Post-Rock
Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence

Psytrance
Shpongle - Tales Of The Inexpressible

Space Rock
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Trip-hop
Massive Attack - Mezzanine

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Originally Posted by thcbongman

As one music lover to another, I challenge you to listen to some albums that I'll list. I guarantee you one of these albums in this list will blow your mind and are psychedelic in it's own way. it all depends on your curiosity and what you like in general. I know because the majority of your most played list at one time or another, I was extremely fond of and you'll be able to appreciate an album that is conceptual and furfilling.

So here's the menu:

Freak Folk
Devandra Banhart - Cripple Crow

Lo-fi
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Neo-psychedelia
Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea

Noise Rock
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Post-Rock
Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence

Psytrance
Shpongle - Tales Of The Inexpressible

Space Rock
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Trip-hop
Massive Attack - Mezzanine

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Alright, "In An Airplane Over the Sea" blew my mind quite nicely--I can see how the rest would, too, but it's just not to my taste so much--although The Soft Bulletin was pretty great.

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Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt

Alright, "In An Airplane Over the Sea" blew my mind quite nicely--I can see how the rest would, too, but it's just not to my taste so much--although The Soft Bulletin was pretty great.

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Ha! :) I figured most of them wouldn't be your style but hey, it's great to have an open mind and you came away with one album blowing your mind, and a great album at that.

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Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt

I know the genre's dead, but enough was recorded while it was alive to keep me happy forever.
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the genre's not dead, I gave you a perfectly good example of modern psychedelic rock. You just gotta stop living in the past and wise up to the underground music scene. Most of those bands you listed as psychedelic rock bands are also pop music from prior decades. You wont find much psychedelic rock in the pop music category any more.

Im telling you, check out Dr. Dog...also if you have time and are not afraid of new things check out My Morning Jacket...their album "Z" is great.

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Originally Posted by 40oz

the genre's not dead, I gave you a perfectly good example of modern psychedelic rock. You just gotta stop living in the past and wise up to the underground music scene. Most of those bands you listed as psychedelic rock bands are also pop music from prior decades. You wont find much psychedelic rock in the pop music category any more.

Im telling you, check out Dr. Dog...also if you have time and are not afraid of new things check out My Morning Jacket...their album "Z" is great.

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When I said it was dead I meant that it is dead as a respected genre that reaches the people and enjoys the popularity that it used to...I like quite a bit of modern underground/indie stuff, but for the most part, musically I live in the past because that's when quality music actually affected the cultural landscape, instead of being relegated to arcane status while the masses dine on mindless assembly-line pop. I get a lot of shit for living mostly in the past, but I say who does it hurt? I'll listen to what I want to and other people can enjoy the same liberty.

And no, I'm not inherently afraid of new things...that was a little offensive. I've heard some Dr. Dog, and they're pretty great.

Dr Dog isn't true psychedelic in my opinion, they have a neo-psychedelic style. The pureness of acid rock, not many bands are doing it anymore.

But I completely agree with 40oz in regards that there's so much good, psychedelic-like, 60s based music coming out these days:

Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine

War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues

Two amazing albums that are complete throwbacks of the 60s, but pushing musical limits, Delta Spirit with their perfect blend of northern and southern rock, War on Drugs pushing the limits towards ambient rock while sounding bob dylanesque. In my opinion, those are the two best albums of 2008.

I can shake old Bobby M. at all. Plus anything live by O.A.R., Especially @ Madison Square Garden, they do have a somewhat psychedelic vibe and I don't care what you say!! "Solh Dareh Meyod" friends.

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Originally Posted by thcbongman

Dr Dog isn't true psychedelic in my opinion, they have a neo-psychedelic style. The pureness of acid rock, not many bands are doing it anymore.

But I completely agree with 40oz in regards that there's so much good, psychedelic-like, 60s based music coming out these days:

Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine

War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues

Two amazing albums that are complete throwbacks of the 60s, but pushing musical limits, Delta Spirit with their perfect blend of northern and southern rock, War on Drugs pushing the limits towards ambient rock while sounding bob dylanesque. In my opinion, those are the two best albums of 2008.

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Yeah, true psychedelic/acid rock is indeed rare nowadays, hence my avid listening of pre-1970 gems. I live in the past and I'm proud of it.