Psychic TV

GODSTAR

Electric Pure Land

   

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                     Yahowa 13                  track 6 is the highlight.

The Jacks-Vacant World

Vacant world is a Japanese psychedelic record that shifted  Japanese rock's sound from copycat American rhythm and blues to a sound that is strictly Japanese. I don't need to mention how beloved this album has been by those that transcended psychedelic rock but just take a look at the singer, Yoshio Hayakawa. That look did for Japan what Brian Jones did for England or Bob Dylan for the U.S.

             LOVE GENERATION

Loop-Heaven's End

 It's quite a shame that S3 needs to be mentioned every time someone blurts out the name Loop. The influences are there, no doubt, but loop's biggest tool is distortion, not the psychedelic gimmick that sometimes emerges from later S3 releases. Heaven's End is them at their rawest. If there's one requirement needed for a rock and roll record, it should be that technicality and musical prowess must be thrown out the window and amplifier volume should be cranked. This album is an exemplification of that.  Outside of WOLF FLOW, their peel sessions recording, this is them at their finest.

Straight to your Heart

Shiny Crystal Planet

Masona and Angel'in Heavy Syrup getting together to form Christine 23 Onna; psych that is too good to pass up. This project eventually became Acid Eater, a more rough around the edges, fuzzed-out version of the original incarnation with two members added.

                                           Steady Dose of Acid in my Diet

Mephisto Cigars

Satanic campfire songs from Arizona. 2/3 of Sun City Girls collaborating with Eddy Detroit. Video made by demonbabies from California, who happens to be the man behind the release of the incredible Anagram Jam compilation.

If you're curious about the comp, here's the starting track. Vandal Cock.

SPACE FUNERAL

The end of the road in the search for the ultimate cult band.

The Goslings

grandeur of hair and full hunter's moon.
                                                                 FLORIDUH

Baby Grandmothers

Severely underrated Swedish psych.
                                                                         HIGH

Cock Rock

GEZAN

Crazy cult leader or forgotten legend?

Wulf Zendik

go here: http://zendik.org/wulf/music.html

to download, go to ORALMAZE

Psych Doom

Whoah Baybee!

Holly Hunt

South Florida's humidity, hot weather, and constant traffic can have adverse affects on one's psyche and lead to a nagging case of lethargy. Some, on the other hand, seem to thrive in this environment despite it's ongoing right-winged ethos and conformity that keeps a portion of our community isolated from not only itself but from the rest of the country as well. So when we get something right, it usually comes out of nowhere; rolled up into a blob of fervor, passion, ire, and a fuck you attitude that the rest of the spoiled country should envy. Such is the case with the intense duo known as Holly Hunt.

Amplifier worshiping at its finest, reminiscent of bands such as Earth and the Melvins but experimenting and transcending auditory frequencies into a definite realm of their own. Having seen them evolve in their short existence has been an absolute pleasure for me as a fan, musician, and fellow friend of this two-piece ensemble of sinusoidal wave manipulation. Since they are in the process of recording, I can only provide early recordings of the band. To quote the late great Biggie, " if you don't know, now you know."

Someone brought the black acid

Tokyo Flashback Comps

I don't know about you but I am a HUGE fan of what Japan's psychedelic bands have to give to the rest and especially to our Americentric ideals and culture. It's thanks to Japan that psychedelia is alive and well but to just call it psychedelic seems to rob them of the credit they're due. When that word comes to mind, the cheese comes a tumblin' over with thoughts of farfisa organs, paisley everything, and advocates of the psychedelic movement like Timothy Leary educating squares on acid. The Japanese seem to have incorporated not only the "brown acid" feel to it but with an overwhelming, destructive sound of feedback, reverb, and let's not forget, NOISE!!!
Keiji Haino, The Jacks, Les Rallizes, Flower Travellin' Band, the list goes on and on. Today, great bands like LSD March will seriously fuck you up inside if you sit down and let the music go on cruise control. So without further a do, all the credit and love in the world to the giving people at wehavenozen.blogspot.com for putting up these ultra lovely compilations of that sound, ya dig?

BROWN ACID

The Night Gallery Compilation (alchemy records)

Here is the underrated and excellent compilation by the great Japanese label, Alchemy Records. This is one that has been known to give PSF's Tokyo Flashback Comps a run for their money. If blissed-out, feedback drenched psych is your mojo, then stick your dick or vagina in the mashed potatoes because it's going to be that kind of party. Featuring lsd march, miminokoto, Doodles, Chouzu, and Up-tight. Don't miss out!

Props to japanunderground.blogspot.com (RIP) for initially putting this up for people on the web.

Psych Vomit

Les Rallizes Denudes

What can be said about this dejected, psychedelic, eastern-version of the velvet underground that some have dared call glam rock? Reverb/Delay drenched rock and roll with enough phaser and wah-induced rhythm to send you on a trance through the third-eye and back. Before Phoenix Records from the U.K. officially released the outstanding "Heavier than a death in the family" lp and the underrated "Blind Baby has its mother's eyes" lp, this bands bootlegs were being sold for a bit beyond the weighted price of gold. Having only had one official release in their discography, and the rest being bootlegs of live performances, Les Rallizes Denudes or sometimes known as, Hadaka no Rallizes offers a distinct and primitive form of rock-and-roll that any true lover of the genre will enjoy.

Read up on them from the great drudion himself, Julian Cope, on his book Japrocksampler, which ends up being snubbed on his list at number 3 by the following: Flower Travellin' Band-Satori (great release) and speed,glue, and shinki-eve (I nod my head in disapproval)

Go to wehavenozen's blog for access to all their stuff. He's done a great job putting the whole discography together and online for you guys and gals to enjoy. Here's the link:

http://wehavenozen.blogspot.com/2008/02/les-rallizes-denudes.html