Category Archives: Psych rock

Alceu Valença & Geraldo Azevedo – Planetário

Posted on May 18, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Oh wow!! This song makes you feel like you have slept walked into a street full of fire crackers and then woke up!! Its crazy, the vocals are insane and it’s a frenzy of sound….I love it!! The ear-feast that … Continue reading →

Posted in Experimental, latin world, Psych rock, Psych-world, Psychedelic | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY David Clayton Thomas And The Shays – Send Her Home

Posted on May 7, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Smooth as silk and like a coaxing stroke to the inner ear, this is just the pace for me today.  This track really is a delight in all its unhurried glory. The drums roll like gentle thunder, heralding a storm … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage Rock, Psych rock, R&B | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY The (St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter – Pepper’s Boogaloo

Posted on May 1, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Hailing from Lima and coming together in the late 1960’s, The Saint Thomas Pepper Smelter were a psych-rock outfit that formed from the ashes of Los Shain’s (1963-68). Named after (a combination of) The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage Rock, latin world, Psych rock, Psychedelic, World | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Les Rallizes Dénudés – Wilderness of False Flowers

Posted on April 2, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Les Rallizes Dénudés are a very interesting band that formed in 1967 by a group of students at Kyoto’s Doshisha University. Led by the enigmatic frontman, Takashi Mizutani they were a group true to their own beliefs and had initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Experimental, Psych rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY The Pawnshop – Please, Don’t Say No!

Posted on February 11, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

“Warped guitars, screams and voices gone berserk; furious drums, tenacious bass guitars, frenzied Hammonds, avalanches of sitars, dramatic inflections, and hypnotics breaks. All these things together and many more are THE PAWNSHOP” Last night’s song sparked today’s offering and came … Continue reading →

Posted in Experimental, Library music, Psych rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Yishak Banjaw – Libey Ma’aduley

Posted on December 4, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

I don’t know what it is about this tune that makes me smile so much!? Is it the otherworldly, I-was-created-on-another-planet sound, the very enticing mystery in the melody, or just the sheer wonder of its simplicity….of course its all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Afro beat, afro funk, Afro jazz, Afro-psych, Ethio-Jazz, Ethiopia, Psych rock, Psych-world, Psychedelic, Synths, World | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY The Painted Ship – Little White Lies

Posted on November 10, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

 Ahhhhhhh..what a tune!!! What an absolute corker this track is!!! In fact, out of all of my garage rock loves, The Painted Ship have penned a few of my all-time favourites! Play me some garage-psych and I shall be forever … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage Rock, Psych rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

SONG OF THE DAY (🎃Hallows Eve, Eve, Eve👻) Mother Sunday – Midnight Graveyard

Posted on October 29, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

The leaves fall and the skies burn golden as the sun is eaten by the hungry horizon…Halloween beckons and I can feel it calling amidst the darkening skies..I do love this time of year! Today’s offering is now quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in prog rock, Psych rock, Psychedelic | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Bulbous Creation – End of the Page

Posted on October 15, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

“Bulbous Creation seem to have warped directly from the wrong side of the looking glass with a jabberwocky full of surreal lyrics and gratuitous guitar solos…”  After a week of freedom and blissful sea air, I have to say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Acid rock, Psych rock | Tagged , | Leave a comment

SONG OF THE DAY Liu Bang and Tony and the Polar Bear Five – Red Face, Heart Laughingx

Posted on September 6, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Though I can’t find a sweet sausage out about this song/artist, I had to share this! I just can’t get that entrancing guitar lick out of my head!! It’s like a little snake charmer and I just get drawn in … Continue reading →

Posted in Garage Rock, Psych rock, Psych-world, Psychedelic, Psychedelic rock, World | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments