Category Archives: Psych rock

SONG OF THE DAY The Psycheground Group – Easy

Posted on March 4, 2024 by The Listening Post Blog

The crazy prices that an original copy of The Psycheground Group’s debut (and only) album fetches is testament to their relative mystery as a band. With little known about this Italian outfit other than they released an obscure LP in … Continue reading →

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(🎄Christmas Countdown⛄) SONG OF THE DAY The Gurus – Blue Snow Night

Posted on December 21, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Formed at the peak of the psychedelic era, The Gurus were an American band that emerged with the promise of great things, but never made it past one album! Known for their pioneering and experimental sounds, they were among the … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Naturals – The Hook

Posted on October 12, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

How absolutely excited am I to be sharing this little smasher with you today!! This song sounds like it was recorded in someone’s garage (I guess that’s why they called it garage rock) and that is exactly what I LOVE … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Mebusas – Song of Mr Bulldog

Posted on September 6, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Even though this track was pressed on a respectably large label, the band themselves are something of a relative mystery. Coming together in the early 1970’s, The Mebusas hailed from Nigeria. A multitalented collective of about five musicians (I think?), … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Los Teddy’s – Efectos

Posted on July 27, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Known for creating some wonderfully eclectic music compilations, Madrid’s Munster Records have recently released their latest instalment ….and this is where you can find today’s song! After three previous volumes in their Algo Salvaje series, their new record explores the “darkest, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Nobody’s Children – Mother’s Tin Moustache

Posted on July 14, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

It always brings me immeasurable joy when I hear a song for the first time and instantly love it! Sometimes I just know from the moment a song starts that I’m going to like what’s coming next…. and I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Ultimate Spinach – (Ballad of) The Hip Death Goddess

Posted on June 18, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Though their lifespan may have only been a relative musical blink in the grand scheme of things, Ultimate Spinach were one of Boston’s answers to the San Francisco scene. At the peak of the psychedelic era, many bands started to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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