Having recently pressed their collective “reset” button after a half-decade of nonexistence, the guys in Phish have so far used 2009 as – to cop a phrase from the sports world - a “rebuilding year.” The indulgent comeback shows in March served as an enticing prelude to an early summer tour that satisfied but merely [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘psychedelic’
August 5, 2009
Live Review: Gov’t Mule, Raleigh, NC, July 26, 2009
My review of the Gov’t Mule and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit show at the Lincoln Theatre Street Stage is up at Hidden Track – Glide Magazine’s Blog. Take a look at it won’t you?
July 17, 2009
Album Review: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – The Phenomenal Handclap Band
The Phenomenal Handclap Band have generated a huge buzz, and with an album like this as their introduction to most of the world, it’s no wonder. A wide array of multi-tasking band members gives PHB the ability to emulate one of the major elements of the band’s genesis – club, dance, and DJ music – [...]
May 4, 2009
Live: BoomBox and Bitch Please, April 30, 2009, Raleigh, NC
BoomBox and Bitch Please unfurled a nearly nonstop night of music at Raleigh’s Pour House Music Hall on the last day of April. Unrelenting dance beats and lengthy instrumental journeys ruled the night as the pair of duos kept an eager crowd dancing until the last note.
Bitch Please, out of Lexington, Kentucky, kicked the party [...]
March 31, 2009
Album Review: Ozric Tentacles – The Yum Yum Tree
Through 25 years of changes in the world and the music that shapes it, Ozric Tentacles have been an unflappable, dependable force in psychedelic music. Despite an ever-changing lineup, the band – which formed in 1984 – has retained a singular focus. It’s hard to imagine any artist having a more consistent sound over such [...]
February 5, 2009
Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
Black Keys guitarist and songwriter Dan Auerbach has tapped into a separate spring of earthy and electric blues variations on his first solo effort, Keep It Hid (CD – Vinyl – MP3). Written while on tour supporting the Keys’ Dangermouse-helmed Attack and Release album, Keep It Hid displays an organic nature in stark contrast [...]
January 29, 2009
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Few and far between are albums like Merriweather Post Pavilion (CD – MP3) – albums that vehemently deny easy categorization, but possess enough mass appeal to become revered and beloved. Animal Collective brilliantly combines freakish waves of psychedelia with tuneful, hooky vocals and beats, making the Baltimore band’s eighth studio album the closest, purest example [...]
January 26, 2009
Circlesquare – Songs About Dancing and Drugs
Circlesquare’s sublime, drowsy songs march languidly out of your speakers like disaffected schoolchildren, and you can feel them pulling your body downward like some sort of rhythmic gravity. Elements of psychedelic rock, ambient, trance, and downtempo can all be discovered among creator Jeremy Shaw’s melodically sparse, densely packed aural creations, and there’s a bizarrely pleasing [...]
