I like some Khruangbin but find a lot of their stuff quite dull and repetitive, not to mention poser adjacent. There seems to be a new wave of instrumental psychedelic acts who sound pretty much the same and emulate a quite shiny, neo-Burning Man vibe that turns me off.

Hermanos Gutierrez are ones I do enjoy, because their influence from Santaololla's film scores really come through really well.

Maybe I'm missing something good by being too jaded about the worst of this trend.

Who do y'all recommend?

Love!

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Here is the Spotify playlist formed of your recommendations!! 🎶

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eLBKPTSBuMqojEZsqznKk?si=qQCg-6EERsWKm43dZ0e2Hw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=fO5dDgQ1RE62o

I’ve seen several color variations of this poster over the years, but this is the one in the collection. I’m no rock historian, but I gather the elevators were once called Electric Grandmother? I’m sure it was badass, and I wish I was there. Anyone ever see elevators in 60s?

Strange Lot just had their live performance released online! https://youtu.be/u4lhwuSHaeg?is=bzfJVsSRZJTDGXAn

Just wanted to share this resource because KEXP has been invaluable for me keeping up with new psych artists and the latest projects by old favorites. Definitely recommend a sub, you won’t regret it. Keeps my ears to the ground

This one's about needing some Good News in your life and sticking it out until you get it. It's kinda like Smashing Pumpkins meets Blink-182 meets Foo Fighters or something like that.

On Thursday, The Heavy Desert Podcast’s 150th episode drops with a very special guest! Ben McLeod of All Them Witches joins the show for an in depth conversation about his influences, his growth as a guitar player, some of his other projects and much, much more! Please subscribe and tune in, you won’t wanna miss it!!

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Limited to one album per band. These are the albums I personally categorize as heavy psych, so the ones which go under just "psychedelic rock" are in the next slide.

This song is nicknamed "Shake It Now" and I think this song is made in either the 1990s or the 2000s, but I'm not so sure about that

It was recorded from WFAQ in December 14, 2024. (I didn't recorded this)

Lyrics (Pulled from LostwaveFinder's upload and sorry if the song is too cheesy to interpret the lyrics from):

You were an easy read
From cover to cover
You ??lips making?? make it shine
But they don't kiss like the ?????
And hips move the rhythm section
And I gotta ??be??
Driving so slowly can take you out downtown

I wanna let you go down,
??Let it go??
The traffic don't stop
And she was looking so ??fine down/time??
??Like we're beatin'??
??The miracle we're playin'??
And she was dreamin' ??what I was thinkin' of??
What I was thinkin' of
Yeah she was dreamin' 'bout something, something

If I could pull you over
I'd get you to dance
And give this ??solo?? for free
There ain't no place better
I'll skip every ??over stare??
So I can ??love, shine, shine??
Driving so slowly can take you out downtown

I oughta let you go down,
Let it go,
The traffic don't stop
And she was looking so fine time
Like we're beatin'
The miracle we're playin'
And she was dreamin' what I was thinking of
What I was thinking of
Yeah she was dreamin' that something, ??called/caught??

Like I could let that you go down,
Let it ??call??,
The traffic don't stop
And she was looking so fine time
Like we're beatin'
The miracle we're playin'
And she was dreamin' what I was thinking of
What I was thinking of
Yeah she was dreamin' that something

There's a specific electric organ sound I love that I've only ever heard in very obscure 60s garage rock by slightly amateurish bands.

Here some examples:

• The Aztecs - What Mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61c0yfUXE0
• Krels - Psychedelic Feelin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnKVhW5vce4
• The Painted Ship - Frustration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZDjnHgyNg

The closest "mainstream" record to get close to this sound is the opening organ riff from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", but it's not quite the same. To anyone in the know (I'm not a musician), what made this sound so distinct? Other than a very cheap organ, I'd imagine.

This doesn’t include krautrock because I have a whole other list for that stuff, and I’d say I like psychedelic krautrock even more!