I love bands like King Gizard, Fuzz, acid dad Kikagaku Moyo, Corey Hanson. It’s been a dry spell for me on searching for new music. Open to trying other sub genres. Thanks in advance!
- If you like Frankie and the Witch Fingers, I would recommend Wine Lips
The new Levitation Live release is great. Their KEXP spot on YouTube is also great.
Thanks for this recommendation. Pretty cool stuff
Rose City Band
Perfect summertime music
Khruangbin, The Murlocs, Glass Beams, Balthvs
Arc de Soleil in this vibe as well
+1 for Arc!
Somebody in this thread mentions it’s the work of one guy who basically makes royalty-free music? Like he’s not a touring act. It’s an interesting question if that changes how people experience the music.
Glass Beams!
You speak my music language.
Cheers, friend! Happy listening
Dope Lemon
Awesome band. Saw them live last year and it was amazing
Underrated. Love em
Oh Sees
Slift
Pond
I recommend thee oh sees to everyone and anyone I can
Slift is top 5 bands of all time, Ummon is a masterpiece and I am still digesting Ilion and enjoying the complexity of it, I think their first 2 releases are a blast to listen to, especially by the fire
Agreed with Ummon. Ilion has been harder to get into unfortunately, some of the vocals are too exaggerated and the mostly unchanging nature of the long songs puts it far below Ummon imo. Will say the ending of Nimh is crazy tho.
I just found Bog Monkey the other day. They sound a lot like Slift, check 'em out!
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Lazy Eyes, Club Kuru, Babe Rainbow, GUM!
MGMT
- Witch (Seer is such a good song holy f)
- Elder
- Goat
Just discovered The Lazy Eyes — insane grooves
The new Nolan potter is 🔥
King Buffalo The Black Angels All Them Witches
Three of my favorite bands
Yes, yes, and hell yes!
You might like No Man’s Valley too: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jD0Ncvb7hns3vVEOedsnf
Just saw Minami deutscsh for the first time this weekend . Unbelievable
Saw them in Detroit a few weeks ago and they were indeed awesome…and then Earthless played and leveled the joint. Absolutely SICK.
They did a really good job
Meatbodies!
MEATBODIES!
Just saw them live. They fuck shit up!
So did I! Hell yeah they do.
Saw them live in NYC this weekend! Thought population II was supposed to open for them (they’re awesome, another good rec) but they got swapped out last min. Last min openers were still rad (95 Bulls).
Damn, MJ was there?
Came to recommend them! They just released a new album recently. Chad also plays bass for Fuzz!
Altin Gun, Causa Sui, Naxatras are definitely worth checking out...
Altin Gun live rips
Naxatras III is one of my favorite albums ever.
Love Altin Gun, haven't listened to them much but they rip asf
Karl Denson Tiny Universe.. funky jazz fusion. 🎷🎶⚡
He was dope life.. he’s also jacked AF
All Them Witches, King Buffalo, Earthless, The Heads.
Upvote for ATW every time.
Going to add the Black Angels.
Edit: I no spel gud
Yes, I saw Black Angels open for Queens of the Stone Age on Era Vulgaris tour and added all their albums to my collection .I reccomend the DVD Night of the Vampire, where BA back up Roky Erikson.
Sounds like a hell of a show. Nice.
You might want to check out No Man’s Valley as wel; https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jD0Ncvb7hns3vVEOedsnf
Uluru by Earthless makes me feel like drugs no matter how sober I am haha
I mentioned them, I love their levitation session and saw them at Shakes Knees 2022. They are a perfect blend of psych and indie for me for some chill settings or a good car ride
Well damn, then Nolan Potter x2, Night Beats, and Holy Wave
Does anyone know if Acid Dad is still an active band? They haven’t posted on Instagram in like a year. Nor have they released any music I’m aware of.
The pet sounds album by the beach boys. Stereo versions. In dark with headphones
You are not the first person to recommend this same experience to me, I haven’t done it yet, but tonight might be the night
I always thought of the beach boys as kinda gimmicky but had heard that album was great. I’d even listened to it before a while ago. I watched love and mercy again recently and it piqued my interest. So i got high and put it on
All the lyrics spoke to me on a very deep level. And they are presented so beautifully in the songs. Its the number 2 album on rolling stones for a reason.
After pet sounds, they started working on Smile. Did a ton of work on it but never finished it. Moved on.
40ish years later brian wilson finally went back and rearranged and finished the songs and did a live recording. Then the record label released an album based on his arrangements with the old recordings they had. There is also a 6.5 hour album called the smile sessions with a bunch of skits and alternate versions or partial versions of the songs.
The stories with the band are all super interesting.
New maidavale album came out today. Absolutely incredible
Here you go OP.....
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55ZIz1yXdDRcTsS23iP3pS?si=dtEnQEs1Si-I8OOLVwR42A&pi=u-K36yqunYSpaA
40+ psych rock bands from all over the world.
12 of my liked songs on here and I haven't even scrolled down very far. Liked and subscribed!
Update: I want to be your concert buddy. The perfect balance of existing favorites and enough new stuff to inspire further exploration. Been listening for days and there's no duds!
I appreciate the compliment! I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Always looking to add more.
Black Market Karma, Dead Ghosts, Dark Dazey, Magic Shoppe
OMG I love Magic Shoppe!! So much! Also recommend Warlocks, Black Angels, Ghost Woman, New Candys
+1 Black Angels!
Khruangbin, Ali Farka Toure, Conan, Boards of Canada, That Mexican OT
Vibes all over the place, but vibes nonetheless
Os Mutantes
Rishloo, Somali Yacht Club, Weedeater, Circles Around the Sun, Gorm, Pyramid, My Sleeping Karma, Elder
I love Post Animal. (Not as much the last full album, but all the rest!)
Spoon Benders
Saw them with the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets recently. Tons of fun and bought some vinyl to take some.
Their album was one of my favorites last year.
That's good to hear because I'll be seeing both on the 18th and had never heard of Spoon Benders.
Babe rainbow. Psychedelic p0rn crumpets. The black angels. Gum.
Just spend the summer getting to know the El Paraiso catalog. Maybe start with Causa Sui's summer sessions.
This.
King Buffalo, Elder, Lespecial
Didn't see this in the comments yet but Austin TV is the Mexican answer to Kikagaku Moyo.
Can't go wrong with Pond, Beans, and basically anyone from Australia who knows how to play guitar.
I may be 6 years late and it's a loose fit for the listed bands but Broncho is super fun sexy grungey power pop.
La Femme has a vibe all their own.
Wine Lips brings the psych punk energy in a very accessible way.
Seems like everyone is sleeping on Abraxas given it's the cross pollination of The Night Beats and Los Bitchos.
If any of those lick your brain I can point you in the direction for more.
Pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs
I second, third and fourth this!
over 400 hrs with a big chunk manually categorized consisting of Neo/Heavy Psychedelic, Grunge , Heavy Shoe-Gaze, Stoner Rock , Doom/Folk , Groovy Blues, Prog…..The list goes on, enjoy
I’ll check this thanks!
Hey I appreciate that, it’s been a project of mine for a few years now. Some sections will get a bit bumpy but tried to make it balanced. Cheers!
Fuck yeah Corey Hanson! His album Western Cum was my favorite release of last year. Obviously if you haven’t checked out his band Wand, you oughta!
Sasquatch. Monster magnet. King buffalo. Fu Manchu.
Gotta try SLIFT yo! And to anyone here should do the same.
Castle Rat just released their debut and they are solid.
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
I can't stop listening to Mildlife.
Theirs a few albums I highly highly recommend. They may not be modern psychedelic essentials yet, but trust me. They will be.
Black Moth Super Rainbow Cobra Juicy
Morgan Delt might be the most psychedelic album I've ever heard. You really feel like your on some fucked acid.
Drakkar Nowhere is a sleeper. Mixes alot of prog and psych. Crazily the dudes behind it are also behind alot of modern soul & disco. If you like it check out The Phenomenal Handclap Band.
Black Moth Super Rainbow is one of the all time greatest projects. Its synth based with lots of drum machines, vocoded singing, and heavy guitars. Occasionally hitting both folk and drone. If you like it the artist also goes by Tobacco which is more hip-hop oriented. Hes worked with both Beck and Trent Reznor.
I love Black moth super rainbow. I’ve tripped so hard to dandelion gum back in the day and I love Tobaco’s Fucked up friends album. Will give these other ones a shot
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
They're like a fun comfy 70s horror movie that you're watching while smoking weed with your friends.
Flower Kings. Marillion. Transatlantic. Spock's Beard.
Pond new album coming out June 21 check them out if u like kgatlw they know each other and members of both bands are collating rn
it's time for a goat discog deep dive. I would start with this levitation sessions vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMuGxuJuv0
Earthless, Slomosa, Nebula, Black Rainbows, Mothership, Graveyard, Mondo Drag, Mars Red Sky, Killer Boogie are some that I've been getting really into. Most have a bit heavier feel, yet still super mellow. Some really killer guitar riffs and drum fills in that mix if you like that sorta thing.
Somali yacht club
Astronausea
Weedpecker
Glass beams
Black Angels
Canopy
Check out Captain Howdy & The Sunset Serenaders, they do a good variety of things and have some stuff coming out soon
Aliens, Hidria Spacefolk, Astra, Grizzly Bear, Midlake,
Nolan potter
Hear the new Dead Ghost album is pretty good!
Dusty Mush, Fomies, Karkara, The WRS, Psychic Void, Chorduroy, Fake Indians.
Crack Cloud
I would definitely recommend Year of October out of Nashville. Stoner-rock/fuzzy heavy blues with a female singer. They’re latest album Keep On Fighting is awesome and I just picked it up on cassette.
Here’s a small psych band I’m obsessed with:
https://queenblackacid.bandcamp.com/album/parable-of-the-sower
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNjkMGgDWaM&pp=ygUENHRhYg%3D%3D
Shhhhhhhh secret psychedelic glam post punk album leak for your Summer enjoyment 🙏🏻 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjYPfQCfv7awnNf7r_ac6S5yt4uJhZqn
I've been doing an album of the day with my friend who also loves psych rock. it spans all genres but I can send you more psychedelic albums if you want.
13th Floor Elevators
SLIFT and Magic Machine
Dråpe. Cant recommend them enough
The Atomic Clock Starts with The Sun ends with The Moon. Enjoy the ride 🚀
I’ve been obsessed with the holy wave as of late. You might also dig wand.
The Brian Jonestown massacre
Night Moves
The new Meatbodies record is great! It's called Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom.
Curveballs - Bully, Courtney Barnett, Sleater Kinney, and more obviously psychedelic Sonic Youth
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Frankie and the Witch Fingers
And The Bobby Lees. Little more punk than psych but sick.
wax machine
Particularly for the summer, I’d recommend what has been called the epitome of summer nostalgia vibes in the psych pop realm, “Dreamdrive” by Aura Blaze: https://youtu.be/jcYvXEC8cAs?si=VAhoh9aw5aQCpKbU
Not for me, my friend. Thanks for the rec though!
No problem!
Ultimate Spinach - Behold and See album is the best.
Fly Golden Eagle
I like a lot of international stuff lately. The new Acid Rooster (Flowers & Dead Souls) is good. FireFriend had a new album, RCKNRLL. Acid Mothers Temple and Minami Deutsch are great. I also recommend Speck's new album Eine Gute Reise. If you like Kikagaku Moyo's more chill/ambient tracks you might like Upupayāma.
Go electro! Mindchatter, Franc Moody, Offthewally, Spoonbill
Surprise Chef, Mildlife, Chartreuse, The Natural Yogurt Band, Cousin Kula, Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Some albums I find to be psychedelic which I’ve been really digging this past winter:
Mint - Orions Belte
Villa Amorini - Orions Belte
Star Stuff - Chaz Bundick & Mattson 2
Mahal - Toro y Moi
Untourable Album - Men I Trust
Paracosm - Washed Out
Pronounced McGee - Mk.gee
Mixtape - Bobbing
Year of the Newt - Bobbing
Thank You For Singing To Me - Bobbing
Get greasy… Mr Bill, Ott., Of the Trees, Artifakts, Vincent Antone, Maddy O’Neal, K+Lab
Creature with an atom brain
13 floor elevators
Well water conspiracy
Dead moon
Jay retard
R.m.f.c.
Masters of Reality
Some of this is psych adjacent, but kind of similar.
Urge Overkill - “What is Artane” 90’s substance abuse rock. Truly tripped out motherfuckers.
Check out Five and Tens new album Brothers in the Groove!
Check out Los Toms, Ritmo Cascabel, The Crooked Rugs
Ozric tentacles or Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. 😎
Check out Orange Juice by No Man’s Valley; https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jD0Ncvb7hns3vVEOedsnf
Moon Safari and The Virgin Suicides by Air.
"Flock" and 'Love in Constant Spectacle" by Jane Weaver.
The oh Sees is a good pick
Some popular, some not, but all really great: Khruangbin, Arc de Soleil, Robohands, Sunguine, Move 78, The Murlocs
Night Fishing
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Matty (I'll Glady Place Myself Below You)
DEFINITELY check out YinYin (The Album The Rabbits That Hunts Tigers)
Skinshape (Live by the Day)
Crumb (Locket)
Tipper for a more psychedelic jazz kind of style but really this is a good one
The grateful dead
New Age Healers, good pop.
I've been listening to Rose City Band a lot lately.
1000mods, the devil and the almighty blues, brutus
might be more stoner than psych but all still well worth checking out
GIFT, Squid, IDLES, Holy Wave, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, levitation room, Geese, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Yoo Doo Right, Tibetan Miracle Seeds, Acid Dad
Wine lips, psychedelic porn crumpets, ORB
Apache Dropout - Heavy Window
Wizzard Sleeve - Make The World Go Away
King Khan & The Shrines - Idle No More
Rick White - Plays The Sadies
Wavves - King of the Beach
Redd Kross - Neurotica
Mrs. Magician - Bermuda
Spurious Transients - Something Strange Came Out Of The Sky
The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
Kinski - Alpine Static
Frankie and the witch fingers has a similar vibe to some king gizzard's stuff
Viagra Boys, Babe Rainbow, Billy Strings, Khruangbin, Weedpecker
Electric Octopus has a 4 hour album that im IN LOVE with currently called “driving under the influence of jams”
Wooden Shjips, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Tommy Guerrero, Stoned Jesus, Sleepy Sun, Black Mountain, Samsara Blues Experiment, Rose Windows, Psychic Ills, Possum, Moon Duo, King Buffalo, Yawning Man, Dead Meadow, Heron Oblivion
Eggy is a cool, up and coming jam band
If you like Kikagaku check out the rest of their label - Guruguru Brain. Dhidalah’s record Sensoria is a slept on favorite. Mong Tong rips as well
Black Lips. Mtvghosts. Reverse Cowboys. Cams Jams. Modern Shag.
As an absolute KG stan, I've been looking into KG's (speculative) influences recently. Might be fun to check out bands like CAN, Hawkwind, NEU, Stereolab, and Thee Oh Sees. If you end up digging CAN or NEU, I highly recommend modern krautrock-influenced bands like Minami Deutsch or Holy Fuck.
Other influences on psych through the years, even if not so directly on KG, might include old prog rockers like The Moody Blues or King Crimson.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is pretty damn good. If you like their guitar work you might check out Khruangbin or Popol Vuh, another old krautrock group that happens to look uncannily like a German King Gizzard. Might also check out Altin Gun if you like KG's microtonal/Turkish-inspired stuff. Turkish psych rock is a rabbit hole that I myself have yet to go down, but Altin Gun is a good modern starting place to work backwards from. Others have recommended Glass Beams as well, who have a similar vibe to Khruangbin or Altin Gun. I also got into Beats Antique pretty early on, who have that sort of vibe but with a less rock-centric and slightly more electronic bent.
If you like Tame Impala, check out Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys.
That's all I got for now!
BONUS EDIT: Did you like the Silver Cord by King Gizzard? Check out Shpongle
Mildlife, Maha Sohona, The Re-Stoned are my current obsessions.
That said, I discover new music using music-map.com It's an amazing little page.
W E E N
Brainstory, Oracle Sisters and maybe some african psyjazz? Mulatu Astatke is so cool
Visual Eyes - Alone
The Juice Is Okay! 8 album catalog. 6 albums from 2021, different genres, rumors that they’re working on 6-7 more at the moment 👀
Maquina. New album Prata
Lazy eyes, gonies, babe rainbow, murlocs
Billy Strings
My band just dropped and LP with a couple songs that might be up your alley, check out Crystal Bowl or Mushroom Valley (song) https://open.spotify.com/album/0zs2DtACOtfOfVVJKeUHDt?si=9h3GhD7qQ5ubyMrAegtHug
If you can’t find new then go back in time because there’s always something you missed
3/23/73 dead. First wall of sound show. Dose yourself and enjoy
Checkout Florigin :)
If you like Kikagaku Moyo, check out Minami Deutsch, To Yo, Upupayama, Maya Ongaku
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mT1NYfSTul2RtqMtMZI1a?si=C1k9V5OBSauUpVA0o4Advg&pi=u-rXqw3Vv_RHaQ
here is my psychedelia super-playlist it’s got psychedelia from all around the world plus different genres ranging from heavier rock to jazz and jazz fusion maybe it’s worth a listen to try and discover some new artists/songs
Khruangbin
You should listen to Phish.
Frankie and the Witch Fingers...
https://frankieandthewitchfingers.bandcamp.com/music