My favorite psychedelic band has new music coming out and have a teaser single that seems timely, “Don’t Play With Guns.” It doesn’t totally blow me away, but lead singles from outside bands rarely do. I’m looking forward to the new CD, Indigo Meadows, which comes out on April 2 with a tour to follow…
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Interview Podcast
Tycho’s Electronic Designs – Echoes Podcast.
This past Tuesday we ran our interview with Scott Hansen of Tycho, but many of you probably missed it while you were battling Hurricane Sandy. Well, now you can hear it in all its glory as an Echoes Podcast. Here’s a taste of it below. For most of the last decade there has been a…
Program Highlights
Ozric Tentacles-Still Psychedelic After All These Years.
While retrofitting an interview with Ozric Tentacles to run on Echoes this Wednesday, April 4, I stumbled across this video interview and live performance from the band. The interview is pretty fluffy, but about half way in they go into their Colorado studio and play live in a great sounds and nicely produced segment. Ozric…
Reviews & Commentary
The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels Trip Out in Philly.
Two retro-Psychedelic Bands Rewire an Era. It was a psychedelic weekend in Philadelphia with two bands who are steeped in the sound and imagery of the late 60s,The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels. The Dandy Warhols, formed in 1993, are the veterans and at the Electric Factory on November 8, they took a stage…
Reviews & Commentary
TEN TANGERINE DREAM ALBUMS TO BLOW YOUR MIND
We pick ten favorite albums from over a hundred by legendary German electronic band, Tangerine Dream.
Reviews & Commentary
Life On Planet Gong: Echo Location
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGong-The Original Psychedelic Space Gypsies at 40. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with Gong’s music. The voyage of the original Star Trek ended in 1969, but another band of space travelers called Gong launched that year and they’re still wandering the galaxies. Gong is…
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Ozric Tentacles, Natural Born Chillers and YumYum Music
Ozric picks the fruit of The YumYum Tree & Natural Born Chillers Return Two slices of downtempo psychedelia have crossed over recently. Ozric Tentacles follows up their last studio album, The Floor Is Too Far Away with a new one called The YumYum Tree. It’s another foray of deeply electrified psychedelic journeys. Synthesizers pulse while…
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Another Beat Drops: Mitch Mitchell Dead at 61
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, passed away Wednesday, November 13 in Portland, Oregon. Mitchell, along with The Who’s Keith Moon and Cream‘s Ginger Baker changed the role of the rock and roll drummer from a four on the floor dance beat keeper, to a polyrhythmic dervish that pushed the music into…