The Third Wave of Psychedelia

A music/video/art blog that strives to cover the third wave of psychedelia...
locating and exposing psychedelic releases in music, video, and art
across the spectrum of genres, and in effect creating an
overwhelming sandwich of psychedelic proportions.

Saturday

TOBACCO - Maniac Meat

There is a lot to say about this album, but to start off, lets just say it is "in my pants", with that meaning that it is quite amazing and as fun as bobbing for apples or eating a full rack of meaty zesty ribs covered in sauce with a kick that makes you sweat. This is the kind of album that you turn up as loud as possible until you get slight ringing in your ears that throws you off balance. Electronic Madness.

Maniac Meat is the second album released by Tobacco, who is a one-man stint out of Pennsylvania also responsible for psychedelic indie electro-pop outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow (their 2009 album "Eating Us" is tittillating). Many of the sounds he uses in Black Moth Super Rainbow can be found in Tobacco's music. The major difference is that the overall sound feels more crunchy with a bass boost on pretty much everything. There are large hip-hop style beats and plenty of thick chainsaw-sounding analog synths that immerse you into the louder, more in-your-face world of Tobacco. If you can get your hands on it, there is a limited edition bonus CD-R entitled "Mystic Thickness" that was included with first-come copies of the album. Some videos for tracks from both the album and the bonus CD-R are below along with a track to stream on the player at the bottom of the page.





Tobacco - Motorlicker

From Mystic Thickness

Friday

Maximum Balloon

Maximum Balloon is Dave Sitek's new solo project. He is well known as the guitarist and record producer for TV on the Radio. The new project is essentially music created by him with a star guest vocalists on each track, including Dragon of Zynth's Aku Orracu-Tetteh, Brooklyn rapper Theophilus London, David Byrne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, among others. Track by track prose preview here.

In an interview with SF Station, he talks about how much of a sandwich of influences he is, which is pretty evident based on the diverse group of guest vocalists above. Dave grew up in Columbia, MD and fell in love with a style of music called D.C. hardcore. Once he got bored with that, he got into Jamaican music, psychedelic music, and English pop-synth music, which have all greatly affected the way he plays instruments and produces records. Marijuana has also contributed to his entrancing and orgasmic walls of sound. Understandable from a producer's standpoint, "there is no way I could play a song back to myself 3,000 times unless I was stoned. I don't ever want to repeat myself, so I try not to be too conscious of the process." In the past two years, he has produced albums for Foals, Scarlett Johansson, TV on the Radio, Telepathe, Iran, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pink Noise, Wale, Holly Miranda, and Daniel Higgs. Is marijuana the new ritalin?

Here is a music video for Maximum Balloon's "Tiger" with guest vocalist Aku (he sounds just like Tunde Adebimpe, it's absurd). Below that is another video presented by Esquire magazine featuring the same song and also featuring Daisy Lowe. If Sitek can listen to the same song 3,000 times, trust me, you can listen to the same song twice.





Another track and more commentary once the record comes out on August 31.

Wednesday

Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

Although this album was released in 2009, we didn't get a chance to write about it last year due to life's deep embrace into its very active bosom. This was a perfect '09 summer album so why not include it in your '10 summer listening quest if you havn't heard it yet. Rife with rampant sexual energy, fuzzed-out bass, blissed-out organ, ethereal Spiritualized-style guitar reverb and vocals, as well as some psychedelic freakouts, Summer of Hate is a fitting playlist for a summer of love. Crocodiles are signed to Fat Possum Records. They deliver a well-balanced mix of great driving bluesy rock tunes and fluttery hazy ballads.

Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

Their sophomore album is due for release this year. Below you will find a video for the first single "Sleep Forever." More on the album when it comes out, so check back often. Interesting to note that one of the producers is Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford, who has also worked with Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, and Peaches. If the below video track is a result of this new collaboration, I cannot wait to see more results. Listening to it makes me feel truly spiritualized. Would like to see them play at Austin Psych Fest.

Crocodiles - Groove is in the Heart / California Girls

Tuesday

How To Dress Well - "Decisions"

Monday

Nurses – “Winter”

Dream Cop (Tommy Davidson)

Via Pitchfork:
"Blacksburg, Va., artist Dream Cop is really multi-instrumentalist Tommy Davidson, but it only takes one listen to his gauzy tunes to understand why he works under such a somnambulant moniker. "Beach City/Carol I Know" is a hypnotic interpolation of portions of the Beach Boys' "That's Not Me" and "Caroline, No", while original composition "Marooned" is a more structured, shoegazey tune with chiming guitar tones and ghostly sighs. (via Get Off the Coast)"



mp3s

Dream Cop - Beach City-Carol I Know

Dream Cop - Marooned
 
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