The best psychedelia of today?

I don't know of many neo-psychedelic bands, but The Soundtrack Of Our Lives is one of the best bands making music right now, no matter what the genre.

In my opinion, their Origin, Vol. 1 has been the best album released so far this year.

If you like psychedelia, check it out!

list your favorites too!

 

The Flaming Lips is a psychedelic band. They have VERY psychedelic lyrics and interesting and creative music, I just don't like the singer.

What else, plenty of jam bands around. A lot of electronic music could be called psychedelia now. Medeski Martin and Wood play some psychdelic Jazz

 

I don't like jambands... I'm talking about 60's-sound revival bands

 

Lamp of the universe is a good one, but I'm not sure if they are still active.

 

Some other good ones whom I've found:

Of Montreal
The Church
Mercury Rev
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves (not very psychedelic, but they sound like early Stones, when they were still a blues band !)
The National
The Sights
The Zincs


I want to find more.

 

strange that people don't talk of a popular band like

-The Vines (highly evolved LP 2002 in priority)
-The Soundrack of our Lives (Behind the Music LP 2002 and they are probably the main Oasis influence at the moment)

-The Bees (Free the Bees LP 2004) good british pop rock resurecting directly from the late 60' swinging london and a little weirdo

there are many others psych. actual artists that i can't remember right now

 

the flaming lips of course. And Acid Mothers Temple (probably the most psychedelic of all music), the Beta Band, Olivia Tremor Control, Primal Scream, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

 

Yeah the Primal Scream are trippy too...
It's impossible to find the Brian Jonestown Massacre out here...a friend told me that they were a sort of Psychedelic Dandy Warhols!

I've hear people talk about the Olivia Tremor Control...it's a strange band from the middle 90's.

The Acid Mothers Temple are Japanese...real mushroom eaters

and the Beta Band yeahhh i definitly forgot them, i like their 3 first EP's and the two last album ...




I will put another band in the list , near of The Brian Jonestown Massacre style

-The Warlocks are really essential trippers (the leader was in the Brian Jonestown Massacre)

 

http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/mp3.php
Damn... it appears that they don't allow downloads of single tracks anymore, but instead yo have to DL the entire album as a .zip file... that'd take forever!

I'm checking out Acid Mothers Temple right now... thanks!

 

most Acid Mothers Temple songs are no shorter than 15 minutes long...
damn 56k! oh well, i get to go to the record/music store tomorrow, i'll look for 'em there. :H

 

OK . You might also want to check out Kula Shaker, another great britpop/psychedelic band, heavily influenced by the sixties, the beatles and indian music (sitars, ...).

 

I've started DLing K... thanks!

 

lots of good stuff already mentioned there


for me some of the best modern psychedelia is being produced by the current new underground folk scene in Finland by the likes of
Kemialliset Ystävät
Avarus
Islaja
Lau Nau
Kuupuu
Aekie
Anaksimandros
Eloine
Es
Keijo
Päivänsäde
Uton
Vapaa
Ville Moskitto

also worth checking are some of their North American and British counterparts such as

The Jewelled Antler Collective (Birdtree, Ivytree, Skygreen Leopards, Child Readers, Buried Civilizations, Franciscan Hobbies, Hala Strana and others)
Hush Arbors
Golden Oaks
Juniper Meadows
Fursaxa
Davenport
Broken Blackbird Ensemble
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band

Australia's Musicyourmindwillloveyou collective have released some of the best psychedelic albums IMHO in 2004 and 2005 by acts such as
Brothers of The Occult Sisterhood
Terracid

 

he has a new album coming out on the Hand/Eye label later this year

 

Colour Haze is one of my favourites at the moment, it's heavy psych and has a lot of krautrock influences.

 

secret machines

flaming lips
radiohead

 

ive been listening to a lot of electronic music that, when under the influence of psychedelics, morphs into colors and shapes. the sounds smash into your brain and swirl about in a beautiful vortex of amazing patterns and impossible colors.

afx
aphex twin
squarepusher
beefcake
orphan
telephone jim jesus

lots more....

 

This is awesome! thanks for creating and contributing to the post guys.

 

acouple that havent been mentioned(at least dont think they have) :

Animal Collective: I concider them pretty psychedelic, its really crazy experimental folk thats fun to listen to!

Dungen: They a really good psych/rock group from sweden. I think they are really worth checking out.

 

Yeah i remember them ...it was one of the leader of the Britpop movement & their first album " K " was n 1 in England for a few weeks...
I was a fan at that time...but for people who is interessed in , i recommend them their 2nd and last album.
Their second album "Peasants , Pigs, And Astronauts" (1999) is more mature and sophisticated.


Somebody talk about the Secret Machines...yeahhh their are definitly Progressive rock ultimate band....a sort of Muse in much much better