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| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| It’s Psychedelic Baby! psychedelicbabymag.com Music portal | Interviews, rare records and psychedelic underground histories. |
| The Obelisk theobelisk.net Music portal | Heavy psych, stoner and doom reviews and premieres. |
| Shindig! shindig-magazine.com Music portal | Sixties psychedelia, garage, folk and new bands. |
| Echoes And Dust echoesanddust.com Music portal | Reviews and interviews covering experimental and heavy music. |
| Technicolor Web of Sound techwebsound.com Music portal | Radio and an encyclopedia of sixties psychedelic rock. |
| Terrascope terrascope.co.uk Music portal | Psych folk, independent records and an interview archive. |
| Aquarium Drunkard aquariumdrunkard.com Music portal | A music journal exploring psychedelia, folk, jazz and overlooked records. |
| Bandcamp Daily daily.bandcamp.com Music portal | Genre guides and features on independent music scenes. |
| Raven Sings The Blues ravensingstheblues.com Music portal | Independent releases spanning garage, folk and psychedelia. |
| The Quietus thequietus.com Music portal | In-depth interviews and reviews of alternative music. |
| Doomed & Stoned doomedandstoned.com Music portal | Interviews, premieres and reviews of doom and heavy psychedelia. |
| Doom Charts doomcharts.com Music portal | Monthly heavy music selections compiled by music writers. |
| The Sleeping Shaman thesleepingshaman.com Music portal | Doom, sludge and heavy psychedelia: reviews and interviews. |
| Stoner HiVe stonerhive.blogspot.com Music portal | Short reviews of stoner rock, psychedelia and heavy underground music. |
| Weirdo Shrine weirdoshrine.wordpress.com Music portal | Conversations with musicians from unusual and experimental scenes. |
| Psychedelic Jukebox psychedelicjukebox.com Music portal | Internet radio with sixties psychedelia, garage and surf. |
| Louder Than War louderthanwar.com Music portal | Independent music, live reports and artist interviews. |
| The Vinyl District thevinyldistrict.com Music portal | Vinyl culture, music discoveries and conversations about records. |
| Brainwashed brainwashed.com Music portal | Reviews of experimental music, drone and electronics. |
| PopMatters popmatters.com Music portal | Music essays and reviews, including psychedelia and the avant-garde. |
| Foxy Digitalis foxydigitalis.zone Music portal | Experimental records, ambient and independent sound worlds. |
| Freq freq.org.uk Music portal | A British journal covering experimental music and psychedelia. |
| Record Crates United recordcratesunited.com Music portal | Psychedelia, free jazz and overlooked records for curious listeners. |
| The Wire thewire.co.uk Music portal | Experimental music, improvisation and unusual music scenes. |
| Aural Aggravation auralaggravation.com Music portal | Underground reviews from dark ambient to noisy sludge. |
Classic psychedelia 25
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| Grateful Dead dead.net Artist website | American psychedelia, long jams and an extensive live archive. |
| Soft Machine softmachine.org Artist website | Canterbury psychedelia that evolved into jazz rock. |
| Caravan officialcaravan.co.uk Artist website | A warm Canterbury blend of psychedelia, prog and jazz. |
| Strawbs strawbsweb.co.uk Artist website | British folk rock with psychedelic and progressive branches. |
| Roky Erickson rokyerickson.com Artist website | The voice of 13th Floor Elevators; garage psych and dark solo songs. |
| The Crazy World of Arthur Brown thegodofhellfire.com Artist website | Theatrical psychedelia with organ and striking vocals. |
| Curt Boettcher / The Millennium highmoonrecords.com Label page | Sunshine psychedelic pop with layered vocal harmonies. |
| Love highmoonrecords.com Label page | Arthur Lee’s band: garage, folk and chamber psychedelia. |
| Ace of Cups highmoonrecords.com Label page | An all-women San Francisco band blending psychedelia, blues and soul. |
| The Sons of Adam highmoonrecords.com Label page | A sixties garage band featuring Randy Holden’s guitar. |
| Fifty Foot Hose fiftyfoothose.bandcamp.com Artist page | San Francisco psychedelia with early electronic experiments. |
| The Electric Prunes electricprunes67.com Artist website | American garage psychedelia with fuzz and unusual effects. |
| The Seeds acerecords.co.uk Label page | Sky Saxon's garage psychedelia: organ, drive and catchy riffs. |
| The Incredible String Band wmg.jp Label page | British psychedelic folk with instruments from different traditions. |
| Comus comusmusic.co.uk Artist website | Dark acoustic psych folk with tense rhythms and wild vocals. |
| Blossom Toes cherryred.co.uk Label page | Inventive British psychedelic pop from the late sixties. |
| Mighty Baby cherryred.co.uk Label page | British psychedelia with flowing guitar jams. |
| July cherryred.co.uk Label page | British psych rock with garage sound and studio eccentricity. |
| Byzantium cherryred.co.uk Label page | British rock bridging psychedelia and progressive forms. |
| Mellow Candle cherryred.co.uk Label page | Irish psychedelic folk rock with two female voices. |
| High Tide cherryred.co.uk Label page | Heavy British psychedelia with electric violin. |
| Khan cherryred.co.uk Label page | Cosmic Canterbury rock featuring Steve Hillage's guitar. |
| Fat Mattress cherryred.co.uk Label page | Melodic British psychedelic folk rock from the late sixties. |
| Peter Bardens cherryred.co.uk Label page | Keyboard psychedelia and early prog from the future Camel musician. |
| Bill Fay cherryred.co.uk Label page | Reflective songs between folk, chamber rock and psychedelia. |
Neo-psychedelia 27
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| Temples templestheband.com Artist website | Melodic psychedelic pop with a rich vintage sound. |
| The Black Angels theblackangels.com Artist website | Dark Texas psychedelia with a pulsing garage rhythm. |
| Wooden Shjips woodenshjips.bandcamp.com Artist page | Minimal guitar loops, drone and hypnotic rhythms. |
| Moon Duo moonduo.bandcamp.com Artist page | A guitar-and-synth duo with motorik pulse and psychedelic groove. |
| Goat goat.bandcamp.com Artist page | Swedish psychedelia with funk, percussion and a ritual atmosphere. |
| Psychic Ills psychicills.bandcamp.com Artist page | Slow psychedelia between drone, blues and country. |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre brianjonestownmassacre.com Artist website | Anton Newcombe’s retro psychedelia, garage and dream pop. |
| The Warlocks thewarlocks.com Artist website | Dense guitar drone, repetition and dark psychedelic rock. |
| Dungen dungen-music.com Artist website | Swedish psychedelia with folk melodies and jazz improvisation. |
| Dead Meadow heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Heavy guitar riffs beneath hazy sixties-inspired psychedelic melodies. |
| Giöbia heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Italian acid rock with cosmic textures and hypnotic grooves. |
| Black Rainbows heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Italian stoner, space rock and dense psychedelic fuzz. |
| Spirit Mother heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Dark psychedelic rock with expressive violin. |
| Ananda Mida heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Italian psychedelia with progressive forms and warm riffs. |
| The Pilgrim heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Acoustic melodies, folk and a sunlit psychedelic atmosphere. |
| The Flying Eyes heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Baltimore psychedelic blues rock with vintage heaviness. |
| The Freeks heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Garage psychedelia with punk drive and heavy fuzz. |
| Glitter Wizard heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Psychedelic hard rock with synthesizers and glam theatrics. |
| Fuzz fuzz-band.bandcamp.com Artist page | Heavy garage rock with overloaded guitar and psychedelic solos. |
| The Oscillation theoscillation.bandcamp.com Artist page | British neo-psychedelia: motorik, drone and guitar reverb. |
| The Limiñanas theliminanas.bandcamp.com Artist page | French garage, spoken vocals and cinematic psychedelia. |
| Allah-Las allahlas.com Artist website | Californian garage pop with surf and gentle psychedelia. |
| Sunfruits sunfruits.bandcamp.com Artist page | Australian psychedelic pop with bright melodies. |
| Rose City Band rosecityband.bandcamp.com Artist page | Psychedelic country with spacious guitars and gentle grooves. |
| The Myrrors themyrrors.bandcamp.com Artist page | Desert psychedelia with drones and free improvisation. |
| Espers dragcity.com Label page | Chamber psych folk with acoustic textures and dense guitars. |
| Birds of Maya dragcity.com Label page | Unrestrained psychedelic jams rooted in garage and blues. |
Krautrock & kosmische 25
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| CAN / Spoon Records spoonrecords.com Artist website | Repetitive rhythms, studio experiments and free improvisation. |
| NEU! / Grönland Records groenland.com Label page | Minimal motorik: a steady pulse and long guitar lines. |
| Tangerine Dream tangerinedreammusic.com Artist website | Kosmische electronics, sequencer patterns and expansive soundscapes. |
| Guru Guru guru-guru.com Artist website | Mani Neumeier’s krautrock: jams, unusual rhythms and experiments. |
| Amon Düül II universalmusic.fr Label page | Munich krautrock with long improvisations and unusual compositions. |
| Faust faust.bandcamp.com Artist page | Avant-garde krautrock: collage, noise and unusual studio ideas. |
| Agitation Free agitationfree.com Artist website | Instrumental krautrock with electronics and Eastern colours. |
| KRAAN kraan.bandcamp.com Artist page | Groovy German jazz rock with psychedelic improvisation. |
| Embryo embryo.jimdosite.com Artist website | Krautrock, jazz and musical traditions from around the world. |
| Popol Vuh popolvuh.bandcamp.com Artist page | Florian Fricke’s spiritual kosmische music and Herzog soundtracks. |
| Camera bureau-b.com Label page | Modern Berlin motorik with guitars and synthesizers. |
| Cluster bureau-b.com Label page | Electronic miniatures, cyclical rhythms and open sound forms. |
| Conrad Schnitzler bureau-b.com Label page | Abstract electronics and layered studio experiments. |
| Datashock bureau-b.com Label page | Collective cosmic improvisations and fluid psychedelic sound. |
| Die Wilde Jagd bureau-b.com Label page | Psychedelic electronics, ritual rhythms and German lyrics. |
| Dieter Moebius bureau-b.com Label page | Inventive electronics from the Cluster and Harmonia musician. |
| Günter Schickert bureau-b.com Label page | Guitar and echo form continuous minimalist patterns. |
| Harald Grosskopf bureau-b.com Label page | Cosmic electronics with living rhythms and sequencer pulses. |
| Heldon bureau-b.com Label page | Richard Pinhas's French electronic prog with forceful guitar. |
| Peter Baumann bureau-b.com Label page | Berlin School electronics, atmospheric synths and cinematic melodies. |
| Riechmann bureau-b.com Label page | Melodic German electronics between Berlin and Düsseldorf. |
| Rüdiger Lorenz bureau-b.com Label page | Home-recorded kosmische electronics and rare cassette recordings. |
| Supersempfft bureau-b.com Label page | Playful cosmic pop with homemade electronic rhythms. |
| Adelbert von Deyen bureau-b.com Label page | Cosmic synthesizer textures with rock and motorik rhythms. |
| Asmus Tietchens bureau-b.com Label page | Abstract electronic experiments and eccentric synthesizer pop. |
Space rock 27
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| Hawkwind hawkwind.com Artist website | British space rock: guitar riffs, electronics and cosmic themes. |
| Gong gongband.com Artist website | Cosmic psychedelia, jazz rock and eccentric musical mythology. |
| Ozric Tentacles ozrics.com Artist website | Instrumental space rock with synths and dance rhythms. |
| Nektar nektarsmusic.com Artist website | Cosmic progressive rock with extended suites. |
| Hidria Spacefolk hidriaspacefolk.st Artist website | Finnish instrumental space rock with percussion and electronics. |
| Earthless earthlessofficial.com Artist website | Heavy instrumental jams and long guitar solos. |
| Colour Haze colourhaze.de Artist website | Warm heavy psychedelic rock with expansive jams. |
| Electric Moon electricmoon.bandcamp.com Artist page | Dense fuzz, spontaneous improvisation and cosmic guitar flows. |
| Øresund Space Collective oresundspacecollective.bandcamp.com Artist page | Free space-rock improvisations from a Scandinavian collective. |
| Vespero vespero.ru Artist website | Instrumental psychedelia from Astrakhan: space rock, kraut and prog. |
| White Hills heavypsychsounds.com Label page | New York space rock with noisy guitars and electronic pulse. |
| Farflung heavypsychsounds.com Label page | American space rock with synths and overloaded guitars. |
| The Cosmic Dead heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Scottish long-form improvisations, fuzz and cosmic noise. |
| Ecstatic Vision heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Trance-like space rock with heavy riffs and wild percussion. |
| Yawning Man heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Instrumental desert rock with flowing atmospheric guitars. |
| Big Scenic Nowhere heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Desert psychedelia with progressive turns and long jams. |
| Causa Sui causasui.bandcamp.com Artist page | Danish instrumental jams between psychedelia and jazz rock. |
| Papir papir.bandcamp.com Artist page | Danish instrumental rock with gradual development and atmospheric guitars. |
| Mythic Sunship mythicsunship.bandcamp.com Artist page | Free heavy jams with cosmic psychedelia and jazz. |
| Kanaan kanaanband.bandcamp.com Artist page | Norwegian instrumental jams: heavy psychedelia and jazz rock. |
| Kungens Män kungensman.bandcamp.com Artist page | Swedish free improvisation with psychedelia and motorik rhythms. |
| Agusa agusaband.bandcamp.com Artist page | Swedish instrumental psych prog with flute and organ. |
| 35007 35007.bandcamp.com Artist page | Dutch instrumental space rock with heavy cosmic riffs. |
| Naxatras naxatras.bandcamp.com Artist page | Greek psychedelia with analogue sound and free guitar jams. |
| Somali Yacht Club somaliyachtclub.bandcamp.com Artist page | Lviv psychedelic rock between stoner, shoegaze and post-rock. |
| SLIFT slift.bandcamp.com Artist page | French trio: powerful space rock, long forms and garage energy. |
| Black Bombaim blackbombaim.bandcamp.com Artist page | Portuguese instrumental improvisations with heavy psychedelia. |
Japanese psychedelic rock 26
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| Kikagaku Moyo kikagakumoyoggb.bandcamp.com Artist page | Japanese psych folk with sitar and free-flowing jams. |
| maya ongaku gurugurubrain.space Label page | Gentle, organic psychedelia from coastal Enoshima. |
| Minami Deutsch gurugurubrain.space Label page | Tokyo motorik: persistent repetition and minimalist grooves. |
| Dhidalah gurugurubrain.space Label page | Heavy Tokyo psychedelia between doom, krautrock and ambient. |
| Satomimagae gurugurubrain.space Label page | Intimate acid folk: guitar, quiet voice and subtle noise. |
| Sundays & Cybele gurugurubrain.space Label page | Hokkaido guitar psychedelia rooted in Japanese rock of the sixties and seventies. |
| Acid Mothers Temple acidmothers.com Artist website | Cosmic improvisation, drone and explosive guitar streams. |
| Boris boris.bandcamp.com Artist page | Japanese trio between heavy psychedelia, drone and noise. |
| Les Rallizes Dénudés lesrallizesdenudes-official.com Artist website | Japanese underground archive: repeating riffs and dense feedback. |
| Suishou No Fune suishounofune.bandcamp.com Artist page | Ghostly voices and free guitar journeys from Tokyo. |
| Go Kurosawa gokurosawa.bandcamp.com Artist page | Layered solo recordings by the Kikagaku Moyo musician. |
| Ghost dragcity.com Label page | Japanese psychedelic folk with acoustic and electric improvisation. |
| The Silence dragcity.com Label page | Masaki Batoh's band: folk, psychedelia and heavy guitar bursts. |
| Masaki Batoh dragcity.com Label page | Acoustic rituals and psychedelic experiments by the founder of Ghost. |
| Cosmic Invention dragcity.com Label page | Japanese heavy psychedelic jams with members of Ghost and White Heaven. |
| DMBQ dragcity.com Label page | Wild Japanese rock: blues riffs, noise and psychedelia. |
| White Heaven whiteheaven.bandcamp.com Artist page | Tokyo psychedelic rock with fluid guitars and tense songs. |
| Mainliner mainliner.bandcamp.com Artist page | Overdriven Japanese acid rock at the edge of noise. |
| Ohkami No Jikan ohkaminojikan.bandcamp.com Artist page | Slow psychedelic songs and dark guitar drones. |
| You Ishihara youishihara.bandcamp.com Artist page | Solo songs and guitar psychedelia by the White Heaven musician. |
| High Rise highrise.bandcamp.com Artist page | High-speed Tokyo trio with fuzz and free guitar solos. |
| Shizuka shizukatokyo.bandcamp.com Artist page | Fragile songs, distant vocals and searing guitar solos. |
| Nagisa Ni Te nagisanitebe.bandcamp.com Artist page | Japanese duo: unhurried folk rock and gentle guitar psychedelia. |
| Hallelujahs hallelujahs.bandcamp.com Artist page | Dreamlike Japanese psychedelic pop from the eighties. |
| Ché-SHIZU cheshizu.bandcamp.com Artist page | Chie Mukai's group: free folk, voice and bowed-string improvisation. |
| Psychedelic Speed Freaks psychedelicspeedfreaks.bandcamp.com Artist page | Explosive fuzz trio led by High Rise guitarist Munehiro Narita. |
Psychedelic doom 29
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| 1782 heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Italian occult doom with slow, monolithic riffs. |
| Acid Mammoth heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Athens doom with dense fuzz and a heavy, measured groove. |
| Belzebong heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Instrumental Polish doom: fuzz, repetition and psychedelic drone. |
| Bongzilla heavypsychsounds.com Label page | American stoner doom and sludge with thick low-end riffs. |
| Conan heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Extremely heavy British doom with low tuning and stark riffs. |
| Cosmic Reaper heavypsychsounds.com Label page | American heavy psychedelia rooted in slow doom metal. |
| Hippie Death Cult heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Melodic heavy psychedelic rock with doom weight. |
| Margarita Witch Cult heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Birmingham fuzz, occult doom and abrasive sludge riffs. |
| Mephistofeles heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Argentinian psychedelic doom with dirty fuzz and reverb. |
| Ocultum heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Long Chilean doom jams with a dark psychedelic atmosphere. |
| Witchthroat Serpent heavypsychsounds.com Label page | French stoner doom with ritual rhythms and ominous vocals. |
| Wyatt E. heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Ritual drone doom with sustained melodies and Eastern colours. |
| Holy Serpent heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Australian heavy psychedelia with slow tempos and warm fuzz. |
| Kadabra heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Fuzz rock, doom riffs and haunting vocal melodies. |
| Somnus Throne heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Psychedelic doom with grunge haze and spacious grooves. |
| Sons of Otis heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Canadian heavy stoner rock with sustained guitar drone. |
| The Well heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Austin psychedelic doom with melody and post-punk shadows. |
| The Wisdoom heavypsychsounds.com Label page | A Roman blend of doom, sludge and slow heavy psychedelia. |
| Alunah heavypsychsounds.com Label page | British doom rock with melodic vocals and vintage heaviness. |
| Hazemaze heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Swedish doom with garage roots and dark vintage tones. |
| Holy Grove heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Heavy rock with doom riffs, swing and soulful vocals. |
| Sleepwulf heavypsychsounds.com Label page | Swedish stoner doom with an occult atmosphere and strong melodies. |
| REZN rezzzn.bandcamp.com Artist page | Heavy psychedelia with doom riffs and expansive atmosphere. |
| Ufomammut ufomammut.com Artist website | Italian psychedelic doom with electronics and massive bass. |
| YOB yobislove.com Artist website | Long doom compositions with psychedelia and emotional vocals. |
| Monolord monolord.bandcamp.com Artist page | Swedish doom with low-tuned guitars and hazy melodic vocals. |
| Windhand windhand.bandcamp.com Artist page | Slow doom with dense guitars and floating female vocals. |
| Acid King acidking.com Artist website | Hypnotic fuzz rock between psychedelia and stoner doom. |
| OM dragcity.com Label page | Meditative bass riffs, ritual rhythms and sustained vocals. |
Psychedelic world music 27
| Site / artist | In brief |
|---|---|
| LAIR gurugurubrain.space Label page | Indonesian psychedelia connected to Cirebon traditions. |
| Mong Tong gurugurubrain.space Label page | Taiwanese psychedelic duo working with samples and occult sound collages. |
| Khana Bierbood gurugurubrain.space Label page | Thai garage psychedelia with funk, luk thung and molam. |
| TENGGER gurugurubrain.space Label page | A Korean-Japanese family blending harmonium, synths and psychedelic drone. |
| Nawksh gurugurubrain.space Label page | Experimental psychedelic electronics from Karachi. |
| Scattered Purgatory gurugurubrain.space Label page | Taiwanese drone, psych folk and ritual kosmische music. |
| Prairie WWWW gurugurubrain.space Label page | Taiwanese experimental music with folk, noise and ritual rhythms. |
| Ramayana Soul gurugurubrain.space Label page | Indonesian psychedelic rock with sitar and Eastern melodies. |
| Altın Gün altingunband.bandcamp.com Artist page | Turkish folk melodies, psychedelic guitars and danceable grooves. |
| Gaye Su Akyol gayesuakyol.bandcamp.com Artist page | Istanbul songs between Anatolian tradition, rock and surrealism. |
| BaBa ZuLa baba-zula.bandcamp.com Artist page | Electric saz, dub and improvisation by Istanbul psychedelic experimenters. |
| Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek deryayildirimgrupsimsek.com Artist website | Anatolian songs with bağlama, soul and psychedelic arrangements. |
| Şatellites batovrecords.com Label page | Anatolian psychedelic rock with bağlama and vintage keyboards. |
| Bixiga 70 bixiga70.bandcamp.com Artist page | Brazilian instrumental Afrobeat with horns and psychedelic grooves. |
| Dengue Fever denguefever.bandcamp.com Artist page | Cambodian song traditions meet Californian psychedelic rock. |
| Los Bitchos losbitchos.bandcamp.com Artist page | Instrumental guitar melodies with cumbia, surf and psychedelic pop. |
| Chicha Libre chichalibre.bandcamp.com Artist page | Psychedelic cumbia with electric organ and Peruvian influences. |
| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos loswemblersdeiquitos.bandcamp.com Artist page | Amazonian chicha: ringing electric guitars and hypnotic Peruvian cumbia. |
| Bombino bombino.bandcamp.com Artist page | Tuareg guitar rock with repeating rhythms and blues inflections. |
| Mdou Moctar mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com Artist page | Tuareg rock with dizzying solos and powerful hypnotic riffs. |
| WITCH w-i-t-c-h.bandcamp.com Artist page | Zambian Zamrock: fuzz guitars, funk and local rhythms. |
| Boogarins boogarins.bandcamp.com Artist page | Brazilian neo-psychedelia with Portuguese songs and guitar loops. |
| YĪN YĪN yinyin.bandcamp.com Artist page | Dutch instrumental grooves with Asian pop and psychedelic disco. |
| Sababa 5 batovrecords.com Label page | Mediterranean melodies, psychedelic funk and analogue sound. |
| Group Inerane sublimefrequencies.com Label page | Tuareg electric guitar cycles and group vocals from Niger. |
| Erkin Koray sublimefrequencies.com Label page | A pioneer of Turkish psychedelic rock: guitars and Eastern melodies. |
| Group Doueh sublimefrequencies.com Label page | Electric sounds of the Sahara with swirling guitar improvisation. |
