In treading through the annals of rock music, it’s hard to argue that any approach to the genre has been more persistent than psychedelic-rock. From the jangling opening riff of 13th Floor Elevators’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” to the outpouring of groups that flocked to Haight-Ashbury in the late- 60s (therein forging a widespread counterculture), to the shoegaze sounds that swept the U.K. throughout the 90s, rock artists have continuously found new ways to interpret the ever-malleable, wide-ranging sound of psychedelic music.
Aside from modern pop’s incorporation ( cough appropriation) of the genre’s aesthetic, the national craze around this music and its culture is clearly not as prevalent as it once was, when thousands of young Americans blew off their middle-class expectations for the Learyology of “dropping out and tuning in.” Since the start of the decade, however, a more subtle independent scene has been brewing thanks to forward-thinking artists like The Bl
Posted By Matthew Moyer on Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 11:22 AM click image Photo courtesy Acid Mothers Temple Facebook With this month s watch party of the Dead Meadow livestream at sold out all but sold out, Orlando booker Endoxa has announced a second live music screening event set to feature Japanese psych-rock overlords Acid Mothers Temple. The band have previously dazzled Orlandoans live many times. Last year, the collective of musicians known in full as Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. briefly emerged from lockdown and gathered in Hikone, Japan, to send up an offering to the sky and record a greatest-hits set for the Levitation Sessions. This livestream will be a one-night only chance to witness that live action.