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You can stream this week's RecommNeds and previous featured releases through these
handy RDIO and Spotify
playlists as part
of the new JamBase channels for each.
These three bands have more than grammatically-consistent names in common…
New
Electric Ride :
Balloon Age
New Electric Ride’s self-titled debut EP from a year or so ago was a
tantalizing teaser – an early RecommNed
pick that ensured I’d be keeping my eyes on the rocking Brits and wondering what kind of
magic they’d do with a long-player. Well, wonder no longer, their full-length is here,
it’s called Balloon Age and it kicks some serious
ass. Sure, this is brand new music, but it goes down like it’s been aged 15 years, in a
single oak barrel: just the right
balance of smooth flavor and bite. Sure, there’s that archaeological psych-rock sound, but
this one takes the next step,
brimming with all sorts of ideas and surprises.
Spotify: New
Electric Ride – Balloon Age
Rhapsody: New Electric Ride – Balloon Age
Black
Market Karma :
Upside Out Inside Down
It’s entirely possible that sweet psychedelic rock bands grow on trees in the U.K., but as
long as they keep growing them
like Black Market Karma, I’ll keep listening and passing along the recs
to y’all here Stateside. Their newest, Upside Out Inside Down, opens with a nice
long, drone-guitar-jam intro and it’s all head-trip awesome
from there. With six, seven and eight-minute tracks sprinkled throughout, there’s plenty
of room for the music to
breathe. I should also note that this album has a track called “Skullgroover” on it. Good
shit.
Spotify: Black
Market Karma – Upside out Inside Down
Rhapsody: Black Market Karma – Upside out Inside Down
The
Phantom Family
Halo :
Raven Town Witch
Closer to home and on the darker end of the spectrum is Phantom Family
Halo, from Louisville. I’ve been
trying to spread the word on these guys for a while, mostly because they keep wowing me
with their mindbending,
horror-film-on-acid music. Their newest, Raven Town Witch, is their best yet, a
glorious, psychedelic
soundtrack to your spooky nights and dark dreams… best listened to with the lights off.
Spotify: The
Phantom Family Halo – Raven Town Witch
Rhapsody: The Phantom Family Halo – Raven Town Witch
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