Tag: psych
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RC 285: War of the Roses
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, make you want to move your plant pots out of the way of builder’s feet… Welcome to the jungle, how does your roses in your garden grow? Badly in my case, the builders are in and wrecking the place. This was the view from my window – but…
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Conservative Apocalypse
I was wondering what Funki ‘It’s A Long Road‘ Porcini was up to after a friend posted a reference to the track that basically with The Orb rewired my post Brit Pop 90’s back to electronica, psych, lounge music, ambient, library music and yes even a bit of jazz. And in doing so I found…
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Sink Ya Teeth
First heard about Norwich band Sink Ya Teeth via Amy Lamé’s first 6Music show now that’s she’s taken over from Jarvis Cocker…I’m certainly there for the Donna Summer/Moroder vibes of Glass – if anyone brings the chugging octave bassline I am SO there – and also the woozy after-party weariness of If You See Me…
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Here Is A Musical Box – RIP Brian Cant
Sadly Brian Cant, a cornerstone of my childhood from Play School, Play Away, even Orbital videos has died aged 83. But I think his best work was on the Trumptonshire trilogy – people mostly remember his voice-over work on them especially Camberwick Green – “Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready…
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Cabbage
Coming over like an amped up Fat White via Dead Kennedies and a few others, I quite like Cabbage’s irreverent take on psych/psychobilly/garage/punk…and their politics are very on point for this fucked up year. And 6Music are playing them a lot in almost permanent rotation, despite the very silly name… I mean they sing about how…
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Up Against The Wall – Psych Mix Part 2
“You cannot count on anyone except yourself. It’s sad, but true, and the sooner you learn it, the better.” As I prepare to move from Radio Clash Towers, the second half of this mix is about several things – the current political climate, a zeitgeist via 1968-1974, but also a cri de coeur about a…