The new psychedelia | Life & Style:
"'Psychedelic influences originated with The Beatles on Sgt Pepper, and also The Stones circa Their Satanic Majesties,' says Paul Rees, editor of Q magazine.
'Before MGMT or Empire of the Sun there were The Flaming Lips or Mercury Rev. Kasabian's current album is riddled with psychedelic influences and there are whole swathes of US alternative music rooted in it. In short, it appears ageless.'
So, this return to psychedelia is no quick flirtation with Sixties and Seventies fashion.
This is about communal dissatisfaction with the status quo, with (dare I even say it) global recession, with wasted dreams, jobless graduates and innocent men laying down their lives on the front line.
What the psychedelic fascination offers is not just escape but a fresh perspective, a glimpse into a world beyond our daily routine.
Whether you jump right down the rabbit hole or simply dare lose yourself for a moment in your iTunes visualiser, there has never been a better time to turn on, tune in and drop out."
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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