Psychedelic | scissorkick

Roger O’Donnell

20. October 2008

Quick post before I take off for California for work. This one come courtesy of Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and more. Beautiful and subtle record performed almost entirely on one instrument - the moog synthesizer. An accomplished player, O’Donnells advantage is perspective — having played with some [...]

Chandeliers

18. September 2008

2 Comments

I’m a bit at a loss for words after listening to The Thrush by Chicago’s Chandeliers. Perhaps I’m just being lazy, but I truly can’t remember the last time it was so hard to easily summarize a band’s sound with only a few words. To their credit, the quartet do a huge service to listeners [...]

Koushik

30. July 2008

0 Comments

Stone’s Throw often relishes in mixing the new with the old but few of the venerable label’s artists sum it up as well as Koushik, the eponymous moniker of Koushik Ghosh. Mixing hazy 60’s nostalgia with new school beats and production, the music occupies a very unique place within a larger nexus of downtempo, soul, [...]

SK London Headz: It’s Allez-Allez

1. November 2006

1 Comment

For music lovers, we often can pinpoint a particular person or moment that set off the chain of events leading to obsession. One such point in my life was a semester overseas in ‘96 to London, where I met some equally insane maniacs who also loved weed, beer and music as much as I. Before [...]