Farmer John spotlights Merrell Fankhauser and his obscure albums Things! with HMS Bounty (1968) and M.U. (1971)
Discover the visionary world of psychedelic artist Nick Nicely in this in-depth interview with Jason LeValley, as they discuss musical influences, creative evolution, and the legacy of modern psychedelia.
All Hallows’ Eve brings out the supernatural, creative costumes, and bizarre sights & sounds by bands with a psychedelic flair. Revisit some of the most noteworthy concerts that occurred on Halloweens past.
The 1968 satire comedy directed by Hy Averback sees Peter Sellers’ hapless Harold dropping out into the hippie counterculture
Rising star Billy Strings and his band dazzled fans and Londoners with energetic newgrass, bluegrass and folk in their debut at Royal Albert Hall
Writer and filmmaker Dominic Pillai reflects on the counterculture film The Trip by director Roger Corman & screenwriter Jack Nicholson, and the eruption of creativity in climacteric 1967
Revisit Pepperland and the story behind George Dunning’s classic 1968 animated psychedelic film Yellow Submarine featuring The Beatles’ music in this Psychotropic Cinema review by Jeff Broitman
Italian shoegaze psych group Bebaloncar has released the moody single “Dead Street” ahead of the upcoming album Love to Death
Dead & Company’s milestone performances at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Polo Fields celebrating the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary on August 2nd & 3rd are reviewed by Deadhead aficionado Butch Weaver
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo (1970) is an acid Western which employs surreal symbolism, iconoclastic imagery, and dream logic to showcase its trippy, metaphoric elements.