Favorite Music of 2016

Best albums of 2016

2016 recap:

Music in 2016 was amazing! It was an exciting year for the psych scene where reverb soaked guitars with vintage sounds in mainstream music. The underground bands are getting bigger and their tours are getting more crowded. The trend of American psych bands having great tours in Europe continues as even smaller bands are now playing their music abroad. 

The Biggest success for the psych scene was Desert Daze Music Festival in Joshua Tree California. It showcased 88 bands many from the west coast, specifically L.A. The list of bands was amazing including Thee Oh Sees, Black Angels, Godspeed You Black emperor, Television, L.A. Witch, La Luz, Night Beats, Brain Jonestown Massacre and many more. It was a multimedia art festival with a emphasis on great music for music lovers. Everyone is looking forward to next year.

On the downside of the scene is Levitation, formerly known as Austin Psych Fest was cancelled due to weather. The organization has announced no Levitation 2017; big time loss for this music community.

Lets dive into the music that spent the most time on my record player.

Allah-Las – Calico Review

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Woods – Sun Eater in The River of Light

Woods - Sun Eater In the City of Light

Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation

night beats who sold my generation

Thee Oh Sees- An Odd Entrances

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Bombino – Azel

bombino Azel

Heaters – Baptisita

Heaters Baptista

Dead Coast – Shambolic

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Heron Oblivion – Self-titled

heron oblivion

Night Beats – Fuzz Club Live Sessions Vol. 1

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David Bowie – BlackStar

David Bowie Blackstar

L.A. Witch – Brian 7”

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Steve Gunn –  Eyes on the Lines

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Acid Mother Temple and the Cosmic Inferno – Anthem of the Space

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Suicide – Self-titled (reissue)

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Acid Guru Pond

acid guru pond

Thee Oh Sees – Live in San Fransisco

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TAU – Tau Tau Tau

tau-tau-tau-tau

Our Solar System – In Time

Myrrors – Entranced Earth

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Thee oh Sees – Weird Exits

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Marissa Nadler – Strangers

marissa nadler strangers

Eerie Wanda  – Hum

eerie wanda hum

Favorite labels of 2017:

Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records

Greenway Records

Sacred Bones Records

Fuzz Club Records

Woodist

Mexican Summer

Sky Lantern Records

Cardinal Fuzz Records

Written by: Temple Rose

Temple Rose is a professional writer and musician in the band Black Satori (https://blacksatori.wordpress.com).  He also blogs at https://psychrock.wordpress.com, https://transpersonalspirit.wordpress.com. He writes about music, science, psychology, yoga and holistic health; currently writing for a Minneapolis based essential oil company.   

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4 thoughts on “Desert Daze 2016”

  1. Anonymous says:

    Thank you so much and yes we do all need psychedelic rock acid folk music in 2021 we need more hippies in our world. Peace n love brother.

  2. ALX8721 says:

    Very informative!!! Thanks my friend, can’t wait wait until the next one!!! Much love from dmtworld.net!!!

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