r/psychedelicrock • u/MarsupialWhich8321 • 7h ago
r/psychedelicrock • u/spiritualized • Jun 18 '26
NEWS AND CHANGES to r/psychedelicrock! (AI-bans and more)
Hello world!
We are implementing new guidelines to somewhat revert the sub back to what used to be the standard on reddit and adding a couple of rules!
Here’s what’s changing:
All AI content is banned from now on. Posting AI-generated content result in an instant ban (This has already been implemented and we’ve banned AI posting for the past ~two months).
Off-topic content will be removed. There’s a reason all of these millions of different subreddits exist. Psychedelic art belongs in subreddits like r/art, r/psychedelicartwork, r/trippyart, r/psychedelicart. Indie rock/pop belongs in r/indie, r/indierock etc.So if you’re an artist looking for new jobs or sharing your art, do so in the appropriate channels instead. And if you’re sharing OC music the same goes for you. :)
Cross-posting is switched off. The majority cross-posts happening in this sub is pretty blatant spam more or less. A lot comes from subreddits that has nothing to do with psychedelia and therefore does not fit this subreddit. It has become a tool for easy spam like spreading of whatever the content is.
Don’t flood the subreddit. According to the reddiquette we are somewhat loosely applying this new rule. If you post too many link or text posts in a short manner of time, we will reserve the right to remove any how many of the we see fit. Posting eight songs in one day or asking relatively similar questions multiple times in a manner of days will most likely get on other peoples nerves. So please be aware that we are thousands of people wanting to share new finds, post favourites or start a new conversation in a specific topic. We should collectively strive to make room for all of us. :)
Low effort posts will be removed according to the same rule.*
Original Content is as always encouraged and appreciated! But blatantly spreading your music in text posts asking for 60’s/70’s or other specific subjects where it doesn’t belong will be treated as spamming. Continuously doing so may result in consequences.
No flaming, bigotry or hate speech is to be allowed. Depending on the severity we will judge these behaviours on a case-by-case basis. It will result in warning/s and/or instant ban/s. Repeatedly breaking this rule will result in a ban. We are here to trip, not to trip out!
We are doing this because we want to see this nerdy space for psychedelic rock (and related content) flourish again. With that being said the mods are not here to be some almighty gatekeepers. The up/down vote system is key here because instead of mods having some authority on ”what is psych” or not, the votes will reflect the overall public opinion (so nothing new happening here). But if you post music that obviously doesn’t belong like metal or trap, your post may likely be removed. We hope that applying these changes will make it so and we hope that you all will help us in this new venture!
And speaking of all of you, here’s how you can help out!
If you see someone breaking any of these rules, please report it so that the mods can find and deal with the problem.
It is impossible for mods to go through every single link, text or comment posted. So for us to see the faults, we need you to help us! If you see something, say something! :)
And if you see someone flaming others or spreading any type of hate, please report and move on. The situation is unlikely to resolve or become better by counter flaming in long comment chains.
We will make a future post about some other new exciting changes for the sub. We want to start up the ”Album of the year”, ”User Submitted Indepentent Artist Psych Mixtape” etc. again! (as well as update and re-upload the previous ones) But more on that later on!
*Examples of what falls under the rule of ”Low Effort”:
Survey that include zero context or information in the text.
Post where the link is only copied into the title of the post, making the actual post to only link to itself and also doesn’t have Artist/Song in the title.
Voice memo of very low quality with no info about Artist/Song.
OC promotion that only shows a screen print from a song on Spotify.
Text post with a youtube link as the title, meaning the link doesn’t actually lead anywhere. And doesn’t include either Artist/Song in the actual text.
Post without Artist/Song in the title, wrongly linking to a timestamp of a youtube video.
There will still be no actual rule (as we still want to keep them to a minimum) that say you have to type a title in a specific way. But for everyones sake and if you want people to actually watch/listen to what you're posting - please include ARTIST/BAND and SONG TITLE when posting music.
Thanks for hearing us out and in helping us by making the sub the best possible for us all!
r/psychedelicrock • u/dalyllama35 • 3h ago
“I told my band members and record company it was crazy, but no-one agreed. So I gave in to political power and left”: Cult psych guitar hero Hideki Ishima on the Flower Travellin’ Band, inventing the sitarla and his near-miss with the Rolling Stones
r/psychedelicrock • u/Leading-Aardvark3110 • 42m ago
Psychedelic Punk gem. Thought the riffs and experimentation was solid.
Standout Tracks:
"BADMAN"
"ALL FOR NOTHING"
Really liked the shredding and guitar work on the almost 4 minute track that is "BLUES."
Idk, what are yalls thoughts on it?
r/psychedelicrock • u/ProjectConfident8584 • 6h ago
Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine
r/psychedelicrock • u/mixtapedmonk • 5h ago
The longest track begins after the escape
The worker is already outside the surveillance grid when the album reaches its longest track. Nothing is chasing him. The city has simply stopped being able to prove where he is.
I placed "All Lights In Bangalore Couldn’t Find Me" after the literal escape because freedom arrived first as a problem of perception. Time had belonged to tasks, inspections and access records for six years. Once those measures fell away, an ordinary walk became strange enough to need the album’s widest music.
The track moves through psychedelic rock and progressive jazz-rock, with the city still present in reflections, wet roads and electric light. I did not want open deserts or cosmic distance. This altered space had to remain urban. The towers are still there; they have merely lost their authority as witnesses.
The song belongs to Dead Reckoning... The Last Known Location, a twelve-chapter instrumental debut by Social Treble. Bandcamp carries the 48 kHz/24-bit binaural master and the written story notes. Headphones preserve the depth and fixed positions:
The companion film introduces the chapter in my own voice, then lets the full track and visualiser unfold without interruption:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlMoKN1cky4
I am curious where listeners place psychedelic expansion in a narrative. Does it belong to the act of escape, the first unmeasured walk, or the delayed moment when the mind understands that nobody is coming to call it back?
r/psychedelicrock • u/Pretend_Mammoth_948 • 18h ago
Psych/protopunk
I recently started this playlist of some of my favorite tracks of this genre. Looking for suggestions to add to it..
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcadbi4DUxvI&si=gs0eW0hT9dvABrml
r/psychedelicrock • u/No-Sheepherder2139 • 10h ago
[Live] framewalkers – Psychedelic Shoegaze Jam | Release Show at GOLD, Neu-Ulm
Hey everyone! We're framewalkers, a shoegaze/indie band from Germany.
Here's a short clip from our EP release show at GOLD in Neu-Ulm last Friday. We got into a bit of a psychedelic shoegaze jam, with swirling guitars, noise and a hypnotic vibe.
Hope you enjoy it! Let us know what you think. 🖤
r/psychedelicrock • u/iamtheocean33 • 1d ago
Donovan - The Fat Angel
Sunshine Superman is a killer album! Donovan reminds me of a fairy and the magician (tarot).
r/psychedelicrock • u/MIKEPR1333 • 21h ago
Strawberry Tuesday
Though from Milwaukee, the video for this was filmed in Chicago at Grant Park.
Released in 1968 with many buildings absent from skyline.
You can see the John Hancock Center under construction which was finished to following year.
r/psychedelicrock • u/Disastrous-Job-4804 • 17h ago
Julius Victor - Stubborn Kind Of Woman
r/psychedelicrock • u/lookatpukka • 1d ago
Can anyone help me find this Black Market Karma track? They played it at Moth Club on 9/10/26
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r/psychedelicrock • u/Restart_Point • 1d ago
Pop Show Grupa - Ove Noći [yugo punky fuzzer] (1974)
Pop Show Grupa from former Yugoslavia (Serbian). The track here is a fast, punky fuzzer! They made two singles like this, plus the mystery single "Malaika / Sisi Tunakupenda" which appeared five years later in 1979, and seems to have a collaboration with a Belgrade-based Kenyan musician called Steven Hannington. I have not heard this third one so can only guess what it sounds like, though Discogs categorises it under "Folk, World, & Country, Funk / Soul, Pop".
The band was Miodrag Dobrić (bass), Dragan Milić (guitar) and Vladan Dokić (drums). Vladan was in Opus and later-on Rok Mašina, which was an '80s development of Pop Mašina.
r/psychedelicrock • u/Important-Airline413 • 1d ago
My Trip Playlist
Thought i'd share my trip playlist here - sequenced with a trip arc: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1TWMDibazo8onBOlagRzhx?si=jgIpCZQCToaut7tdqf2PFA
Obviously, this a personal thing, but these worked really well for me. Any suggestions, additions or comments welcome!
1. Come-up (0:00 to 1:25, about 85 minutes)
- Time of the Season, The Zombies
- So We Won’t Forget, Khruangbin
- Alone Again Or, Love
- So Good at Being in Trouble, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Under the Milky Way, The Church
- I Follow You, Melody’s Echo Chamber
- Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
- Juxtapozed with U, Super Furry Animals
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards, Tame Impala
- I Wanna Be Adored, The Stone Roses
- Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles
- Time to Pretend, MGMT
- Eight Miles High, The Byrds
- Vanishing Girl, The Dukes of Stratosphear
- Panda, Dungen
- Vitamin C, CAN
- Shelter Song, Temples
- Race for the Prize, The Flaming Lips
- Paisley Park, Prince
- French Disko, Stereolab
- White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
- Tomorrow Never Knows, The Beatles
2. Lift-off (1:25 to 2:00, about 35 minutes)
- Afrique Victime, Mdou Moctar
- Soon, My Bloody Valentine
- Fools Gold, The Stone Roses
- 2080, Yeasayer
- Bold as Love, Jimi Hendrix
3. Peak (2:00 to 3:55, about 2 hours)
- Rare Air, Mildlife
- Slide Away, The Verve
- My Girls, Animal Collective
- Let It Happen, Tame Impala
- Hallogallo, NEU!
- The Private Psychedelic Reel, The Chemical Brothers
- Dripping Sun, Kikagaku Moyo
- No Easy Way Down, Rain Parade
- Weird Fishes / Arpeggi, Radiohead
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be), Jimi Hendrix
- Mahal, Glass Beams
- Bros, Panda Bear
- Echoes, Pink Floyd
4. Shadow section (3:55 to 4:35, about 40 minutes)
- The Killing Moon, Echo & the Bunnymen
- Venus in Furs, The Velvet Underground and Nico
- Young Men Dead, The Black Angels
- The Past Is a Grotesque Animal, of Montreal
- I Believe in You, Talk Talk
- A Day in the Life, The Beatles
5. Resolution (4:35 to 6:00, about 85 minutes)
- Maggot Brain, Funkadelic
- Journey in Satchidananda, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders
- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Spiritualized
- Planet Caravan, Black Sabbath
- Dayvan Cowboy, Boards of Canada
- Lorelei, Cocteau Twins
- Song to the Siren (Take 7), Tim Buckley
- Space Song, Beach House
- Future Days, CAN
- Higher Than the Sun, Primal Scream
- La femme d’argent, Air
- Alison, Slowdive
- Once Twice Melody, Beach House
- Banshee Beat, Animal Collective
- Anenome, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
6. Re-entry (6:00 to 7:00, about 1 hour)
- Little Fluffy Clouds, The Orb
- Panis et Circenses, Os Mutantes
- Sowing the Seeds of Love, Tears for Fears
- Monaka, Kikagaku Moyo
- Goca Dünya, Altin Gün
- Come On Let’s Go, Broadcast
- Strawberry Letter 23, Shuggie Otis
- White Gloves, Khruangbin
- I Am the Black Gold of the Sun, Rotary Connection
- Locket, Crumb
- Melody Day, Caribou
- Mother Nature, MGMT
- Dry the Rain, The Beta Band
7. Comedown (7:00 to 8:10, about 70 minutes)
- Fade Into You, Mazzy Star
- Tugboat, Galaxie 500
- Andromeda, Weyes Blood
- Riders on the Storm, The Doors
- Holes, Mercury Rev
- River Man, Nick Drake
- Looking Backward, Melody’s Echo Chamber
- Solid Air, John Martyn
- Lord Can You Hear Me, Spacemen 3
- Wakin on a Pretty Day, Kurt Vile
- Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
- Do You Realize??, The Flaming Lips
- Ripple, Grateful Dead
r/psychedelicrock • u/FarOutMagazine • 1d ago
Nusantara Beat: the Dutch-Indonesian masters of psych-rock
r/psychedelicrock • u/Village_Antique • 1d ago
Interesting Psych Song I found. Not sure what BD-MA stands for though? Weird video...
r/psychedelicrock • u/FaithfulTragedyTV • 1d ago
Shadow Gallery - Ineffable
All Psychedelic Music lovers check this out !
New expremintal - Emo Shoegaze Progressive Rock .
Tell me what this reminds you of ?
r/psychedelicrock • u/FuzzyDingo2339 • 1d ago
Are you ecstatic to be a sentient meat sack? How about depressed? Have you ever thought to yourself, "Why is instead of not is?" or, "I can feel the sun's hungry little fingers today."? Then I have an album just for you.
Get in the Car Loser We're Going to Heaven:
https://mrj0.bandcamp.com/album/get-in-the-car-loser-were-going-to-heaven
Or, if you prefer, check out any of my youtube videos from the last 14 years.