Salt Walkers

Friday, September 14, 2012

Dungen - Det Tar Did

More hippie music. This time its Dungen, from Sweden. A track off their 2008 album titled 4, its one of my favorites. They are an incredible band and a huge influence on a lot of psych music. A very unique sound as well. You're not going to find a band that makes the same sound they do. The side projects "The Amazing" and "Life on Earth!" both of which I adore, are close but all three have a their own flavour. I admit that in a few of their songs, the Swedish vocals sound a bit goofy to me but most of the time there is such a great melody to his voice that it doesn't matter that its in Swedish. I find this is the same for me with Spanish vocals yet I feel that Spanish is a prettier language, especially when it comes to singing. Enjoy! It Takes Time

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Vetiver - Soft Glass

There are no words for how much I love Vetiver and this song in particular. Every song on every album makes me relaxed and happy. He expands upon the early to mid 70's folky psychy rock with fantastic results.Bung dinga dung diga dun diga dun

Emeralds - Access Granted

This song, and album, is a fantastic piece of electro-psych. If you think otherwise, I'll just slap you in the face. What did the five fingers say to the face?

Friday, September 7, 2012

Fleetwood Mac/The Amazing

One of my favorite contemporary bands, The Amazing, paid tribute to Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac, one of my favorites from the late 60's/early70's. The took some of the song structure and chords from "Sunny Side of Heaven" and remade it into "The Kirwan Song". Both songs are absolutely spectacular, but you can't really compare the two. Both had different influences, were made at different times, however I think its safe to say both were made under the influence of fun drugs. Bravo. For those of you who didn't know, Fleetwood Mac was cool before Stevie Nicks joined in. Now the only original member is the drummer, Mick Fleetwood so they're only 25% cool. Enough rambling, listen and enjoy.