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Best of 2008 (psych)

  1. Abe Vigoda: Skeleton

    1. Abe Vigoda: Skeleton

    This was a great year for psych, and this knockout LP from Abe Vigoda was one of the genre’s finest offerings. The 14 songs on Skeleton stop and start at a moment’s notice, driven by a bass...read more

  2. Atlas Sound: Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

    2. Atlas Sound: Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

    Yes, this has been a good year for Bradford Cox, the frontman for Deerhunter and their heavy Krautrock-meets-shoegaze webs of sound. Let the Blind… is the official first offering from Atlas S...read more

  3. Dead Meadow: Old Growth

    3. Dead Meadow: Old Growth

    Dead Meadow’s latest is already touted as the album closest to an instant classic that we’ll get this year. Ten years in the making, Old Growth is THE album that both fans and critics o...read more

  4. Es: Sateenkaarisuudelma

    4. Es: Sateenkaarisuudelma

    Featuring rushing piano cadences and stabs, the sounds of burbling streams and static, softly chanting vocals, spectral, psychedelic ambience, dark koan/drones and endlessly looped guitar and elect...read more

  5. Indian Jewelry: Free Gold!

    5. Indian Jewelry: Free Gold!

    Too many bands, eager to home in on a profitable genre, undeservedly adopt the psychedelic label, but Indian Jewelry is the real deal. Free Gold! throbs, drones and fuzzes, but the band is way too ...read more

  6. Oneida: Preteen Weaponry

    6. Oneida: Preteen Weaponry

    Oneida has added more variety to its sound in recent years but here pares back to basics. That said, it’s still a bit of a change from previous albums as this is the closest they have yet got...read more

  7. Valet: Naked Acid

    7. Valet: Naked Acid

    In a year of many fine psych albums, this one was near the top. Valet is the solo vehicle of Honey Owens, sometimes member of Jackie O Motherfucker, Atlas Sound and Nudge, and Naked Acid is her sec...read more

  8. White Hills: A Little Bliss Forever

    8. White Hills: A Little Bliss Forever

    A terrific LP of acid-drenched, spacey rock jams from local band White Hills, now featuring Kid Millions of the great Oneida. A Little Bliss Forever, a limited vinyl-only release we’re lucky ...read more

  9. Yellow Swans: Deterioration

    9. Yellow Swans: Deterioration

    So Yellow Swans have allegedly called it quits. A pity. No one can say that they haven’t given fans plenty to feast on, however: With some 40 albums to their credit, Yellow Swans are just abo...read more

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