One of the first musical subcultures I got excited about as a kid was LA’s early- to mid-80s Paisley Underground scene, one of the first neo-psychedelic movements in the U.S.—I was thrilled by the music but uninterested in the chemical mind alteration it often seemed to imply or encourage. So while I was happy to buy a paisley shirt at a vintage store, when I went to a concert by the Three O’Clock and somebody handed me a small paper cup with a sugar cube in it, I got nervous.
New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert, Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5/Symphony No. 6 (Dacapo) Various artists, Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica From the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988 (Ostinato) Pierre-Yves Macé, Segments et Apostilles (Tzadik) Waclaw Zimpel, Lines (Instant Classic) R. Andrew Lee, Randy Gibson: The Four Pillars Appearing From the Equal D Under Resonating Apparitions of the Eternal Process in the Midwinter Starfield 16 VIII 10 (Kansas City) (Irritable Hedgehog)
