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Dräger’s “Psycho Narcissistic Paranoia” remixed by Temples
Had to take a breather from all things music this past week. Just needed to clear the head. Plus, this Delta variant is toying with my mental and spiritual balance. Live music is finally returning, right in time for our (potentially) worse pandemic resurgence since the whole damn thing started. And I'm just wondering where …

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Atlas Sound’s “Quick Canal,” featuring Lætitia Sadier

Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
I was poking around earlier today, and stumbled upon a bootleg live recording of Atlas Sound's beautifully etheric "Quick Canal," taken from their performance at Desert Daze last fall. Because the influential avant-pop pioneers Stereolab were also performing the same day, frontwoman Lætitia Sadier was on hand to lend vocals to their live rendition, just …

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A little flashback from Melody’s Echo Chamber

Melody's Echo Chamber perform at the Roxy Theatre on 04.23.16.
After yesterday's psychedelic descent/ascent into the colorful hues of Moodoïd, I felt inspired to dig up a few old concert clips from fellow French artistes Melody's Echo Chamber. Plus, I realized I haven't actually featured any of their paisley Parisian tunes, thus far.If you did happen to peruse my earlier thoughts on Moodoïd, you've already …

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Moodoïd’s “Le lac d’or”

Moodoïd. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
I'm actually quite pleased to have stumbled upon the curiously named Moodoïd, this freshly uncovered French psychedelic fusion pop act from Pablo Padovani, who's also the guitarist for like-minded kaleidoscopic peers Melody's Echo Chamber. Admittedly, until a few days ago, I had no idea this Parisian export even existed, which comes as a bit of …

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