by JAY WATTS III

Psych-folk fans are a secretive bunch, given to hallucinogenic midnight tea parties, meadow seances, woolly fabrics and, recently, attempting to revive the reputation of the Grateful Dead (I’ll pass on that, thanks). I’m almost loathe to give this address out, given the clique-ishness of some of the posters and, more to the point, the amount of sweet, out-of-print albums from long-forgotten Krautrock collectives and haggard Britons that I’ve downloaded and gloated about to far more knowledgeable friends, but nonetheless, my commitment to my readers remains paramount. The Psych-Folk Community Livejournal (http://community.livejournal.com/psych_folk/) is populated by a ragtag group of generous Internet beardos, who share high-quality rips of saucer-eyed esoterica. Recent arrivals: the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band’s Vol. 1, Folkstone Prism from Kennélmus and Forest’s self-titled album. Best taken with a heavy dose of your favourite psychedelics, natch.

I had high hopes of being able to post something from Paul Simon’s new album, a collaboration with sexual deviant (bald men and high testosterone—the link has been proven) and über-producer brainiac Brian Eno, given all the whisperings and radio sightings that have been making the rounds over the past week, but for once, the Internet has failed to deliver any leak. But whatever. Over this past week, all true music fans celebrated Walpurg’s Night (hopefully with a late-night viewing of Wicker Man) and Current 93 released At Sunset Black Ships Ate the Night Sky, so though it’s spring, the mood’s a bit darker.

The British-based 20jazzfunkgreats (http://20jazzfunkgreats.blogspot.com) have long been great boosters of many things Montreal, with features on Duchess Says, Dandi Wind, We Are Wolves and other black-clad bohemians (oh God, forgive me for that!), and they recently plopped up a track from Eno’s Begegnungen II collaboration with Krautrockers Moebius, Roedelius & Plank. Dose number two!

OUCH OUCH OUCH, THAT’S DISGUSTING! goldkicks@gmail.com

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