What does that even mean? Well, it means these are psychedelic songs that feel like they could be anthems for a movement, for a generation, for a trip, for a night or a day or a lifetime.  Once I started listening to my collection with “anthem” in mind, I ended up with almost 24 hours of music!  This list is far from complete, and absolutely subjective, but it is fucking awesome.

This show dedicated to TimHalen, The Coconut Kaleidoscope,  and psychedelic friends.

The Mops . The Psychedelic Sounds of Japan . Keneai Omai (Anthem（消えない想い) . 1968 . Victor

Blue Cheer . Vincebus Eruptum . Summertime Blues .1968 . Philips

Hibushibire . Freak Out Orgasm! . Lucifer’s My Friend . Riot Season . 2017

The 13th Floor Elevators . Easter Everywhere . Slip Inside this House . 1967 . International Artists

No Mightier Creatures . S/T . Yet We Divide . S/R . 2017

GNOD . JUST SAY NO TO THE PSYCHO RIGHT-WING CAPITALIST FASCIST INDUSTRIAL DEATH MACHINE . Bodies for Money . Rocket Recordings . 2017

King Tuff . S/T . Anthem . 2012 . Sub Pop

落差草原 WWWW / Prairie WWWW . 泥土 / Soil . 高粱 . S/R . 2015

Goat . Requiem . Try My Robe . Rocket Recordings . 2017

Spacemen 3 . Playing With Fire . Revolution . 1988 . Fire Records

The Brian Jonestown Massacre . Take It from the Man . Who? . 1996 . Tee Pee Records

Flower Travellin’ Band . Satori . Pt. II . 1971 . Atlantic

Brainticket . Cottonwoodhill . Pt. 2 . 1971 . Hallelujah

Baby Grandmothers . S/T . Somebody Keeps Calling Me . 1967/2007 . Subliminal Sounds

The Red Krayola . The Parable of Arable Land . Free Form Freak-Out/Hurricane Fighter Plane . 1967 . International Artists

Pink Floyd . The Piper at the Gates of Dawn . Astronomy Domine . 1967 . Columbia

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno . Anthem of Space . Anthem of Space . 2006 . Ektro Records