r/psychedelicrock

I work as a therapist in a clinic. I’ve been listening to “The End” quite a bit over the last couple of days. Depending upon how the day is going, how I am feeling, what the energy is like around the office, I’m getting different things from the song on each listen. The app follows it up with good, solid songs from the era, but none are quite scratching the same itch.

Toss me some other songs that feel jammy, “too long for radio,” spare and haunting, spacey, please. I’m heading into the part of my day that doesn’t include interruptions.

Thanks in advance to my fellow travelers.

Thanks for suggestions!

Note: my second set is all Beatles, so that is why there is no Beatles on this list.

Jugband blues......Pink Floyd

Break on through......Doors

Journey to the center of the mind......Amboy Dukes

Eight miles high......Byrds

Mountains of the moon......Grateful Dead

See Emily play......Pink Floyd

Light my fire......Doors

Time of the Season......Zombies

Incense and peppermints......Strawberry alarm clock

Space Oddity......Bowie

St.Stephen......Grateful Dead

Planet Caravan......Black Sabbath

Do you agree that Space Oddity and Planet Caravan are psychedelic?

Los Dug Dug’s, one of the foundational Mexican psych / Onda Chicana bands, are playing Los Angeles this Saturday at Permanent Records Roadhouse. 

They’re still fronted by Armando Nava, who started the band back in the 60s. I caught them in Tijuana last March almost by accident, after seeing a flyer at a record show, and I honestly wasn’t prepared for how good they still were. 

Quick background: after the 1971 Avándaro festival, basically Mexico’s Woodstock, the government cracked down on rock music. A lot of Mexican psych, hard rock, and Onda Chicana got pushed off TV, pushed off radio, and forced underground. That’s part of why so many of these records are still hard to find. 

I made a short video talking about the band, the records, and the show, and I show my Los Dug Dug’s vinyl copies. 

Full disclosure: I’m co-presenting the show with Discos Lo Nuestro. 

Show details:
Los Dug Dug’s
Saturday, August 22
Permanent Records Roadhouse, Los Angeles
9pm
$20
21+
96 seats
No opener
Two hours of Los Dug Dug’s


Tickets:
https://app.opendate.io/e/los-dug-dug-s-august-22-2026-742932

I love me some PPC but I’d be interested in hearing what others might compare them to, especially a more well established comparison for their sound. Maybe some older rock groups they are similar to?