Keeping with today's Christmas-themed music posts, the MP3 of the day is a mess of an X-mas song from Pink Floyd. According to "Raised on Indie" which hosts a version of "Pink Floyd -- Merry Chistmas Song," the song may or may not have been recorded in 1969, and may or may not be Pink Floyd. But what the hell, it's still worth a listen. -- Jennifer Maerz
San Francisco psychsters Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound are getting ready to unleash their latest batch of magically heavy rock on April 7. The new album, When Sweet Sleep Returned, was produced by studio maestro Tim Green at Louder Studios. According to the band's label, Tee Pee Records, the disc is a combo of Crazy Horse, the Who, Pink Floyd, and "Italian bastardizations of Lalo Schifrin cop movie scores." Yeah, that sounds pretty dreamy to me. Check out an early track off Sweet Sleep,
Getting Better All the Time: Easy Star Dub All-Stars
With two previous dubwise takes on classic rock albums--namely, Dub Side of the Moon and Radiodread, the Easy Star All Stars are carving out a rather interesting niche. Their latest addition to their oeuvre, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, tackles one of psychedelia's highest moments, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's (an album so perfect in its original form, it's probably too intimidating for any normal, non-gimmicky band to cover, especially
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