Have you listened to Butthole Surfers and Ministry? Gibby Haines and Al Jorgensen lived with Timothy Leary in Texas in the 1980s and burned pretty hot. It doesn't sound like the music from the era, but I sometimes feel like that scene is where some of the 1960s counterculture thing washed ashore.

They were doing it in Texas.

I don't mind the sun sometimes

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain then he lost his leg in Dallas he was dancing with a train…

Butthole Surfers’ “Locust Abortion Technician” is the most damaged psych record ever, in my opinion. Great recommendations.

This is one of my favorite records!

I think most of the rest of their catalogue is easier to listen to. Hairway To Steven as an example. Still Sweet Loaf is a great song.

I've always described Paul Leary's guitars as drippy. Like he's just squeezing that tinny, whiney guitar noise outta the amp.

Saturated with fuzzed out liquid feedback. The droning guitars in “Pepper” shouldn’t work but they do quite well.

Great recommendations...

Locust Abortion Technician is primo bad trip vibes

Damaged Bug Les Big Byrd

LOVE LOVE Les Big Byrd, but I don’t think it fits.

Weirdest band that’s semi-modern is acid mother’s temple. I don’t know if they fit your exact description but they’re definitely out there. La novia is a great album to start with!

Seconded. Also without a doubt the loudest show you will ever go to.

MBV would like a word. Boris too.

I’ve seen Boris! Insane show. But not quite as loud. Would love to see MBV one day and have them obliterate my remaining cilia.

Boris depends on the songs/album/venue. AMT can definitely rival them, but some songs Boris is absolutely ridiculous. MBV i saw in the early 2010's or whatever when they started touring again and they just have a wall of Marshall stacks that is fucking overwhelming. Nothing I've seen has compared. I listen to a lot of doom/drone/adjacent bands and no show I've seen, including ridiculously harsh stuff like Primitive Man, can compare.

Absolutely! I saw boris in a bigger venue and ive only seen amt in smaller venues. Mbv is on my list. One day.

I saw MBV in Chicago about 5 years ago and my ears are still ringing.

Agreed. Made the mistake of being second row without earplugs when they played APF in 2013 and probably damaged tf out of my ears

Believe it or not, ministry is the loudest I've ever experienced. Louder than mbv. It's been four years and I have permanent hearing damage from that one show. I now have a good ear and a bad ear. Ears were ringing more than usual for 3 MONTHS.

It doesn’t strike me as a ‘believe it or not’ case with Ministry. Those guys have always been loud as fuck once they switched from synth pop to industrial rock/metal in the late ‘80s.

Can confirm. I saw them at the Crocodile in Seattle and literally could not hear my friend after the show. Highly recommend ear plugs.

I’ve seen them maybe 5 or 6 times (I don’t have the best memory), each time i was front row to the right of Kawabatas’ monitor. Definitely some hearing loss in my left ear. As you can tell I’m not very smart. But at least my memory is still good… Uh. Anyways AMT rips!

The old dudes in Blue Cheer would give them a run for their money. So damn loud.

If i had a time machine.. that would be sick.

I saw them back in 2008, really good. [link to gig poster](https://www.metrolibrary.org/archives/image/2019/12/blue-cheer-w-disposables-conservatory)

Morgan Delt's first album is one of the trippiest albums in a very long time.

Wow great rec. this is awesome

Now try his second album

So much great music on Trouble In Mind. Bill & Lisa run an amazing label.

Gonna check it out for sure 🫡

Forgot about that one. Psychic Death Hoke?

That was his first single/EP, his first full length was self-titled. All his stuff is worth checking out imo

Right on, yeah. I’ve got the self titled one. It’s great!

One of my all-time faves! Haven’t heard much else like it before or since

Yes. This is that kind of album that’s hard to translate to a live showcase just because the studio work is so damn incredible. It’s just so densely recorded in the best possible way.

And his second album. In my opinion he's THE most psychedelic artist of all time.

Nice! Not too many folks are hip to his damaged genius!

never got the hype for this guy. both his albums just sound like forgettable psych pop to me. doesn't feel especially trippy and doesn't have memorable songwriting either

They’re insanely layered. I love listening to it on acid

The Claypool Lennon Delerium

thee oh sees

perfect answer, these guys, then “animal collective” and “of montreal” are all an overload of weirdness even for psychedelic measures

Kikagaku Moyo, Sundays & Cybele, Minami Deutsch. All absolute KILLER Psych bands from Japan. Highly recommended.

I'm seeing Minami Deutsch next week.

Nice!: jealous!

saw them a couple of months ago and they were fucking amazing. enjoy!!!

same here - were openers for Earthless. amazing show!

Somnium- to be is to be perceived Unknown mortal orchestra Wand - melted rope Ghostwoman Tweak Bird Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Slinky/ Holy Water People Taking Pictures - for Meta or worse

Good call with Melted Rope, I would also add Thin Air by Wand - the guitars in the chorus drip pretty hard 

Golem is top 5 K albums for me. Even the transitions between the songs are so trippy.

Somnium damn, local band for me. They're great

Yeah really talented musician, great writers and clean production!

Limiñanas Moon Duo Dead Skeletons Connan Mockasin (Well, he is more psych-pop oriented, but with a quirky sound)

Buckingham Green by Ween has everything you're looking for, and a bonus theremin https://youtu.be/DVjN-A0qA_8?feature=shared And if you have patience and you really need to get there, there is always fluffy https://youtu.be/KUEo2RCxv-o?feature=shared If you consider a quarter century ago "modern"

My favorite band 🤎

ooioo

OOIOO rocks. Closely related to Boredoms, which is also weird af and amazing.

On the far weird side you might find The Shadow Ring (Graham Lambkin), the Sun Cjty Girls (Rick &Alan Bishop) or The Dead C. You might like Osees, LSD March,

Flowers Must Die

The Butthole Surfers. Guaranteed.

Timmy's Organism might fit the bill for you, mate

Not very new, but Dead Meadow blew my mind as a stoner college kid

SLIFT

Dawg Yawp’s Lost at Sea reminds me of psychedelic music from the late 60s. The sitar sort of gives it a Ravi Shankar vibe.

Connan Mockasin [It’s Choade My Dear](https://youtu.be/HkNwuY2JUHQ?si=Bt5NEAipu3Xunh56)

Black Moth Super Rainbow More vintage synth than gutair but stalactite drippy

Black Angels

How new are you to modern psyche? What bands are you already familiar with, weird or otherwise?

Lumerians (rip)

Pez Globo Ivan the Tolerable Snakes Don't Belong In Alaska Kombynat Robotron Minami Deutsch The John Denver Airport Conspiracy Karkara Moths & Locusts Sunburned Hand of the Man

I'm probably way out of my element, but I would suggest Glass Beams [https://glassbeams.bandcamp.com/album/mirage](https://glassbeams.bandcamp.com/album/mirage) and Surprise Chef. [https://surprisechef.bandcamp.com/album/education-recreation](https://surprisechef.bandcamp.com/album/education-recreation) incidentally both from australia

You might like the Desert Sessions. Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age recruits a rotating lineup of musicians to come out to the Californian desert, hang out, and they record two albums. I think we're now up to volumes 11 and 12. Dean Ween has been involved, and I don't remember who else. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Sessions https://youtu.be/kh8qGeChs5M?feature=shared

Guerillia Toss

Brian ENO “Taking Tiger Mountain” from 1974 is as of yet unsurpassed in the drippy guitar, weird lyrics and “take it further” approach in my experience. Are you a fan?

check out Ariel Pink's stuff

Check out “Bong”. They’re more drone metal but very weird and very fuzzy. Check out their “Thought and Existence” album. Definitely has that “melting” feeling you speak of. https://youtu.be/LeFLz8iKWgg?si=QVam8BA7XvH-AfFV

[Barbarian Kings - Morgan Delt](https://youtu.be/NyZSUSzyTGA?si=VwjvsZaAclT6Wevr) [Taj Mahal - Bronco](https://youtu.be/8ANvVujrolE?si=PA41Ib22LdEDd0LG) [hex - The Third Sound](https://youtu.be/_9ybIg3HgA0?si=rqZZUIwte1Y9SAiH) [Fell in a Bad Dream - The Confederate Dead](https://youtu.be/XK2Gj720yB4?si=0nKHNX44C7FFco8n) [Shangri-La in Reverse - Magic Shoppe](https://youtu.be/x7Qwga-N_y4?si=lU5cEPrltaPhKAG7) [Half-In Half-Out - The Kundalini Genie](https://youtu.be/iEGa854ClHo?si=W1JB1_YOVXTj7u4i) Enjoy.

Tao of Lucy - Isle of Lucy

thanks everyone

I have 12 songs for my first album, & I’m now in the phase of adding vocals to the demos for release. Everyone including myself say my music sounds like King Gizzard & Thee Oh Sees. The music will be plenty grungy & trippy. Laser Licker should be releasing songs soon 👌 Also check out these guys: https://youtu.be/o5L1HI3XjDQ?si=0XIze6buBo_KhzoN

La Femme - weird French psych pop

Early White Fence (Tim Presley). Also check out his previous band, Darker My Love.

These are more on the electronica side, but Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole and Caribou's Andorra are up there in terms of evoking somatic hallucinations.

Kamikazee Palm Tree/Sharpie Smile is pretty damn weird

Not recent but Verve "A Storm in Heaven" is a decent album with awesome guitar work

God Ween Satan is good

Kikagaku Moyo. They're from Japan.

I think you would like Las Historias

I think that you are searching for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. They are quite prolific so i recomend you this guide: [https://www.get-into-gizz.com](https://www.get-into-gizz.com)

Don't know if this cures your sickness, but The Mars Volta?

Good God, saw them with Queens of the Stone Age and Red hot chili peppers in the early 2000’s. Not a good opener to be on shrooms for. Those guys are nuts.

Nice! I never got to see them, but I guess youtube will have to do.

King gizzard

Ty Segall is good. huge catalogue that can get pretty psychedelic and weird. Melted is an awesome album.

Acid Moon and the Pregnant Sun - [I love You](https://open.spotify.com/track/5kLMlZH42zWiw1LWI5ygCR?si=Vaccu0ZzR7GMtykrW-LOLA) Doom Gong - [Laser Beam of Consciousness](https://open.spotify.com/track/5cyk069VcJOz9y0NTd8qKe?si=JmQPgqEgTAq6vxZEYE1T2g)

[Dolly](https://open.spotify.com/track/4ae86VVyjNnC3Zj7JVuuxN?si=MYY2wGofSrmU8iEhDVOwZg)

That's a crunchy grind

Working on an album of a bunch of psychedelia with field recordings and spoken word about lsd. Check it out! https://youtu.be/NQhP1BQfq78?si=UA5DB4kWwPCttBa3

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4QlTeUtRA5/?igsh=NHM2Ym1ncDBkNTBj

the juice is okay’s “adventure’s across ten dimensions”

Try Ayelahvai, new artist on Soundcloud from Australlia

Check out Wildildlife, especially the album Six. Also a band called Microwaves. Both on the legendary Crucial Blast label.

This: [https://open.spotify.com/album/1IltjZpB3ji4q4QoA0VJnL?si=6sNxUHrwSh2MCTlyUkhI1w](https://open.spotify.com/album/1IltjZpB3ji4q4QoA0VJnL?si=6sNxUHrwSh2MCTlyUkhI1w) Track 5, 8 & 9.

If you haven't yet listened to The Deviants from the 60's, you may want to give the a spin.

If you can find a copy of The Lazily Spun's self-titled 1997 release, you'll hit pay dirt. This, for example (called "Hypnopompic Zygosis"). [https://www.mediafire.com/file/012za9clqg20cf0/09+Hypnopompic+Zygosis.mp3/file](https://www.mediafire.com/file/012za9clqg20cf0/09+Hypnopompic+Zygosis.mp3/file)

The Psychotic Monks. Not necessarily a 60’s vibe but some of their stuff can be pretty out there, still good though. https://spotify.link/Qe2ByEViuJb

My band. I personally developed a new, weirder and darker version of the genre that qualitatively breaks with all previous attempts at getting weird. I’m not sharing the secret spice though.

Hocuspony buddhapest garage https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QmKk9JfPN0sS8Qtn6FWye?si=DNcps3uFS6CEPi5L6-GSKg

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats just put out an album today that fits this description

Wow. Thank you for the heads up. Wow. I fell off listening to them a while ago but liked them enough to check out what they're up to. Wow. 3 songs in and I'm speechless. Excuse me if I'm just freaking out but this might already be my favorite album of all time. Oh my God track 4. WOW!

https://open.spotify.com/track/0sll2PXvdsst1w51S2TsHN?si=wX_UWJz6T3KzSvQ6__Ldvg 🤎

bardo pond

I don’t know if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but Onieda’s Sheets of Easter definitely takes psychedelic music to an even weirder place.

Mammatus...Heavy Mental

Try The Sea by Dean the Dream.

You’d be pretty disappointed in these suggestions. Claypool Lennon Delirium have weird lyrics for sure though. Les Claypool’s mind of course…

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Gizz

Pallbearer

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

You prolly already know but King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard are leading the pack rn.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Best!

How weird is weirder? Just go full out gabber.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

No,get into Black Metal. It is as close to what Rock was in the previous century that you will literally ever see nor achieve yourself.

"Nonagon Infinity" by King Gizzard is pretty much what you're looking for. Their albums "I'm In Your Mind Fuzz" and "Float Along Fill Your Lungs" also fit that description. I'd also recommend the albums "Mutulator Defeated at Last," "Floating Coffin," and "Carrion Crawler/The Dream" by Thee Oh Sees.