Movies: Psychedelic rock

Billy, an aspiring artist and musician, grapples with the challenges of growing up, navigating heartbreak, anxiety, and a myriad of nightmares. His quest leads him on a surreal odyssey through his dreams, where he seeks to unravel the deeper signific...

After failing to make it big as a rock band, four Indian Americans in 1960s San Francisco attempt one last rebrand to ride the hippie wave and finally get their big break....

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Procol Harum: Live at the Union Chapel is a record of the final performance of the band's 2003 world tour, taped on December 12 before a small London crowd. The venue was an inspired choice. As a performance space, the Gothic church is at once both i...

In 1976, four young friends from Athens form the band "The 4 Levels of Existence". They compose, rehearse in improvised music studios, and record their first and only album, realizing their own musical "revolution". In the ensuing years this "revolut...

A new film directed by Ira Cohen and produced by BASTET created from never-before-seen original 16mm outtakes, featuring a new soundtrack composed by Will Swofford with the Expanded Instrument System...

1993 recording of band Les Rallizes Dénudés performing at the Baus Theater....

The Flaming Lips recorded live at The Southgate House in Newport, KY in 1988....

Guitarist, singer and harmonica player Roky Erickson was one of the pioneers of Psychedelic Rock with his band 13th Floor Elevators in the 1960s. After being diagnosed with a serious case of schizophrenia, Erickson spent years in mental institutions,...

Music and image merge in this visual spectacle for the first video clip of Paranoia. The psychedelic images and editing combine perfectly to provide a painterly style to a song that invites the listener to dream....

With melodic progressive rock and socially critical lyrics, the British band Porcupine Tree also gained a large fan base in Germany at the turn of the millennium. In 2005, Rockpalast filmed them at their gig in Cologne's Live Music Hall. At their con...

Six Colours Frenesi is a live video by the Brazilian musician Jupiter Apple. It was originally recorded during a venue at the famous Bar Opinião in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul on November 23, 2011, but only released in 2014 through the musician's...

Les Claypool and Sean Lennon of The Claypool Lennon Delirium perform live at House of Blues Boston. Featuring interviews with Claypool and Lennon, this concert film showcases the band in fine form....

23-year old Tiel travels to Austin with hopes of reconnecting with her longtime lover, only to end up disillusioned. A turning of events leads her to find her own self-worth in a strange and chaotic world....

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Filmed during the Grateful Dead's 1994 summer tour, this film chronicles the lives of the "Deadheads"-- free-spirited fans who follow the band around the country....