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Starter Packs: Krautrock

CAN Live in der Mushalle Hamburg, 1972 | Photo by Heinrich Klaffs | License  by Everett Cannon Few genres are as influential yet underappreciated as krautrock. From Pavement to Kanye West, countless artists have found influence in this experimental rock subgenre. Originally called “Komisch” or Cosmic Music, Krautrock started off as an offshoot of psychedelic rock in post-WWII Germany. Artists at the time wanted to make music that wasn’t connected […]

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Starter Packs: Psychedelic / Freak Folk

by Mandy Devine Starter Packs is a new series in which a WPTS staffer provides an overview of one of their favorite niche genres. Be on the lookout for future installments of the series. Whether you call it psychedelic, acid, or freak folk, this distinctly dreamy subgenre was born from 60s psychedelic rock and traditional folk. While not strictly acoustic, psych folk generally contains or draws from acoustic instrumentation to […]

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