Apple Music Playlist: In the late ’90s, neo-psych bands like Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips began to explore a lighter, more expansive psychedelic pop, often full of orchestral elements. Elsewhere, both British and American bands began flirting with lysergic colours in their indie rock, including The Beta Band, Lambchop and The Verve. Nice nice
Apple Music Playlist: Miles Davis’ embrace of rock and funk changed jazz history. In the late ’70s, peers like Ornette Coleman also incorporated electric guitar and bass—hear his “Theme from a Symphony (Variation 2)”. But Davis’ approach also changed pop music. In the ’80s, bands like Talking Heads drew on the riotous polyrhythms of his fusion music—as on “The Great Curve”—widening the trumpeter’s sphere of influence. Energetic and also a little unhinged ...