A deserving tribute to one of rock’s most iconic groups provides an opportunity to delve into the work of two under-considered sticksmen. Few bands have influenced rock ’n’ roll as deeply as the 13th Floor Elevators. They are the kind of band you listen to over and over again, until the musical arrangements reveal the story of their consciousness-expanding vision of enlightenment. At first glance, you could mistake them as just another group of young rebels that chose to go against the constrictions of society and start a rock band. Their ongoing prominence proves they were so much more. Editor and renowned archivist Johan Kugelberg says that the Elevators “have been as influential as the Velvet Underground, in how they informed punk and altered the trajectory of underground music.” Earlier this year, Anthology Editions released a dense archive of the band’s history written and organized by Paul Drummond, 13th Floor […]

October 2020 Issue