The Fat Angel Sings

Dream Syndicate continue their current tour with shows in New York all this weekend, This clip see the band in full tilt with fifteen minutes of hard-swinging sonic distortion from a recent show by The Dream Syndicate. The Dream Syndicate, formed by guitarists Steve Wynn and Karl Precoda and bassist Kendra Smith, acted as the natural bridge between the Television (and the new wave in general) and the new generation of psychedelic rockers.
Their first album, Days Of Wine And Roses (1982), conveyed, more than anything else, the synthesis of Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground that had been the hidden theme of the new wave. Echoes of the Rolling Stones, the Stooges and the Doors increased the hellish atmospheres of Wynn’s confessional trips. While Wynn was lost in his existential panic, Precoda and Smith lifted the music to a majestic level. When Smith left, the “acid” quotient dropped, and the band opted for the quieter jamming of Medicine Show (1984), a presage of the new sound of Out Of The Grey (1986), reminiscent of Neil Young’s neurotic country-rock; but Wynn was still the only songwriter capable of making his lyrics bleed.
Ghost Stories (1988) closed the semicircle by almost embracing R.E.M.’s folk-rock.