While all this mystical neo-tribal psychedelic art-rock is still in the air, here's another band in that orbit that's worth checking out, Celebration. Above, Matt Goldman's video for "Evergreen," depicting some sort of crystal magic ritual.
Based in Baltimore, Celebration sometimes collaborate with TV on the Radio, which is evident in their sound. The spiritual overtones to this new genre should not go unnoticed. The need for universal rebirth -- in every sense of the word -- is obvious to these artists. Among Celebration's 'interests' on MySpace:
FREEDOM, green energy, mountain magic, vulture magic, panther people, Malian drumming, cave dwelling, evergreens, The harmonic convergence 2012, time travel, power animals, tropical fantasies, underground lakes, dithyrambic moments, group howls, "Hiawatha's childhood", copal resin, Chief Seattle, "The magic in your mind", creative visualization, mandala magic, japa meditation, bird calls.
What I see happening in all this is the formation of a horizontal and aesthetic kind of syncreticism, hybridizing many forms of spirituality with a hybridized style of music, elemental and earnest, in order to achieve ... well, let your imagination run wild on that one.
* Check out this interview with singer Katrina Ford, this interview with the whole band in New York, and this review in Baltimore City Paper.