Interviews, research and articles published by It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine have been quoted, cited and used as source material by newspapers, magazines, authors, academics, curators and documentary makers around the world.
This page brings together a selection of those external references, along with coverage of the magazine itself.
International press and media
The New York Times
Material first published by It’s Psychedelic Baby! has been referenced by The New York Times on multiple occasions, including in articles drawing on interviews and research from the magazine’s archive.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal referenced It’s Psychedelic Baby! in Neil Shah’s feature The Spawn of Black Sabbath, examining a new generation of artists carrying forward the influence of Black Sabbath and heavy underground rock.
Financial Times
The Financial Times quoted Klemen Breznikar in its Life of a Song feature on Iron Butterfly’s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, discussing the song’s psychedelic character, history and unusual longevity.
The Guardian
The Guardian has drawn on interviews published by It’s Psychedelic Baby! on several occasions.
In 2012, its feature on Italian musician Franco Falsini of Sensations’ Fix directly quoted and linked to Breznikar’s interview with Falsini. Material from the magazine has continued to appear as source material in The Guardian more than a decade later.
The Washington Post
In 2025, The Washington Post cited It’s Psychedelic Baby!’s extensive 2021 interview with David Thomas in its obituary of the Pere Ubu founder, using Thomas’s own words from the interview to discuss his outlook on the band and its legacy.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone has also drawn on material connected with the magazine, including in its coverage of Ron Bushy, drummer and founding member of Iron Butterfly.
Further references
Interviews, articles and research from It’s Psychedelic Baby! have also been cited, quoted, linked or referenced by publications and broadcasters including:
NPR
The Wire
Shindig!
Chicago Reader
Houston Press
BrooklynVegan
PopMatters
American Songwriter
All About Jazz
Louder
Ultimate Classic Rock
Far Out Magazine
uDiscover Music
London Jazz News
Our Culture
Metal Injection
Dangerous Minds
Mint Lounge
and others.
Books, academic research and institutional publications
Material from It’s Psychedelic Baby! has also been used in books, academic studies and institutional research.
The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibition catalogue Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 cites Klemen Breznikar’s interview with composer Joseph Byrd for It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine.
The citation appears in the catalogue’s documentation of Yoko Ono’s Chambers Street Loft Series in New York, where Byrd’s recollections are used to establish David Tudor’s participation in one of the performances.
Oxford University Press
Jonathan Weinel’s Inner Sound: Altered States of Consciousness in Electronic Music and Audio-Visual Media, published by Oxford University Press, cites Breznikar’s research in its discussion of psychedelic music, sound and recording techniques.
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Academic collection One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music draws on material published by It’s Psychedelic Baby! in its discussion of ? and the Mysterians.
A Gathering of Promises
Ben Graham’s A Gathering of Promises: The Battle for Texas’s Psychedelic Music, from The 13th Floor Elevators to The Black Angels and Beyond draws on interviews and research from It’s Psychedelic Baby! concerning figures from the Texas psychedelic underground.
Further books
Other books that have cited, referenced or drawn upon material by Klemen Breznikar and It’s Psychedelic Baby! include:
- Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 — Ryan H. Walsh
- Everybody’s Heard About the Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock ’n’ Roll in Minnesota — Rick Shefchik
- Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia — Joe Banks
- Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present — Seth Bovey
- They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll — Doug Brod
- The Tapestry of Delights — Vernon Joynson
- Record Collector Dreams — Hans Pokora
Klemen Breznikar is also credited as an interview contributor to Kito Jempere’s 200-page A Book of Kito, published in 2023.
Reviews and recommendations from It’s Psychedelic Baby! have additionally been selected for promotional material surrounding books including Richard Morton Jack’s Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums, 1966–1970, Peter Ulrich’s Drumming with Dead Can Dance & Parallel Adventures and Iain Key’s All The Young Punks: A People’s History of The Clash.
Documentary and film
Material from the magazine has also appeared in documentary contexts.
It’s Psychedelic Baby! was referenced in We Intend to Cause Havoc, the documentary exploring the story of the influential Zambian group WITCH and the wider Zamrock scene.
Coverage of It’s Psychedelic Baby!
Alongside citations of its interviews and research, It’s Psychedelic Baby! has itself been the subject of interviews, reviews and features.
Harbinger Magazine
Harbinger Magazine published an extensive interview with Klemen Breznikar discussing the beginnings of It’s Psychedelic Baby!, independent music journalism, record collecting and the development of the magazine.
Something Else!
Reviewing the first physical edition of It’s Psychedelic Baby!, writer Beverly Paterson described it as:
“one of the best sites to visit for all your psychedelic needs”
The review discussed the magazine’s coverage of both historical and contemporary music and welcomed its expansion from online publishing into print.
Shindig! Magazine
Shindig! Magazine also reviewed the first print edition, describing the established online magazine as a vibrant platform for psychedelic and underground music and calling its move into print:
“an excellent opening statement”
The review highlighted the edition’s extensive coverage of Texas psychedelia and its accompanying compilation CD.
An ongoing reference archive
The references collected here represent only part of the external use and coverage of It’s Psychedelic Baby! since its founding in 2010.
One of the more interesting developments has been the continued use of older interviews many years after their original publication — in obituaries, historical features, books, academic research and archival projects. As further references are identified, this page will continue to be updated.
For the history of It’s Psychedelic Baby!, its interview archive, print editions, liner-note work and record-reissue research, see the About page.