Few rock albums have retained a place in my heart and head like The Days of Wine and Roses, the 1982 debut album by LA's Dream Syndicate. At the time the band was lumped in with other players from the city's Paisley Underground scene, a neopsychedelic movement that produced the Bangles, the Three O'Clock, Long Ryders, Rain Parade, and Green on Red—but that record, which borrowed more from the Velvet Underground than any flower power combo, didn't exactly fit the mold (its name was taken from the mighty drone project of composer La Monte Young, which included future Velvets member John Cale).…
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