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Baby Woodrose
2008-09-22 17:35:00 The new Baby Woodrose 7' contains two exclusive songs only available on this fine piece of plastic. Both songs were recorded with the intension of being included on their recent album "Chasing Rainbows" but it never happend. Not because of the quality of the songs, they just did not seem to fit in. Main man Lorenzo Woodrose has this comment on 'Coming Around Again': "Coming Around Again" could have been a hit for anybody, except we ended up playing it a bit too fast and adding lots of over the top twangy surf guitar and beeping Farfisa organ that kind of detract from it's easy listening qualities. The end result is somewhat bubblegum sounding. Some uplifting lyrics about coming back up after having been down for some time. This one turned out much better than I thought it would during mixing. This was actually considered for "Chasing Rainbows" album quite a lot" So even though "Coming Around Again" is released 9 months after "Chasing Rainbows" it is not an indication of how the ... More About: Music
John Coltrane
2008-09-21 11:16:00 The title of this album fits perfectly for John Coltrane was certainly at an important transitional point in his career at the time. Although he was still utilizing the same quartet that he had had for over three years (pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones) and his music had always been explorative, now he was taking his solos one step beyond into passionate atonality, usually over simple but explosive vamps. Other than the tender ballad "Welcome," most of this set is uncompromisingly intense; in fact, the closing nine-minute "Vigil" is a fiery tenor-drums duet. The 21-minute "Suite," even with sections titled "Prayer and Meditiation: Day" and "Affirmation," is not overly peaceful. It must have seemed clear, even at this early point, that Tyner and perhaps Jones would not be with the band much longer. . Info stolen from; AMG Links; John Coltrane - Transition John Coltrane John Coltrane Movie Channel Impulse With the success that Blue Note has had... More About: Music
Ladyhawk
2008-09-20 15:53:00 Shots is a night album. It is the sound of Ladyhawk getting loose -- turning up loud, downing a few more and howling at the moon. Ladyhawk are in vampire pose, filling their days waiting, only coming out after dark to stalk the streets ready for blood, then stumbling home drunk before dawn. Or like ghosts, drifting through the halls of the darkened house thinking about how they used to live there. Or sometimes ending up outside, staring into the cold moon for what seems like hours and seeing nothing - going back inside and seeing only a mask in the bathroom mirror. This is Ladyhawk's death trip, lining up a round of shots on the edge of the grave. Ladyhawk's kiss-of-death evokes the devilish sounds of Goats Head Soup guitars, the honey-slides and howling of Neil Young in his darkest hours, and the phantoms that haunted Roky Erickson at the Holiday Inn. Recorded over a period of two weeks in an abandoned farm house behind the shopping mall in the band's childhood hometown of Kel... More About: Music
Lazarus Blackstar
2008-09-20 15:50:00 Iwas impressed with the debut 'Revelations' some two years ago. The quality of the band in song writing were great. Comparing Lazarus Blackstar to other bands was not possible and rather an insult to the band. So, I was looking out for the second CD of these Bristol doomers. And 'Funeral Voyeur'?was lucky to be released at all, because during the recording of the album, Catten experienced an allergic reaction to the anaesthetics for an appendix operation, nearly seeing and walking towards the end of the tunnel! But boy am I glad 'Funeral Voyeur' is completed! The CD is more desolate, heavier, more hopeless, more depressive, more angry. The CD is full of surprises, like the double singing in the opening/title track. In 'I'm Not Paranoid (I Know They Hate Me)'?Lazarus Blackstar pushes in the gas pedal. They uses great samples in 'Make Believe Master'. The speech vocals in the last part of the trilogy 'Revelations III: Conclusion'. And it goes on, each song is great! They... More About: Music
Frederic Fontenoy
2008-09-19 15:08:00 Frederic Fontenoy shows us what happens when a really talented photographer and artist turns to creating erotic work. Shot in a different style, by a less skilled photographer, these would be pure porn. However, in Fontenoy's hands these images are transcendent. Bizarre and dark stories are told, layers of perversion are hinted at. Pretty great stuff, although not for all tastes, I guarantee. WARNING: The images in these galleries are very explicit. Links; Frederic Fontenoy
Bongzilla
2008-09-19 13:15:00 Like BLACK SABBATH deconstructed in the white, hazy confines of a practice space. Put this in your pipe and smoke it.? ? Ink 19 Since the seeds were planted in the mid-90s, BONGZILLA have been sowing Madison, Wisconsin?s rich soil with their homegrown, psychedelic sludge-core. Cultivating an extremely thick and heavy harvest of powerful mega-rock, BONGZILLA have fertilized their sound tenfold over time, and the results of their bumper-crop harvest speak for themselves. Releasing pounds of material over the course of the last few years, BONGZILLA have raised consciousness in regards to their existence, and have kept their musical fires burning non-stop. Having toured the U.S. multiple times, playing gigs with the likes of TODAY IS THE DAY, UNSANE, NOOTHGRUSH, LOGICAL NONSENSE, DYSTOPIA, GRIEF, ZED, EL DOPA, CATTLEPRESS, IRE, CAVE-IN and the mighty SPAZZ, BONGZILLA love to perform live. The band?s live show is not to be missed as crushing heaviness blends perfectly with tortured, in... More About: Music
BISON b.c.
2008-09-18 18:13:00 With only five years under their belt in the music industry, Bison b.c. is days away from releasing their major label debut, Quiet Earth. This album has everything to make any metal fan happy, but can Bison b.c. really blend thrash and doom metal elements on all eight tracks? Originally called Bison, the guys decided to change their name after signing to Metal Blade Records. The name change was confusing at first but the name change was done to avoid any problems one might have with all the other bands called Bison. Bison b.c. was born and the rest is now history. Bison b.c. primarily plays their own blend of doom metal. Throughout the album you can hear different sub genres, mainly from the thrash and sludge metal genres. I am usually one of those people that is picky when bands try to add too many genres into their sound because the end product tends to be a mess. In Bison b.c.?s case you get a terrific album. Quiet Earth makes everything Mastodon put out look like child?s play... More About: Music
Constants
2008-09-18 16:53:00 I'm a sucker for sprawling, epic rock music. Mogwai, Isis, M83, etc� You name it, I'm in. There's just something about music that slowly draws you in and hypnotizes you that really fuels my engine. About six months ago, my band was scheduled to play a show at this awful venue that pretty much everyone avoids. Of course, we ended up playing to only a handful of people. After our set, as we all began downing as many drinks as humanly possible, the headlining band took the stage. The house lights went down and a few floodlights illuminated the mysterious figures on stage as they slowly crept into their first song. The band was Constants. They played sprawling, epic rock music. I was quite pleased. The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril, the latest Constants EP, is a satisfying representation of what I initially heard that night. While the production could be better, the music never fails to suck you in. All four of the tracks that comprise the EP are nothing less than powerful indie-ro... More About: Music
Demon Dog Sperm
2008-09-14 10:44:00 What can be said about a band called Demon Dog Sperm ? Formed in 2002 with the line up of Sid (Vocals), Deron Christman (Guitar), Bruce Klipple (Guitar), Steve DeLong (Bass) and Dennis Christman (Drums). Demon Dog Sperm have been conquering the Pennsylvania metal scene. Having shared the stage with acts such as Clutch, Saliva, Exodus, Crisis, 3 Inches of Blood along with competing and winning the Van's Warped Tour Battle of the Bands in 2005, and securing themselves a spot on The Warped tour, they have grown their number of fans to huge proportions. Demon Dog Sperm take heavy influences from the stoner metal and death metal scene, the most prominent being the oozing down tuned distortion of Acid Bath, Mortician and Six Feet Under and the song flow of Clutch, Hatebreed, and Nothingface. These influences give Demon Dog Sperm a solid music foundation and direction. Their triple vocalist attack, distinctive guitar sound, sonic bass and percussive assault combined with a even more power... More About: Music
Porn and Merzbow
2008-09-12 17:27:00 12 tracks, 48 minutes. First release from new Southern imprint Truth Cult, a split album between Porn and Merzbow which blends seamlessly to create a beast of no equal.- This is the debut release for Truth Cult, a brand new imprint curated by Southern Records.- This is also the first time Porn and Merzbow have collaborated on a project together.- The Melvins' Dale Crover guests on drums.- The CD comes in a triple gatefold digipak with poster insert- The LP comes in a gatefold sleeve with a poster insert. It is coloured vinyl ? with 700 copies in brown.- All artwork is by Seldon Hunt, who has also created artwork for Earth, Isis, Sunn O))) and Pelican.TRUTH CULT is a brand new imprint lovingly curated by Southern Records. We aim to illuminate some novices worthy of discovery, unearth archive recordings that criminally have been left fallow and to arrange some beautiful collaborations and unique projects for your consideration. Art and packaging will be paramount to the label, as we ... More About: Music
Grails
2008-09-11 17:44:00 The up side about drugs is they help you look at the world around you in radically different ways. The down side? They have a way of making you, you know, stupid in the process. Grails must have been testing some new synthetic mind-bender before it hits the street as it recorded Doomsayer's Holiday. The band's consciousness expanded in those random, chemically produced and irrational directions, but instead of losing higher brain functions in a haze, they remain lucid. They might have even gotten smarter. "Reincarnation Blues" takes sitar and other Eastern flavors and flash-fries them in the oppressing, heavy atmosphere you'd expect from this veteran act. A keen sense of two kinds of atmosphere -- doom and gloom -- pervades the track, as with every other tune on the disc. "Predestination Blues," its somewhat-counterpart, pushes the Eastern motifs deeper into a mire of psychedelic overtones and doomsday warnings. Neither track's too heavy on the band's hard-music influences, a... More About: Music
SubArachnoid Space
2008-09-10 21:17:00 One of the finest instrumental psychedelic jam bands returns with their seventh full length and first for Strange-Attractors, the fine Portland, Oregon imprint that's been making wonderful noises recently with exceptional releases from Kinski, Surface of Eceon, etc. Similar to their radio station jam session, These Things Take Time, this is intended to be experienced in one lengthy, continuous listening session, and is divided into eight segments, roughly based on mood and chord changes. (In all honesty, it's actually closer to a mini-album, supplemented with new recordings of the track on their recent split LP with Bardo Pond ("Tigris"), a previously available MP3 ("Tucson"), and a rough, fuzzy, distorted, bargain basement, boombox-recorded hidden track that was, frankly, a little too easy to find, and should have remained in the archives.) "The Harsh Facts of Life" is essentially your kitchen sink approach to instrumental psychedelic rock: ten minutes of driving, pulsating, whi... More About: Music , Space
The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers
2008-09-08 18:26:00 Imagine MC5 taking a stab at Spacemen 3 or Blue Cheer doing Loop and you're close to what London's The Notorious Hifi Killers offer up on their debut album. "Which Side Are You On?" will be coming out on Rocket Recordings, a label whose pedigree you can trust when it comes to blown-out psych and burly fuzz. The band has a killer, fuzzed-out guitar sound propelling their heavy-blues edge, but they also sport a primal rock-n-roll /stoned / psychedelic side. The track "Near The Final Destination" is a stellar example of the Hifi Killer's take on psychedelic bliss -- thanks to the added assistance of Alexander Tucker, Duke Garwood and members of Part Chimp, while "Queen O' Fuck and "Don't Want To Know" showcase their penchant for ferocious biker-punk anthems." - Roadburn "Completing a trio of UK based guitar destruction, The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, get everything right on their debut album "Which side are you on?" Kicking off with the Stooge like riff/drone of "National Crisis", ... More About: Music
Aux Raus
2008-09-08 18:24:00 Aux Raus is an Amsterdam based techno punk band consisting of Bastiaan Bosma and Luuk Bouwman. Their idea is simple: to mix the urgency and energy of classic punk rock with contemporary techno and gabber. Songs were written on two drum machines, a shredded guitar and an old computer resulting in a high voltage mix of punk riffage, crowd moving techno beats and pop sensibilities. Capturing the spirit of the alcoholic dance parties and the dirt of punk shows Aux Raus know how to make a party out of a funeral. Creating a maximum impact with minimal means they became known as the enfants terribles of dance music . Shows took place in bars, squats and seedy discothèques all over the globe: from the undergrounds of Amsterdam, Mexico City Berlin and Moscow, to the glamour of Paris, Madrid and New York City, and back to the welcoming warmth of their parents? livingrooms in Noordwijk and Oss. In 2005 the band recorded their debut album in Mexico City called ?This Is How This Works? which i... More About: Music
Part Chimp
2008-09-07 12:50:00 Nostalgia sounds better when it?s loud, so turn up Part Chimp?s I Am Come as loud as possible on your system and watch entropy take over. The cones of your speakers will split and tear; orange warning lights will glow behind them. Sound will cease eventually, but not until the most primal and blown-out ?90s noise rock expels itself into the air. You may smell ozone, and maybe an electrical fire could ignite. Holy shit, you just fucked up your stereo. Haha, you?re a dummy. The formula here isn't complicated: take the pent-up anus clench rock tension of Unwound and add Karp- or Cherubs-esque levels of distortion and volume to it and you end up with this Glaswegian quartet, bent on pushing the limits of amplification technology. They really bring nothing new to the table, even lifting out the one-note piano monotony of ?I Wanna Be Your Dog? for their ?Punishment Ride.? But what they do bring ? a lumbering, imprecise knuckle-drag of very heavy, loud rock music with hooks ? more than c... More About: Music
Mr Jago
2008-09-07 12:40:00 Mr Jago, (plain Mr to his freinds) is one of the Scrawl Collective founder members and as such is central to the way the agency developed in it's infancy. Not a graffiti artist as such he took the influence of graffiti and ran with it in a completely different direction to everyone else at the time.Growing up in a small village offered little opportunity for bombing the streets and this led him to draw furiously in countless sketchbooks never knowing at the time where all this activity might lead him. After meeting Will and Steff while studying graphic design in Bristol his path seemed clear and he was soon working regularly for Bristol's ever burgeoning recording and club promoting entrepreneurs. He can truly be described along with Will Barras and Steff as a pioneer of the doodle school that seems to be everywhere these days and is now like graffiti before it an accepted part of our wider visual language. He is as a result, and deservedly so, world famous among his contemporarie...
The Heads
2008-09-05 20:31:00 The music you don?t hear on the radio ...at least for the time being This is what it is! An instrumental rehearsal a week or so before playing The Attic in Bristol on Saturday 5th April 2008 w art ?n? all, bum notes, jams, new tracks played a couple of times and the disc running out. Experience us experiencing ourselves... ?Listen to the music. Listen to the urbane, pulsating rhythms of Wayne Maskell; the spiritual serenity of Simon Price; the incredible range of emotions conveyed by Paul Allen; the lithe , graceful strenght of Hugo Morgan; the it, the beauty, the fun - they all have something to say to you. These people have transcended the technical limitations of their medium and their music is a very direct and spontaneous extension of themselves. Tastes are changing, man. Do yourself a favour and listen to the music, because you?re going to get turned on? ---Stav Beeker And dear people you also have to check Fuzzbox her blog Teach Yer How To Relax. In her Chatbox she got a ... More About: Music , Heads
The Gutter Twins
2008-09-04 20:12:00 The Gutter Twins is a musical collaboration between rock musicians Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. Dulli and Lanegan have regularly contributed to each other's projects since 2000; of the duo's origins, Dulli said "I think Mark told a journalist we were doing it, and then the journalist called me, and I didn't know we were doing it." On Christmas Day 2003, Dulli and Lanegan began work on the collaboration, titled Saturnalia. In July 2007, the music website Pitchfork Media announced that the duo, "two of the alt-rock era's greatest frontmen," had signed to Seattle label Sub Pop. Soon thereafter, Sub Pop reported a 4 March, 2008 release date for Saturnalia. Dulli and Lanegan plan to tour in the U.S and abroad to promote the album. Adorata is The Gutter Twins' eight-song EP released exclusively through iTunes on September 2, 2008. Recorded mostly during the original sessions for their debut album Saturnalia, Adorata finds The Gutter Twins drawing material from a wide range of art... More About: Music
Colour Haze (live)
2008-09-02 19:45:00 Flat out and without question, Colour Haze are the best heavy psych band out today, maybe one of the best bands in this current day of rock n' roll in general.... Chris Barnes - HellridemusicColour Haze ? maybe the most famous German heavy psychedelic rock band are considered to be at the forefront of today?s stoner/psychedelic rock scene. Founded in Munich in 1994 the current line-up of Manfred Merwald (Drums), Philipp Rasthofer (Bass) and Stefan Koglek (Guitar and Vocals) have been together since 1999.With Stefan Koglek`s characteristic guitar travelling between warm, floating melodies and distorted riffs, Manfred Merwald`s rich articulate drumming and Philipp Rasthofer`s hypnotic yet melodic bass lines the group deliver a rare balance between the ethereal and the earthy, between the raw and the sublime. Colour Haze have created a sound that is undeniably their own and recognizable from the first note.With 8 albums and more than 150 live-shows since 1999 throughout Europe and the... More About: Music , Live
Yosuke Yamashita
2008-09-01 17:58:00 Yamashita studied piano as a child and has played professionally since the age of 17. He attended Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo from 1962-1967 and played for a time with saxophonist Sadao Watanabe. Yamashita formed a bassless trio in 1969; his Bill Evans-influenced style expanded to include free jazz, a rather radical step given the conservatism of the Japanese jazz scene at the time. Beginning in the '70s, his trio toured widely and played many major European events, including the Berlin and Montreux jazz festivals. Yamashita's U.S. debut was at the 1979 Newport Jazz Festival; he also recorded with members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago around that time. In the '80s, Yamashita began playing frequent solo concerts. He also branched out stylistically, playing with Japanese and Korean percussionists and incorporating adaptations of classical works into his repertoire. Yamashita has worked with many internationally famous artists, including Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Bill Laswell... More About: Yamashita
Current 93
2008-08-31 12:31:00 The year was 1984 and Current 93 were in their very infancy. David Tibet had already been associated with the earliest incarnations of Psychic TV, and had appeared live in what would now be construed as ?industrial? events such as Dogs Blood Order in 1983. The Crowley-influenced ?LashTal? 12? surfaced along with the name change to Current 93 a year later, and the rest, as they say, is history. Of course Current 93 were a very different group back then, especially in relation to their recent formations. However, these earliest incantations of Current 93 produced some incredibly unique and innovative material, and to all intents and purposes inspired, shaped and helped to spawn a whole plethora of artists and musicians who would fall under the umbrella of ?industrial?, or later ?post-industrial? if you must, and of course the now immensely popular dark ambient genre. It has to be said, Current 93 weren?t solely responsible for helping to kick-start the whole genre of music that has e... More About: Music
Nathan Appel
2008-08-31 11:14:00 Some people would say that Sunday morning is time for church, and is no time for nude ladies wearing masks on the beach. To those people I would say, any time is a good time for nude ladies wearing masks on the beach. Almost any time.Nathan Appel's photography is essentially quite dark, eerie and moody. But, at times, it ventured a little too close to Barely Legal Semi Porn (why hello, tartan mini skirt, hair bleached within an inch of its life, chunky white heels and drag queen make-up) for me. So I left those ones out. But the ones in the gallery attached I really liked, none of them seem too contrived or insincere. Clever.Enjoy.And remember, if God wanted you at church every single Sunday morning, s/he wouldn't have invented beaches. Or boobs. Or masks, for that matter. Info stolen from; Lifelounge Links;Nathan Appel
Om
2008-08-30 11:53:00 Drone / stoner rock band originally consisting of two members: Al Cisneros (bass/vocals) and Chris Hakius (drums), both formerly of Sleep. Chris Hakius left OM in January 2008. He was replaced by Emil Amos in March 2008. And they got a damn fine new single out on SubPop records the first release without Chris Hakius and with the new drummer Emil Amos. Check it out, and let me now what you think.I do like comments!!!Links;Om - Gebel Barkal 7?Om @ MySpaceOmSubPop More About: Music
Sic Alps
2008-08-28 17:30:00 True to their throwback ?60s sound San Francisco duo Sic Alps have been releasing music on cassette tapes and 7-inches through the label Animal Disguise for the past couple of years. And although their recent full-length, U.S. EZ, is available in the more modern format of compact disc the group still wallows in similiar territory, this time with the Philly-based label Siltbreeze, the same dude who brought us Eat Skull, Times New Viking, and Psychedelic Horseshit. Although music writers must shy away from the industry?s new four-letter-word, ?lo-fi?, Sic Alps use a stripped-down approach normally attributed to said term. Their drums are coated with distortion and their dual vocals emerge through a cloud of hissing four-track fuzz. Even though the band sullies their instruments with fuzzy-psych flavors it?s the tight-knit vocal harmonies that make Sic Alps both palatable and reminiscent of the glory days of ?60s psych-folk. On U.S. EZ Matt Hartman and Mike Donovan give us a moderate... More About: Music
Venomin James
2008-08-27 20:12:00 Upon first listen you?d think that that Venomin James were a band of hairy, big-bellied, PBR-fueled ne?er-do-wells from West Virginny that smoke a lot of weed and listen to a lot of Down, COC, ATP and a Kyuss album or three, content on spending their days collecting disability, smoking, drinking, playing music and possibly beating their wives for sport. I say this because Venomin James plays music that sounds like a lot of bands that are hairy, big-bellied, PBR-fueled ne?er-do-wells from West Virginny bands spending their days collecting disability, smoking, drinking and playing music and possibly beating their wives for sport. But I was wrong. They may spend their days collecting disability, smoking, drinking, playing music and possibly beating their wives for sport, but the band is from Ohio, at least two of them are clean cut and three of ?em look like they could use a sandwich, especially the guitar player. Forty-two years of generating stereotypes and I lose every friggin? tim... More About: Music
Cheech & Chong
2008-08-27 17:23:00 Following a near chart-topping smash with their second comedy album (1972's Big Bambu had climbed to an amazing number two on the Billboard charts), soon-to-be-subversive teenage role models Cheech & Chong quickly returned to action with their third effort, Los Cochinos. Released the following year, the album essentially played it safe, continuing to expand upon many of the skits and characters introduced by prior outings. But such was the quality and depth of these road-tested sketches, that most of them remained as fresh and entertaining as parts one and two -- most notably fan favorites Pedro de Pacas and Man (revisited here via the hysterical "Pedro and Man at the Drive-Inn") and the side-splitting "Sargent Stadenko" (which picks up the story line introduced a year earlier by "Sister Mary Elephant"). Further standouts include the poop-obsessed "Cheborneck" and arguably the pair's most memorable musical number, the hilarious "Basketball Jones." . Info stolen from; AMG Links... More About: Music
U.S. Christmas
2008-08-26 17:23:00 Eat the Low Dogs is a beautifully dark and medicating record that fewer ears will hear than it deserves. It rocks, laments and hollers from the mountainous region of Marion, North Carolina with an enduring gloom that feels archaic and steadfast throughout. The old-timer influences are vast, but U.S. Christmas ' old/new merged sound is unified and deliberate: Hawkwind, Neil Young and slow-burn sludge metal such as Neurosis or Isis with their amps to eleven all play a role in U.S. Christmas' composite sound which is less sinister as it is somber. The muddling of genres results in a drug-addled state of alternating between southern rock, psych outbursts and old-fashioned country. A grim sincerity permeates the album's core and the drawn-out hymns recall a southern fried Pageninetynine at their most fleshed out, downtrodden and helpless. Eat the Low Dogs is the blues for a generation of misfit types with social problems, from a handful of miscreants with those same problems. The cont... More About: Music
Space Raven
2008-08-25 17:34:00 A magnum revolver holds six bullets. In many a film, an important character has fired such a gun without any thought of conserving the ammo, and soon finds the chamber has gone in complete rotation, leaving them with nothing. In so many ways, listening to this new EP from Tasmania's resident doomsters Space Raven is a lot like that chamber being spun full-circle. As some of you would do well to recall, this band was the focus of my first ever "Hensch's Hometown Heroes" column, the likes of which has been going on for quite some time now. It has been a great run thus far, what with a year worth of columns and a little over 52 feature reviews! With that in mind, it really is a return to my roots. This is the band that started it all, and here we are, back 360 degrees, spun like a revolver full of bullets being loaded and cocked. And what little (thank Jesus for that) has changed with these blokes. Just like last go-round here in my column, the band crafts excellent, purist doom in... More About: Music
No Age
2008-08-23 17:13:00 Beginning this past March, Los Angeles duo No Age released five impeccably decorated, vinyl-only EPs on five different labels. The blitz coincided with a seemingly endless string of live shows-- the kinds you go home and tell friends about. Not a bad one-two punch. Shattering eardrums in clubs is the most natural way to spread the word about your band, and their records were a smart way to spread a wealth of material while creating colorful collector's items in the process. Weirdo Rippers, an 11-song compilation consisting of highlights from those records, stitches songs together by sound and feel, rather than presenting them chronologically. The songs flow together swimmingly, and despite track-by-track brevity (three songs are under two minutes, three are under three) the group has mastered a low-tech immensity, and the album builds into something much bigger than its constituent parts.Guitarist Randy Randall and singing drummer Dean Spunt nabbed "No Age" from the 1987 SST compil... More About: Music
Gnaw Their Tongues
More articles from this author:2008-08-23 16:30:00 Trying to even come to terms with the complete and utter sonic headfuck that is Gnaw Their Tongues ? second full length ?Reeking Pained and Shuddering? is most certainly no easy feat. This whitewash of stunningly composed black/noise/experimental music is one of the best examples of just how far you can stretch the boundaries of the extreme into one mesmerizing and complete whole, keeping a certain degree of musicality that escapes many in this ever-fascinating genre. Basing his sound around twisted hypnotic rhythms, blood-curdling screams, deranged samples and more fuzzy distortion than a thousand lo-fi black metal bands combined, the atmosphere Gnaw Their Tongues create is akin to being tortured for an eternity by every demon in every culture the world over. Opener ?Blood Spills Out Of Everything I Touch? pulls you violently into a void of such total blackness that it can be at first quite overwhelming and most definitely tough to stomach. Distorted ritual drum patterns pound u... More About: Music 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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