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The Fresh & Onlys
2009-09-24 00:03:00 The Fresh & Onlys shambles barefoot through Summer of Love-style guitar and tambourine jams, strewing lyrical oddities and flower garlands along the path that leads, if not to where Syd Barrett lives, at least to Dan Treacy?s neighborhood. Led by Tim Cohen, ex of the underrated Black Fiction, and now sometime supporter of Ty Segall, the band channels the zonked hippie overload of the 13th Floor Elevators and the lo-fi whimsies of Treacy?s Television Personalities. Shayde Sartin and Wymond Miles, both of the extended Skygreen Leopards family, join in for dense jangles of psychedelic guitar and half-tuned, echo-canyon harmonies. A plurality of band members seem to have worked with Kelley Stoltz at one point or another, and picked up a bit of his funhouse pop aesthetic.Lyrically, these songs are down to earth with none of the hearts and unicorns-style excesses of typical 1960s-influenced compositions. Things do turn a bit twee with ?Imaginary Friends,? a song in the Barrett fey pop tra... More About: Music
Thorr's Hammer [news]
2009-09-23 17:46:00 THORR'S HAMMER REUNION CONFIRMED FOR TOM WARRIOR'S ONLY DEATH IS REAL AT NEXT YEARS ROADBURN FESTIVALThe recently reunited Thorr's Hammer will be playing Tom Warrior's Only Death Is Real at Roadburn 2010, set to be held on Friday, April 16th.Having witnessed some downright incredible events in music this year, the recent Thorr's Hammer reunion gigs at ..Birmingham..'s own Supersonic Festival and London were among the absolute highlights. For the first time in 15 years, Thorr's Hammer treated audiences to live renditions of their monolithic, gut-wrenching, black-doom, originally created in the mammoth stoned winter of 1994-1995.Personally invited by Tom Gabriel Warrior, Thorr's Hammer, comprised of Stephen O'Malley (Sunn 0))), Guitar), Greg Anderson (Sunn 0))), Guitar), Jamie Sykes (Drums), long time cohort Guy Pinhas (The Obsessed / Goatsnake, Bass) and original vocalist Runhild Gammelsæter, will be playing their first ever show on the European mainland at Tom's Roadburn c... More About: News
High Wolf
2009-09-23 00:03:00 New Cdr only release. Random jams recorded after those releases you enjoyed (animal totem on Not Not Fun / gabon on Winged Sun / digital heaven on Stunned) . Expect some fuzzy wah guitars, trancey keyboards, delayed vocals, groovy percussions and jungle spirit! Artwork by Skyler HitchcoxLinks;High Wolf - IncapulcoHigh Wolf @ MySpaceWingedSun More About: Music
Thomas Wulff
2009-09-22 17:40:00 I was born in 1973 in Copenhagen Denmark, where I still live and work. I?m married and have 2 children.One of my great passions in life is photography and this began at a young age. This passion led to a job as a freelance press photographer for Søndagsavisen. After a few years break from photography the interest surfaced again because of the coming of digital cameras and now I?m doing photography as a serious hobby.I have a wide range of photographic interests and strive for originality in each image but currently, my primary focus is portraits and Nude Art photos. I?m always looking for opportunities for any interesting projects in which I can contribute my skills and creativity. Check Out More;Thomas Wulff
Cold Sun
2009-09-22 00:03:00 Never seeing an actual release until 1989, Cold Sun is a devastating slab of Texas psych and the sickest of lost gems. I can?t say I?ve ever been so moved by feedback and noise in my life. The long awaited reissue from World In Sound sheds some long due light on this beauty and is one of the best we?ve seen in 2008.The record is sometimes referred to as just Cold Sun; years later the band was unofficially renamed Dark Shadows which was printed on the sleeve as a pseudo album title. Interestingly, both names are derived from the same mythology that inspired the band Mu. Many of the details to the Cold Sun story have been lost in the cracks but Patrick the Lama?s (Acid Archives) essay is a noble piece of research and comes highly recommended for those interested in the history of this band.I never thought hard psych could sound gorgeous. The magic of the record, for me, is in Billy Miller?s (who wrote most of the material and spearheaded the band) electrified autoharp. This instrument... More About: Music
Roadburn [news]
2009-09-21 17:11:00 Some awesome news from Roadburn today, Sons of Otis, Goatsnake and YOB are confirmed for Roadburn 2010If time is a toxin, then Sons of Otis must be positively venomous. After a decade since their last European tour, the Canadian heavyweights will return in a very big way, playing two different sets at Roadburn Festival 2010.Formed in Toronto as Otis in 1992, Sons of Otis has followed Detroit-born guitarist Ken Baluke?s original vision to play thick sludge riffs underpinned by a pounding rhythm section and heavily reverbed vocals. The result is slow, spacey, hypnotic blues rock, seemingly too heavy to be real.1999?s Templeball easily ranks among the best albums that Sons of Otis ever put out, and definitely qualifies as one of the very best stonerrock albums of all time, too. The band will play this mile (high) stone of a record in its entirety at Roadburn 2010, in addition to a regular show.Ken Baluke comments: ?We've always wanted play Roadburn, but our hands were tied? But now, t... More About: News
The Human Quena Orchestra
2009-09-21 00:03:00 There are many ways to educe doom, but two remain the most popular and effective. Most bands down tune and play slow tempos while a scant elite craft dark arrangements using feedback and ambient noises. San Francisco?s oddly named Human Quena Orchestra is one of those few that dare to leave space in their arrangements and shun the conventions of rock music. To call them an angry Nadja, a depressed Whitehouse, an ambient Gnaw, or a sedated Trees would give you a reasonable idea of their aesthetics, but such comparisons fail to capture the overall atmosphere.The Politics of the Irredeemable is Human Quena Orchestra?s second record and finds the band wallowing in its own swill. I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. From the blinding feedback of ?Progress? to the sullen descent of ?Denial (Part 2),? each buzz, crackle, and creak is organic and insular, circumscribed within the blackened wasteland staked out by the band. Their hellhole is cinematic in scope but isolating in... More About: Music
Witchcraft [live]
2009-09-20 13:48:00 It's fair to say that Witchcraft are not of this time & space.In fact it?s safe to say that they were born at least 30 years too late.It?s also safe to say that Witchcraft play dark rock music the way it?s supposed to be played - effortlessly heavy yet relaxed: with these guys, it just comes naturally without ever sounding forced.The four evil gypsies who combine to form the Witchcraft magic are seemingly unaffected by today?s technology and tired excuse for rock music, where ?new for nu?s sake? equals boring and fake.Links;Witchcraft -Live - Klubi - Tampere, Finland March 18th, 2009Witchcraft @ MySpaceWitchcraftRise Above Records More About: Music
Comus
2009-09-20 12:03:00 Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting and arrangements that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin, hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals, and detours into almost tribal rhythms. All of this might be making the album sound more attractive than it is; the songs are extremely elongated and fragmented, and the male vocals often have a grating munchkin-like quality, sometimes sounding like a wizened Marc Bolan. The lyrics are impenetrable musings, mixing pastoral scenes of nature with images of gore, torture, madness, and even r... More About: Music
White Hills [news]
2009-09-20 12:01:00 Coming on 2009-10-06Hailing from Brooklyn, White Hills were originally formed to help bring space rock into the 21st century and on October 6th, they'll be one step closer with the release of their limited edition "Dead" EP. Straddling the chasm between Hawkwind and Mudhoney, White Hills craft psychedelic swirls of feedback, bottom heavy bass riffs and soaring guitar solos that take listeners on journeys into the farthest reaches of the mind. This vinyl only release will feature three new tracks and a new remix of "Oceans of Sound" and is limited to 1,000 copies. Like all previous White Hills' releases, the demand for this EP is already foreshadowing that it will sell out instantaneously upon release!Side ADEADOCEANS OF SOUND (Antrønhy ØH Remix)Side BANOTHER COMINGRED SUNTitle track "Dead" was recorded at Oneida's Ocropolis studio in Brooklyn and features Kid Millions on drums. It's slated to appear on White Hills' forthcoming LP that is set for release in early 2010. "Oceans o... More About: News
Christopher Davison
2009-09-19 17:33:00 Christopher currently lives in Philadelphia, working as a freelance designer and part time professor for the Tyler School of Art. His work as been exhibited in both solo and group shows including an exhibition in 2006 curated by Cornelia Butler, Chief Curator of Drawings at MOMA in New York. He has also exhibited overseas in Rome, Italy, where he lived and worked in 2005. His work explores a psychological landscape of characters and events that often foretell of a future world where humanity has been dethroned by genetically divergent beasties, self-fulfilled prophecies, and radical climate shifts. His influences in drawing come from a variety of sources including Medieval European Art, Indian Miniatures, and the etchings of Goya and George Grosz.Lovingly Taken From; Imperfect Articles Links;Christopher DavisonChristopher Davison @ MySpace
Eight Hands For Kali
2009-09-19 12:03:00 This is some far out stuff. One long track of psychedelic DOOM that lasts 55 minutes. Brant Bjork does some spoken word stuff on it, which will bring some extra people to want to hear this challenging but cool piece of music. The track was recorded in one take in 2006 and it is a trip. It starts with some bubbling deep drones and around 1 min Brant Bjork comes in with ?Rock and Sun?. The feedback is building and you feel the air getting thicker and then things start to freak out? Get the idea..some crushing riffs come in later and the end is a total trip? Fans of YOB and Sleep will totally dig this. The band has released one other EP as well. Lovingly Taken From; LowcutLinks;Eight Hands For Kali - Himalayan NecromantiaEight Hands For Kali @ MySpacePariah Child More About: Music
Aluk Todolo
2009-09-19 00:03:00 Aluk Todolo are a recondite creature. Part okkult black metal fiend and part snide kraut menace. Somehow the doppelganger works and Finsternis proves for a second time there is brilliance in the absence of light. Dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. Finsternis is the German word for eclipse, mimetic of cyclic elements, phases and unphases, endless rebeginnings, broken circles and perfect circles. A dangerous, noxious coil of all things black.Lovingly Taken From; Utech RecordsConsisting of five tracks that largely segue into one another, Finsternis begins with "Premiere Contact" and sets the intent right away: a quick blast of low-fi electronic noises and a razor sharp bass and drum rhythm that is simple, but mechanical enough to channel the best of krautrock and its antecedents such as Metal Box. Below this lock-step rhythm is a consistent level of guitar abuse and squall that mostly stays lurking behind the rhythm lik... More About: Music
Tribe Of Cro
2009-09-18 12:03:00 Tribe Of Cro play an [almost] all instrumental, exploratory, jamming form of spacerock that is sometimes Krautrock or metallic heavy, and sometimes trance electronic adventurous along the Ozrics/Pink Floyd axis. Based in England and Belgium the band was formed in December 1994 and its members come from such bands as Mandragora, Dr Brown, The Great Imperial YoYo, Cherokee Mist, Wegg, Bud, Giant Eyes, and Floating Temple. The musicians include Phil on keyboards and samples, Niall on guitars, samples, and keyboards, Mik on guitar, Ade on guitar, Marcel on bass, and Kevin on drums. Sporadic Spiro-Gyra with a core sound that often reminds me of late 60's/early 70's jam rock, but within a space context. The first two songs, the title track and "Dead Men Don't Eat Calcium", are actually two parts of a single tune, and representative of the sound on this release. The first cut sets a driving Deep Purple sounding groove that is accompanied by trippy synth patterns. Dead Men, while retaini... More About: Music , Tribe
The Movements
2009-09-18 00:33:00 When Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang went up to space in 2006, his imfamous reputation as "the astronaut who never gets to go to space" finally died, and Sweden turned into space fever. Inspired by this, and by listening to music from the so called space-rock genre from the 70's, The Movements started to work on a theme album about the Swedish space traveler. The result is a musical story of space-rock noise, kraut-rock and Swedish folk-music.Lovingly Taken From; AllthatsHeavyHere we have another interesting release offered by the Austrian Sulatron Records label. THE MOVEMENTS are from Sweden, formerly known for making garage rock music with a retro touch. They established their reputation by extensive tours through Europe delivering kick-assing live performances. This album is differing though because a kind of space prog production mixed up with krautrock and folk elements. The concept is made around the story of Christer Fuglesang, the only Swedish (and even nordic) astrona... More About: Music
Sandrine Pelletier
2009-09-16 19:47:00 Sandrine Pelletier?s sewn portraits and surreal tableaux are expertly crafted and surprisingly kinetic, but don?t expect tidy, traditional needlecraft: Her crewel is not meant to be kind. Instead, you?re more likely to see the canvases? backsides, where the vacant eyes and mouths of her zombie children and backyard fighters ?bleed? profusely by way of unruly red cotton strands. The internationally exhibited Lausanne native says she is more interested in showing evidence of the ?almost violent? way she attacks her canvas with the needle, to better show raw emotion and the truth of her subject matter. Inspired by the Surrealists, Aubrey Beardsley, gothic art, and artifacts from her childhood such as Jim Henson?s Muppets (indeed, puppet-making was her first love after graduating from design school), Pelletier straddles the divide between fine art and design with gallery shows around the world and commercial assignments from clothing retailers and pop-culture magazines. A firm believer ...
Hassara
2009-09-16 00:03:00 Here?s some total goner death trip glory blues from Jimmy James Wand. Serious roach motel summer scorch mind fog. A real cd release collecting 3 separately self-released, and long out of print, CDRs. With new, dripping mystic / egg hatching baby angel artwork from Robert Beatty of Hair Police.Squalled out, smoke billowing jitter flop. Heavy blinding waves of searing ooze. Lots of bad man / dead end / wasted soul vibes. Lonesome death ride hells angel crust. Some real smooth pitch black desert / alleyway slow groove too. When it's all over you open your eyes to discover you?ve ended up exactly nowhere and are stuck in endless repetition. Total life image! Total death image! Total silver dollar saloon ass shake at 4am image! Don?t let the sun burn a hole in your eyes.This is an insane collection of essential recordings. One-time pressing of 500Lovingly Taken From; Foxy digitalis The "Backyard" series was originally issued by (Wooden Wand) Hassara in 2005 and 2006 as three micro editi... More About: Music
Siena Root
2009-09-15 00:03:00 There's a moment in ?We Are Them,? the lead track on Siena Root 's fourth full-length, Different Realities, where the band effortlessly and expertly channels Rush on the Canadian band's debut. On past releases, Siena Root's shown they've got the skills to pay the retro hippie rock bills, so this new foray into meatier territory was a welcome addition to an already well rounded sound.What was also noticeable was the singing, in the sense that it didn't sound much like Sartez Faraj, lead crooner on the band's last full-length, Far From the Sun (their website confirms he's no longer with the band, thanks to the usual ?creative differences?). Nor did it sound like Sanya, the vocalist on sophomore release Kaleidoscope, or original frontman Oskar Lundstrom. Which means the band once again is sallying forth with a different voice.That sort of line-up inconsistency is never a good thing ? something the remaining, core members of Siena Root took to heart, as eight out of ten songs on ... More About: Music
An Emerald City
2009-09-14 20:03:00 Saw this band last Friday, they were opening for the Datsuns in Leiden (Hol.). And i was thinking why i havent heared from these guy before. They make some sort of ambient spacerock, and i kinda liked it right away, when they were playing they reminded me a little on Hawkwind they werent that loud but... maybe it was the beer, maybe it was their organ... Anyway tell me what you think about this band... Here comes another review, from someone who is more then a writer then i am.[mr.A]This extraordinary four-track EP by an Auckland band which is long on instrumental elegance and very short on pretention is a diamond, and like a precious gem you can turn it many ways and appreciate different refractions.These swooning, grand and widescreen instrumentals have something in common with the great US band Explosions in the Sky but they also have a more exotic element through the presence of violin, cello and what sound like discreetly placed sitar and Chinese lute.The pieces sway into each... More About: Music , City , Emerald
Loan
2009-09-14 17:36:00 This trio from Spain brings us some awesome tunes in the same vein as Rebreather, Electric Wizard. They shared the stage with Unsane, The Ocean, Lair Of The Minotaur, Birushanah and a few others. After a demo (Hautsa) and their first full lenght (Kobazuloan Saiakerak) ?Hontziria? is their second full lenght album and it sounds very good... Be your own judge, and buy this one if you like it.Links;Loan - HontziriaLoan @ MySpaceLoanOdio Sonoro
Eternal Tapestry
2009-09-13 12:53:00 This Portland-based psychedelic rock group play heavy ? almost Swedish ? style repeat-o raunch in a mind-erasing style that makes you think of a less benign Harvester/Trad Gras/Parson Sound crew or maybe the whole Loop/Spacemen 3 scene. Two-chord drug jams that move between levitation and heavy gravity.Something about the tour 2009 cdSo when these guys came into the shop to drop off their newest tour cd-r, we expected to hear more of the usual E-Tap free bluesy psych jamming. And psych-heads be assured there is a fine amount of freak-out guitar and hypnotic, driving drums here, but the Bindemen brothers and their third, Dewey Mahood have reached an all-time best with this one. They seem to have taken a more gritty and punk influenced direction here, instead of bluesy, the riffs are gritty and damaged in a Black Flag meets Wooden Shjips kinda way. Still very cosmic and sprawling, this shit is waaay darker and waaay more heavy then any other E-Tap stuff we've heard to date. There's ... More About: Music , Eternal , Tapestry
Bird From The Abyss
2009-09-13 12:03:00 Bird From The Abyss, a oneman anti-band, hails from Finland?s primeval forests,and combines drone/doom(metal) with acoustic elements; folk and world music to form ritualistic compositions.Promo/Demo/EP ?I? was released on April 30th 2009 as CD-r and was sold out on July 2nd 2009The upcoming full lenght album will be released by Starlight Temple Society, which states the following:?Bird from the Abyss comes from Finland, a land where nighttime dominates the dayside and where inside deep, dark forests still dwell the ancient creatures of the mythological north. But the music of BFTA is more exotic, more mediteranean - it?s aura is one culled from the ancient Egyptian ethos, it?s ritualistic nature is foreboding and sinister. When one hears the music of BFTA. they will uncover many styles from doom to ambient to folk to progressive- all synthesized and textured in a way which births a new and completely original dark sound. ?And check this review of ?I? on Avantgarde-Metal.com.Links;Bi... More About: Music , Bird
Ga?an
2009-09-13 11:13:00 Sometimes you will find something on the internet and you just don?t know what it is is or how to call it. Ga?an is something i can?t really place. They are probably a progressive-experimental-psych-space-krau trock band... And damn i like it. Anyway they are from Chicago and have Jeremiah Fisher on Synthesizers, Jason Sublette on Bass Guitar/Synthesizers, Lindsay Powell on Vocals and Seth Sher plays the Drums. And sometimes they remind me of La Otracina, and that is a good thing believe me.Here is a article from NEWCITY;If monks discovered percussion, it might sound a lot like Ga?an. Driven by a blend of real and synthesized vocal chants, and backed by tirelessly precise drumming, this band is one of Chicago?s most unique musical acts. The group, which has been active since early 2008, deftly creates mournful soundscapes that pulse and quiver with hungry emotion.?It?s meditative and makes me feel like I?m purging all the yuck,? says vocalist Lindsay Powell.Accompanied by drummer Set... More About: Music
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
2009-09-13 00:03:00 In 1993, Mazzy Star?s Hope Sandoval released the dream-pop gem ?Fade Into You,? a dusty, lilting ballad that served as the soundtrack to make-out sessions for Converse-clad alterna-dorks everywhere. The notoriously reclusive Californian hasn?t cracked the mainstream since, opting to release a few records here and there with various projects.But there?s good news: Sandoval is back. With her band Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions (which features My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig), Sandoval is gearing up to release her second record since the act?s 2001 debut Bavarian Fruit Bread. The new disc Through the Devil Softly ? out September 15th ? is a lovely, 11-track collection of narcotic, folk tunes centered by Sandoval?s breathy, irresistible seductive croon. So what took so long? ?I don?t really notice the time,? says Sandoval coyly. ?We don?t keep track of the days and months. And the years.?Sandoval and Ó Cíosóig cut the disc with their crack band over the last few years ... More About: Music
Marijn Akkermans
2009-09-12 16:31:00 Marijn Akkermans1975, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, LIVES AND WORKS IN AMSTERDAM. (...) In the artist?s recent works these scenes are replaced by a more portrait-like presentation of the figures, to the extent that they look out directly at the viewer in classical portrait poses. Like vague memories, echoes of early 19th-century portraiture shimmer through the surfaces, recalling a time when the emerging bourgeoisie began to define itself by way of the inwardness and intimacy of family relationships. Did this promise of warmth and security not at the same time secretly entail a loss of personal autonomy and psychological integrity, making room for a kind of dependency on others that was heretofore unknown in the firmly defined roles of earlier eras? When in Marijn Akkermans? drawings monstrous metallic-looking women?s hands encircle a child, or hair cascades down to form a cage that constrains movement, the borders between emotional bonds and ties that bind, between protection and poss...
The Crimson Jazz Trio
2009-09-12 00:03:00 With The King Crimson Songbook Volume 1, (DGM Live, 2005), the Crimson Jazz Trio reinvigorated some of the best tunes from one of the most influential progressive rock bands of all. The trio's drummer, Ian Wallace, played with King Crimson in the 1970s and was crucial to the sound of their fourth album, Islands (Island, 1971), while pianist Jody Nardone and bassist Tim Landers are clearly fans of the band and together the three musicians form a tightly knit ensemble. The King Crimson Songbook Volume 2 showcases yet more of their re-interpretations of classic King Crimson compositions.Stripped of their progressive rock production and Robert Fripp's distinctive guitar sounds these tunes are remarkably fresh and pliable, standing on their own merits even for those unfamiliar with the originals. The Crimson Jazz Trio's arrangements expand on the possibilities of the originals while adding new dimensions to their emotional impact. The one track that retains its lyrics, "Inner Garden,"... More About: Music
Rose Hill Drive
2009-09-11 00:03:00 THIS is the hardest POPPING Rock album I have heard in years. It is balls-out rock but alongside the bite and grit are some of the most pile-driving melodies in a rock structure this side of - well, I can not think of a band they remind me of in this context. But move this one to the head of my favorites of 2008 - THAT I am sure of. Now, this one is not for many of you, more than likely. DO humor me and go listen to the songs below, though. Really. Pretty please. Seriously, if the stronger of the songs here(and they ALL are great, for my ears), do not make you pick up that imaginary guitar and rip up the air around it in front of some kind of mirror, you just do not rock, dude. Which IS fine, of course - just move on to the more poppy offerings here. No hard feelings but if you are reading still and not gone and listened below - get going!" Exploiting a classic rock sound that owes a large portion of their royalty check to the likes of Led Zeppelin and MC5, Rose Hill Drive unleash a... More About: Music
Litmus
2009-09-10 00:03:00 Planetfall's strong enough of an album to negate the fact that the band's so blatantly inspired by Hawkwind. Planetfall could've been released under the Hawkwind name and nobody would be the wiser. This is more than just an homage to a legendary band ? Litmus has done its homework. The songs work, from the classic riffs and blazing solos to the simple, persistent drumming, to the bass lines that are about two notes away from being too busy. What really does the trick is the band's use of dynamics. Whether quickie songs like ?Tempest? and ?The Machine Age? or ten plus minute pysch epics like ?Under the Sign? and ?Expanding Universe,? Litmus knows exactly how when to pull back and when to just let completely loose. Just as Entombed's ?Seeing Red? is the best song Motorhead never wrote, Planetfall may well be the best Hawkwind album that didn't involve the band.Lovingly Taken From; Stonerrock.comCome; let us explore the vast unknown that is outer space. Leave the microcosmic worl... More About: Music
Thee Oh Sees
More articles from this author:2009-09-09 00:03:00 No need to get John Dwyer's lawyers on the phone. This is still, for all intents and purposes, the same band that has gone by minutely different handles such as OCS and TheOhsees and The Oh Sees. On the surface, this would seem like (sigh) OCD; jokes about that TV show are pretty much hacks-only at this point, and if Dwyer isn't particularly happy with what we thought of his last album, it's still showing up at the bottom anyway. But on The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In, consider it a flare gun signaling an impending about-face, as the undercooked folk of 2006 release The Cool Death Of Island Raiders is jettisoned for an album of a very particular sort of desert summer, as influenced by oil stains and scorched blacktop every bit as much as gutbucket garage and primordial rock.Master's Bedroom conjures vast stretches of I-10 through the Inland Empire, with an occasional heat-stroke mirage along the way (the true-to-title "Graveyard Drug Party"). And while this te... More About: Music 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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