Wand's "Golem" album's sounding pretty good, almost scratches the itch I have for Tame Impala and Uncle Acid to collaborate.
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 6 April 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I can second that WAND album, it's a lot of fun. It falls more closely to garage rock than stoner rock, but you can definitely feel the influence of the latter.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 April 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
So here's a very preliminary list of my favorite records of this type from the first quarter of 2015:
Elder - LoreEternal Tapestry - Wild StrawberriesWAND - GolemMoon Duo - Shadow of the SunSaturnalia Temple - To The OtherCrypt Sermon - Out of the GardenMondo Drag - Mondo DragCorsair - One Eyed HorseAwful Band Name Here - Magic MustacheThe Silence - The SilenceBlack Rainbow - HawkdopeKult of the Wizard - The White WizardShepherd - Stereolithic RiffalocalypseBose - Ultimate Temple of DoomPond - Man, It Feels Like Space AgainSorcerer - In the Shadow of the Inverted CrossRuby the Hatchet - Valley of the SnakeDisappears - IrrealTorche - RestarterCherry Choke - Raising the WatersCaptain Crimson - Ageless TimeThe Midnight Ghost Train - Cold Was the GroundBrothers of the Sonic Cloth - Brothers of the Sonic ClothDopethrone - HochelagaSpidergawrd - IIKiller Boogie - DetroitOmega Soul - VoidStonebringer - Those WindsChiefs - Tomorrow's OverStoned Jesus - The HarvestFakir Thongs - Habanero
I know, I know, stretching the categories here (I know we dropped doom from the title), but this is how I wanted to list 'em.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Kult of the Wizard! Woohoo!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I somehow missed out on the first couple EPs, but I really like that new one. I'm anxious to hear what a full length will sound like though.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
I think this lineup will be steadier than prior ones so the potential is high for a full length. They're also looking into playing their first shows in the next few months. Alas, I won't be able to play "Plasma Pool" with them.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Well, dammit, that was my favorite part of the EP. I do hope they make it over to Chicago when they tour though.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
I hope so to. I'll make sure and let you know of any dates.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Wand rules so hard.
I agree that Black Pussy album's pretty good. I think it's a shame many of the music writers / rock crits I've seen - good, smart ones, no less - have let the terrible name stop them from actually listening to and assessing the music.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
New Torche album is really good, I think. I've always liked the idea of Torche but never quite gotten down with the execution before.
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
these guys are playing my store on the 17th. the british sunburned? i dunno. if i close my eyes i can almost hear bunnybrains circa 1994.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gbwIP2GGjs
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
Falling asleep to wand the last couple of evenings. Strangely relaxing
― calstars, Thursday, 9 April 2015 13:33 (nine years ago) link
I've been quiet because I was packing, moving, unpacking, but not totally out of the loop. I saw Wand on Easter Sunday and they were even better than I hoped! http://fastnbulbous.com/wand-golem-in-the-red/
I then saw Electric Wizard on Tuesday, and it was pretty great, though the sold-out crowd were annoying and decided moshing was a good idea. I wasn't too impressed by the drummer, and making "Time To Die" last 20 minutes was kind of excruciating, but otherwise if was a good mix.
The Lucid Dream – The Lucid Dream (Holy Are You? Recordings) - I'd imagine this will get popular. First album available cheap on Bandcamp (https://theluciddream.bandcamp.com/), new one is on Spotify, or can order CD for £7.http://fastnbulbous.com/the-lucid-dream-the-lucid-dream/https://open.spotify.com/album/6FuFh339KQJDa0cyVlNoWQ
More:http://fastnbulbous.com/royal-thunder-crooked-doors/http://fastnbulbous.com/new-albums-of-the-week-march-31/http://fastnbulbous.com/ufomammut-ecate-neurot/http://fastnbulbous.com/elder-lore/
Ufomammut tour kicks off at Reggies in Chicago, and I now live just a mile down the street from there. I met Jon from here at Uncle Acid, and anyone else going, let us know!
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
King Woman EP on Flenser's pretty cool. Excepting the band name.
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 April 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
Follakzoid announce new album + singlehttp://www.belmontbookings.nl/follakzoid-join-belmonts-european-roster-announce-new-album-single/
browsing in fopp a few days ago, i experienced this almighty groove and layered guitars.i hung around for a while, until the next track, which was more of the same only bigger and better.ok, done deal.i asked to see the cd, turned out to be follakzoids new release III.checking the details, i found out that my old FAX fave, atom heart is involved in this crews new album adding electronic tweaks here and there.so, given that fopp have the new release for a damn fine price, and their previous album for a bargain i got both.
cannot recall the last time i heard something in my lunch hour and bought the album there and then.
the end result : this is my new favourite group.
yeah, it may be all the usual elements of kraut/psych .. but both albums are done so well, and the production is fantastic, that i cannot help but succumb.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 April 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
Skot I got into some Desmadrados last year. If you're into that check out Cosmic Dead's Easterfaust too. I liked both of them bcz it felt like they were entering into the psych/space/kraut continuum using the last couple songs off VU & Nico, instead of the typical Floyd/Hawkwind/Neu paradigm
― you can now get married in a church of bacon (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
Also, Flenser's quickly becoming one of favorite labels to watch for.
― you can now get married in a church of bacon (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:42 (nine years ago) link
Seeing elder on the 5th in greenpoint
― calstars, Saturday, 25 April 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Updated list of upcoming releases:
Mikal Cronin – MCIII (Merge) 5-MayJacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl) 5-MayRose Windows – Rose Windows (Sub Pop) 5-MayVenomous Maximus – Firewalker (Shadow Kingdom) 5-MayDemon Eye – Tempora Infernalia (Soulseller) 8-MaySeremonia – Kristalliarkki (Svart) 8-MayThe Holydrug Couple – Moonlust (Sacred Bones) 12-MayMondo Drag – Mondo Drag (Kozmik Artifactz) 12-MaySammal – Myrskyvaroitus (Svart) 15-MayThe Helio Sequence – The Helio Sequence (Sub Pop) 19-MayValkyrie – Shadows (Relapse) 19-MayThe Vintage Caravan – Arrival (Nuclear Blast) 18-MayOrchid – Sign Of The Witch (Nuclear Blast) 25-MayFOGG – High Testament (Tee Pee) May-15The Darkness – Last Of Our Kind (Wind-Up) 1-JunGoatsnake – Black Age Blues (Southern Lord) 2-JunMy Sleeping Karma – Moksha (Napalm) 9-JunLucifer – Lucifer I (Rise Above) 16-JunHigh On Fire – Luminiferous (eOne) 23-JunGlowsun – Beyond The Wall Of Time (Napalm) 26-JunAgusa - Agusa 2 (The Laser's Edge) 21-Jul
Out today:Monolord – Vænir (RidingEasy)http://fastnbulbous.com/monolord-vaenir/
Been out a while but finally reviewed:Ruby The Hatchet – Valley Of The Snake (Tee Pee)http://fastnbulbous.com/ruby-the-hatchet-valley-of-the-snake/
Torche – Restarter (Relapse)http://fastnbulbous.com/torche-restarter-relapse/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
Ufomammut tour kicks off at Reggies in Chicagokeep your eye out for me
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Will do!
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
http://puja.bandcamp.com/album/merkabah
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 April 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
May Doom Chart: http://doomcharts.com/2015/05/02/doom-chart-may-2015/
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
Elder in bkln last night - guitarist/voc dude is the real deal and kind of looks like a cute 18 year old girl. Bass was way too loud and drumming not technically amazing but did swing. Obnoxious 20 year olds slam dancing in the front.
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
https://instagram.com/p/2U9BwZrvcw/
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:07 (nine years ago) link
Wow, they're traveling quick, a friend saw them in Oakland on the 9th, melting brains coast to coast.
Arenna – Given To Emptiness (Nasoni)http://fastnbulbous.com/arenna-given-to-emptiness/
Demon Eye – Tempora Infernalia (Soulseller)http://fastnbulbous.com/demon-eye-tempora-infernalia/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 11 May 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
ufomammut were great!! the usa seems to be agreeing with them and their visual aid included a repeating segment with cave footage/stalactites/mites/glow worms just like in the caves episode of planet earth. very enjoyable!
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
I'd have liked to chat with you more La, but I wasn't used to having 12 other friends at a show while simultaneously having my shivering brain incapacitated by Ufomammut!
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
So yeah, amazing show. Highly recommend everyone who can, go!
5/14/2015 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH5/15/2015 Bug Jar – Rochester, NY5/16/2015 Mod Club – Toronto, ON5/17/2015 Le Ritz – Montreal, QC5/19/2015 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY5/20/2015 Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA5/21/2015 Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD [no Usnea]5/22/2015 King’s – Raleigh, NC5/23/2015 Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA5/25/2015 Siberia – New Orleans, LA5/26/2015 Walter’s – Houston, TX5/27/2015 Red 7 – Austin, TX5/29/2015 Sister – Albuquerque, NM5/30/2015 Flycatcher – Tucson, AZ5/31/2015 Complex – Los Angeles, CA6/02/2015 Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA6/03/2015 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA6/04/2015 Press Club – Sacramento, CA6/05/2015 WOW Hall – Eugene, OR [no Usnea]6/06/2015 Rotture – Portland, OR6/07/2015 Chop Suey – Seattle, WA6/08/2015 Neurolux – Boise, ID6/09/2015 Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT6/10/2015 Hi-Dive – Denver, CO6/12/2015 Turf Club – St Paul, MN6/13/2015 Metal Grill – Milwaukee, WI
From my friend Philip:
“Immersive” isn’t a big enough word for Ufomammut. These Italian psychedelic-doom sorcerers play narcotically heavy, tail-swallowing grooves that propel you through the incandescent arteries and throbbing chambers of a cosmic cardiopulmonary system. The magma-thick riffs recirculate hypnotically, with the thunderous heartbeat of the drums and the roaring, detonating vortices of the guitars often driven by two distinct metabolisms. The vocals confuse the question of whether this trip is through inner space or outer darkness—sometimes they whisper and murmur like an occult presence infiltrating your skull, and at others they howl and chant like bestial priests, their distant cries often processed into iridescent gales of noise. Curtains of electronic keyboard glisten and sizzle like diabolical aurora, and even the ambient interludes simmer with vast and obscure life rather than discharge the tension built by the music’s inexorable spiraling orbits. This spring’s Ecate (Neurot), the band’s ninth studio full-length (if you count 2012’s Oro: Opus Primum and Oro: Opus Alter as two), makes liberal use of Ufomammut’s best trick: a cycling pattern whose bone-simple rhythms and black-hole blocks of distortion elude easy grasp by cunningly slipping in and out of phase with each other. The nearly 11-minute “Chaosecret” opens with the drums in nine-beat phrases and the guitars in 12, and the slippage between the two keeps the part engrossing for the four solid minutes it repeats. The ur-example of this technique, though, remains “Oroborus” from Opus Alter—its evil anaconda of a riff uses paired groups of seven and eight pulses that shift on or off an implied 4/4 downbeat with each loop, gathering heat and density till the song ignites like the nuclear furnace of a newborn star. This is only Ufomammut’s third trip across the Atlantic in their 16 years together, so don’t count on another chance to see these amplifier-abusing space wizards in the flesh.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
He has top notch descriptive skills. It was definitely a sonic inferno. I had been up since 6am and was worth it to see such exuberance. Good show for sure.
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Saw Acid Mothers Temple & ST 37 last night. Good show! I was super tired but I'm glad I dragged myself out. It was my first time seeing Acid Mothers Temple and I finally get it. I've liked some of their records but didn't think they were anything special. They're a very, very good live band that just can't capture it in the studio.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 May 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Hard Rock Ascendinghttp://fastnbulbous.com/hard-rock-ascending/
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― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
so much to listen to. looking forward to going through all these recommendations! thx
― calstars, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 02:29 (nine years ago) link
I originally had this listed for this week, but further digging shows I think it's just an EP and not out until July:
Orchid – Sign Of The Witch (Nuclear Blast) 25-May
Now that things are slowing down, I'm going back and listening to stuff I missed, like Finnish trad metal Lord Fist, and also thinking about what's coming up, like Christian Mistress, Graveyard, even Iron Maiden!
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Night Demon is touring, I might see them at LiveWire on 6/9. They're not on Spotify but here's a playlist with some others, including latest by Ironsword: https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/1N0Ri7fJejEyzLgDZrT4WS
Followed through on my anticipated thoughts, which is part wishlist, though I hope the piece will rattle the cages of some of the bands and get them to give an update :) http://fastnbulbous.com/anticipated-albums-2015/
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
There's also a Satan album coming up. That's the one I'm anticipating most.
I like the Sammal record a lot. 70s-sounding prog that stays pleasantly loose and casual.
― jmm, Friday, 29 May 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
I didn't know about the Satan! Re Sammal, along those lines I look forward to Agusa!
Goatsnake – Black Age Blues (Southern Lord)http://fastnbulbous.com/goatsnake-black-age-blues/
Also, psych noir! It's becoming a thing!
10 000 Russos (Portugal) came out recently, Dead Skeletons (Iceland) has had several EPs and should have a new album at some point. They're my favorite. The Janitors (Sweden) and The Black Waves (France) should also have new stuff coming.
https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/10000-russoshttps://theluciddream.bandcamp.com/album/the-lucid-dreamhttps://deadskeletons.bandcamp.com/https://thejanitors.bandcamp.com/album/evil-doings-of-an-evil-kind-ephttps://thejanitors.bandcamp.com/album/drone-headhttps://theblackwaves.bandcamp.com/album/thousands-of-visions
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
https://tamanshud1.bandcamp.com/album/viper-smoke
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
I got to debut "Joy OF Home" from FOGG at Last Rites. One of the best local bands and they've got a new album, High Testament out on Tee Pee later this month. They do the proto-metal thing without the occult cheese. Lots of Blue Cheer in them.
http://lastrit.es/articles/934/the-fogg-has-landed
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 4 June 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
I got their DEATH cassette a while back, definitely looking forward to their Tee Pee album.
― Jim Gillette's unused octave (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 4 June 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
It's a huge leap forward from the Death cassette. Out June 23rd.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
New single from Midday Veil feat. Bernie Worrell: https://soundcloud.com/mike-newman/01-babel
― JoeStork, Friday, 12 June 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
I hear some of these $3 games are good but are they CUP OF COFFEE GOOD?
― calstars, Saturday, 13 June 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
Sorry wrong thread!
― calstars, Saturday, 13 June 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
What else from this year sounds like the Wand album????????
― example (crüt), Monday, 15 June 2015 20:35 (eight years ago) link
they are like my ideal heavy rock band sound i.e. stoner Tubeway Army
― example (crüt), Monday, 15 June 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
this Mondo Drag album sounds cool on a cursory listen
― example (crüt), Monday, 15 June 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Have you heard this band Tame Impala
― Jim Gillette's unused octave (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:14 (eight years ago) link
There's a new White Mannahttps://whitemanna.bandcamp.com/album/pan
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Finding more than one stoner/psych Tubeway Army within the same year, let alone a decade is a tall order! I like that White Manna. The latest Thee Oh Sees is heavier than previous stuff, not quite as good as Wand. Heaters, who I saw open for Wand, have an album out in Aug. I really love the Male Gaze - Gale Maze EP, post-punk-psych!
I'm working on a Psych Noir piece that hopefully people will enjoy.
Latest on upcoming releases:
Glowsun - Beyond The Wall Of Time (Napalm) 23-JunEcstatic Vision - Sonic Praise (Relapse) 30-JunBevar Sea - Invoke The Bizarre JunAgusa - Agusa 2 (The Laser's Edge) 21-JulBlack Space Riders - Refugeeum (Black Space/Cargo) 24-JulSundays & Cybele - Heaven (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) 31-JulChelsea Wolfe - Abyss (Sargent House) 7-AugGhost - Meliora (Loma Vista) 21-AugKadavar - Berlin (Nuclear Blast) 21-AugMotörhead - Bad Magic (UDR) 21-AugThe Sword - High Country (Razor & Tie) 21-AugHills - Frid (Rocket) 28-AugPentagram - Curious Volume (Peaceville) 28-AugUncle Acid & the Deadbeats - The Night Creeper (Rise Above) 4-SepWindhand - Grief's Infernal Flower (Relapse) 18-SepGraveyard - Innocence & Decadence (Nuclear Blast) 25-SepHeaters - Holy Water Pool (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) 25-SepChristian Mistress - To Your Death (Relapse) SepClutch - Psychic Warfare (Weathermaker) Sep
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 18 June 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link