Rolling Stoner/Psych/Retro/Space Thread 2015: Red With Purple Flashes

Julia Holter? OK...

Yes, my interests sometimes go beyond this thread, sorry for letting it leak through!

The new Doom Charts:
http://doomcharts.com/2015/10/06/doom-charts-for-october-2015/

I saw Kadavar the other night. Definitely one of the best touring hard rock bands in the world right now, highly recommend 'em. There were probably only about 60 people there -- while it was a Sunday night, it's a good example of why more European bands like Spiders, Witchcraft, Colour Haze, 40 Watt Sun, Blues Pills don't tour North America much. In contrast, here was their recent show in Mexico City:

http://tono.tv/fotos/2015/kadavar/kadavar-21.jpg

that Ecstatic Vision is just an unbelievably tight 37 minutes of rock.

this was so great last night in the basement. sunburned + dredd foole + j. mascis on electric sitar. i was pretty drunk so sorry about the shakeycam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w_j0XkFQls

I am new to them, but I'm really feeling Snail's "Feral" right now.

incoming...
https://spacin.bandcamp.com/album/total-freedom-2016

Yessssssssssssssssssss

Deep Thuds still gets put on regularly. Great band.

Fuzz - II is out. Avatarium is out in Europe, but available in North America on Spotify. I need to listen to it more, but so far so good.

http://fastnbulbous.com/fuzz-ii/

http://doomcharts.com/2015/11/01/doom-charts-for-november-2015/

Many tasty doom treats to go with yr leftover Halloween candy. Witchskull (the band, not the candy bowl I used to freak out trick-or-treaters) is a nice surprise that I'd missed previously -- ordering CD now. Also prompted me to spend quality time with Flight, Roundtable and Sergeant Thunderhoof. Unsurprising that With The Dead dominates, though it hasn't really grabbed me yet. The only possible reason everyone isn't slavering over the new Magic Circle is everyone didn't get their promos yet. Out Nov. 20 oh lord yeah! I did the blurbs for Golden Void and Horisont.

French band The Socks released an excellent debut last year of hard rock 'n' psych, and are back with a new name, Sunder, switching from Small Stone label to Crusher/Tee Pee. More psych and sophisticated songwriting this time around sees 'em at a whole new level: http://fastnbulbous.com/sunder-sunder/

xp from Rolling Metal -

Witchskull - The Vast Electric Dark - The band, not the candy bowl I used to freak out trick-or-treaters. Australian rock 'n' doom!
https://witchskull.bandcamp.com/album/the-vast-electric-dark

Roundtable - Dread Marches Under Bloodied Regalia - What you get when you slow down High On Fire by a factor of three and substitute epic fantasy lyrics for UFO paranoia. Plus xtra prog.
https://roundtableband.bandcamp.com/album/dread-marches-under-bloodied-regalia

Flight - People have been rating this for a couple months but I'm not sure about the vocals. Guitars sound great.
https://badomenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flight

Any writers/bloggers are welcome to participate in the monthly voting (top 20) for Doomcharts.com, organized in FB group. Msg me for an invite: https://www.facebook.com/Fast-n-Bulbous-155855751138025/

This stuff is super hippie-dippy and I'm late in posting it but this has a good shot at being one of my favorite albums of the year. Some gorgeous droning sustain here.

http://lampoftheuniverse.bandcamp.com/

(^heads up, La Lechera!)

sorry, can't resist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySK1tdCY-Vg

https://soundcloud.com/heavenlyrecordings/sets/night-beats-sunday-mourning/s-5rEyo

take this 17 minute trip...

Mammatus – “Ornia” (Stereogum Premiere)
http://www.stereogum.com/1841812/mammatus-ornia-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

^ cool track

Out Friday, new Singapore Sling album. Lead by Henrik Björnsson from Iceland, who's also a founding member of Dead Skeletons and Bang Gang. White Light/White Heat, Suicide, Jesus & Mary Chain & psych noir, nothing new, but such a demented twist on at all, essential listening.

Singapore Sling - Psych Fuck (Fuzz Club)
http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com/2015/11/its-psychedelic-baby-presents-singapore.html
http://blaue-rosen.com/singapore-sling-release-new-album/

Also on Fuzz Club, I slept on this Swedish psych album that came out last month:

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/futurecent

Sweet baby Krampus, this is not safe for work (NSFW):

Luna Sol - Death Mountain
https://youtu.be/qeMQLnRbKP4

New Mammatus album Sparking Waters is sounding pretty good, and could be mistaken for Mark McGuire for sustained passages

This is a mixed bag of genres:

http://fastnbulbous.com/the-last-roundup-2015/
http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/last-roundup-2015.jpg

fun covers!

loving the new wand album

will be following this thread

The last month of this thread is mainly my reposting year-end lists. But please do add more. I aim to have mine finalized by around December 10-12, so if there's anything not mentioned yet that's a must-hear, pipe up!

PSYCH INSIGHT: 20 ESSENTIAL PSYCH ALBUMS 2015
http://www.backseatmafia.com/2015/11/28/psych-insight-20-essential-psych-albums-2015/

Simon Delic likes his psych dirty, fuzzy and droney.

Minami Deutsch by Miami Deutsch (Cardinal Fuzz/ Guruguru Brain)
Neither Virtue Nor Anger by Sonic Jesus (Fuzz Club)
Arena Negra by The Myrrors (Beyond Beyond is Beyond)
Horse Dance by Josefin Ohrn and the Liberation (Rocket Recordings)
Out To Sea by Carlton Melton (Agitated)
Spectral Domain by Dead Sea Apes (Cardinal Fuzz)
Jet Black Hallucinations by Blown Out (Golden Mantra)
III by Follakzoid (Sacred Bones)
I Declare Nothing by Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe (A Recordings)
Masters of the Molehill by The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol (Cardinal Fuzz/ Captcha)
Highly Deadly Black Tarantula by Teeth of the Sea (Rocket Recordings)
Love Monster by Zone Six (Vinyl – Deep Distance/ CD – Sulatron Records)
10000 Russos by 10000 Russos (Fuzz Club)
Negative Feedback Resistor by Destruction Unit (Sacred Bones)
Theory of Mind by Electric Moon (Sulatron)
Infinity Machines by GNOD (Rocket Recordings)
Pan by White Manna (Cardinal Fuzz/ Captcha)
Frid by Hills (Rocket Recordings)
Subversive I by Radar Men From The Moon (Fuzz Club)

Live at Casazul by Black Bombaim (Lovers and Lollypops/ Cardinal Fuzz)
Eyes of the Melancholy Palm by Cathode Ray Eyes (Cardinal Fuzz/ Captcha)
Cosmos Inside by Polska Radio One (Clostridium)
Golem by Wand (In The Red)
At The Centre of All Infinity by Yuri Gagarin (Kommun2)
Radio Static High by Hey Colossus (Rocket Recordings)
Shadow of the Sun by Moon Duo (Sacred Bones)
Live At Daemonens Port by Hills (Kommun2)
Walks For Motorists by White Hills (Thrill Jockey)
Planetary Engineering by Blown Out (Oaken Palace Records)
Wild Strawberries by Eternal Tapestry (Thrill Jockey)

this

http://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-flwskuyr/products/165/images/391/TIM098_IAHRQ_1600x1600__19084.1444053011.1280.1280.jpg?c=2

Man, that's a great cover.

http://doomcharts.com/2015/12/03/doom-charts-for-december-2015/

I had never heard any of these, listened to the first track of most. Liked uncle acid the best

I love the Uncle Acid, but so far the new Jess and the Ancient Ones is edging it out on my list...
http://fastnbulbous.com/jess-and-the-ancient-ones-second-psychedelic-coming/

I recently bought an album from 2008, as part of a 10 CDs-for-40 Euros deal from the Alone label out of Spain. It's Horizonte de Sucesos, the only album by an instrumental psych/space-rock trio called Bëiruth. They're kinda in the neighborhood of Pink Floyd and Hawkwind circa '71 crossed with SubArachnoid Space. The album's on Spotify, and I recommend checking it out. It's definitely lights-out stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2pxr1CkaemiAKyhpsNB6jT

gotta shout out Flavor Crystals, sort of a slept-on band in my opinion but some great kinda gothy shoegazey action from mpls. david kilgour cover too

https://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/

I really liked their 2012 album Three so I def will check out their new one

i think this new one might be my favorite of theirs. all are good though.

god they're good live too, i'm still kind of flying from seeing them last night!

Can't wait until they get out west again.

Aside, the new Heather Leigh album is doing my head in.

Duly noted

I finally pulled the trigger to try out the $5/month subscription with Ripple because 1) They signed Wo Fat, and will release their next album in January, and 2) I get both Blackwulf and doom-psych supergroup Kind (Matt Couto from Elder, Darryl Shepard from Black Pyramid & The Scimitar and Tom Corino of Rozamov) albums tomorrow for my $5. You also get 11 other extras including Chron Goblin, Grifter, Weed Is Weed, Earthen Grave, etc.

https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/subscribe

You'll also get the upcoming Mothership Live at Freak Valley which is amazing.

For those who want to vote:

http://stonerhive.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-stoner-hive-top-20-countdown-of-2015_7.html

Really digging this instrumental mix of psych/space/kraut/post-punk from Throw Down Bones:

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/throw-down-bones

Fester’s Lucky 13: 2015 Year-End Summary
http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-best.jpg

Looking forward to catching up with these! Happy to see Lore on there

Still working on this but I've got the first 6 hours sorted, so might as well dig in ;)

Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/3CzB0KNI9urwE83NJjkAAK

Gonna enjoy digging into that, this stuff is totally my shit these days

And if anyone wnats the MP3 mix of what's not on Spotify, ho ho ho!

StonerHive countdown begins.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-SC_x1VKgo/Vm3g3w5QXUI/AAAAAAAAJrU/nq4HKXHo5OA/s320/Taart-Begin.jpg

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/

20. Witchskull – The Vast Electric Dark

These cats, the biggest surprise to burst onto the Doom Chart in November, have beaten Ponamero Sundown with one point and knocked the amazing Vedesta album off the Top 20 countdown list. But these Aussies have an amazing knack for exploring all facets of atavistic rock, booking excellent time in classic doom, proto metal and bluesy stoner. And this eclecticism only adds to amazing quality of the entire album. Raw, full of grit and mystic power that quickly turns you on to their shamanistic ritual… So, find yourself a dark corner to curl up into and put on your headphones…

19. With The Dead – With The Dead

This trio are championed by a leader who was part of a legendary outfit and the two lieutenants as well. They made the Number one position of the Doom Chart and will be loved unconditionally by fans of Cathedral and Electric Wizard and ofcourse by many more. Ponderous metal mixed with thunderous rock and a multitude of dark and dusty tones and extremely malevolent sounding riffs. It is the sound of yore and of intense, powerful compulsion. Exorcism and resurrection and the birth of something wild and wonderful…

18. Monster Magnet – Cobras and Fire (the Mastermind Redux)

Another legendary outfit. One who made it to the Number 6 position in 2013 and Number 14 position in 2010. And are now positioned at Number 18. With a re-imagining of the album released in 2010. And on it we are once again treated to novel arrangements, different lyrics, upgraded bonus tracks and a cover version of the Temptations song Ball Of Confusion. And we can definitely state we love the record and we love the fact Wyndorf and his mates keep enjoying messing around with their material this much. Yes, Cobras and Fire!

17. Ruby The Hatchet – Valley of The Snake & We Hunt Buffalo – Living Ghosts

“I’ve had a variety of body parts in all different kinds of cakes. But for me, the strawberry cheesecake or the cinnamon apple ones will always remain the top contenders. For what you ask? I will leave that to your imagination.” ~ Lars Ulrich

On Number 17, and yes once again with one sole point more than Monster Magnet we find… Two outfits. One from Pleasantville, New Jersey, United States and one from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Respectively a five-piece and a trio, both rocking out like true masters with a penchant for psychedelics and grand gestures. I’ve been in love with one of these bands since I first discovered them. The Canadian bunch, the rowdy grunge/fuzz freaks that always go for the big boom and take you down with them relentlessly. And I will definitely be digging deeper into the other one, now that I know all of you lovely freaks out there love it so much. And while typing, I’ve naturally just put on the album. I get it. And now I want to Live there; among the Ghosts... In The Valley Of The Snake…

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-16.html

“I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it.” ~ Grace Slick

Three points above those two crazy bands on Number 17 we find no less than three groups celebrating all that goodness that free rock and stoner trucking entails. Three bands that came through with albums this year that a lot of you out there thought were the best of the entire year. But still, they did not get enough points to end up higher than this wild Number 16. Perhaps there was some heavy warfare on route to the country. Or perhaps the psychic power never made it completely into the mind of everyone. Well, they did make into yours! And they sure as hell made it into mine. So above We Hunt Buffalo & Ruby The Hachet we find…

Clutch – Psychic Warfare,
Freedom Hawk – Into Your Mind &
The Sword – High Country

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-15.html

“Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.” ~ Krist Novoselic

We climb another two points to find an album that has not just made the list of many heavy rock lover; but also lists of every other kind of music fiend. This album has been championed by lovers of rock, metal, pop and musical theater maniacs. Yes, we are ofcourse referring to those cats in robes that know what Blue Oyster Cult was all about, as well as ABBA. And on all those moments that they rock hard and sound good you are enjoying the hell out of yourself. But on those almost pompous, dramatic moments of overtures, you know this is what these robed freaks do best, turn the theatrical into something catchy and addictive. So yes, above Number 16, above the amazing Clutch, The Sword and Freedom Hawk we find on Number 15…

15. Ghost – Meliora

“Then there was the bad cake. It would hit your stomach like a brick. You would have to puke all night and sweat all day. Not unlike detoxing or having a nasty flu. You feel like a bunch of sodden leaves in the rain, too wet and heavy to move. What? Of course I am talking about cake! What else?” ~ Axl Rose.

I was surprised to see so many of you out there vote for the guys we find on Number 14. Not because they don’t deserve it or aren’t that good. But simply because there has been so much great music this year and I reckoned a lot would forget about these wonderful cats. So on Number 14, with once again only one point more than Ghost we celebrate the first instrumental effort on the Top 20 countdown. Hailing from Berlin, this quartet knows how to create universes within their songs, but all the while moving towards atavistic stoner one minute and eerie psychedelics the next. It is their fifth record and with it they display a true love for everything we freaks hold dear in all these amazing heavy genres… So, without further ado…Number 14 !

14. Rotor – Funf