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

Lee Dorrian is curating Roadburn! I'm so going.

http://www.roadburn.com/2015/08/lee-dorrian-to-curate-roadburn-2016-with-his-rituals-for-the-blind-dead-parts-1-2/

In the last few years, Dorrian has been assembling an amazing roster of new bands on his Rise Above label that span a fascinating range of psych, prog, folk, doom, proto-metal and more, with Galley Beggar, Lucifer, Death Penalty, Hidden Masters, The Oath, Troubled Horse, Saturn, Iron Man, SerpentCult, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Blood Ceremony, Purson, Age of Taurus, Horisont, Noctum and Ghost. Hopefully his new band made up of former members of Electric Wizard, With The Dead, will also make an appearance.

While there should be a healthy representation of bands from his label's roster, of course he'll also want to reach far beyond that. There should be plenty of surprises. I would expect a once-in-a-lifetime reunion a favorite psych prog band from that 1968-72 era, along the lines of High Tide, Gun, Night Sun, Blackwater Park, T2 or Flower Travellin' Band. Fingers crossed! My wishlist would include Spirits of the Dead, Motorpsycho, I Am The Mansion, Jess & Jess and the Ancient Ones, Colour Haze, Syd Arthur, Wolf People, Anekdoten, Dead Skeletons, Lola Colt, Messenger - Band, Avatarium, Blues Pills, Goatess, Spiders, 40 Watt Sun, Sonic Jesus, The Janitors, The Lucid Dream, The Black Waves, Taman Shud, mostly European-based bands that never make it to the U.S. that I've never seen. Plenty of other great worthy American bands that would fit in too, like Magic Circle, Fellwoods, Golden Void, Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band, Fuzz, Wo Fat, Green & Wood, Brimstone Coven, Demon Eye, Quilt, Argus, Devil Worshipper, etc.

More about Dorrian's psych prog tastes in the beginning of this thread: Psych Prog 1968-72

In the “150 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” issue of Classic Rock Magazine, his piece called <a href="http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/psych-prog.pdf";>"Prog Psych: The Great Lost Albums of British Rock, 1968-72"</a> covered 20 albums that inhabited what was special about the transition from 60s psychedelic rock to 70s progressive.

In the “150 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” issue of Classic Rock Magazine, his piece called Prog Psych: The Great Lost Albums of British Rock, 1968-72 covered 20 albums that inhabited what was special about the transition from 60s psychedelic rock to 70s progressive.

http://doomcharts.com/2015/08/07/doom-charts-for-august-2015/

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Fuzz Club Festival, London
FRIDAY NOV. 13th
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THE KVB
CAMERA
THE TELESCOPES
10,000 RUSSOS
NEW CANDYS
THROW DOWN BONES

SATURDAY NOV. 14th
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THE MYRRORS
LOLA COLT
SONIC JESUS
MUGSTAR
THE CULT OF DOM KELLER
RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON
THE JANITORS
THE ORANGE REVIVAL
DEAD RABBITS

http://doomcharts.com/2015/09/04/doom-charts-for-september-2015/

So quiet here. So in one of those What Are You Listening Now groups, someone bragged about having the new Dungen, and I wanted to reach out thru the 'net and smack 'em. I have it pre-ordered, but no promo yet. So would it be just as annoying if I said I'm enjoying my first few listens to Horisont, Graveyard and Christian Mistress? I saw Christian Mistress last week, great show in a tiny room. Davis' voice started losing power partway through, but the band more than made up for it. Graveyard isn't what I expected so taking some adjustment but I'm on board with it. Horisont have stepped up their songwriting big time. Some psych, but bit of Judas Priest going on there too!

A recent review: Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – The Night Creeper (Rise Above)

why were you upset at the dungeon dude? the album leaked a couple days ago

Not upset, just annoyed -- I had been unable to track anything down at the time and he didn't say anything about what it was like. I finally did, and I like it, though it's not a big departure from the last couple, jazzy, Swedish lyrics, etc. There's a lot coming out. Similarly, I also pre-ordered the Golden Void but will not receive it 'til next week, though it's out tomorrow. The two tracks I heard are great.

Also, new Wand album is streaming:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/09/wand_streaming.html

http://fastnbulbous.com/christian-mistress-to-your-death/
http://fastnbulbous.com/golden-void-berkana/
http://fastnbulbous.com/graveyard-innocence-decadence/

It's raining rock and I can't keep up:

Snail - Feral
Wand - 1000 Days
Horisont - Odyssey
Dungen - Allas Sek
Marvel - The Hills Have Eyes

this is gonna be hot. tell your friends.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12042680_10204783702531442_4907634168779688876_n.jpg?oh=ea500d00ad76f0f55fa0ed0759ecd52b&oe=568C7DD1

New Dungen is a little too earnest and cute for me, mostly---will listen more, but I remember them as being more robust---do really like the coda of last track; never heard anything quite like it--and a couple of others.

Oh yeah---may have already pasted this from the The Future Is Now thread, but worth mentioning again

Another xpost electric lunch break< with 37'58" more sustaining than a lot of double-LPs:
Sonic Praise, the 6/30 debut album offering of Ecstatic Vision. Philly souls are among those who already Know, but new to me.
"Journey" arrives with the droning sting of a dinosaur's tail, bass & drums bouncing and swaying over thee ancient dust of another Monday, replenished by well-timed injections: pedals and petals of guitar, keys, maybe a sax sometimes---obv. they like Hawkwind, with Lemmy-like throats.
"Astral Plane": better keep your butts in gear up here: "Look in the mirror and tell youself, space is the place to be....believe what you want to believe..." *What* a balancing act.
Somewhere in here (scribbled notes) is either "Everyday we work now behbeh," or is it "Everyday don't work"? Both? They both fit, over and under onslaughts/
"Don't Lose The Vibe," with an exclamation mark after each word in the chanted title.
Title song sounds like they also like bands with "Temple" in the name*, while getting further from the sludge appeal, kneeling on and rattling International Dateline---
"Crossing The Divide" puts it all back together, as Sasquatch drums reappear, bidding bobbing heads to rise and dance through aurora borealis (might be some buzzsaws working overtime in there).
*Bio sheet adds influences of Aprodites Child, Olatunji, Can, and early Amon Duul.

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3352706445_16.jpg

Ecstatic Vision went down a storm at last week's Uncle Acid/Ruby The Hatchet show. Everyone thought they should headline.

September’s Lucky 13
http://fastnbulbous.com/septembers-lucky-13/

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/september-2015-lucky-13.jpg

A countdown to catch up on short reviews of:
Snail – Feral (Small Stone)
Dungen – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
Horisont – Odyssey (Rise Above)
Wand – 1000 Days (Thrill Jockey)
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness (Domino)
Windhand – Grief’s Infernal Flower (Relapse)

Out today:

Spelljammer - Ancient Of Days (RidingEasy)
Old Man's Will - Hard Times - Troubled Man (RidingEasy)
Kylesa - Exhausting Fire (Season Of Mist)
Clutch - Psychic Warfare (Weathermaker)

these guys are playing at my store tomorrow. looking forward to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8viuQ3rx6wQ

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/