Rolling Psych/Drone/Freak Thread 2012

That Franco Falsini will be released on Spectrum Spools.

Bay Area heads - Turkish psych legend Erkin Koray is going to be visiting Aquarius Records this Saturday for a meet & greet/signing, in what is I believe his first ever US visit (that's what the guy at Aquarius said - at the very least his first promotional event in the US)...

between 3 and 4pm.

wow!

Damn.

Read about that in the Aquarius mailing. Any word if he's coming down to LA at all?

I don't think so - was told this will be his only stop

Wow, really enjoying this Chris Forsyth record "Paranoid Cat":

http://soundcloud.com/chris-forsyth/sets/paranoid-cat-1/

Lots of interesting folks on it, e.g., Hans Chew, Marc Orleans, Nate Wooley, a guy from Mountains. Really hitting a lot of sweet spots for me, just a great well-rounded guitar record. Cool solos, melodic playing, some weirdo moves here and there. I tried listening to Peeessseye or whatever the spelled version of that band is, and didn't really dig it, can anyone suggest other stuff by this guy, or a good PSI record? Also, go listen to "Paranoid Cat". Family Vinyard write-up mentioned some Richard Lloyd-isms, but seems much more like a Verlaine guy to me.

Good call Grandavis, really good shit. I had never heard of him before but will definitely be investigating further.

The record Forsyth did with Koen Holtkamp (the aforesaid guy from Mountains) is really excellent too! You can listen to the whole thing here...

http://blackestrainbowrecords.bandcamp.com/track/early-astral-1

New Pharmacist Boogie is just fucking mind blowing. Wow indeed!

Thanks for the Chris Forsyth tipoff, that's really nice. Must check out the Blackest Rainbow thing too, Koen Holtkamp is usually ace.

I don't know where to put this, so I will put it here
Cosmic Dead has not one but TWO live albums on bandcamp now! Released at the end of March, apparently.
http://thecosmicdead.bandcamp.com/album/cozmik-live-aktion-vol-i

nice!!

^

Been away from a computer for a bit, thanks for the heads up NickB. Going to listen to that Holtkamp/Forsyth stuff later today.

Gonna chime in with Damo here to say that "New Pharmacist Boogie" is really cool.

I fucked up the link a little bit btw. Both tracks are here:

http://blackestrainbowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-astral

lol I thought Pharmacist Boogie was the name of a band

Hah. To clear this up for anyone still confused, "New Pharmacist Boogie" is the second song from the Chris Forsyth album "Paranoid Cat" linked above.

cosmic dead sound radical, thanks!

oh dude Cosmic Dead is a grrrrrreat band!

yeah they appear to know what they are doing.

Early days but I am liking a lot about the Psychonaut album. Keep this thread rolling people.

um just for clarification, are you talking about the Cosmic Dead album, or is that a new band I have yet to hear of?

I dunno, but I ponied up for the live Cosmic Dead recordings and while they're spotty in sound quality (not too, just a little) they are consistent with the monster groove.

I am referring to the Cosmic Dead album!

the new Sparkling Wide Pressure is pretty nice

I have been listening to the whole Chris Forsyth cannon. The guy is amazing. Has Koen Holtkamp done some good shit as well? Because the Mountains didn't do that much for me. Maybe I need to give it another try.

I'm a fan of KH's solo work but then I like Mountains too so idk.

Which KH solo work would you recommend?

http://worstward.bandcamp.com which is Steven R. Smith. OLD SKETE and the most recent Ulaan Kohl album. And whatever else I dredge up at bandcamp under the 'drone' tag. Oh, these guys: http://coopercult.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Trying to catch more live shows, but have only made it out to Barn Owl and Acid Mothers Temple (to be fair, these venues were a two-hour-drive away). Trying to spend more time making the stuff, too.

Cosmic Dead are pretty great, though. Get on those guys.

Wow, that line justification is terrible. Can't tear my eyes away from it.

Aw man, I so wanted to go see AMT a few weeks back...

http://skyneedle.bandcamp.com/album/rave-cave-lp

^^ really digging the sky needle lp - rave cave. vocals kinda remind me a bit of a grittier susan langille?

They took a few songs to get rolling, but really got into it about the time they started "Pink Lady Lemonade." Worth the drive out.

Their Pink Lady Lemonade album was one of my favorites from last year. I was thinking about taking a bus into Chi but I'd have to drive to Kalamazoo and my car was kinda broke down. Fixed now :\

I honestly don't even try to keep up with their studio albums any more, but I go out of my way to see 'em whenever possible. Kinda like Spiritualized, only I don't go see them...

I just listened to their new one, Son Of A Bitches Brew. Great title, and of course a tribute to Miles' album. It is the first one I've gotten in a decade, since Univers Zen Ou De Zéro à Zéro. Such an overwhelming catalog. Someone needs to do a guide along the lines of the bloke who's curating the Circle stuff so thoroughly.

ha I'm still working my way through; I would say though that the two from last year were great though...

I almost got SON OF A BITCHES BREW based on the title alone. And the PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN-pun one, but I watched the opening act of the show instead and didn't want to give up my mostly upfront space for the AMT set.

first track off of Rippers at the Heavens Gate of Dark is the business:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sd0uuy6X9A

(thx to crut)

Saw the Magik Markers on Tuesday, and it was great! Hadn't seen them since 2006 or so, and didn't love that show (was during a duo period for the band, and it didn't work that well for me. I think Elisa benefits from being to be able to play over another guitar/bass, i.e., come in and out guitar-wise, to really do what she does best, or maybe they just had an off night that night, not sure). I had seen them in the original line-up a couple times and loved it, so was happy to see them in a trio format again. Not sure who the guy playing bass is, but it was cool. I am older (as are they), so was kinda happy that the show was more droney/krauty than full-on crazy like some of the old shows. It was really beautiful at times, but still full of gnarly guitar workouts. Even sounded like Yo La Tengo at some points honestly. I really don't how Elisa does what she does on guitar sometimes, it is like she wills it into speaking a very personal language. I swear at times the only thing touching her guitar was her hair, and it was shredding.

Another great part of the night was Mike Gangloff opening (ex-Pelt). He did solo banjo and fiddle songs, some old Appalachian tunes, some original, and it was gorgeous.

Yeah I saw Magik Markers a couple months ago and it was the best set I'd seen by them. Pretty short, had some moments of shred, but a lot of focused kraut jamming too. I think they are in a good place right now.

Third dude, at least as of a year ago, is John Shaw, late of Son of Earth. Tall skinny dude with a beard?

Yeah, tall skinny dude with beard. Maybe heard Gangloff mention him as well, so must be the case. Never heard Son of Earth, any good?

I like 'em. They're very, very, very quiet. Like, almost 'electro-acoustic' quiet, at least on their best albums. A tough live proposition but definitely worth it if you give it the time. I recall one show was the three of them sitting on a wooden floor in a semi circle rolling a big heavy silver ball to each other, creating a soft rumbling sound. Band also featured Matt Krefting and Aaron Rosenblum (later of Sapat).

Cool, thanks. Sounds like a nice live experience, actually, as long as the bill wasn't set up to be a "rock" gig. Wish I could see more shows like that these days, i.e., non po-faced "electro-acoutic" shows (not that those can't be good too): but kinda pranksterish, fun, and inventive sound-for-sound's sake shows. Actually work with Krefting's brother sometimes, who was really amused that anyone at work knew who his brother was.

Well, another "show report" post here, but I just saw Man Forever (aka Kid Millions, or John Colpitts as he is known these days) doing his "Panasophical Cataract" show, and it was really cool. I saw clips of earlier instances where it was just he and another drummer doing an eternal single-stroke roll, and while cool enough, I think it was probably way cooler for the performers than the audience in a way. Last night it was the full-band experience, and what I like about it is that he is recruiting different people to do it every night. It sounded great (oddly enough Mike Gangloff from Pelt was the keyboardist for this version and was awesome), really heavy with just random syncs between the three tonal instruments and the constant but constantly modulating patterns of the twinned single-stroke rolls from the snare. At times the air would be completely sucked out of the room when a certain set of frequencies/tones were held by the instruments, and then at others the whole room would seem to lift when a consonance between them was hit. Pretty mesmerizing, for sure. 27 more dates on the tour, so I definitely recommend folks go if it swings through your town. Hell, you may even be able to perform in it if you contact Kid, he needs to fill the band out in each town. Hit him up, sure wish I had been playing in it.

Love Kid Millions! Sounds very righteous.

Hey all, want to make sure regular thread readers know about this thing I'm helping put together:

For Lee Jackson in Space: a tribute album (one for the psych/drone fans)

Final tracklisting to be announced next week. It's a doozy already!

nice! did not know about that record. sounds very good about two minutes in.

Wow, second track (I listened before but was distracted with some work shit) is great, if you like totally righteous Mick Flower guitar shredding. Guess the last three are live and have added folks (Bridget Hayden from Vibracathedral Orchestra and someone else).

yeahhh, this is killer. thank you.

this has been blowing my mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVrsDOet_sQ

Mugstar is amazing.

You guys know that Gabe Soloman from Yellow Swans put out a new album, right?

The new United Bible Studies album ("I Am Providence") is amazing... just got it in the mail. Recorded on the 2008 tour that I saw, half of it live at Lovecraft's grave and half at a cloud in Providence RI. Mostly a vocal showcase, the club tracks are totally acapella. Gorgeous.

good review here:

http://www.eveningoflight.nl/2012/12/16/review-united-bible-studies-i-am-providence-2012/

Quick head's up. The Roswell Incident's HIGH ORBITAL released in full yesterday: http://theroswellincident.bandcamp.com/album/high-orbital

There had been a single put up back in April, but I got around to the rest of the works last night.

Super-minimal, but Ned had some nice things to say about it. I suspect he'll be looking for a check in the mail...

You owe him 10% of all the free downloads.

Ten percent of nothing with a fifteen percent commission and... Carry the seven since it's a Tuesday...

Right. Precisely seventeen cents.

This is why I'm not a good businessman.