Sunn o))) C/D, S&D.

ok sunn o)))'s decent i guess but the wire has been jerking them off relentlessly for the like the past 5 years

hot topics is an alterna-trendy mall chain supporting the buying habits of teen goths and emo kids

I blame the economy

Urgent and key:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/

Just read the WIRE feature - it's top notch.

This SunnO))) album is fucking great as well. It puts paid to that myth that only record collectors buy them. I mean it's not full of humalong songs like 'Learning To Fly' by The Bluetones but what is?

Which album? Domkirke?

No 'Monoliths & Dimensions'.

I shouldn't say this, like I'm sat here with a copy of it. I went to a playback at Southern in London a few days ago.

I mention this because the playback shredded one of the bass cones!

When Atilla's vocals first came in I nearly voided.

Or should that be 00Voided?

Hot Topic is a shitty store catering to overweight mall-punks as mentioned, BUT they are also the only place near me that regularly stocks Relapse releases. So my hand is forced to occasionally duck in, as when they had the Tombs and Obscura albums for $10.99. I may have to swing by to see if they actually have Domkirke tonight.

I'm writing a big piece on them for Signal to Noise and will be hearing the album on 4/3. Consequently I've been listening to a shitload of the older stuff recently. Some of the live albums don't do much for me, but Oracle is rising higher and higher in my estimation. It deserved better than a super-limited-edition release.

There's no record stores in my town now, but even when there was I doubt they would have stocked relapse or southern lord stuff, so i'd welcome a hot topic style shop here as its better than nothing. Only supermarkets sell (top 40) cd's here.

Well, Hot Topic is weird, the one by me has a tiny, tiny CD/vinyl section. 98% of it is your typical emo/mallpunk stuff (AFI, All Time Low, etc), but they carry some decent metal there on a very limited basis. I've picked up Emperor, Immortal, old Cannibal Corpse stuff there before. The Domkirke thing is weird because I've never seen Southern Lord stuff there before.

also, the economy

And Phil OTM, I think Oracle is one of my favorite things they've ever done, but the new one sounds pretty damn promising.

The Hot Topic promo is perversely cool. I hope they use any profits to finance more deluxe reissues of impossibly kvlt rarities.

I'm afraid Oracle is actually the only Sunn project I've hear that I really don't like. Black One, on the other hand, opened the door to a whole new world of music, and totally changed my listening habits. (First Striborg long player all day today, plus the new Menace Ruine)

ppl actually listen to sunn 0)))?

I thought we were just supposed to write articles, talk about them, and buy exorbitant vinyl...

if any journalists need help, I have some sped up sunn mp3s, you can get through their whole catalog in like 20 minutes, it's great they sound like bach fugues

Black One probably ranks right behind Oracle for me.

xpost: "I have some sped up sunn mp3s, you can get through their whole catalog in like 20 minutes, it's great they sound like bach fugues"

You're saying that as a zing, but I can imagine them putting that out. And, yes, damn your eyes, some of us actually do listen to them, though I don't know about any "ppl".

ppl actually listen to sunn 0)))?

I thought we were just supposed to write articles, talk about them, and buy exorbitant vinyl...

you're supposed to see them live. their recorded stuff doesn't really compare.

S: 00Void, Black One, Oracle, and Grimmrobe Demos

re: the record collectors comment, the last london show they did recently was basically full of metalheads
and a minority of 'indie' kids. it was METAL.

It's always been older doom metal guys with beards with a few indie kids thrown in. Plus not all metal fans look like stereotypical metal fans anyway.

first and only experience with sunn o)))...

accidently walked into one of their shows after hearing strange rumblings. very high. wasn't anyone on the door. sat in the door guy's chair. closed my eyes. total fucking bliss.

that's an awesome story! I love stumbling across cool shit, to experience something with 0 preconceived notions or expectations.

also, not to stereotype, but the sunn fans seem grimm + humorless.

maybe its an american thing. i get the impression american metal fans take the genre and themselves a bit
more seriously than british ones?

also, not to stereotype, but the sunn fans seem spergin' + humorless.

Urgent and key:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:12 (Yesterday)

what's funny is that I watch about 1 south park episode every 2 years and this is the last one I saw

also, the hot topic site is down now... victim of tru cvlt hax0rz or south park goth kids???

Sounds like the first track on Super Ae..

on sndtrk of new Jim Jarmusch film

I'm finding that I quite like Sunn o))).

Anyone else get the new Soma tape?

http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw03.html

Yeah I did, only played through once so far but drones away pretty swishily

I've still to play mine.

Can't find much in the ILM archives on Ascend's Ample Fire Within album, which I understand Greg Anderson is involved with. How does this compare to Greg's other stuff -- Goatsnake, Sunn O))), Teeth of Lions..., Pentemple and anything else I'm forgetting?

s'ok

Invisible Oranges has a new interview w/ O'Malley up today -- http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2010/06/interview-stephen-omalley-sunn-o-ktl/

Ascend's album was the best thing Greg's been involved with in years until M&D

this KTL shit is deep

seriously, Theme is on a whole new level of fucking ridiculously awesome

This just in:

http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/SUNN-O-Roadburn-Festival-2011.jpg

I think 'Theme' by KTL is one of my favourite sounds in all of music ever

Swag)))

I made this and I am proud.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xrrz9Qnf1qz6av7o1_500.png

would buy the tshirt

ha, that's great

http://www.ideologic.org/news/view/sunn_o_west_coast_december_2012

Yes!

they playing the uk any time soon? I must catch these guys.

I thought they just had a European tour actually.

they played London, Manchester and Brighton in June