Rolling Stoner/Psych/Doom/Sludge/Retro/Drone/Space Thread 2012

lol I thought Polyphonic was talking about the Lumineers

the Goat youtube earlier sounds awesome, rym tags them with Afrobeat

White Manna album was talked about in other Psych/Drone/Freak thread, and that's pretty great too

another good acidrawk album up on Spotify is Aqua Nebula Oscillator's Third

^hah all 3 albums I've been repping for (I was the one who first tagged ned about Goat)

here's an imaginary medal for your excellence.

^ butthurt I didn't tag him

totally crushed.

oh yeah, duh, I was going to say AG def got me into ANO, and helped me get into the White Manna too

also: Sungod has two albums coming out this year. First one, Cuts from the Ether is already up at their Bandcamp page. It's v good, the first song "Gas is Better Than Gas" is twenty minutes long and by far my favorite. The second one Crash Galactic comes out at the end of the month.

Goat's awesome, I have Adrien's MSN review to thank for that one. Aqua Nebula Oscillator is pretty solid too.

Who tipped you off on Sungod!

oh geez AG lol...

also since I'm unburdening myself itt, check out Vespero's album Subkraut: U-Boats Wilkommen Hier which EZ tipped me off about.

congrats you all win the race to the top of space rock mountain

Also, this thread reminded me of how great that Heavy Blanket record is. Maybe a stretch to consider it in this thread, but it is pretty psych. Basically J Mascis soloing over barebones drums and bass for 38 minutes.

Compared to normal, I've been a reviewin' machine the past couple weeks. Stuff relevant to this thread:

Colour Haze – She Said (Elektrohasch)
http://fastnbulbous.com/colour-haze-she-said/

Ufomammut – Oro: Opus Primum / Opus Alter (Neurot)
http://fastnbulbous.com/ufomammut-oro-opus-primum-alter/

Castle – Blacklands (Ván/Prosthetic)
http://fastnbulbous.com/castle-signs-to-prosthetic-records-blacklands-due-sep-11/

Heat – Heat (Electric Magic)
Seremonia - Seremonia (Svart)
Rival Sons - Head Down (Earache)
http://fastnbulbous.com/this-weeks-album-rundown-120919/

Hexvessel - No Holier Temple (Svart)
The Graviators - Evil Deeds (Napalm)
Serpentine Path - Serpentine Path (Relapse)
Svölk - Nights Under the Round Table (Napalm)
http://fastnbulbous.com/this-weeks-album-rundown/

I dont get Hexvessel; maybe I need to listen to last year's album some more...

(I def am not hearing any AD2 in there, so back to that album I go...!)

Sunlight Service Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLo_L0MFtqE
Freak Out London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9jd1lFm2q8&feature=relmfu
THe Victoria, London, in June

2 sets from the band who featured on the last Cardinal Fuzz release , Bowling With the Bloodied Head of Barbara Streisand.

Googling them, I found a midlands cleaning service of the same name so I hope there isn't going to be any hassle over the rights to using the name. Also taking Barbawa's name in vain is a tad sacriligious and potentially litigious innit? Tough it did occur to me that maybe the title came from a game of what is this from the image on the cover.

The format that Cardinal Fuzz is releasing things in is one that I've not encountered much before. Vinyl cds, only other place I ca,me across it to my memory was a reggae cd that came on the front of Mojo about 10 years ago. Is it more widespread? Cheaper to do limited runs in than silver cds? I think I prefer it to cdr anyway, & it does hark back to an earlier age much as a lot of the music does to some extent while updating it too.

Roll on the next releases by both band and label.

Just got that in the post along with the 2nd pressing of You're Smiling Now...'s 2CDr which I'd missed out on 1st time round. Not had chance to listen yet though.

Remember seeing those vinyl-look CDrs for retail, guess you can still get them (not really checked as I've stuck to the same brand for years, & don't intend to change without a really good reason).

there's a new pulse emitter album out this year, 'aeons'.

http://www.synthnoise.com/recordings.html

haven't heard it

kinda had a lol when i read about jim jarmusch cutting an LP with a lute player (Jozef van Wissem) -- plus guest appearance by tilda swinton! but i heard the album today and it is awesome.

A few recent highlights:

Witchcraft - Legend (Nuclear Blast)
http://fastnbulbous.com/witchcraft-legend/

Spiders - Flash Point (Crusher)
http://fastnbulbous.com/spiders-flash-point/

Moon Duo - Circles (Sacred Bones)
http://fastnbulbous.com/moon-duo-circles/

My Sleeping Karma - Soma (Napalm)
http://fastnbulbous.com/this-weeks-album-rundown-121002/

I haven't heard the Graveyard yet but Obelisk dude has.

Graveyard - Lights Out (Nuclear Blast)
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/10/11/graveyard-lights-out-the-wolves-at-your-door/

Oh man, the new Sula Bassana record, Dark Days, is a corker. More guitar heavy than 2009's The Night (which I love to pieces), it is supremely groovy space rock. You can hear the title track here:

http://soundcloud.com/sulabassana

sounding cool, don't know these guys.
anyone heard the new eternal tapestry? killer jamz.
http://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/eternal-tapestry-when-gravity

Eternal Tapestry record is a lot of fun. But tyler, I know you follow my tumblr:

http://lightbulbhead.tumblr.com/post/26697886328/theres-a-new-eternal-tapestry-and-nobody-told-me

missed that one! not even sure i knew who they were at that point. so much psych!

I'm just razzing ya. Been a good year for this stuff.

yeah i've already started putting together my epic psych 2012 mix! so epic.

just heard these dudes are splitting up. bummed out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19B3BT8u2ZI&feature=plcp

What!?! They were awesome. That sucks.

Yeah, they're really good. QFF's singer is a friend on FB, he posted this yesterday:

just because people have been asking. last night was not the last QFF show.... it was the second last. we're going to book a proper final show this winter in toronto. good years behind/ahead.

Graveyard album is out tomorrow. I lurve it.
Graveyard - Lights Out (Nuclear Blast)
http://fastnbulbous.com/graveyard-lights-out/

This came out last week, also highly recommended.

Venomous Maximus – Beg Upon The Light (Cutthroat)
http://fastnbulbous.com/venomous-maximus-beg-upon-the-light/

The upcoming Troubled Horse album has been SLAYING me. Three members from the original Witchcraft lineup, but quite different, incorporating country/roots/Americana influences. The video below has more in common with Graveyard & Horisont. I have not been floored by such passion in this type of music since Uncle Tupelo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVx0_FCiRj8&feature=youtu.be

Video not showing, hrm.
http://youtu.be/AVx0_FCiRj8

Wo Fat – The Black Code (Small Stone
http://fastnbulbous.com/wo-fat-the-black-code/

Small Stone have been releasing the albums on Bandcamp months in advance lately which is awesome, but I worry there isn't enough fanfare on the actual release date. A Wo Fat release should be an event!

Also tripping out on the Golden Void album on Thrill Jockey, out today. Only heard it once for the first time last night, so I need more time with it. Aquarius had this to rave:

We first heard Golden Void, via their debut single on local label Valley King, and were immediately blown away, so much so that we could pretty much only muster up a bunch of wild gushing to explain how much we loved it. It went like this:
"Golden Void's sound is SO kick ass and SO hits the spot, totally heavy, hooky, groovy stoner rock, big riffs, lots of organ, soaring vocals, and yeah, of course some seriously shredding leads, totally catchy, a modern take on some mix of all your teenage faves, Kiss, Thin Lizzy, Skynrd, just totally rocking, laced with plenty of psychedelic swirl, and a distinctly laid back classic rock vibe. Also reminds us a LOT of aQ stoner rock faces Freedom Hawk, the A side of this here single, might be THEE rocking jam of the summer. And we're thinking that when these guys come out with a full length, we might just have us a new favorite record..."
Well, we pretty much called it, cuz these guys DO have a new record, and it most absolutely IS our new favorite, in fact, we got a copy a while back, even though it only just came out, and it has to be one of THEE most played records in the store, by pretty much everyone here, and almost every time we played it, customers in the store had to find out what it was, and more often than not, ordered themselves a copy.
So yeah, Golden Void is the new band from Earthless' Isaiah Mitchell, along with Camilla Saufley-Mitchell (his wife?) from Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, as well as few other locals, and they have come up with easily the best retro rock, heavy psych record of the year. In addition to the above mentioned outfits, we hear plenty of Captain Beyond, Ozzy era Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, even Witchcraft, the sound is heavy and hooky, the songs good enough to actually BE classic rock tunes, not just sounding like them, had this record come out in 1976, we'd be hearing this shit on classic rock radio non stop. Sun baked and blown out, more mellow than metallic, very California-esque in its vibe, a totally classic, vintage seventies sound, right down to the recording, and again, the songs. We can't tell you how many bands have the sound nailed but not the songs, but every track here is perfect, and impossibly catchy, the sort of songs you'll have stuck in your head forEVER.
"Art Of Invading" starts things off, organ driven proto metal psychedelic radness, wild drumming, the vocals bathed in reverb, the sound stone-y and heavy, super dynamic, and it is Mitchell's band after all, so plenty of super melodic, wildly shredding leads. "Virtue" cranks things up a notch, and weirdly reminds us of the sort of sound that aQ faves Malachai were conjuring up in the studio, super heavy, riffy, laid back vox, and hooks galore, and the drumming, holy shit, crazy busy, but perfect for the song, which leads directly into "Jetsun Dolma", the slow groover of the record, the psychedelic ballad, that has a bit of an Allman Brothers vibe, laced with woozy swirls of washed out organ, and killer wah guitar.
It's at this point that the record gets REALLY good. Even better than the first half. "Badlands" might be our most played song on the record, with its churning organ heavy groove, crazy catchy chorus, and killer proggy breakdown midsong. Then come the two tracks from the Valley King single, which along with "Badlands", are absolutely the perfect retro psych heavy rock one-two-three punch. "Shady Grove" is the band at their poppiest, and sort of Southern rockiest, such a goddamn great song, and the main melody, especially when Mitchell solos off of it, untouchable. And then there's "The Curve", which might be even poppier, but is also heavier, some of us hear Kiss like crazy, but a smarter, heavier, more psychedelic version of Kiss, more killer guitar harmonies, and probably the catchiest leads on the whole record. There's also the bluesy breakdown midsong, which is so seventies, Mitchell lacing it with all sorts of subtle guitar shreddery, and then the slow build back to the main riff, pretty much impossible to resist headbanging or air guitaring or BOTH.
Finally, the record finishes off with "Atlantis", which might be the most psychedelic of the bunch, with its slithery main melody, and washed out vocals, the whole thing hazy and tripped out, but still heavy and groovy, slipping from the dense drum heavy verses, to the soaring swoonsome chorus, the two separated by a super cool angular guitar break. The second half of the track adds extra guitar shred, and a bit of sonic heft, before the music drops out, leaving just the vocals to fade out in a druggy haze.
Holy shit. Even after maybe a hundred listens, we're still not tired of this. Anyone into any of the above mentioned outfits, as well as obviously Earthless, Assemble Head, Comets On Fire, etc. will definitely lose their shit over these guys, as will most folks into heavy, hooky retro rock heavy psych radness, which we're guessing is probably a whole lot of YOU.

Also new Eternal Tapestry out on the same label, which I mentioned on the "little sister" psych-drone thread, lol.

lol I'm pretty sure this thread is actually an unplanned child between psych-drone-freak and rolling metal

Troubled Horse – Step Inside (Rise Above/Metal Blade)
http://fastnbulbous.com/troubled-horse-step-inside/

Golden Void (Thrill Jockey)
http://fastnbulbous.com/golden-void/

Owl - First Album (Magick Hermit/Lummox)
http://fastnbulbous.com/this-weeks-album-rundown-121114/
http://owlbrotherhood.bandcamp.com/album/first-album

Groan - The Divine Right Of Kings (Soulseller)
http://fastnbulbous.com/this-weeks-album-rundown-121114/
http://groan.bandcamp.com/track/atomic-prophets

Listening to the new Cosmic Dead, The Exalted King, right now: http://thecosmicdead.bandcamp.com/album/the-exalted-king It's good, though a little less immediate than I'd like.

Any band called Troubled Horse is okay by me. Are they good?

Read my review.

And they're more than good, the album might make my top 5 *reaches out of monitor and slaps you with mitten*

cool, they do sound good. PS. please stop hitting me.

Be glad you weren't slapped with mutton.

new drcarlsonalbion Latitudes thing with femme vox is all kindsa rad. Kinks cover! Bert Jansch cover too but that's a little more expected I guess. Also, late to the party with this, and I'm sure it's been discussed upthread, but the second David Daniell / Douglas McCombs thing on Thrill Jockey is really sweet, too.

yeahhh, i love that daniels/mccombs record. don't know if it's been in this thread...

I need to hear that.

Given that end-of-year polls are coming up, a reminder that if any of you all haven't heard Colour Haze's She Said yet, you really need to.

I have! Don't know if it's going to make my year-end list, but it is good.

Fuck. I really want to hear the Golden Void and Eternal Tapestry records, but my record shipping woes continue. Email confirmation that they were shipped over two weeks ago, but nothing yet. Also, fwiw, I'm in the exact same city as the label.

Guess that has nothing on the four months I've been waiting for my fucking Krallice album. Over $50 I've flushed down the drain on ordering records that have never shown up this year.

does your neighbor like music too?

or your mailman

That would be a good thought, but this is to two different addresses now. After the first issue with the package not getting to my house, I switched to having things sent to my office instead. Apparently not helping.

the last time i moved it took me several months to realize i had been giving out my new zip code incorrectly.

jvc, not to overly concern/enrage you, but my recent order to thrill jockey took just a few days to arrive. i assume you've called and talked to a human about it?