Lightning Bolt

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/08/390440887/first-listen-lightning-bolt-fantasy-empire

.........WOW

Yeah the album fuckin' RULES.

Lightning!!!

Absolutely fantastic record. Synthesizes so much of what made Lightning Bolt and the whole Load Records/Fort Thunder scene great in the first place.

Now...record another Wizardzz LP!

What, no love for Mindflayer?

fresh sounds. can't wait to see them

gonna listen to this and 'close to the edge' today, they are spirit-brohters

Oh, that's interesting. A guy I knew from grad school posted Fragile on his FB yesterday, saying that he put it on after he tired of this album.

man this kicks off with a bang

their best record imo

so excited to see them next week... only chance i ever got was at p4k fest and it was in the middle of the day and they were playing on a huge stage and it was kinda weird for them

Lightning Bolt live is one of those experiences that kinda transcends (in the right room) whatever preconceptions you might have of what it is gonna be like. They just steamroll reality right the fuck out of the way and all that is left is the totality of Lightning Bolt. Well, LB and all the spasming humans unable to help themselves from moving along to the music but not quite being able to figure out how to do so.

hell yes

Yeah, it is a thing of beauty indeed.

can't wait to see them in May

saw them opening for Boredoms once. Orgasm.

I saw RUINS at the same club a while ago... interested to see how LB stacks up

Most recently I saw them play a Mexican restaurant in Santa Fe. Towards the end of the set me and my wife left and went across the street to relax for a minute (it was crushingly sweaty/crowded) and it was still too loud to talk to face to face.

They're playing Neumos in Seattle, which I am not too excited about- every loud show I've seen there lately is just so blown out sounding.

http://laserbeast.com/photos/052106/moore-15.jpg

ruins were so loud that it affected my vision at one point, expect the same from LB

xp hey i was probably there coz that's someone i used to see at gigs in glasgow all the time. if i had been photographed i'd probably have looked equally dour, genetics innit

Arms in air guy looks like ILXor onimo, p sure it isn't.

damn it, forgot about this and it sold out

http://www.catchthewaveministries.com/photogallery/Jacob

i was just listening to this album again yesterday. it's very very good

solo album from Brian Gibson! http://thrilljockey.com/products/thumper-thrill-435

Brian Gibson, bassist for the ballistic duo Lightning Bolt, makes his solo debut on Thumper, approaching the rhythmic violence his music is known for with a propensity for tense, electronic thrusts, pulsing synth swells, and symphonic bursts. Drawing from music originally created for the hit video game of the same name that Gibson created the art and music for, the album takes the listener on a trek through trans-dimensional journey where the brutality of the music’s momentum is equally entrancing. Despite the presence of lush, even soothing tones, the tensions that blossom from each track overwhelm the senses to invigorating effect.

You shouldn't put too much stock into what breathless press releases say but that makes it sound amazing. Hope it's good.

cmon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLryS2bVVU

this is a categorical banger.

Oh hell yeah, look forward to checking this! Seems like a shout out to old label / tour mates USAisaMonster also. Maybe they will get convinced to make another record as well ....

can't get over that wailing. 2019 is ripe for lightning bolt

Fantasy Empire was so good ... their best ever, imo, though I imagine that's not the consensus. Anyway, looking forward to this.

I'm not quite sure I'd go as far as best ever, but it was absolutely fantastic and just as good as the high points of the initial run. Really looking forward to this new one.

Sounds like Lightning...Blues? Definitely one of the most straightforwardly riffy things I've heard them do.

recent Brooklyn show was a real ripper, despite kinda bougie warehouse venue space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Pbm9cG1L4

ugh sorry for bad formatting

Got the new album in the mail, haven't listened yet. Yes?

it slays, maybe my favorite one yet on contact, maximum riffage

one of the great american rock bands

Can't believe these dudes have been this intense for 25 years

they're playing Desert Daze pretty late on Sunday so might hafta miss em

yeah I listened it's awesome

They were *so* good last night and the crowd had so much wild energy. No idea where Chippendale gets his stamina from.

I’ll never get to watch Lightning Bolt play live :(

— BRIAN AXL-SLASHINGDALE (@CHIRPENDALE) December 6, 2019

lol

Dude is hilarious; at one point he took out his phone and took a selfie with the crowd in the background and was like "yeah, that's a good one!" When they came out for the encore he started talking about eating bananas and the crowd ended up chanting "POTASSI-UM! "POTASSI-UM!"

this might be that selfie: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5uBIU6JwU-/?igshid=1k6hovidp15ln

Listening to SONIC CITADEL finally and zomg why did I stop following these guys?

chippendale has a new band with ty segall

I see people are talking about the Philly date.
I reviewed it and I hope I did the band justice.

https://newnoisemagazine.com/show-review-lightning-bolt-union-transfer-philadelphia-pa/