Vortical Minds
A damn good slab of Italian power trio rock......Fabio (Who else?) sends this one, along with a review.....the reviewer compares them to the Groundhogs, a comparison I find both accurate and...
View ArticleForever Fatale
From John N comes this fine single, some Polish shoegaze from Forever Fatale......the A Side is "David Bowie", of obvious interest.....anxious to hear more from them......01 David Bowie/02...
View ArticleOHHMS
Another Fabio choice, this one being some loud UK doom metal.....this one I haven't listened to yet, so we'll all find out together I guess.1.Shuffle, Cut and Reveal 01:152.The Magician 08:103.The...
View ArticleThe Buttertones
here's a cool John N submission, The Buttertones'"Gravedigging".....good 60's retro-surf rock, and who couldn't love a track called "Sadie's a...
View ArticlePalehorsePalerider
John N sends us some doomy-psych from Colorado, PalehorsePalerider's "Burial Songs"......somewhat similar to Opeth perhaps, at least on carpet bomb...
View ArticleWolveSpirit
From Zigzagwanderer, a really kick-ass German stoner band, WolveSpirit......read about them here, and make sure and check this it's really...
View ArticleNew from Body Count
Certainly a band with which we are, I'm sure, familiar with, Body Count......the new album is "Bloodlust" and it's pretty rocking.......when they had their moment of infamy, the media pounded them as a...
View ArticleCloset Disco Queen
Hard working Fabio submits the oddly named Closet Disco Queen's debut release....this is a two-man from Switzerland....I was skeptical until listening, fits our format here and is hard rocking as...
View ArticleCeus De Abril
More of that dreamy, synth-y shoegaze alterna-pop which I love so much, here are a pair of EP's from Ceus de Abril (named for the J&M Chain's "April Skies")..."Hidden Tracks" and "Ultimo Adeus"...
View ArticleEverything But the Kitchen Sink Podcast
Once again, just as the title says, a bit of everything sampler......Here take a glance:Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter (from Cutter 7”, 1983)DJ ElizabethRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Wide Eyes...
View ArticleSpace Debris for Fabio
At Fabio's request, Zigzagwanderer put this together, another stellar effort......this is part one of 2.......Krautrock Sessions [2004]01 - Long Distance Voyager.mp302 - Green Skies.mp303 - We Were At...
View ArticleReturn of Studkid with Can-related material
Studkid has been on hiatus for a while, he returns in fine form with this project, with which I am unfamiliar.....sounds cool...
View ArticleL7 rarities
L7 was one of the great 90's bands, referring to themselves as "ugly-chick rock".....I've documented some of their antics here before, so no need to repeat those, but rejoice for "Fast and...
View ArticleSonic Jesus
Sorry if I go too much overboard with the shoegaze/neo-psych stuff, BUT I really do consider it kind of the sound of modern rock at the moment......"Grace" is a new release from Sonic Jesus:Sonic...
View ArticlePossible Hiatus
OK.....I have shoulder surgery tomorrow, April 12........I do not know how this will affect the blog short-term, if I can type lefty, I'll continue as normal......if not, I may need a...
View ArticleWe're back........with new Black Angels
One of my current fave bands is Black Angels, I don't recall a bad album they have made with their spooky, droning dark-rock.......the first album was my fave, but they ALWAYS deliver the...
View ArticleThe Ossuary
Also from Fabio, a brand new Italian metal crew, The Ossuary, with their album "Post Mortum Blues"......good and loud, fast, metallic, with lots of evil imagery thrown in......just like metal is...
View ArticleThe Devil & the Almighty Blues
Here is album number 2 from this Oslo Norway team of sludgy-doomish rock.......another Fabio share, and a good one.....anyone have album #1? Fabio? Love to hear it, this one was pretty kickass (Love...
View ArticleKujara
WOW, wasn't expecting this to be this good.......this is a bandcamp link, little information is available, other than they are from London, but lemme tell ya......this rocks all out, hard and heavy and...
View ArticleNaked Lights
Great retro-80's female fronted punk, enjoyed this one a good bit.......from Oakland CA, really good but not much information for me to share.....the anonymous contributor includes a few words, let's...
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