Monday 29 March 2010

The Cramps - Live 1980














The Cramps live at the London
Lyceum - 19/4/80.

I was there
and it fucking rocked.

As a bonus, a clip to watch from
when they played the Napa Metal
Hospital in 1978.

Friday 26 March 2010

Thursday 25 March 2010

Luna Negra - Soundproof Demo 2009













From Poland, these stoner
boys create instrumental
Monster Magnet/Kyuss
tracks, thick with groove
and vibes.

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Tuesday 23 March 2010

The Clash - The Clash 1977















I GET VIOLENT WHEN I'M FUCKED UP 
I GET SILENT WHEN I'M DRUGGED UP 
WANT EXCITEMENT, DON'T GET NONE, I GO WILD  
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT 
IF YOU PLAY THE GAME YOU GET NOTHING OUT OF IT 
FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF TRY BEIN' A GOODY GOODY  
YOU BETTER CHEAT CHEAT 
NO REASON TO PLAY FAIR 
CHEAT CHEAT OR DON'T GET ANYWHERE 
CHEAT CHEAT IF YOU CAN'T WIN  
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING 
IT'S BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, 
AN' FRIDAY NIGHT'S A RUIN 
IF YOU WANNA SURVIVE YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO LIE  
DON'T USE THE RULES THEY'RE NOT FOR YOU, 
THEY'RE FOR THE FOOLS AND YOU'RE A FOOL 
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SO USE THE RULE YOU STUPID FOOL
http://rapidshare.com/files/366742274/The_Clash.rar


Thursday 18 March 2010

The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld 1991























After a hard day of stalking pop stars, making crank
phone calls and spreading lies on wikipedia, I like to
relax and feel all floaty with this album.

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Beware Of Safety - dogs 2009



















Beware Of Safety are an instrumental post-rock
band from California.

The band play sprawling, instrumental rock that
at times could be classified as post-metal, post-rock,
and even math rock at times.

In the same vein as This will Destroy You.

Tuesday 16 March 2010

The Plight - Winds Of Osiris 2009























The Plights debut album has a metallic slant
crossed with hardcore and a doomy undercurrent
of guitar riffs and thumping drums.

Some nice tuneful touches do not take away
the heaviness or hardcore/punky feel.

Monday 15 March 2010

Black Math Horseman - Wyllt 2009



















Alchemic Psych-Rock ......... ambient Post-Doom .......... what the fuck
have I just typed?? What do those genres mean? ...... give it a listen
if you like Subarchnoid Space ..... trippy guitar with heaviness.

Friday 12 March 2010

Motorhead - Motorhead 1977























Anyone with the slightest interest in Stoner music or
who thinks that the genre began with Kyuss needs to
listen to this.

Raw rock/punk/metal, this dirty piece on sonic mayhem
set the scene for much of what followed.

Thursday 11 March 2010

Pianos Become The Teeth - Old Pride 2010













Despite the strange/terrible?
name, Pianos Become The Teeth
have produced an album of truly
impassioned Post-Hardcore noise rock.

A big, big sonic sound with crushing
tunes .....I'm a liking it!

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Lye By Mistake - Arrangements for Fulminating Vective 2006



















Lye By Mistake are Tech/Prog/Metal with
Hardcore Jazz influences......... kinda like a
shouty Dysrhythmia.

I cannot begin to give an accurate description
of them - watch the film for an idea!

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Droids Attack - Must Destroy 2010





















This is the 3rd album from Droids Attack and they
continue to deliver deep grooves and BIG riffs.

Combining High on Fire with Sabbath sounds,
this Stoner/Doom hook laden album is
complimented with a classic rock organ
sound which is never over-used.

Monday 8 March 2010

Black Sabbath - Come To The Sabbath 1970























Sabbath performing a blistering set from Olympia,
Paris 19th Dec 1970. Excellent quality .... I had not
played it for a while and forgot quite how good it is.

I think the cover is by Tom Conrad?

1 - Paranoid
2 - Hand Of Doom
3 - Iron Man
4 - Black Sabbath
5 - N.I.B -
6 - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
7 - War Pigs
8 - Fairies Wear Boots

Friday 5 March 2010

Year Of No Light - Nord 2006



















Post-Metal from France and this is some
heavy shit. Everything about it is crushingly
heavy but just when brown liquid is starting
to dribble from your brain out of your ears,
you start to hear really tuneful guitar riffs,
almost post-rock like passages.

They sing in French, so I have no idea what
they are shouting about but I can only make
out every 5th word in a Cult of Luna song, so
it does not detract.

I am not going to put videos up for Post-Metal
bands any more - it slows the page opening up
and more importantly, you either hate or love
this sort of stuff ..... there is no middle ground.
Do you need a clip of shouty beardy men scaring
a crowd of people to know if you like it?

Thursday 4 March 2010

The Electric Prunes - Live In Stockholm 1967











As expected, The Electric Prunes play
their best known hits - Too Much To Dream
& Get Me To The World On Time but unlike
so many live albums from the '60's, this
is fantastic quality, showcasing the fuzzed
guitars, wigged out lyrics, free form jams
and a powerful blues sound.

Like, crazy man!

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Scale The Summit - Carving Desert Canyons 2009










An instrumental progressive metal
band from Texas, Scale The Summit
are heavy & intricate but without
descending into guitar wankery, this
4 piece deliver the goods and not a
forked devil sign to be seen!


Tuesday 2 March 2010

The Heads - At Last! 2003








Once upon a time there was a
band called Spaceman 3. They
took the fuzz driven riffs of The
Stooges and mixed up with the
MC5's space rock and psychedelic
freak outs and they were very,
very good. But ........................
they could also be very, very slow
and go on for a long time.

The Heads decided to take the
blueprint and be faster, heavier
and instead of vocals that sounded
half asleep, added a snarl that
to my ears sounds like Thurston Moore.

and The Heads are very, very good and
make me jump up and down and it all
ends happily ever after.