Archive for November, 2010

Album of the day: The Heads – Relaxing With The Heads (reissue)

Posted on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Drowned In Sound: The reissue of Relaxing With The Heads, the debut album by Bristolian stoner-psych mong-o-lude monoliths The Heads, is long overdue. From the perspective of you, the would-be consumer of the pepperiest riff salad, this is because it’s been out of print for… well, Christ knows how long to be honest, but it was released in 1996 and its original label, the UK division of Headhunter Records, released basically nothing afterwards.

From the perspective of the band themselves, it means that this mud-flapping sonic throb is no longer ‘of its time’ and can get appraisal without the irritation of douchenozzle reviewers saying things like ‘They may be from Bristol and pen paeans to weed, but don’t mistake The Heads for a trip-hop band!’ Obviously that is what I just did then, yes.

Relaxing With The Heads returns as a double CD, with the original album checking in at around three quarters of an hour – plus another half hour if you count the extended jam tacked on to the extended silence following the extended closing track, ‘Coogan’s Bluff’.

The other disc features several Peel and Radcliffe session tracks from around the album’s release, plus most of the content of their 7-inch singles prior to this album, which are even more impossible to find. (All told, spotting The Heads in the wild is practically a game of cryptozoology: they play live in the UK about three times a year and their records are almost all either on labels that shut down or released in minute amounts.)

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Earth Complete New Album

Posted on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Dylan Carlson’s seminal drone / avant-Americana outfit Earth have completed their next studio album, entitled Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1. The follow-up to 2008’s The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull, and the recent A Bureaucratic Desire For Extra-Capsular Extraction reissue, it features another shake-up in the ...read more

The self-titled magazine interview: Steve Von Till of Neurosis

Posted on Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Self-titled Magazine‘s Trevor de Brauw (of Pelican-fame) interviewed Steve Von Till of Neurosis for their 25th anniversary: Now that Neurosis is considered one of modern metal’s most influential acts (see: such vocal supporters / acolytes as ISIS, Mastodon and Converge), it’s easy to forget their hardcore / punk beginnings in ...read more

Ancestors and Night Horse Spotlighted In "Go On Tour", A Video Documentary Presented By Converse

Posted on Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

This past spring, two American rock bands embarked on a ten date tour of Western Europe.  Celebrated, Los Angeles groups Ancestors and Night Horse traveled to Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria and the UK as part of a run of live shows bookended around the 2010 Roadburn Festival, an event billed ...read more

Swedish Comp: Wolf People's Tom Watt unearths Swedish Psych, Prog, Folk and Jazz

Posted on Friday, November 5th, 2010

To honour their upcoming gig with Dungen (November 16th, o2 Academy Islington, London), Wolf People got their very own Tom Watt to put together a few of his favourite Swedish psych-prog-folk-jazz tracks. “Hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we do. There is something about music from this ...read more

Wovenhand: Quality Footage (Roadburn Premiere) And Part Of An Extensive Wovenhand Story by Stefan Raduta

Posted on Thursday, November 4th, 2010

This here is part of an extensive Wovenhand story, which will include more quality footage (almost their entire set in NYC on October 4th, filmed on HD), amazing photos taken in NYC, Philly and DC, and an in depth conversation with David himself. By Stefan Raduta, soon on transylvanianhungerrr.blogspot.com Enjoy, ...read more