Archive for February, 2011

Album of the day: Cluster – Cluster 71

Posted on Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from BBC Music: Monolithic particle generators emit insect chat to the skies, while adjacent cloud territories lie pregnant with oscillating womb throb. Welcome to the sound of Berlin 1971: transcendental proto-techno conjured by Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conny Plank (who’d only be on board for this album). Moebius and Roedelius had previously fussed up a discordant industrial clatter with Conrad Schnitzler in Kluster, but now they were seeking softer cosmic atmospheres, though clearly not at the expense of their indefatigable sense of the surreal.

Indeed, several times during these three expansive electronic sprawls it’s as if the Mahars – a race of over-sized flying lizard telepaths from 1976 sci-fi film At the Earth’s Core – were encouraged to conduct their conversations at the heart of the swirling synthetic nimbus, employing a disconcerting range of high-pitched wails and yodelled yelp. But amid the madness were sown seeds of future creation.

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The Obelisk: Wino Talks About Signing To Volcom, Spirit Caravan, New Shrinebuilder, Saint Vitus And Much More

Posted on Friday, February 4th, 2011

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Scott  “Wino” Weinrich of Saint Vitus and The Obsessed-fame, and it features in-depth questions focusing on signing to volcom, going acoustic, savoy brown, pentagram, spirit caravan, new shrinebuilder, saint vitus and much more. The Obelisk: Are you signed to Volcom? ...read more

Album of the day: Weedeater – Jason… The Dragon

Posted on Friday, February 4th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: As a dickhead Northeastern liberal college boy, my impulse when it comes to North Carolinian sludgers Weedeater is to see their dirt-worshiping malevolence as some form of high art. This held true with 2007’s excellent God Luck and Good Speed, but perhaps the drive has ...read more

Terrorizer: José Band Of The Week: Trap Them

Posted on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Find out why José over at Terrorizer picked Trap Them as band of the week:  Who would have thought? That a little grind (sort of) project started by that guy from December Wolves who also picked up second guitar for Backstabbers Inc and that other guy who used to scream for ...read more

Album of the day: House of Low Culture / Mamiffer – Split

Posted on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Praise for House of Low Culture / Mamiffer‘s Split from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Fantastic split release from this husband and wife duo, Aaron Turner, he of Isis, Hydra Head, and of course his solo project House Of Low Culture, and Faith Collocia, and her Mamiffer project (which also occasionally ...read more

Album of the day: Six Organs of Admittance, Asleep on the Floodplain

Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: If the Wikipedia count is to be believed, then including 7”s, EPs, full-length albums and the occasional limited-to-100-copies CDR, Asleep on the Floodplain (Drag City) is the 25th release from Six Organs of Admittance. Starting with 1998’s self-titled and weaving his way through a number ...read more

A Fist In The Face Of God Presents: Fenriz’ Metal Merchants Festival DJ Set

Posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

This is a mix of the set Fenriz played at the first Metal Merchants Festival. Originally it was only hand-distributed to about 50 people, but Apollyon played it one night while we were getting lit at my old place early last year and it blew me away. So I asked ...read more

Roadburn Festival 2011: Official Artwork By David V. D’Andrea

Posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

We’re extremely proud to unveil the official artwork for the 2011 festival by David V. D’Andrea. David V. D’Andrea combines the draftsmanship of the poster artists and album cover designers of the 1960′s and 70′s with a raw detailed grittiness to create an organic pen and ink style that is ...read more