Archive for March, 2011

Roadburn Festival 2011: David V. D’Andrea’s Wovenhand and Circle Posters

Posted on Saturday, March 12th, 2011

We’re proud to unveil David V. D’Andrea‘s next installment of his Roadburn series: the Wovenhand and Circle posters.

David comments: “I cannot think of another band of recent years that has inspired me as  deeply as Wovenhand. David Eugene Edwards’ song writing, poetry, and  approach to life and spirituality embody much of what I would hope for in my own artwork. The album “The Threshing Floor” evokes visions of a lush garden full of  Eastern pattern and ghostly fauna, of human kind walking the crushingly beautiful, light filled, wandering path.”

“Circle…. on one hand, they are so eclectic that the most off-the-wall drawing might work. On the other hand, they are so incredibly varied and odd that it’s a challenge to think up an image that captures their essence!
I chose to start with a skull, since most of their existing designs are based around them. Then, by Jussi’s request, the piece then took a turn towards a nautical “Jules Verne” theme. I like to think of it is a sort of occult compass, which is somehow fitting for the festival’s 2011 “artist in residence”!

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Album of the day: Firebird – Double Diamond

Posted on Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: This latest offering from Firebird has been in the can for the best part of a year and has already seen a successful release through the band’s Japanese label but for some unexplainable reason is only just seeing the light of day in the ...read more

Dark Castle: New Song Available For Streaming

Posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011

A new Dark Castle song, ‘Seeing Through Time’, is available for streaming below, courtesy of Brooklynvegan. The track comes off the band’s new full-length album, Surrender to All Life Beyond Form, which is scheduled for release on May 17 via Profound Lore.

Album of the day: Wildildlife – Give In To Live

Posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011

Praise for Wildildlife‘s Give In To Live from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  Warped druggy psychedelic metallic noise rock trio Wildildlife, who just so happen to features a former aQuarian amongst their ranks, always had a bit of pop in their sound, even at their most tripped out and damaged, when ...read more

Album of the day: Grails – Deep Politics

Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Dusted Magazine: Standard issue post-rock isn’t usually this cinematic. Heists, dates, slasher flicks, the spaghetti western — the best of the canon’s tropes can be heard on Grails’ Deep Politics in pretty imitative counterpoint. And a lot of the credit, this time around at least, has to ...read more

Album of the day: Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age (Reissue)

Posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Lovelingly pinched from Pitchfork: It was fitting that the final release from Kyuss featured a cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Into the Void’, because throughout their seven-year existence, the Palm Desert quartet essentially existed in one– the band’s devastating stoner-rock earned the respect of various celebrity admirers (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and ...read more

Album of the day: Neige Morte – Neige Morte

Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: France has a tradition of producing fiercely independent black metal and Neige Morte, from Lyons, are no different. With their self-titled debut, released earlier this year through Aurora Borealis, the violent three-piece summon everything from murky soundscapes to atonal sludge and hardcore-informed blasting, all within 35 ...read more

Causa Sui: New Track Available For Streaming

Posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011

Danish psychedelic jam-meisters Causa Sui posted a new track, ‘Pewt’r Wozniacki’, to Soundcloud for all to hear. The track comes off the band’s new full-length album, Pewt’r Sessions 1, which is scheduled for release in April via El Paradiso records.

Roadburn Festival 2011: David V. D’Andrea’s Sabbath Assembly Poster

Posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011

We’re proud to unveil David V. D’Andrea‘s fourth installment of his Roadburn series: the Sabbath Assembly poster. David comments: “I was lucky enough to catch the Sabbath Assembly’s Portland show last year. It was the day after Halloween, and they transformed a theater space into a ritual setting where they ...read more

Album of the day: Elonkorjuu – Harvest Time

Posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011

Praise for Elonkorjuu’s Harvest Time from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Yeah! Here’s another rad reissue of early ’70s proto-metal. Of special interest to us, Elonkorjuu are Finnish, in fact hailing from the same town, Pori, that later gave us AQ faves Circle! Their ultra-collectable 1972 album Harvest Time is a ...read more