Archive for July, 2011

FM Brussel: Mental Roadburn Report

Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

What’s the loudest and heaviest program that FM Brussel 98.8 has to offer? Mental! Metal, death, black, doom, stoner, rock and roll, punk, hardcore: as long as it’s loud, heavy, mean, ugly, extreme, filthy, fast, underground, or any combination of the above, Mental is where you will hear it.

In April 2011, Mental hosts Saïd and Geert escaped from the studio and descended on Tilburg, where they proceeded to collar unsuspecting fans, café employees, 013 volunteers, crew, photographers, artists and band members all in the name of cracking the Roadburn code.

Shifting between Flemish, Dutch, English and French with the speed and enthusiasm of Dan Mongrain’s fret work, the tireless Mental duo scoured the festival in search of answers to such questions as: What is it about this festival that draws rabid music lovers from around the world? Why do bands love playing here? Who comes up with the Roadburn menus at local restaurants?

TUNE IN and hear what everyone had to say, including Roadburn organizers Walter and Jurgen, Louise (Terrorizer Magazine), Bobby and Victor (Pentagram / Place of Skulls), Blacky (Voivod), Marcel (Astrosoniq / SpaceJam Recordings), David (Roadburn 2011 artist), Ester Segarra (photographer/ listen here), André (Aardschok magazine), various volunteers and plenty of new and returning Roadburn festivalgoers!

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Wardruna: Løyndomsriss Video Released

Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Løyndomsriss, the new video from Wardruna can be viewed below.

Album of the day: Pontiak – Comecrudos (EP)

Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Tiny Mix Tapes: Few bands are able to move between moods and styles as flawlessly as Pontiak. Comecrudos, their latest Thrill Jockey release, showcases this elusive transitional ability. Recorded as a soundtrack to the drive from Phoenix through much of Texas without the aid of distortion or ...read more

Monday Song: Gov’t Mule – Just Got Paid – A Young Mule Live

Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. This is from an old tape, But more than worthy of transfer…Have at it folks. From the 1996 Nescafe & Blues Festival.

Album of the day: Finnr’s Cane – Wanderlust

Posted on Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Here’s a gem released earlier this year that we neglected to share with our beloved Roadburn readers. Please excuse the oversight! Blame it on festival fever…  Lovingly pinched from Chronicles of Chaos: This album is an experience. Some music is best enjoyed at high volumes, other in a live concert ...read more

Album of the day: Phurpa – Trowo Phurnag Ceremony (2LP)

Posted on Saturday, July 9th, 2011

Praise for Phurpa‘s Trowo Phurnag Ceremony from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Ever wonder what a SUNNO))) record might sound like if instead of guitars and amps, it was just vocals? Well wonder no more. This new record on Ideologic Organ, a new label run by SUNNO)))’s Stephen O’Malley, offers up ...read more

Album of the day: Mammifer / House of Low Culture / Merzbow – Lou Lou… In Tokyo (2LP)

Posted on Friday, July 8th, 2011

Praise for Mammifer / House of Low Culture / Merzbow‘s  Lou Lou… In Tokyo from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Another impressive release on Aaron Turner’s post Hydra Head label Sige, this one a three way live tag team between Turner’s House Of Low Culture, Mamiffer and Japanese noise legend Merzbow. ...read more

Album of the day: Voivod – Warriors of Ice

Posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal Review: With a setlist made up of primarily pre-90s Voivod, it’s hard not to get sentimental. So it’s off to the elementary school daze for a momentary lapse… Summer vacation 1988, Chicago, 90º Fahrenheit in the shade. We walked the streets armed with spray paint, beer, ...read more

Kink X-Rated Roadburn Radio: 8pm to 11pm CET (Get Ready For The Broadcast of The Young Gods Performance at Roadburn 2009)

Posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Here is our playlist for this week’s Roadburn Radio on Kink X-Rated. Tune in from 8pm to 11pm CET (2pm EST / 11am PST) and listen to the latest sounds from the underground and the bands that inspire us as we work on next year’s Roadburn festival. And get ready ...read more

Album of the day: Monarch! – Sortilege (EP)

Posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Praise for Monarch!‘s Sortilege from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  In transit across the Pacific for months now, we had almost given up, but this grim little slab of droned out ritualistic slo-mo sludge finally showed up from Australia. Previously a tour only release from this aQ beloved female fronted French ...read more