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The Sleeping Shaman: An Interview With Dave W From Psychedelic Warlords White Hills

Posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Lee Edwards of  The Sleeping Shaman recently conducted an interview with Dave W from Psychedelic Warlords White Hills. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

LE: You’re currently working on your new album, can you tell us a little bit about this, where it’s being recorded, who’s engineering it and will Thrill Jockey be handling the release again?

Dave W: “The album is done and is being manufactured as we speak. Thrill Jockey will be releasing it on March 20, 2012. It is titled “Frying On This Rock”. We recorded it with Martin Bisi in Brooklyn. Martin has been recording bands in NYC for some 30 years now. He’s worked with the SWANS, Sonic Youth, Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, Lydia Lunch, John Zorn, Herbie Hancock and the list goes on and on. Working with Martin was great. He really knows how to capture a band. We look forward to working with him again in the future.”

LE: Roadburn Records are also releasing your live set from when you played the annual Roadburn Festival in 2011, firstly it must have been a great honour to be asked to play the event in the 1st place and how did the idea of releasing your set come about, also on reflection, are you happy with the bands performance and the sound which was captured?

Dave W: “It is always a great honour to be asked to play Roadburn. We love that festival and hope to be asked to play again! The idea came up before the festival. Roadburn asked us if it was something that we would consider and we jumped at the opportunity. Fans have been bugging us for a live album for sometime now and we thought this could be a perfect way to do one. Roadburn always does a great job at recording each band that plays the festival, so the quality of the recording was not an issue at all for me. I think we played well and it is true to form for our performance that day. What you hear is how it happened, no cover ups of those little glitches.”

LE: You also played Supersonic earlier this year, a set I was lucky enough to catch which I have to say, completely blew me away, but how did it go for you, and what are your thoughts on the festival as a whole?

Dave W: “Supersonic was a blast! We were exhausted as the night before we played in Maastricht, Holland and left after that show to make it to Birmingham in time. However, we were all excited and, in my opinion, gave one hell of a performance that night. Supersonic, like Roadburn, is a tight ship the promoters are true fans of the music and that shows. Artists are treated well and for all that can happen at these events both run extremely well and seamless.”

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Transylvanianhungerrr: Nader Sadek – Live In New York City (by Stefan Raduta)

Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

NADER SADEK – finally made flesh in New York City  – thoughts and images by Stefan Raduta Monday, November 20th. Egypt is in turmoil. Cairo is burning, tens of thousands of protesters are in the streets. By now over 40 people have been killed, thousands are injured – it looks ...read more

The Guardian: Occult Rock – The Path of Darkness

Posted on Friday, November 25th, 2011

‘When you see TV footage of the 1960s or early 70s, going to a meeting of a coven was almost like going to a book club or a knitting class because it was that commonplace,” suggests Lee Dorrian. He’s the frontman of doom metal legends Cathedral, and someone who also ...read more

The Bone Reader: Warriors Of Ice – An interview with Voivod

Posted on Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The Bone Reader recently conducted an interview with Away of Voivod, and it features questions focusing on curating Roadburn 2012, the release of a new album and much more. TBR: First off, some very cool news hot off the press! “Roadburn is elated to announce the curator for the 17th ...read more

Transylvanian Hungerrr: Wolves In The Throne Room – The New Live Catharsis (by Stefan Raduta)

Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Wolves In The Throne Room Album review, the new live catharsis, and an old interview resurfaced… Wolves In The Throne Room just played shows last week in New York City, one at the great Bell House in Brooklyn on the 12th and the second on the 14th at a favorite ...read more

Transylvanian Hungerrr: A Tribute To Carl-Michael Eide (Ved Buens Ende / Virus)

Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

  R  o  a  d  b  u  r  n      S p  e  c  i  a  l in the presence of greatness a personal tribute to Carl-Michael Eide   Words and live photos by Stefan Raduta The real beauty of the Norwegian underground to me always lied in the lesser known ...read more

The Obelisk : In Conversation With YOB’s Mike Scheidt

Posted on Thursday, July 21st, 2011

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Mike Scheidt of YOB, and it features questions focusing on the band’s second album for Profound Lore, called Atma, which will be released on Aug. 16,  and much more. The Obelisk: At this point, do you have something that’s a definitive ...read more

Transylvanian Hungerrr: A Conversation With Altar Of Plagues’ James Kelly (by Stefan Raduta)

Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

ALTAR OF PLAGUES “At this point in my life, cycles make the most sense to me. Energy is cyclical, it cannot be created or destroyed. We are vessels. Feed me to a vulture or throw me in the sea, I will return”  –James Kelly. The new Altar Of Plagues album ...read more

Brendan Perry: Tomorrow’s Child Is The Only Child (by Transylvanian Hungerrr)

Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

An evening with Brendan Perry An eternity with Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance. Three small words that put together mean absolutely nothing to most of the world, but they mean the world to a lucky few. You are what you listen. Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard. Two people who ...read more

Visions Of American Black Metal: Liturgy’s Hunter Hunt-Hendrix Responds (Stereogum)

Posted on Monday, June 20th, 2011

If you have any interest in underground metal, black or otherwise, you’re aware of the uproar created by Brooklyn quartet Liturgy. Much of the disdain’s focused on frontman Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, and what people view as his “pretentious” reading of black metal (American and otherwise). For instance, a couple week’s ago ...read more