Posts Tagged ‘album of the day’

Album of the day: Wino – Adrift

Posted on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Robert Scott “Wino” Weinrich has, over the past 30 years, through sheer grit, determination and above all outstanding talent forged a little corner for himself in the metal world that has become legendary. As front man with St Vitus he played a major role in the sound of modern doom and his bands; The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan and the Hidden Hand as well as his solo album Punctuated Equilibrium have all carried his indelible sound and stamp. So now, after all these years cranking the amps and issuing forth a mighty wall of crunch he has now assumed the guise of wandering troubadour and picked up the acoustic for what is a truly solo album.

At first the concept of one of the leading lights of doom producing a (mostly) acoustic album may cause palpitations but it turns out that below the bearded bluster of his amplified work there beats the heart of a true story teller with one foot firmly in the blues. The opening title track is a beautiful folk tinged air that, from the start, displays Wino’s dexterity on the acoustic and allows him to temper his usual bellicose roar into a more subtle, time worn croon. ‘I Don’t Care’ is the blues done Wino style and it’s good to see that, approaching his 49th birthday, age hasn’t distilled his outlaw outlook on life and rock and roll. ‘Hold on Love’ could almost be a pop tune… if it wasn’t being played by Wino!!! The stripped back approach allows him to concentrate more on creating melodies and explore his voice without such great reliance on the mighty riff.

Continue reading:  The Sleeping Shaman – Wino ‘Adrift’ CD 2010.

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Album of the day: Cloaca – Lassitude

Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Praise for Cloaca‘s Lassitude from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Lassitude is the very first release from the just launched UK label Lone Vigil, and is the debut of black industrial post metal doomlords Cloaca. Both the label and the band are fronted by Chris Naughton, he of doomsludge masters Atavist ...read more

Rodriguez – Cold Fact

Posted on Monday, August 16th, 2010

Praise for Rodriguez’ Cold Fact from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Pop quiz! Quick: who’s the “street poet” singer with no first name*, son of Mexican immigrants, born and raised in Detroit Michigan, whose debut album from 1970 sounded like a fuzz-soul-psych version of Bob Dylan and / or Donovan, and ...read more

Dzjenghis Khan – Hey You

Posted on Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Priase for Dzjenghis Khan‘s Hey You (Motorwolf) from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Hey all right!! We hadn’t heard much from these local, long haired, lost-in-time rockers for far too long, ’cause their singing drummer moved away for a while, but is back in town, and now they have a new ...read more

Album of the day: Eibon – Entering Darkness

Posted on Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from MetalSucks: Look France, what did we do to deserve this? Was it the Freedom Fries thing? One of the guys behind that isn’t in office anymore, and most of us thought it was pretty dumb. Steve Martin in the Pink Panther reboot? We’re not proud of that, ...read more

Album of the day: Boris – Amplifier Worship (2LP Southern Lord)

Posted on Friday, August 13th, 2010

Praise for Boris‘ Amplifier Worship (2lp) from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  FINALLY! The second album (originally released in 1998, then reissued in 2001) from this Japanese psychedelic sludge trio, now available on vinyl for the first time EVER, and we’re talking super fancy thick vinyl, with gorgeous heavy gatefold sleeves ...read more

Album of the day: Thou – Summit

Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com:  Ever prolific Louisiana sludge brigade Thou have unveiled their latest full length, and it’s a corker. I’d imagine the first thing that’s going to garner attention are the blast beats. Layered over some droning slabs of guitar noise and a post-rock inspired arpeggios, they really aren’t ...read more

Album of the day: Spiritual Beggars – Return To Zero

Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: It wouldn’t be accurate to think of Spiritual Beggars as the first Swedish heavy rock band, because Sweden has been turned on and tuned in since the beginning, but what guitarist Michael Amott’s post Carcass outfit did was embrace a more modern stoner sound and ...read more

Album of the day: Boris & Ian Astbury – BXI

Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Subba-Cultcha.com: Possibly not the unlikeliest collaboration since the David Bowie/ Bing Crosby sashay on 1977’s ‘Little Drummer Boy’ but certainly a collaboration you wouldn’t have guessed at. Ian Astbury, the large voiced front man of 80’s post punk champions The Cult teams up with Japan’s doom laden ...read more

Album of the day: Sir Lord Baltimore – S/T (LP)

Posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010

Praise for Sir Lord Baltimore‘s S/T from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  In the annals of the “early heavy”, the Sir Lord Baltimore (from Brooklyn) is up there with the likes of Dust, Bang, and yes Blue Cheer. Too bad their two albums have been pretty much out of print for ...read more

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