Posts Tagged ‘heavy 70′s’

Album of the day: Purple Rhinestone Eagle – The Great Return

Posted on Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Mixedvegetablez: There’s something about the sound of analog recordings that just can’t be replicated digitally. Sure, Pro-Tools has it’s merits, but if you want your record to sound like it was pulled out of a crack in space and time, let’s face it, you’re going to have to track to tape. So on that note, let’s talk about some analogue worshiping shamanistas from Portland, OR, Purple Rhinestone Eagle.

Like some of my favorite Swedish bands, these gals are mining all kinds of obscure and forgotten nuggets from the primordial era of heavy metal and crafting a denim vested record collector’s wet dream with artisan skill. The band’s latest LP, The Great Return, has “lost classic” smeared all over it, so let’s just talk about the damn record before this review gets too hacky for its own good.

The Great Return is one of those records where each side has its own distinct character. Side A, which focuses on more of a classic doom sound, opens with a dark, psychedelic guitar riff over sparse percussion and a simple bass line before blasting into some full-on Pentagram-style riffing. The spaceship has landed! A series of attention grabbing, mid-song tempo changes make ‘No Space Nukes’ a worthy opener. Going deeper into the album, the listener is drawn into a vibrant world of enchantment and mystery, where dark, minor key melodies and hypnotic, pulsing rhythm play compliment to lyrics about the change of seasons, life, death and rebirth.

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Album of the day: Gentleman’s Pistols – At Her Majesty’s Pleasure

Posted on Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Uber Rock: Leeds’ finest retro rockers Gentleman’s Pistols will be familiar to those who frequent sweaty rock bars and clubs around the country, as they’ve been a welcome fixture on that circuit for a few years now. They’ve also pleasured the crowds at the last couple of ...read more

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

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

Album of the day: Mount Carmel – Mount Carmel

Posted on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Praise for Mount Carmel‘s self-titled album from Still Single: Plenty of bands drink from the well of tribute, allowing their vision to plateau in service of authenticity or Good Time Charlie-ism, because it’s fun and familiar, and for some quite easy to achieve. Mount Carmel is that rare band that ...read more

Incredible Hog Live at Roadburn 2011 Audio Stream

Posted on Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Please relive Incredible Hog live at Roadburn 2011 courtesy of VPRO 3voor12. The audio stream has been mixed by Danny Gras (Spacejam / Gomer Pyle). Feel free to post your thoughts or share your memories about the show in the comment box below.

We Want Your Top 10 Albums Of The Decade

Posted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Update:  The votes are in, the points have been awarded and the math has been done. More than 150 of you have taken the time to forward your Top 10 list for the Roadburn Album of the Decade. Continue Reading (please note: the comment box down below is closed!) As ...read more

We need more records: The best of US heavy psychedelica

Posted on Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Are you as obsessed with the heavy Seventies as we are? You have to check out Dyvelsten’s Youtube channel. This guy has posted some very cool and obscure underground rock and psychedelica from the late Sixties /early Seventies. Warning: it’s enough to induce a serious case of record collection envy! ...read more