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Sleep: Marijuanaut’s Return US 2010 Tour Update

Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Legendary stoner metallers Sleep, who recently announced their long-anticipated reunion tour, have added several new stops to the impending trek including additional shows in Brooklyn and San Francisco.

Dubbed the Marijuanaut’s Return US Tour 2010, the journey will commence on September 3 at the prestigious All Tomorrow’s Parties Music Fest in Monticello, New York and draw to a close on the second of two dates at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California.

Support will be provided by a revolving roster of bands throughout the tour including: Doomriders, Unearthly Trance, A Storm Of Light, Lichens, Sub Oslo, Scott Kelly, YOB and Thrones.

Sleep split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High On Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. On the Marijuanaut’s Return Tour, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to perform the seminal Holy Mountain album as well as selections from Dopesmoker and more.

Sleep: Marijuanaut’s Return US Tour 2010
9/03/2010 All Tomorrow’s Parties – Monticello, NY
9/04/2010 FYE Fest – Los Angeles, CA
9/05/2010 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
9/06/2010 Brooklyn Masonic Temple – New York, NY w/ Doomriders, Unearthly Trance
9/07/2010 Starlight Ballroom – Philadelphia, PA w/ A Storm Of Light
9/08/2010 Brooklyn Masonic Temple – New York, NY w/ A Storm Of Light, Lichens
9/09/2010 Logan Square Auditorium – Chicago, IL w/ Lichens
9/10/2010 Mohawk – Austin, TX w/ Sub Oslo w/ Sub Oslo
9/11/2010 Roseland Theater/Music Fest NW – Portland, OR w/ Scott Kelly, YOB
9/12/2010 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA w/ Thrones
9/13/2010 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

Sleep debuted with 1991’s Volume One album, recorded for San Francisco label Tupelo. Earache Records received the band’s next recordings in the mail as a demo. The label — impressed by Sleep’s single-mindedness and unique vision — immediately signed the band and released the tape exactly as it was received. Record stores worldwide stocked Sleep’s Holy Mountain from November 1992 to this day.

The band then signed to London Records. Their debut album for the major took the form of one mammoth 63-minute leviathan of a track entitled “Jerusalem.” The band resisted the label’s attempts at radio edits and bringing in their own engineer to remix the album in view of “marketability.” London baulked at the prospect of promoting what probably still is the most extreme music ever recorded for a major label, so shelved the recording and dropped the band.

Sleep’s music has been featured in films by Harmony Korine and Jim Jarmusch.

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Shrinebuilder: European Tour Dates Announced

Posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Shrinebuilder— the project that features in its ranks Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus, The Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (OM, Sleep) and Dale Crover (Melvins) — has scheduled the following European tour dates: Nov. 09 – Tivoli – Utrecht, Netherlands Nov. 10 – De Kreun – Kortrijk, Belgium ...read more

Neurosis Live at Roadburn 2007 Audio Stream

Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

For those who want to relive Neurosis live at Roadburn 2007 –we have put up the VPRO 3voor12 on-demand audio stream for your listening pleasure! “Emotion plus volume. This music comes from the stomach. Listen to the washes at the back of “Water is Not Enough.” Listen to the grimacing ...read more

Neurosis Live At Roadburn 2007 Details Announced

Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Neurot Recordings proudly unveil a brand new live album from Neurosis, who are undoubtedly cited as one of the most influential bands of heavy music’s experimental underworld. The first release from Neurosis since 2007’s Given to the Rising, this new live album was recorded that same year in Tilburg, Holland, ...read more

Neurosis Reissuing Fourth Album, Enemy of the Sun, With Fully Redesigned Package

Posted on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Neurot Recordings is proud to announce the reissue of one of the most groundbreaking releases in the ever-expanding lineage of icons Neurosis, Enemy of the Sun. With Neurosis’ earlier releases — 1987’s Pain of Mind, and even 1990’s The Word as Law — the band’s jagged and eerie blend of ...read more

Album of the day: Harvestman – Trinity

Posted on Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Praise for Harvestman / Steve Von Till’s Trinty from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records:  We’ve got a bountiful harvest of, ah, Harvestman this list, two releases from the psychedelic alter ego of menacing Neurosis guitarist Steve Von Till, and that’s very much okay by us, seeing as how we loved the ...read more

Neurosis’ Steve Von Till Scores Italian Horror Flick

Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Out on May 17th through Neurot Records, Trinity is a limited edition issue of the soundtrack to the Italian horror film H2odio (English title Hate 2 O). Under the moniker of his pysch-guitar based project Harvestman, Steve Von Till of Neurosis has created an equally lush and beautiful, yet dark ...read more

Album of the day: Neurosis – Times of Grace (Reissue)

Posted on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Lovingly pinched from BBC Music: When Oakland’s Neurosis first emerged onto California’s burgeoning hardcore punk scene back in 1985, no one could possibly have foreseen the bizarre, revolutionary trajectory that their career would subsequently take. After a couple of albums’ worth of decent but unremarkable hardcore / metal crossover, the ...read more

Roadburn’s Album of the Decade: Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Posted on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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. Here then is your list (and a stunning list it is). It seems ...read more

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

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