Posts Tagged ‘prog rock’

Roadburn playlist: August (Walter)

Posted on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Obviously, we need good music on the stereo while we are busy putting together the 2010 edition of the festival. Be on the lookout for updates from time to time on what’s spinning on the Roadburn turntable, CD player and Winamp player (And if you are on Last.fm, come join us here).

This is Walter’s (Roadburn’s promoter / artistic director’s) playlist for August 2009. Please share your personal Top 5 in the comments box below.

The Devil's Blood - Come Reap

The Devil's Blood - Come Reap

The Devil’s Blood - Come Reap (CD / EP Van Records)
Listening to the fantastic occult horror rock sounds of Holland’s very own The Devil’s Blood makes you realize that the psychedelic era (i.e the late 60s / early 70s) was as much about Roky Erikson, Anthony LaVey and The Manson Family as it was about free love, substance abuse and flipped out hippies.

Personally I can’t wait for the highly-anticipated debut album, called The Time of No Time Evermore (scheduled for September the eleventh of two thousand and nine through Van Records), coz I was treated to a sneak preview of the entire album and I was heavily impressed!

(more…)

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in 2009, Album of the Day, Playlists, Roadburn Recommended | 2 Comments »

Album of the day: Long Distance Calling – Avoid The Light

Posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Sputnik Music.com: Post-rock is difficult; the sub-genre is amorphous and loosely defined at best. For the sake of simplification, take a spectrum with the “Gods” at either end; that is, put God Is An Astronaut on one side and Godspeed You! Black Emperor on the other. ...read more

Album of the day: Astra – The Weirding

Posted on Sunday, July 5th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from our spiritual brethren at Aural-Innovations:
When I first heard The Weirding, the epic debut album from San Diego’s Astra, I had zero information on the band, other than a release date of 2009. Was this a re-issue of some lost album from 1970, I seriously wondered? It certainly ...read more

Album of the day: L’Ira Del Baccano – Si Non Sedes Is Live MMVII (Digital Download 2008)

Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

L’Ira Del Baccano are a dual guitar, bass, drums, electronics quartet that play an all instrumental blend of stoner rock, metal, space rock and psychedelia.  They had been informing me whenever new tracks were made available on their Myspace site and each one has been a gem.  And their first ...read more