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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 and revamped artwork! And it’s Boris, so you know these are WAY too limited and will be gone in a flash, so grab one now before you’re trawling eBay for a copy later…

Here’s our original review of this all time aQ slow and low, heavy heavy classic from when we first listed the CD way back when: Another masterpiece of heaviosity by the amazing Japanese band Boris, who have become HUGE AQ-faves over the past few years. The more-than-aptly-titled Amplifier Worship was their 2nd full-length release (after their mighty one-song drone-slab Absolutego”ut before the mind-blowing, semi-acoustic Flood and the stoner-rockin’ genius of Heavy Rocks); it originally came out in 1998, but sounds as amazing and punishingly heavy as ever.

A good shorthand description of Amplifier Worship would be to say that it sounds like a cross between the low-end riffage of Boris’ obvious heroes the Melvins, and the more recent, rhythmic trance experiments of their countrymen the Boredoms. Psychedelic punk metal, utterly crushing. Pretty much essential to anyone who is into “heavy”! If you like the dirgey sludge of Corrupted and Earth, as well as the more rocked-out sludge of Sleep and Melvins (circa Ozma and Bullhead), you’ll love Boris! Recommended!!

At 40 years old, Aquarius is the oldest independent record store in San Francisco. We try to only carry music we love, and we’re always searching for more new, cool, weird and wonderful music. All of which we then share with you, our loyal customers.

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Metal Assault: In Conversation With Mike Dean of C.O.C.

Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with vocalist / bassist Mike Dean of the reunited “Animosity”-era lineup of Corrosion of Conformity. An excerpt from the chat folows below. Metal Assault: A new C.O.C. album is supposed to be in the works. A lot of people must ...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

Weedeater: Recording Of New Album Nears

Posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Sludge bastards Weedeater have announced several new headlining shows throughout the Midwest and Southeastern US this September. Kicking things off in their home state, the band will devastate the crowd at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Festival on September 11th, also with Public Enemy, Tortoise, Kylesa, U.S. Christmas, Harvey Milk and ...read more

Album of the day: Black Breath – Heavy Breathing

Posted on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Frantikmag.com: Southern Lord’s newest face melters, Black Breath, is about to release one of this years best metal records entitled Heavy Breathing and boy will this record make your head spin. Recorded with guidance from Kurt Ballou, the record sounds like a fat slab of face slapping ...read more

Southern Lord Mini Tour featuring Corrosion Of Conformity Animosity Lineup and Goatsnake

Posted on Friday, June 18th, 2010

Southern Lord Recordings is proud to announce a West Coast mini-tour, featuring several SL artists as well as some very special opening and headlining guests. Running from August 8th through 12th, the three-show tour features Southern Lord artists Eagle Twin, Black Breath and the return of Goatsnake. All of this ...read more

Cause & Effect Presents The Music of Sunn O))), Thursday, June 11th

Posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010

Every week Cause and Effect, hosted by Lightning’s Girl and Alex, summons your inner music nerd to identify the influences of your favorite musical groups, explore their work and peers, and play new artists following in their footsteps. This week, the Cause & Effect continues with 2 hours of music ...read more

Boris Team With The Cult’s Ian Astbury

Posted on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

The forces of awesome randomness strike again! Japanese doom overlords Boris have teamed up with a truly unexpected collaborator: Ian Astbury, the gigantic-voiced yowler from metal mystics the Cult. Together, they’ve recorded an EP called BXI, which Southern Lord will release on CD and 12″ vinyl in September. Boris and ...read more

Album of the day: Twilight – Monument To Time End

Posted on Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Praise for Twilight‘s Monument To Time End from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: Whoa. Just when we warmed ourselves to the idea that this would NEVER happen… it happened. The return of Twilight, described out of necessity as a “black metal supergroup”, a bad description for something so awesome, but more ...read more

The Obelisk: In Conversation with Goatsnake’s Greg Anderson

Posted on Friday, May 21st, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Greg Anderson about the process of putting Goatsnake back together after nearly a decade of not playing with this lineup, his nervousness about the performance, and updates on SunnO))) and his Ascend project with Gentry Densley of Iceburn and Eagle ...read more

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