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Album of the day: U.S. Christmas – Run Thick In The Night

Posted on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: U.S. Christmas are one of those rare bands who can meld seemingly disparate elements together to form their own cohesive and distinct sound. Think Neil Young jamming with Hawkwind, Spacemen 3 and Pink Floyd, and you’re in the right direction, but comparisons like those don’t even give them their due credit. Bands like USX (as they’re commonly referred to…) are more than the sum of their parts. Although the influences are distinct, they’ve got their own thing going on, and its fully righteous.

Their last album, Eat The Low Dogs, was hailed as a masterpiece, and Run Thick In The Night doesn’t depart drastically on the sound they’ve already established. It begins with the moody, brooding 13 minute track ‘In The Night’, with its heavily textured, wall of sound “outlaw country gone shoegaze” guitars and spacey keyboard sweeps, and morphs quickly into the Hawkwind inspired rager ‘Wolf On Anareta.’

‘Fire Is Sleeping’ is a tender ballad, really upping the ante on the Southern and Skynyrd influences without resorting to the usual cliches, and adds some weepy violin and mournful slide guitar to the mix. The next few songs continue in this style, country-tinged, acid drenched, and melancholy, until the bass and drum driven track ‘The Quena’ breaks the spell and gives a much needed change of pace.

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Album of the day: A Forest Of Stars – Opportunistic Thieves of Spring

Posted on Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: Originally, back in the 90′s, black metal bands often described their approach to chords and melodies as such: they picked the voicings which they thought sounded the most unsettling and claustrophobic. Now, in 2010, well into the much celebrated “3rd Wave of Black Metal”, it seems ...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: Valkyrie – Man of Two Visions (Reissue)

Posted on Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Praise for Valkyrie’s Man of Two Visions from Stonerrock.com: Those who’ve witnessed Valkyrie on stage know the difficulty the band faces in capturing that live magic on record. The Virginia-based four-piece is truly electrifying, playing like each show is the last. Obviously, it’s that relentless, take no prisoners approach that’s ...read more

Album of the day: Humo del Cairo – S/T

Posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Praise for Humo Del Cairo‘s S/T from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: If Argentina’s awesome Los Natas was once considered a Kyuss clone (a band that had many clones) what does that make fellow Argentines Humo del Cairo? ‘Cause it’d be easy to tag ‘em as “Los Natas” clones, indeed at ...read more

Album of the day: Nachtmystium – Addicts Black Meddle Pt. II

Posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Praise for Nachtmystium’s Addicts: Black Meddle Part II from Stonerrock.com: I won’t deny that Nachtmystium‘s follow up to 2008′s superb Assassins: Black Meddle Part I was one of my most hotly anticipated albums of 2010. I knew Sanford Parker was producing, which is always a good thing in my book. ...read more

Album of the day: Stone Axe – Stone Axe II

Posted on Monday, May 17th, 2010

Praise for Stone Axe II from Stonerrock.com‘s Arzgarth: Normally I’d chide a band for repeating material from one album to the next, but in the case of Stone Axe‘s “Ain’t Gonna Miss It,” which debuted on the band’s Extended Play release from last year, I can’t complain. I loved the ...read more

Album of the day: Earthless – Live at Roadburn

Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from StonerRock.com: The trick of free-flowing instrumental jams is keeping it interesting for long stretches of time. If there’s a group currently out there that knows this better than Earthless, I’d like to know who it is. From my vantage point, Earthless is the cream of the psychedelic ...read more

Album of the day: Harvey Milk – S/T

Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from StonerRock.com: I’ve gone over my history with Harvey Milk in greater detail before, but for context’s sake, the condensed version is thus: Once upon a time, I was a no-nothing mainstream metalhead who had grown tired of the crap I listened to. Then I discovered Harvey Milk ...read more

Album of the day: Zoroaster – Voice of Saturn

Posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: The last time fans of all things heavy heard from Zoroaster was on the widely acclaimed Dog Magic, which showcased the Southern-friend sludge trio’s oppressive density, their occasional forays into the realm of experimentation, and an ability to lock into a nasty groove for prolonged periods ...read more

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