Posts Tagged ‘TeePee Records’

Album of the day: Spindrift – The Legend of God’s Gun

Posted on Monday, October 26th, 2009

Spindrift - The Legend of God's Gun

Lovingly pinched from PopMatters: Hallucinogenic spaghetti western and spooky rock ‘n’ roll flood the soundtrack to indie flick The Legend of God’s Gun. Spindrift released their The Legend of God’s Gun soundtrack in July, and it is in the same vein as their successful The West on the Dandy Warhols’ Beat the World label.

Featuring members from bands such as the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Warlocks, Spindrift illustrate hazy psychedelic desert scenes and gunslingers in ghost towns. Conjuring Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack for A Fistful of Dollars, a Spaghetti Western from the late 1960s, Spindrift play similar textures with 1960s influences. The Legend of God’s Gun is Clint Eastwood on mescaline.

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Album of the day: Naam – Naam

Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: In Thai, the word “naam” is sometimes used in reference to water. Perfect if you’re this Naam from Brooklyn which frequently operates courtesy of aquatic trances as precursor to their boisterous outpourings of doom and sludge. Reportedly recorded on a dairy farm in the ...read more

Album of the day: Ancestors – Of Sound Mind

Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: With last year’s demo-turned-LP Neptune with Fire, California epic rockers Ancestors immediately positioned themselves in the upper echelon of contemporary stoner metal. Their deceptively intricate jams and massive sonic scope made Neptune with Fire one of 2008’s most satisfying listens, and following it up a ...read more

Naam: a taste of full-length LP available for streaming

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

A new Naam track, ‘Skyling Slip’ is available at this location (courtesy of BrooklynVegan). ‘Skyling Slip’ comes off the Brooklyn, New York  group’s self-titled debut album, which is scheduled for release on October 20 via TeePee Records. According to BrooklynVegan, “Naam has gigged quite a bit around New York, logging ...read more

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 ...read more

Earthless: Cosmic nodding for hours

Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009

James Knight of Vice Music Blog recently conducted an interview with Earthless.  An excerpt from the chat follows below. Today we talk to Earthless, who play endless, riffing, stoned-out psyche with just the right amount of rock and roll to keep you gripped no matter how long they noodle on ...read more

Album of the day: The Warlocks – The Mirror Explodes

Posted on Friday, July 17th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Drone Magazine: Los Angeles psychedelic stalwarts, The Warlocks, continue their aural journey with their new long-player, The Mirror Explodes. Last years release by the Warlocks, Heavy Deavy Skull Lover, rated as one of my favourite albums for 2008. Playing almost like one extended track, the band took ...read more

Album of they day: Night Horse – The Dark Won’t Hide You

Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Blogsandiego.com: From riff one to the final note this disc is a heaping helping of great, greasy and bottom heavy ROCK! The grooves are so thick and meaty here you find yourself not so much looking at the liner notes as checking for a cattle brand. Night ...read more

Album of the day: Quest For Fire – Quest For Fire

Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Slant Magazine: Look north, young hesher: Toronto’s Quest for Fire, comprised of former members of Deadly Snakes and Cursed, has emerged from that land of curling and universal healthcare with their muscular and assured debut, a smoldering oil spill of stoner-rock. Yes, there’s a surfeit of talented ...read more

Album of the day: Black Math Horseman – Wyllt

Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Loudlooppress.com: Los Angeles’s Black Math Horseman live somewhere between the world of 70’s leaning stoner rock and modern shoegazers while adding 80’s Goth and 90’s post-rock flourishes. It’s a combination that sounds difficult to sell, but the listener’s patience will undoubtedly be rewarded with the songs on ...read more